Path of the Ninja is formulaic, repetitive, and barely more than a touched-up Game Boy Advance game, but it's not an awful choice for a hardcore Naruto fan.
The Good
* Control six different Naruto characters
* Lots of weapons and jutsu magic attacks to use
* Rips events and conversations right out of the comics and TV show
* Quest takes roughly 20 hours to finish.
The Bad
* Grinding levels can be boring because battles are repetitive
* The quest doesn't take any turns unless you try to find secret
scrolls
* Pretty much looks and sounds like a Game Boy Advance game.
Naruto: Path of the Ninja isn't a bad game, it's just a stale one. As the first in a series of Naruto RPG titles, there's little here outside of the license itself that'll get fans of the anime excited, as the experience is extremely cookie-cutter, linear throughout, and yet another rehash of the Naruto origins tale.
If you simply can't get enough of the Naruto lore, consider this a decent recap of what you've already experienced on video or in written form, as the game does a great job of taking the beginning of the series plot and translating it to an extremely traditional role-playing experience. Outside of that, you'll get the same level up structure, the same skill evolution, random battles, and portrait storytelling as nearly every other RPG before it, as Path of the Ninja does little to evolve the RPG world.
Overall score: 6/10
GoNintendo posted the latest review scores by Nintendo Power which have shocking scores by Fire Emblem and Zack & Wiki.Here are the Results
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii) - 9.5
Bleach: The Blade Of Fate (DS) - 8.5
Contra 4 (DS) - 8.5
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (Wii) - 8.0
Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) - 7.5
Front Mission (DS) - 6.5
MLB Power Pros (Wii) - 6.5
Naruto: Clash Of Ninja Revolution (Wii) - 7.0
WWE Smachdown Vs. Raw 2008 (Wii) - 6.5
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (Wii) - 9.0
Mega Man ZX Advent (DS) - 8.5
Naruto: Path Of The Ninja (DS) - 7.5
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials And Tribulations (DS) - 8.5
Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros' Treasure (Wii) - 9.0
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS) - 8.0
Guitar Hear XX Accent Core (Wii) - 8.0
While the game may not be your thing we have two sources IGN and now Nintendo Power scoring the game the same. If you would like to review the game maybe you should atleast try it first.
Eh how bout a word from a non-biased publication before we close the book on these games.
And what happened to 5 being "average". Seems to be around 7.5-8 from these guys. 6.5 seems to mean utter trash 3.0 or so.
biased? BWii/BT2 is a project coming from nintendo and kuja, it got a 7.5, really biased? that game is freaking awsome.
Yeah, im also disapointed in BW2 scores, but im gonna wait for IGN reviews, i trust those to check how are the games. Im not really surprised for Z&W after all the great things i've read about it. Maybe i wasnt expecting a 9.0(same score on IGN btw), but i did expected 8+.
The one that did surprise me is Fire Emblem, not because its bad, because i LOVE that franchise, but because there is no graphic improvement at all, and because it doesnt have IR support(clearly a GC to Wii port, but great game nonetheless)
See the first footage of the battle system in action.
