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Naruto Mugen

Players get to play as their favorite Naruto characters

7.0

476 Votes

  • Category Combat
  • Program license Free
  • Size 141.89 MB
  • Works under: Windows 98 SE
  • Program available in English
  • Program by makula72

Naruto is a hugely popular Japanese manga series that has been adapted into television shows, movies, novels and games, as well as being translated into English and spreading all over the world. It is mainly enjoyed by younger Westerners although there are some older fans too.

The original manga series was written by Masashi Kishimoto and ran to an impressive seventy-two volumes. The basic premise of the story is that a powerful villainous fox, known as Nine-Tails, is imprisoned inside the infant Naruto. The fact of having a powerful enemy sealed inside of him leads Naruto to be regarded with suspicion by some people, and with awe and respect by others. The series': manga, television, movie and game, all work from the point of view of Naruto's life. He must work through various quests, meeting friends and discovering their strengths and weaknesses.

Following on from the success of the manga volumes, the series exploded globally with young people from all over the world being enthralled by the likeable characters and drawn into the escapist adventures. The television series originally aired on TV Tokyo, and was also disseminated worldwide. From there, the characters and story seemed to take on a life of its own, finding its way into novels, chapter books aimed at readers aged seven to ten, and even trading card games, before making its way into the world of video gaming.

While the novels and television series can, and do, explore the intimacies and personalities of Naruto and his friends and acquaintances, the video games tend to focus more on the battle quest side of the plot.

The game is a straight-forward 2D fighting game with the distinctively blond (or more accurately yellow-haired!) Naruto always the initial hero, fighting his way through masses of black-clad ninja enemies. There is the option to introduce other characters, although this is somewhat limited without downloading additional extras from other sites. The graphics are good and the game plays smoothly with little lag to frustrate the player. Fans of the game say that it is very similar to Double Dragon, Street Fighter and Mortal Combat, in atmosphere and playability, so if any of those games appeal to you, you will probably enjoy Naruto Mugen too!

Pros

  • Great graphics and good combat
  • Based on a hugely popular series, so there is plenty of scope for new games in the series before the games developer runs out of ideas!

Cons

  • Limited additional characters (but there are add-ons that will allow this to be overcome)
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