Developer : CyberConnect2
Release date : February 4, 2016
Synopsis :
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, known in Japan as Naruto Shippūden: Narutimate Storm 4 (Japanese: NARUTOナルト 疾風伝 ナルティメットストーム 4, Hepburn: Naruto Shippūden: Narutimetto Sutōmu 4), is a fighting game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam in February 2016. It is the sixth and final installment of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series inspired by Masashi Kishimoto’s manga Naruto. It is the sequel to the 2013 game Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst.
The narrative follows the young ninjas Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha as they participate in a world war between shinobi – the Fourth Shinobi World War – against the terrorist organization Akatsuki and unite to defeat it. Similar to Storm 3, the game uses regular fighting systems; however, players can switch among a team of three fighters who can assist each other. Other returning elements involve boss fights, where quick time events are required to reach hidden scenes and hack and slash areas. The expansion version is entitled Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto; this version, under development, was compiled with three other series titles as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy and released on in August 2017. It adds new characters from the 2015 film, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and adult versions of the younger fighters.
The game was developed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One over a two-year period. CyberConnect2 took advantage of the hardware’s potential to incorporate more fighting mechanics and add new fighters. The game received generally-positive reviews, according to Metacritic; its narrative and graphics were praised, but critics were also divided about the length of the story and the depth of the controls. A Nintendo Switch port of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto was released in April 2020. Including Road to Boruto, the game had sold 8.7 million copies by December 2021.
Story Mode
The story begins with a fight to the death battle the founders of Hidden Leaf Village: Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. Several years later, the Fourth Great Ninja War is fought by the allied Shinobi forces from the village where Naruto Uzumaki reveals that the villain leading Akatsuki is Obito Uchiha: the presumed-dead best friend of Naruto’s mentor, Kakashi Hatake. Obito and his partner, the reanimated Madara Uchiha, awaken the legendary Ten Tails creature to defeat Shinobi forces. The rebellious Sasuke Uchiha is uncomfortable with his hatred of Hidden Leaf Village, and has the Konohagakure leaders (the Hokages) reanimated to learn about the village’s origin. After realising that his late brother Itachi Uchiha and the first Hokage, Hashirama, fought to protect the village regardless of cost, Sasuke’s team and the reanimated Hokage aid Naruto’s group.
When Sasuke’s forces reach Naruto’s group, Obito is overpowered by Kakashi and absorbs the Tailed Beasts to become their vessel. Through their combined forces, Naruto and Sasuke defeat Obito and remove the Beasts. However, Madara defeats the Hokages, after reviving using the weakened Obito’s body controlled by Zetsu. Now using Akatsuki’s Sealing Statue, he takes the creatures, including Naruto’s Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, and mortally wounds Sasuke. A reformed Obito and Sakura Haruno try reviving Naruto while Kabuto Yakushi heals Sasuke. A man known as the Sage of the Six Paths, the first ninja appears in Naruto and Sasuke’s dreams and passes them new powers to defeat Madara. The weakened Madara is betrayed by the true leader of Akatsuki, Zetsu, who infuses his chakra to revive Sage’s mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki. With the help of Kakashi and Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke seal Kaguya; Obito dies in the battle, while trying to protect Kakashi. Following the battle, a weakened Madara makes peace with Hashirama and dies with the Hokages going back to the afterlife. Naruto and Sasuke then fight to decide the village’s fate. As both suffer the loss of one arm each, Sasuke gives up realizing how his actions affected his friends. The game ends with a time skip; Naruto is the new Hokage raising his son while Sasuke returns to the village.
After the original story mode is completed, the game unlocks a new story mode set shortly after the war’s end. The narrative focuses on Naruto, his friend Shikamaru Nara, and the Sunagakure leader Gaara. The three ninjas travel around the world with a team to complete missions and remember previous battles (which the player must win).
Road to Boruto
The downloadable content Road to Boruto is set fifteen years after the Fourth Ninja War. The adult Sasuke Uchiha battles two unknown fighters descendant from Kaguya Otsutsuki. Meanwhile, Naruto’s son, Boruto Uzumaki, a young ninja, trains with Sarada Uchiha and Mitsuki under Konohamaru Sarutobi. The village is peaceful (thanks to Akatsuki’s defeat), but Boruto is annoyed that his father misses Himawari Uzumaki’s birthday due to having become a busy person due to his job as the Leaf’s leader, the Seventh Hokage. Returning to the village, Sasuke tells Naruto about the two Otsutsuki fighters he met; he meets Boruto, and becomes his new teacher. During a ninja examination to improve rankings, Momoshiki and Kinshiki invade Konohagakure. Naruto allows himself to be kidnapped by the enemies to protect the village; Sasuke then gathers the other leaders from other villages and Boruto to rescue him. The mission is successful, and the two Otsutsukis are defeated by the combined forces of Naruto, Sasuke and Boruto. Now in peace with his father, Boruto continues doing missions, ending with a friendly spar against him.
Source : Wikipedia
