Naruto Ninja 6

[Bigg Gernes]

Theorigins of the ninja ultimately date back over a millenia to the arrival of Kaguya and Isshiki of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, celestial invaders who sought to cultivate a God Tree and harvest a chakra fruit on Earth. After Kaguya fell in love with a human and betrayed her clan, she passed the power of chakra on to her twin sons, Hagoromo and Hamura. Kaguya was eventually driven to madness and battled against her own sons, who sealed her away and divided her chakra into the nine Tailed Beasts. In time the elder brother, Hagoromo, would develop the philosophy of ninshū, through which he sought to disseminate chakra among the human population as a means of uniting them in harmony, and became known as the Sage of Six Paths.

It was Hagoromo's elder son, Indra, who first developed methods to weaponise chakra, creating ninjutsu. Following Hagoromo's death a feud erupted between Indra and his younger brother Asura for leadership of the sect, spurred on by a being known as Zetsu, bringing about a multi-generational conflict that would divide its followers into various clans and engulf much of the world for centuries. During the resulting Warring States Period, Hagoromo's teachings were gradually forgotten until all that remained of ninshū was ninjutsu, and those who wielded the techniques became known as ninja.

Two of Hagoromo's descendants, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, would eventually unify a number of clans to found Konohagakure and form an alliance with the Land of Fire, resulting in the first of the Five Great Shinobi Countries and the modern shinobi village system, in which various unified clans act as mercenary forces for affiliated nations. Though this resulted in brief periods of peace, large scale conflict still plagued the world for several consecutive generations, resulting in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Shinobi World Wars.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War the Five Great Shinobi Countries came together to form the Allied Shinobi Forces and battle the Akatsuki, an organisation that had been manipulated by Zetsu in order to gather the Tailed Beasts and revive Kaguya and the God Tree, using it to place the world under the Infinite Tsukuyomi, a mass hallucination. The heroes of the war, chief amongst them being another pair of Hagoromo's distant descendants, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, put an end to Zetsu's plots and once again sealed Kaguya, beginning an era of unprecedented peace and cooperation between the shinobi villages.

In the following decades the villages prospered under the leadership of Naruto and other like-minded shinobi who prioritised unification and sought to end the cycle of war. This era was marked by rapid scientific advances, with the marriage of technology and ninjutsu resulting in the creation of Scientific Ninja Tools and Shinobi-Ware. However, underlying societal unrest and inequality gave rise to the Kara, a secret society of zealots and dissidents devoted to the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the God Tree. With the sudden arrival of another pair of Ōtsutsuki invaders, the Kara plunged the world into a conflict that would presumably end the era of the shinobi.

Main article: JutsuJutsu (術, literally meaning: techniques/arts/skills) are the mystical arts that a ninja will utilise in battle. To use a jutsu, the ninja will need to use their chakra. To perform one, the ninja will bring out and release the two energies of chakra. By forming hand seals, the ninja is able to manifest the desired technique. Because of the extensive number of hand seals and different combinations, there are thousands of potential jutsu to be discovered.Shinobi can use a variety of techniques often based on the utilisation of chakra. This allows shinobi to perform extraordinary feats such as walking on water or walking up trees. Jutsu are separated into three groups, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu. Ninjutsu implies performing a supernatural or beyond normal ability, the most common of which is the elemental jutsu. These are created by the user transforming their chakra into a specific nature or 'release'. The chakra types are Lightning, Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. Other sub-types of chakra natures such as Wood Release and Ice Release also exist, created by combining two of the basic five releases. Taijutsu implies physical body techniques, which do not typically require chakra. Genjutsu manipulates the chakra in an enemy's brain and disrupts their chakra flow. Their senses get fooled which creates illusions, things that the foe believes to be real that are in fact fake.

Shinobi have noticeably greater physical capabilities than a normal human being, able to execute feats of strength that would be otherwise impossible for a civilian, even at relatively low levels of skill. For example, their ability to jump. Ninja are capable of leaping many times their own height and permitting them to clear buildings and structures, especially when moving across rooftops or travelling through trees.[1][2] Even as a boy, Naruto jumped over a fence in the Academy with no significant effort,[3] and each of the pre-Academy children in Himawari's test trial could easily move at great speeds and jump up dozens of feet in the air.[4] Near the start of his battle against Sasuke Uchiha at the end of Part I, Naruto jumped from the Hashirama Senju statue to the Madara Uchiha statue, reaching the other end of the entire valley in just one leap. However, moments like these are greatly ignored and overlooked due to the fact that they are so commonplace in the ninja world, even for genin-level shinobi.[5] Ninja also possess strength that far outmatches the average person. A simple kick from Itachi to Sasuke created an exceptionally large crater in the wall.[6] With a single hand, Lee could uproot the roots of giant trees in a flash without apparent difficulty.[7]

Befitting their occupation, shinobi possess superhuman speed to varying degrees. Some exceptional genin can avoid attacks moving at the speed of sound,[8] or physically intercept them with their own attack at a faster speed.[9] At some point between his adolescence and young adulthood, Kakashi is said to have bisected a bolt of lightning with his Chidori.[10] These and other notable instances aside, nearly all shinobi can temporarily heighten their speed to catch opponents off guard or to set a decoy.

Though not greatly explored, shinobi also possess abnormal abilities to affect the minds of others, even without the use of genjutsu or other Yin Release techniques. Without using techniques, shinobi can induce intense panic and suicidal tendencies in those less experienced or weaker than themselves by projecting their Killing Intent.[11] Skilled use of it can even take the form of graphic hallucinations of one's own death, which can be mistaken for genjutsu.[12][13]

Ninja tools are used as alternatives to techniques. They can include weapons, accessories, and even clothing. Some ninja such as Tenten have mastered the use of such tools, but all ninja are able to use the most common to some degree. A standard shinobi will have a pouch equipped with many tools, and nearly every ninja is equipped with at least a shuriken holster. Most also possess and wear a forehead protector with the symbol of the village they derive from, though the ninja does not necessarily have to wear it over their forehead. The Inuzuka clan's ninken and Aburame clan's insects are also classified as tools.

During the new era, the marriage of technology and ninjutsu results in the creation of various scientific ninja tools. These range from weapons and equipment utilising modern materials and technology to devices that can store and reproduce the phenomena of ninjutsu, and even cybernetic Shinobi-Ware that can augment the abilities of their wielder.

Naruto: Ninja Council for Game Boy Advance was originally released in Japan in 2003, but even for its time, it must have been a bit disappointing. The game largely feels as if it could have been released on the original NES with few changes, and it is incredibly short and easy.

Likewise (but making a little more sense), special moves are performed by holding the B button to charge a gauge and releasing the button at the right time to perform a move. Each bar that you fill represents a different move, with four moves per character. There are both red and yellow sections of the bar, and if you release the button when the bar is in the red, the move will fail, producing either a less effective version of the technique or an almost entirely useless action like Naruto letting a huge fart. Both the scrolls and specials use chakra, which builds up automatically whenever you're standing still.

The enemies along the way aren't much to contend with, especially if you use specials liberally. Most of the ninjas in your path pretty much stand there and wait for you to hit them. The more problematic enemies tend to be flying creatures, which are difficult to hit, and ninjas waiting at the tops of vertical shafts, knocking you down as soon as you get to the top. In addition, some enemies simply pop up when you're right on top of them, and if you happen to knock an enemy out of its territory without killing it, it will vanish and pop up again in the original spot. Most enemies don't drop any goodies, so it really doesn't matter if you kill them or simply avoid them and go on your merry way.

Fans of the license will probably have more to complain about than someone who has no idea what Naruto is even about. I mentioned the elemental Ninjutsu scrolls earlier, which have more of a foundation in generic game design than in the Naruto series. Story-wise, fighting your allies makes a bit of sense as a training exercise, at least until the village is set on fire and Neji still feels the need to have a friendly match. When you finally do face off against invading ninjas, they include completely out-of-context battles with Haku, Zabuza, and Orochimaru in the mountains above Konoha. Last, but not least, is the oddly poor quality of the character portraits. It appears that rather than digitizing official artwork, the designers must have copied the art by hand, because most of the character's faces simply don't look right at all. And to think there's actually an image gallery to unlock!

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