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TwoPair posted:Honestly I am just glad to hear you are going to do Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, because as silly as this series is, this LP and your commentary has been immensely enjoyable, so I will gladly watch more. SSSAAAAAAAMMME Also this is where I stop knowing anything but eye poo poo we haven't seen yet. Zero context on that poo poo too. Did we get to explaining Kakashi's eyes? Did I miss that episode?
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Herr Tog posted:Also this is where I stop knowing anything but eye poo poo we haven't seen yet. Zero context on that poo poo too. Did we get to explaining Kakashi's eyes? Did I miss that episode? There is an entire villain and related story arc to explain Kakashi's Sharingan and it drags on for so long oh my god.
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Mar 27, 2015 10:22
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So it hasn't showed up in the LP let and I think I know the guy you are talking about and OH MY GOD NOW I have an idea how bad this...stays
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Herr Tog posted:So it hasn't showed up in the LP let and I think I know the guy you are talking about and OH MY GOD NOW I have an idea how bad this...stays Oh Tog, it gets much worse.
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Onmi posted:Oh Tog, it gets much worse. Is there just an IRC cause I know if we continue there are gonna be spoilers and probations.
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Mar 27, 2015 10:36
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Herr Tog posted:Is there just an IRC cause I know if we continue there are gonna be spoilers and probations. A thread should still exist in ADTRW, I'm pretty sure you just have to read it.
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ChorpSaway posted:
I found an error in the OP btw
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Onmi posted:A thread should still exist in ADTRW, I'm pretty sure you just have to read it. oh no. gently caress you man I did my time in one Naruto thread. gently caress a second.
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If you want I will be glad to talk about it in PM because that story arc is just a boundless well of clever stupidity. It will require discussing massive spoilers though, so be prepared for that.
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Neruz posted:If you want I will be glad to talk about it in PM because that story arc is just a boundless well of clever stupidity. I don't have plat but thank you. Also it is late. I'll come and satisfy my curiosity another time.
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I'm also often online on synIRC in various channels (Blood Bowl, League of Legends and Dominions atm) so you can try me there as Neruz if you like  There's probably a Naruto IRC channel somewhere there too though if so it's more complex than just 'Naruto' so 
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Onmi posted:Well at least the game ended here so people didn't have to see what's to come OH RIGHT WE'RE COVERING THE NEXT GAME Take this to heart people. The bullshit melodrama here? The worthlessness of the actions of all the characters, hero and villain? The stupid redemption of awful villains who do awful things but its okay because SAD BACKSTORY? This isn't the worst the series has to offer. Not even close. It will be a roaring torrent of awful from this point onward except for ONE CHARACTER. Those of you who want to read ahead of Chorp and the gang playing these games, be warned.
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Mar 28, 2015 01:25
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It's a stretch, but let's do it.
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Mar 28, 2015 04:15
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Nothing quite like having a flashback to the cutscene you're currently in.
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Since this is part two and the next is part three, presumably there was also part one - I've never watched Naruto, can someone say what happens there?
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Szurumbur posted:Since this is part two and the next is part three, presumably there was also part one - I've never watched Naruto, can someone say what happens there? There's way more than just part 1; prior to Ultimate Ninja Storm 1 there is Ultimate Ninja Heroes 1 through 3 + Impact, and then prior to those there is Ultimate Ninja 1 through 5. Also technically the next game in the series is actually Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations rather than UNS 3, after 3 comes Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst, then Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution and finally Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 which has yet to be released. The Naruto story itself is broadly divided into two halves by a timeskip, with the latter part typically called 'Shippuden' to distinguish it. If I tried to fully explain the entire Naruto story from start to current in a single post I'd probably run out the character limit. e: Shadow covers the broad points below, but note that he is skipping over a ton of stuff, much of which turns out to be important later. Chorps' synopsis is more comprehensive, but still skips a lot of things. Neruz fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Mar 28, 2015 |
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- Series starts. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura get teamed up under Kakashi and do some missions. Some say the series peaked here. - All baby ninja across the land come take part in an exam to rank up. Orochimaru is introduced and gives Sasuke the curse mark he uses for power. - Said exam is halted by Orochimaru killing the Third Hokage and kidnapping Sasuke. Naruto and some friends give chase to retrieve him to no avail. Naruto and Sasuke have a fight. - Naruto starts training under Jiraiya, and Sakura starts training under Tsunade. This is important because 3 of the greatest ninja ever in the village all have proteges. - Time skip - Here we are. I think that's pretty much the jist of it. There were some cool fights, but everything is so terribly paced that I can't even go back to watch it through rose tinted glasses.
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Szurumbur posted:Since this is part two and the next is part three, presumably there was also part one - I've never watched Naruto, can someone say what happens there? I made a post in the OP that was a quick synopsis of the original Naruto (pre-Shippuden), which can be found here: http://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=20379 Ultimate Ninja Storm the First only sort of tells the story of Naruto but is mostly just a fight-to-fight sort of thing IIRC. If anyone else wants to step up and elaborate on any finer points though, go ahead.
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ChorpSaway posted:I made a post in the OP that was a quick synopsis of the original Naruto (pre-Shippuden), which can be found here: http://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=20379 That's a lot of Naruto, thanks! I should have read the OP regardless, sorry! Shadow225 posted:- Series starts. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura get teamed up under Kakashi and do some missions. Some say the series peaked here. I appreciate the shortened version, too!
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ChorpSaway posted:Ultimate Ninja Storm the First only sort of tells the story of Naruto but is mostly just a fight-to-fight sort of thing IIRC. Neruz posted:Also technically the next game in the series is actually Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations rather than UNS 3, after 3 comes Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst, then Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution and finally Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 which has yet to be released.
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Neruz posted:There's way more than just part 1; prior to Ultimate Ninja Storm 1 there is Ultimate Ninja Heroes 1 through 3 + Impact, and then prior to those there is Ultimate Ninja 1 through 5. Also technically the next game in the series is actually Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations rather than UNS 3, after 3 comes Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst, then Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution and finally Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 which has yet to be released. So are these separate series of games or does the crew in charge of Naruto games adhere to the Kingdom Hearts philosophy of "gently caress it throw some more adjectives on there, just don't release an actual sequel"?
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TwoPair posted:So are these separate series of games or does the crew in charge of Naruto games adhere to the Kingdom Hearts philosophy of "gently caress it throw some more adjectives on there, just don't release an actual sequel"? Probably the latter.
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Szurumbur posted:That's a lot of Naruto, thanks! Hey, it's still better than watching the actual show! 
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TwoPair posted:So are these separate series of games or does the crew in charge of Naruto games adhere to the Kingdom Hearts philosophy of "gently caress it throw some more adjectives on there, just don't release an actual sequel"? They're the same style of fighting game, each one covers a different part of the story and as the games progress they add more and more characters and the characters get more and more powers. So they are actual sequels in the true sense of the word; in being 'the next part of the story sequentially.' Naruto is one of the Big Three long-running manga\animes, standing alongside Bleach and One Piece with One Piece being the current king. Each one is multiple hundreds of anime episodes long, with an anime episode typically being 2 - 6 manga chapters; there is a lot of story and that doesn't count the anime filler arcs that they put in because the anime progresses faster. Anime Naruto actually suffered really badly from filler to the point that when they restarted the series again they gave it the 'Shippuden' title just to separate it from the last quarter or so of the original anime series which was almost entirely pointless and badly written filler. One of the major reasons why the One Piece anime has managed to go on for so much longer than Bleach and Naruto is because the One Piece filler has generally been of much higher quality and several filler arcs are actually canon adventures that were skipped over in the manga or only referred to in passing. In a lot of cases Oda basically handed the anime writers a bunch of smaller side stories to be fleshed out and used as filler and at least one filler arc was so good that Oda retconned it into the manga. Neruz fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Mar 30, 2015 |
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To put it in perspective, here's how bad the Naruto Filler was: Naruto, the original anime series, stopped being aired on Toonami after the filler arc started rolling, and it wasn't back on the air, to my knowledge, up until Disney picked up Naruto Shippuden. You could also argue that the Naruto filler helped in the final killing of the original Toonami run. As bad as the core Naruto experience can be, and I'm saying that as a former fan, the Filler Arcs were so much worse. As bad as Shippuden gets, nothing touches the sort of awful that was reached in the Post-Naruto, Pre-Shippuden filler.
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Skyfinder posted:You could also argue that the Naruto filler helped in the final killing of the original Toonami run. There's no argument, it absolutely did. That period of Naruto filler was so bad it very nearly killed the Naruto anime entirely. Shippuden came close to just straight up not being a thing and if it had received poor viewership the Naruto anime would have gone the way of the Bleach anime and just ended.
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Wait. WAIT. Naruto killed my Toonami? AND the Bleach Anime ended!?
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Herr Tog posted:Wait. WAIT. Naruto killed my Toonami? AND the Bleach Anime ended!? Yup the Bleach anime ended. And on the worst possible arc. I mean It's not much better now but it's hell of a lot better than the Fullbring arc. Funny how of the Big 3 only One Piece hasn't taken a complete dive into the shitter. And is the only one that isn't going to end any time soon.
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Well, Toonami also died simply because Cartoon Network at the time was going through that horrible shake up that Western 2-D Animation was going through from 2004-2009. Naruto's filler arc being full of fail dumped Toonami's ratings, true, but the CN at the time was also more broadly just pulling in worse and worse shows and trying to shake up the formula to revive the channel (anyone remember CNReal? Ugh). Thankfully, it seems Western 2-D Television animation in the last 5 years has remarkably recovered. Except for Nickelodeon, but gently caress that channel. But yeah, One Piece's ability to resist not only having super lovely filler, but also being terrible, is miraculous as compared to Bleach and Naruto. I chock it up to Oda being a strong writer and, like was previously mentioned, the anime's writing team being in close contact with him.
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Neruz posted:One of the major reasons why the One Piece anime has managed to go on for so much longer than Bleach and Naruto is because the One Piece filler has generally been of much higher quality and several filler arcs are actually canon adventures that were skipped over in the manga or only referred to in passing. In a lot of cases Oda basically handed the anime writers a bunch of smaller side stories to be fleshed out and used as filler and at least one filler arc was so good that Oda retconned it into the manga. Except that's not the case anymore and they're running a 1:1 chapter/episode ratio and it's god awful.
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Waffleman_ posted:Except that's not the case anymore and they're running a 1:1 chapter/episode ratio and it's god awful. It varies, some of the One Piece filler is totally original, but Oda is still signing off on all the filler and he does still occasionally slip the Anime guys some storyline on the side. The 1:1 ratio they're doing at the moment is because they don't want to dive into filler in the middle of a major story arc, it should pick up again once Oda finishes off this story arc which looks like it will be soon given what just happened to Doflamingo. Even when it's bad the One Piece anime is still better than the Naruto and Bleach animes.
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Is Bleach even still part of the Big 3? I thought it lost its spot to Toriko around the time the anime was canceled.
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Scrap Dragon posted:Is Bleach even still part of the Big 3? I thought it lost its spot to Toriko around the time the anime was canceled. Yeah it is, Naruto is technically not part of the Big 3 anymore because its ended; Naruto, Bleach and One Piece are all over 600 chapters though whereas Toriko and Fairy Tail have only recently gone over 300. There are ongoing arguments as to whether Toriko and Fairy Tail belong in the group and whether Naruto should be removed for finishing or not. The fact that the Toriko anime went the same way as the Bleach anime also doesn't help. Neruz fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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 FINAL UPDATE TIME!    I lied, there are two updates for the post-game! Still, pretty light considering how much time I spent actually playing it. Today, Naruto maxes and relaxes after a hard day or saving the world from god-tier ninja. He takes his time around time helping out various villagers, hanging out with ~the ladies~, and continuing to fight off bad guys. Meanwhile, Sasuke has a side-mission to take care of, and it may be his oddest yet... Thanks to everyone for joining me on this adventure through one of the most popular manga/anime series! It had its ups and downs and very downs but overall I thought it was a refreshing experience! My co-commentators may not feel the same way though. As for the Narutoke Up! contest, since there were only two entries (that weren't from friends/co-commentators) and both of them were cool, I thought I might as well give you both a prize! So, Level Seven and Shadow225, tell me if you want a new avatar/forums upgrade/whatever or if you'd like one of the Ultimate Ninja Storm games for Steam. Dattebayolo! Anyways, that ends Ultimate Ninja Storm 2! UNS3 will come at some point, I'm sure, but for now I have a couple other things lined up before then which you may or may not be interested in. Plus my friends need to record a bit from their anime overdoses. Either way, see you guys next time, in some other Village Hidden the Subforum! ChorpSaway fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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YESSS KILLER B IS HERE! Best character. One of the few characters who never properly loses a fight and master of a sword style that is so unpredictable and insane that even the Sharingan can't keep track of what the poo poo is happening. I must say that was a really crappy depiction of the fight; in the anime they fight in the Land of Clouds and it's Sasuke's entire Team Taka vs Killer B. Killer B kicks the poo poo out of them. Here is the fight in the anime, it might be spoilers because they may want to re-do the fight in the next Ultimate Ninja Storm. Also the Eight Tails is an Ushi-Oni which is a legit Japanese mythological creature. Yes Japanese mythology is insane. Neruz fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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Now you may be thinking that with our rapping ninja that this is a sign of upturn quality, but trust me, no. it's just a sign that Kishimoto could make something fun and interesting (like with Guy and Rock Lee) but he instead decided to write about other, worse things.
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I'd love it if in twelve years the Naruto name is just floating around free for anyone to mess with if they want beyond parody and then someone takes a crack at it and makes a reboot that's more interesting.
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Hahaha, Naruto is one of the biggest series Shonen Jump has ever had. It's not becoming public domain anytime soon.
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