Overall 8.8 Graphics 7.8 Sound 8.4 Addictive 8.5 Story 5 Depth 6.2 Difficulty 6.4
7.2
Definitely worth a shot Eirinn
Welcome to the world of Naruto. In this game, you assume the role of either Naruto Uzumaki or Sasuke Uchiha, students of Sensei Kakashi Hatake. On your journey, you will learn how to use close combat fighting techniques, ranged weapons, and various types of Jutsu. You will fight your way through several foes who employ various fighting styles, from close quarters, to ranged, to a mix of both. At the end of each level you will also find a Boss fight awaiting you. From Ino and Choji, to Rock Lee and Shino. There's plenty of ninja action to be had here, along with a little platforming, and laughter. Add to that the fact that the controls are super easy to learn (A button jumps, pressing the B button attacks, while holding the B button unleashes one of three special attacks, pressing the R button throws projectiles, and holding the R button allows you to use special Jutsu attacks), and you have a surefire recipe for GBA fun.
Graphics: 9/10
Excellent.
Wow, is this really GBA? Yeah, that's pretty much indicative of the quality here, or at least I think so. Oddly I find that not everyone feels that these graphics are impressive. I'll just say that in my limited experience with GBA games, this one has some of the best graphics I've seen. So where does Naruto Ninja Council stand out to me visually? A better question would be, "Where does it not stand out visually?". I'll start with the level designs, since they are one of the least impressive shows of graphics contained in the game. While the level designs aren't anything groundbreaking, they do a good job utilizing the hardware that the GBA offered them, and came out with that perfect blend of game world and realism, with the game world being the dominant of the two traits. With mostly earthy tones, the color scheme for the levels are realistic and manage to keep the game's feet on the ground, when it could easily become carried away with the light anime style graphics, flashy cinematic attack sequences, and bright colors. They could have done better, but they did pretty good as it is, I'd say. The sprites are all pretty well done, but they're all far too small, and a bit too childish in animation style. That's my only real complaint in the graphics department. The sprites do have some very good animations though. It isn't often that I say this, but I love the animations here. They're smooth for a GBA title, and they successfully capture the spirit of classic anime action; It actually feels like you're playing an anime. Then there are the backgrounds: they aren't mind blowing, but they are nice, especially the first level's background. And last but not least, the cinematic attack sequences: As I've already said, each character comes with three special attacks. When you perform these attacks, the action on the screen freezes while a letterbox cinema of your character's eyes appears, and a bright color pattern replaces the background as the action unfreezes, and your character launches their powered up blast of concentrated power. These graphics aren't perfect, but compared to other GBA titles I've seen, I think that this is a fair rating.
Sound: 10/10
Incredible.
Yet another game with great sound. The music is really good for a GBA title, and we are offered a variety of tracks. You probably won't be downloading the OST anytime soon, but you won't be disappointed with the music here. What really makes this game's audio great, is the voice overs. There is a surprising amount of voice overs in the game, given the system limitations, and it's also good quality. My personal favorite is hearing Naruto shout "Na-ru-to Uza-maki Barrage!!" when unleashing his overpowered special attack, which incedentally is largely responsible for my taking note of the voice over quality. Each special attack (when properly executed) has it's own voice over. From Naruto's "Believe it!", to Sasuke's "Feel the power", to Sakura's simple "Cha!!", all of the voice acting is very high quality, and well executed in the game, and I couldn't get enough of it. Hands down, this has the best audio I've found in a GBA game.
Story: 2/10
Terrible.
This is the lowest I have ever given a game for story, but sadly, Naruto Ninja council deserves it. I hate to see such a miserable shotcoming in any game, but even more so in a game that shows this much promise. The game offers no reason for why you're doing most of what you're doing, until you reach the last few levels, and even then, it's so incredibly vague that you have to be a fan of Naruto to know what's going on, and even Naruto fans will have to make a good amount of assumptions to piece it together. Aside from knowing the characters and who's who, there really isn't much that even being a fan of the show can do to help you understand what's going on. So for those who are Naruto fans, this story gets a two. For the rest of us, a one is far more fitting. They would have done better to just leave the story out altogether, than to throw us a tiny portion of an underdeveloped story, and expect us to be satisfied with having to piece it together. It's kind of like trying to to put a thousand piece puzzle together, with only five hundred pieces. I'm not a Naruto fan, so I'm still not sure what's going on with the story, and I've beaten the game three times. After finishing the third round (which was my first playthrough with the secret character), I began to grasp an ever so small bit of a story that seemed to be buried in there somewhere, but even then it wasn't enough to fill me in on what was happening. Thankfully, this is the only place that Naruto Ninja Council falls so miserably short in the quality department.
Depth: 7/10
Very Good.
At first glance, it doesn't seem like this game has much to offer by way of depth. After all, it only offers two modes, two characters, straight forward beat 'em up action, and an extremely short story mode, which is hardly amazing or innovative. However, as you play through on your second run (assuming you use a different character), you begin to see the extra little details that work together to add to the replay value. Each character has different dialogue with the NPCs, which, despite being a small detail, is just enough to push you to the point of wanting to play all the way through this short little game again. And after you finish your first run with both characters, you'll get a surprise that, if you enjoy the game, makes your efforts worthwhile. I'll leave it up to you figure out what that surprise is though. Add to the mix the fact that you have at least three unlockable goodies (a secret character and an extra feature being two of them), that even the secret character has their own dialogue (altered cut-scenes), and the side quest of collecting all of the leaf symbols, as well as a hidden Special attack that's hidden somewhere in the game that varries for each character, and you have quiet a bit of depth, especially considering that it's a beat 'em up and a GBA title. This one will keep you coming back for a while if you plan to do everything that there is to be done.
Addictiveness: 8/10
Exceptional.
Well, I sat through this game three times without breaking to play another game. Everytime I picked up a game, it was Naruto Ninja Council. Why? It's fun, it's simple, it's short, and it has plenty of hidden features to offer for a game of it's kind, so everytime you finish it, it gives you a new reason to play through it again. While this probably won't be a go-to game for me permanently, it is one of the better beat 'em up games I've found, and I'll be putting in more play time on it soon. If you enjoy beat 'em ups, you'll likely find yourself addicted to this one for a while.
Difficulty: 5/10
Average.
While most of the levels are easily traveresed, and no enemies outside of the bosses are ever a challenge (unless you try to run through the levels at top speed and ignore them), Naruto Ninja Council is not entirely without challenge. Some of the bosses can be challenging, with attacks that drain nearly two thirds of your health, and the annoying button-spamming type strategy that the final boss employs, you just might find yourself slamming your hands down on the table in frustration. But never fear, none of the bosses are as invincible as they might seem, and you will never be overloaded with foes as in most beat 'em ups. In fact, almost all of them can be taken down quickly and all but effortlessly. Still, those few bosses that present an issue are more than enough to keep me from calling this game a breeze.
Overall: 7.2
Very Good.
I don't think a score could be much more accurate on this game than this overall score is. Naruto Ninja Council is a fun game, but like any game, it has it's ups and downs; and while it isn't perfect, it does manage to stand tall amongst it's peers. With great graphics, incredible sound quality, addictive gameplay, and plenty of depth, this one is more than capable of keeping gamers entertained for a decent amount of time.
All things considered, Naruto Ninja Council delivers more than enough action and fun to pull you in and keep you there for a while. And despite the glaring flaw that is it's miserable attempt at a story, it manages to turn out to be quiet a good little game. I would most definitely recommend Naruto Ninja Council to all fans of beat 'em ups or adventure/platformers, as well as fans of Naruto. For the rest of you? It could be worth a shot. It managed to impress me, despite beat 'em ups and adventure/platformer not exactly being one of my preferred genres. This game lives up to all expectations, and then some. If you haven't played this one before, then I suggest checking it out soon.
Graphics 9 Sound 10 Addictive 8 Story 2 Depth 7 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 4.8/5
Submitted: 07-06-13
Review Replies: 5
6.6
This is how we do it! Silverblack
This game is great. Anyone who is a Naruto fan, or a plat former/fighter gamer will like if not love this game.
Story- The story is all but non-existant, let me explain. The story sets you as Naruto or Sasuke where you must take on kakashi's test/challange. As you go through you meet other characters like Rock lee, and Ino. But then comes the "FUN" part. The leaf village is found to be on fire, after... An attack? As this is not explained. Anyhow, you then meet up against the sand ninjas, fight each (except Gaara), then head to the hokaga mountains to fight Zabuza, and then Orochimaru. Now you must stop the sand ninjas from finding out secrets of the leaf. Then you fight Zabuza than right after face Orochimaru. Don't know why but you fight them. In the end you find out that this was apart of the test. Many plot flaws leads to a unorganized mess of a story. So a horrid grad of 2.
Sound- The Sound is great. Love the music for each stage most importantly the forrest stage! The fight sounds and characters sound great. Only problem is repetitive repeats. For example the battle with Orochimaru gets anooying with the repeat of your jutsu's. I love the sound either way.
Depth- Not a lot to say here. Its short beat em up/ plat former that ends as soon as it started. Fun but not deep enough.
Difficulty- Naruto Ninja Council is very easy until you get to Hokaga Mountain. You will fall down about every hole. Then the battle with Orochimaru. Unless you get the level 4 jutsu. Your in for a long and tedius fight.
Graphics- Their GBA graphics, look great and do the job.Only problem was that the characters sprite's bug out on a fight with Neji. That is fixed by resetting after your battle with him. (This is a personal experience may or may not be in your playthrough or in physical game version.)
Addictiveness- Very addictive. Its fun to run around and quickly battle down opponents. But all goes away when yu beet the fairly short story.
In the end it was fun. I liked it and i look forward to it's second title. Now remember NEVER GIVE UP, AND HAVE FUN!
Walkthrough/FAQ @ http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/583525-naruto-ninja-council/faqs/23465
Thank you- Silverblack
Graphics 7 Sound 9 Addictive 8 Story 2 Depth 5 Difficulty 9
Review Rating: 4.3/5
Submitted: 12-04-13
Review Replies: 2
9.7
good game duncan64p
When I started off the game reminded me of mega man with a beat em up feel and I like it, I love the boss fights at the end of every level, at first I did not like the timer but its fitting trying to rush and collect all the leaf symbols except when I accidentally get to the boss fight -_-, and having two characters is awesome, Sasuke is my favorite to play as his fire style if done right destroys bosses, and the score factor is great makes it feel like a old school nes game cant wait to try and submit one to vizzed, I do wish there was more unlock able move the scrolls are nice but its not enough, the enemy's have a nice variety and don't get old those dang snakes get me every time slithery little demons do more damage to me then the ninjas haha and crows don't even get me started on the crows if you don't have the right projectile its a pain, and I love how fast you can move just ninja around like a ... ninja haha.
graphics; they are grate the sprites are wonderful, the backgrounds are full of life, the animations are spot on, and its all full of 16-bit greatness ^_^.
sound; the songs are really good they have a nice traditional Japanese tone in 16-bit form of course, and the verity is good its always changing, the voice dialog is good but gets old really quick "fear the wrath of uchiha" as Sasuke likes to say all the time -_-.
addictiveness; when you go ninja you don't go back, its a lot of fun going in to free play trying to collect all the symbols, trying to beat the game with both Naruto and Sasuke, and trying to up your score, I will definitely be playing the game more one of the gba's better plat formers.
story; well there's not much to it, its a super abridged version of Naruto's first season, but considering the type of game is there is not much you can do about it
depth; there's a good amount of levels and collectibles, you can probable sit down and beat in 30 minutes and 100 percent it in a hour if your good at plat formers that is.
difficulty; the stages start off smooth and gets progressively harder by the way you cant swim -_- you know they teach you how to spit fire balls in ninja school but not how to swim, the bosses get really hard also all you have to do is learn there patters like mega man, I feel like its just challenging enough to make you want to keep playing in tell you beat it,
overall I recommend you play this game right now especially if your fan beat-em-ups, plat formers, Naruto, or mega man, this has got to be a hidden gem for the gba, so go and become ninja today, and nothing will stop you on your way to the top "believe it"
Graphics 10 Sound 10 Addictive 8 Story 6 Depth 8 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 4.3/5
Submitted: 12-03-13
Review Replies: 8
10
Great Game But 2 Is Better PokemonGuy
Naruto : Ninja Council Is a good game some times the controls are hard to figure out when you skip the help icon stuff but you can figure it out some time I think the game is a 7 in Difficulty cause its not a very hard game but sometimes it can be challenging. The game is long like 8 long not that long but long enough for you to spend a long time enjoying the gameplay. The Story is 10 because the story is just amazing i even think it goes with the cartoon that used to be on tv alot. playing this reminds me of when i was little like so little didnt even go to school yet little i used to sit in my room i never knew what time it was but it was always like whenever i turned on the tv naruto was on i remember sitting in my room with my older sister and we loved watching naruto i remember i used to love zabuza because that huge sword i would be like woah awesome.this game deservs a 10 in addictiveness because if your a true naruto fan every naruto game is hard to stop playing on my xbox 360 i play naruto shippuden ultimate ninja storm generations i already unlocked everything and i could get millions of money in it but i just enjoy playing it.The sound is pretty good on this game too i mean not all classic games can get good sound. The graphics are just plain great i mean gba games usually are very pixelated but this makes pixel into like something that deservs to be on xbox 360 arcade good. i think the overall should be and is 10 because this game is just plain great i cant stop playing it
That is why i reccomend this game for good gamers
Graphics 8 Sound 7 Addictive 10 Story 10 Depth 8 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 12-14-12
Review Replies: 0
4.3
Naruto-Ninja Council: Naruto or Sasuke? justinfeena1
Naruto-Ninja Council is the first game of the Ninja Council series of the famous anime/manga Naruto.
Story:
You can't really rate the story of the game. Unless the mangas the game has almost no story. You just fight against your Konoha ninja friends like Konohamaru, Neji or Ino just because you have to past a test of Kakashi. There are no story elements, so I won't rate the story.
Gameplay:
In Ninja Council you can choose between Sasuke or Naruto (both characters go through the same test, there are no differences). Each one got his own 3 jutsus you can use against the enemies. The enemies, included the boss fights, are not very difficult and because you're moving around the levels with a fast pace you don't have to use your jutsus. You can collect some Konoha symbols and scrolls with different element jutsus you can/have to use. Another negative point is the time of the game: you can play through the game with both characters in 2 or 3 hours the first time.
Graphic/Areas:
The graphic is ok. The characters are not very detailed and the different areas are truly different but nothing special.
Sound:
The sound of the game is good. Nothing special but good and it matches very well to the game's look.
Conclusion:
Naruto-Ninja Council is a fun game. Unfortunately the graphic and the difficulty disappoints but in the end it's a fun, short game.
Graphics 5 Sound 6 Depth 3 Difficulty 3
Review Rating: 3.8/5
Submitted: 09-21-11
Review Replies: 1
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