Naruto Shippuden : Naruto vs Sasuke

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Naruto vs. Sasuke

Portable Naruto games have a spotty history. Too often they try to pack in the features and gameplay of their big brothers on the consoles, and end up being as strained and disemboweled as you would expect. Instead of that route, Naruto Shippuden: Naruto vs. Sasuke plays to the strengths of the DS and succeeds as a fun action-platformer that would have felt perfectly at home in the 16-bit era. Naruto vs. Sasuke is set immediately after Sasori's defeat at the hands of Sakura and Lady Chiyo. You team up with Yamato and Sai, face down Orochimaru at Tenchi bridge, and infiltrate the villain's hideout in search of Sasuke. By no means is the presentation of the story newbie-friendly, but the dialogue is sparse enough that everyone can still enjoy the gameplay without prior knowledge of the series. Fans, who have witnessed these events a few times over, can at least look forward to fresh levels. Naruto vs. Sasuke has the appearance of a sidescrolling platformer, but the stages are much more massive than meets the eye, with towering cliffs, subterranean tunnels, precarious treetops, and plenty of secrets. Stages rarely have one path, and harbor room for so much exploration that a map would be quite handy to have.