Naruto GCN #3 out in Japan!

[KameronFrye]

I had a friend of mine piss me off with Temari tonight, he pulled some silly shit with two traps, combo'd me into one, I flew up and hit the second, then he hit the same combo again for %100.

The best of Tsunade's charge move is hitting someone when they get up, that few seconds of disorientation is sweetness.

We have basically everything but Itachi now, it's nothing an hour or two of Shadow mode wouldn't take care of. Btw, best character for that is definitely Shikamaru. Use his second special and see why.

[Souryusen]

Shika's 2nd special grabs up to 9 of those bunshins and damages them badly enough that one hit should put them down for good. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

[Raven]

I wish Shika had his Shadow Neck Bind, but I guess that hasn't been in the anime quite yet so it'll be in #4 if it's made.

Anyway, what is the highest survival number people have reached? As I mentioned before, I've only done it once and I reached 34 with Neji.

[Souryusen]

Over 200 w/Shika. Over 160 w/Gaara. About 130 w/Sasuke. The #'s would be higher if I went for kills more instead of scrambling trying to pick up money. I don't have much reason to do Shadow mode anymore, having unlocked Difficulty 4 and all the characters. All I have left to do is buy different menu announcer girls so that Sakura isn't doing all the work.

[KameronFrye]

I got 263 with Shikamaru, hehe. Next highest was Temari with about 170. That shit is just insta-death for all the clones, and Shika's combo teleport goes right to your next victim(s). It gets to be a pain in the ass when there's 9 of them, though. They actually form combos and won't wait for you to finish your special anymore.

[RasenDori]

i just ordered this game christmas eve. im really excited. me and my firends played 2 all the time back when i lived in san antonio. i played this version of it with a new friend and was amazed by who much neji was improved just by the addition of the super kaiten. life is very happy for me indeed. anyways, i look forward to learning chouji and shino.

by the way, as good as sasukes shishi rendan combos are, they dont toot a horn to narutos naruto rendan combos... its too damaging, and now that he can pull the rasengan off when at low health hes enven more powerful. i feel that combining sharingan no sasuke with the normal sasuke was a bad call for him. chidoris no good unless chained to a throw or done on teh anti-wake up, but the sharingan sasuke has over all better moves. its nice that you can cancel into regular sasuke to link the shishi rendan. id like to learn that a little more.

[Souryusen]

Yeah... Naruto's 8 hit NaruRendan/Rasengan combo is pretty f-ing lethal. I flat out refuse to play as Naruto though... I've only ever used him in mission mode.

You're right about Chidori though... anyone who's good at sidestepping won't have any trouble dealing with it and the chances of them actually letting you charge it to the point where it's worth using are pretty small. It works like a charm on newbies though.. they see the lightning and freeze. I see it and throw kunai. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

The S. Sasuke to Sasuke cancel is really great when you mix it up with a shi-shi rendan combo. S. Sasuke's pretty crazy with all the teleport tricks he gets.. and his d+bb air-x is a pretty neat trick as well. He's a neat character if you like to do tricks.. he doesn't take punishment very well though. There are some good combos that can be done with Katon Gokakyuu no jutsu too.

And yeah... Neji is plenty wicked this time around. If he hits you so much as once it's game over. Daikaiten gives him a damned near infinity combo.

[Jman]

Another one on the way!

OMG it's teh 3d Naruto
edit: See full post in the Games topic in General Discussion forum

[RasenDori]

Originally posted by: Souryusen
Yeah... Naruto's 8 hit NaruRendan/Rasengan combo is pretty f-ing lethal. I flat out refuse to play as Naruto though... I've only ever used him in mission mode.

You're right about Chidori though... anyone who's good at sidestepping won't have any trouble dealing with it and the chances of them actually letting you charge it to the point where it's worth using are pretty small. It works like a charm on newbies though.. they see the lightning and freeze. I see it and throw kunai. [img][/img]

The S. Sasuke to Sasuke cancel is really great when you mix it up with a shi-shi rendan combo. S. Sasuke's pretty crazy with all the teleport tricks he gets.. and his d+bb air-x is a pretty neat trick as well. He's a neat character if you like to do tricks.. he doesn't take punishment very well though. There are some good combos that can be done with Katon Gokakyuu no jutsu too.

And yeah... Neji is plenty wicked this time around. If he hits you so much as once it's game over. Daikaiten gives him a damned near infinity combo.

sasukes d+bb has a pretty slow start up, so its easy to stop. unlike orochimarus extremely fast d+B or neji and kibas d+b that dodges most attacks

[Souryusen]

Originally posted by: RasenDori
sasukes d+bb has a pretty slow start up, so its easy to stop. unlike orochimarus extremely fast d+B or neji and kibas d+b that dodges most attacks

I didn't say it was the end-all, just said it's a neat trick.

You tried Hinata at all? She doesn't have the same infinity trick that Neji does but she can guard break like no other. Her side-step attacks work fairly well too, especially if you put a little delay on them.

[RasenDori]

the limited amount of time that ive had to play narto 3 i never saw a gaurd break. i hear that hinata can do some good cross over combos. i started learning her a bit in naruto 2 because she started to peek my interest.

EDIT: about the sasuke combo, im just saying that i find it hard to hit most people with it because of the slow start up

[Uberbaka]

Hold on, hold on....

I always wanted to play the naruto GC games... But I figured the text would all be in jap? Is the text in plain english? Is it playable for someone who can't read japanese?

[Souryusen]

Originally posted by: Uberbaka
Hold on, hold on....

I always wanted to play the naruto GC games... But I figured the text would all be in jap? Is the text in plain english? Is it playable for someone who can't read japanese?

It's quite playable. The only problem you may have is navigating the menus which are completely in japanese. Some of the missions may be difficult, particularly the training with Iruka, because the objective is in japanese. Gamefaqs.com has some excellent translations for all the missions and menus however.

[Uberbaka]

Originally posted by: Souryusen

Originally posted by: Uberbaka
Hold on, hold on....

I always wanted to play the naruto GC games... But I figured the text would all be in jap? Is the text in plain english? Is it playable for someone who can't read japanese?

It's quite playable. The only problem you may have is navigating the menus which are completely in japanese. Some of the missions may be difficult, particularly the training with Iruka, because the objective is in japanese. Gamefaqs.com has some excellent translations for all the missions and menus however.

How about the manual? How do you learn the tricks? You read that from the game or the manual or do you have to resort to gamefaqs?

[Raven]

Gamefaqs is really helpful. Plus, it's fun to work out all the combos and tricks on your own. Makes it more of a challenge.

[Assertn]

you guys misinterpreted raven btw, he was asking how far you got in survivor mode, not shadow fighting mode

i can get into the early 40s, but then i get caught in one combo from the comp and then lose most of my health [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
im trying to unlock the team survivor mode, but it pisses me off when i spend all that time just to die

i use gaara w/ his strong defense, strong offense (even kawarimi often doesnt save the comp), and that insane down X of his

[Souryusen]

Oh... survivor mode. Made it somewhere into the 80's with Shikamaru (effortless) before I got bored and just let the comp ace me. Shika's the king of cheap... at least when you're fighting the computer.

[Raven]

Gee, I was gonna say. To get into the hundreds in Survivor mode, you'd have to have the patience of ... dunno, someone with a lot of patience.

I get bored way too easily in that mode - I made it to the high 50s the other day before I got careless due to boredom.

We're gonna have a huge multiplayer session soon, hopefully I'll earn about 100k, that'd be nice.

[Souryusen]

Temari is the way to earn money cheap in arcade/survivor mode. The money you earn is based off the points you gain.. the points you gain are based off the hits you land. Temari's fan does a shitload of hits without doing a whole helluva lot of damage. I kick supreme ass with Sasuke.. but my record in arcade mode was crushed when I picked up Temari. I'd probably clinched the 1st place spot before I finished the 3rd battle.

[RasenDori]

oh man... my copy comes in tomorrow! i cant wait!