Another Naruto game on the way: Broken Bond

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Another Naruto game on the way: Broken Bond

Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:30AM by Terrence Stasse
Filed under: News

Despite the fact that the newest of the Naruto games won't be coming to the 360, that doesn't mean that the franchise has left the console forever. According to several newly posted pages on a few different websites, we've got word of a new Naruto 360 project, apparently entitled Broken Bond. Supposedly set for release in November, Broken Bond deals with the rivalry between Naruto and the character Sasuke and is thought to be a continuation of the earlier 360 game Rise of the Ninja.

[Sources GameRush, ToTheGame]

[Thanks Robert]

Tags: naruto, naruto-broken-bond, ubisoft

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

7-03-2008 @ 8:40AM

Lewis (GT: StoneRevolver) said...

Haven't even play the first one yet and the second is coming? Cool, I guess, more to play.

7-03-2008 @ 9:09AM

Boff said...

I liked the cel-shaded graphical style of the 1st one, but never actually tried it.

Anyone know if it was any good??

7-03-2008 @ 9:16AM

Ejab said...

Yes, I beat it, it was very good, though the fighting system was a little weak.

7-03-2008 @ 11:46AM

Erik said...

It was a good game. The fighting system may have been a little bad. But, compared to all the other anime games out there, this one is great. Let's hope they make the fighting better in Broken Bond though.

7-03-2008 @ 11:51AM

Dragod said...

I really liked Rise of a Ninja. It went through the Anime's story pretty well (until around episode 70, I think). I really liked it, though it did have a few annoying problems. I hope there is a new one, but I also hope that it is longer and cheaper... $60 was a bit much for it.

Fighting system was pretty good I thought, though it's possible to do some very cheap combo moves in combination to almost guarantee a win. Still, very fun to play.

7-04-2008 @ 5:02AM

JaysonAych said...

I personally enjoyed the fighting system. I don't normally like most fighting games due to the myriad controls that require rote memorization to do anything beyond a simple punch, and Naruto: ROAN's fighting controls made a lot of sense. Moving around the game world felt very fluid and natural, the controls were intuitive, and the interfaces were easy to navigate.

Overall, it was a good game that could have been a great game with a bit more polish. In terms of graphics, audio, and ambience, you couldn't ask for better....it gives an excellent feel of actually being in the cartoon. However, a lot of the set pieces got pretty repetitive by the time you got to the end, and if you didn't know much about the show, some plot elements and characters are introduced rather jarringly with some very rough cutscene transitions. Enemies also got very old...there were only a few noteworthy battles with a lot of same-old-same-old random encounter battles in between.

I was really hoping Ubisoft Montreal would do a sequel. They have a great foundation for another game. If they're using the same engine and general structure, but putting in more in-depth missions with more varied environments and activities (e.g. NO HERB COLLECTING!) and more varied enemies to face, it's going to be a winner.

8-06-2008 @ 5:41PM

jamar cartwright said...

yeah the first naruto game was excellent and im glad they are making a new one for the 360

7-03-2008 @ 9:11AM

Gemini Ace said...

I'm still waiting for another Avatar TLA game. I need to add another 1000 points to my score.

7-03-2008 @ 9:14AM

Ejab said...

The reason why Ninja Storm isnt coming to 360 is because different companies hold the rights to each system Bandai-PoS3 Tomy-Nintendo Ubisoft-MS. Isnt X3f supposed to be a professional site? How come you people know so little?

7-03-2008 @ 9:29AM

Conor said...

Oh heavens yes!

7-03-2008 @ 10:16AM

ccc said...

Yea I wondering if this is made by UBI soft or not.
Thjat information alone would tell me if this was an intended sequal to the only Naruto game that does the series any justice or not.

7-03-2008 @ 10:34AM

Shogan said...

The last one on the 360 was a VERY good game, and I've never seen an episode of the show. I got it for my boyfriend for Christmas, and quickly got hooked on the game myself.

7-03-2008 @ 11:13AM

craig64 said...

Count me in! I was a huge fan of the first game...so a sequel would be awesome!

7-03-2008 @ 12:03PM

Kyle said...

i guess that this is taking place of the downloadable sequel story missions that were talked about when the first came out. as was teh first game my guess is that this one will be awesome as well. i hope they put more into the story and totaly revamp teh online, lets face it, teh first was slacking in the online field

7-03-2008 @ 12:29PM

John said...

First game was a good action/fighting game, but as others have said, the fighting system was very weak. As a 'fan' of the anime series, it tied very well with the story and spirit of the show. I'll probably just put this one on my GameFlyQ whenever it comes out.

7-03-2008 @ 12:37PM

SeaniC said...

I'm in the same boat. I never seen an episode of the series, but I loved the game.

7-03-2008 @ 1:20PM

Clinton oxendine said...

im glad thy are making another one hopefully it be longer than six hours this time im am a big naruto fan

7-03-2008 @ 1:22PM

Procris said...

Do we need more? What kind of a caption/question is that? ......

Anyway... First one was great and looked fantastic. The fighting system worked really well and the story mode was the best so far of any anime game in the franchise since they normally are just pure fighting games and its something i've always disliked. Things to improve upon is have all characters actually have personalities. More stuff to do in the city and so on.

My only beef is the Naruto for PS3 does look a lot better graphically (then again thats what longer development will do) and since both are console exclusives to their platforms, people buying it are obviously going to choose between a 360 or PS3 (unless they own both, most don't).

7-03-2008 @ 4:39PM

NitroFrost said...

The first was awesome got it on release and the second should be even better O AND NINJA STORM WILL FAIL, point/ counter-point NO-ONLINE = Suxvill

7-03-2008 @ 8:42PM

Aeikozz said...

if it's like the xbox 360 game, then yes we need another one.

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