Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3

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Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3 is a continuation for the Narutimate Series, which was originally for PS2, but somehow, the third one ended up in the PSP, to make things worst, the last Narutimate Series for PSP ended at 2 (the Mugenjo)... And to add to that lot of problem is that Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 1 & 2 are named Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 & 5 respectively, so I have no idea whether Accel 3 is a continuation of the PS2 series or the PSP series...

ah well, anyway, this is the first game in the series to feature all the Akatsuki Members (sans a few Pains), and Taka, or rather Hebi. It features the largest collection of characters ever...including 2 extra "new" characters, Gakuen Naruto and Gakuen Sasuke, yup, they are in school uniform as shown in Naruto Shippuden Ed2...

The Story Mode in this game features several "arcs", first of which is Homecoming Arc, followed by Kazekage Retrieval, Team 7 Reunion and Zombie Brothers arc, next is a original Mystery Clan arc from the view of Naruto, and then Hebi formation Arc followed by Sasuke meets the Mystery Clan. Funny how Sasuke and Naruto were working together to fight the main antagonist.

One difference from the older PSP games(I never played the PS2) is the "running" missions as compared to the traditional fighting missions...It look a lot like the Ninja Council series. None of the "teams" formation and special skills are present.... However, now there can be up to 2v2 fighting style, or even 1v3 if you feel you're good... And you can choose the skill(like how you choose the ultis in the PS2 versions) you want, and you can only have 1 skill instead of two fixed of the older versions...

Of the characters, my favourite is Itachi, his amateratsu is kick ass, Minato speed is also kickass, especially so in his "awaken" mode, talking of which, this is a new gameplay addition where the players can awaken themselves and fight at higher speed/attack stuff like that, and in some cases, unlock new skill...like Kakashi using Kamui after awakening...

Pain is just dumb...and he takes up 3 character slot...their ultis are the same, skills are just a difference of one...only major difference are their move sets, so of the 3, i think Deva Pain is the weakest...seriously... i was hoping for one of his skill to be the 3 pull, push thingie as shown in the manga, no deal....

ah well, overall, nice gameplay, a newer feel, newer things to explore, more characters, more skills, kinda same graphics, cant tell if they did upgrade it or not, so overall, i think Im gonna give a 7.5/10 rating for this game. Owing to the fact of some imbalances in the character rooster....