Excited over the prospect of playing Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress? A recent press release from Atari has revealed the European release date of the game. Jutsu your way to the main article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how about thirteen of them? Throw in four videos as well, and Namco Bandai's got a whole lot of media of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress. Interested in checking them out? Then turn to the full article after the jump!

PSP gamers wanting more Naruto action after Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes better pay attention now: Namco Bandai and CyberConnect 2 unveiled a new PSP Naruto title in the GDC 2008 event, named Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress. This new Naruto title for the PSP packs in quite a lot of playable characters, stages, and a nice single-player campaign. More details, screenshots and the video in the full article.

One of the good ways of judging an anime series' popularity is by checking out how many homebrew games are based on the anime. That said, Naruto is easily one of the most popular animated shows there is, judging by the number of its homebrew game spin-offs. Check out the new Naruto homebrew game in the full article!

Looking for a good game deal lately? Online retailer Amazon.com is holding a sale for copies of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes for the PSP, which is now available for a low sum of US$ 29.99. Keep in mind that this offer is only available for those living in the U.S.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes from Namco-Bandai is a PSP title based on Masashi Kishimoto's popular anime and manga. Players who opt to play can create their very own ninja teams from a roster of over 20 shinobi, and upgrade their own ninja rank by running through several in-game missions. The game is also WiFi-enabled, which should provide for plenty of online fun between you and fellow fans.

Amazon's Naruto discount is available via the read link below.

  

PSP homebrew coder mariovallo_03 dropped by the QJ.NET forums earlier with an announcements. kalog dev team, of which mariovallo_03 is a member, has just released the Naruto Pocket v1.0 homebrew game for play among the PSP community.

It's a straight-out fighting game based on the Naruto franchise (which includes games for the DS, PSP, and Wii), and allows players to choose five of the series' more popular characters: Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Rock (Lee), and Gaara. Control details should be available in the help menu of the game.

Naruto Pocket v1.0 is coded in Lua, and is reportedly team kalog's first homebrew game. If you happen to be a big fan of the Naruto series, and have the space to spare on your memstick, you might just enjoy this game. Guys who'd like to give team kalog their feedback can do so by dropping by mariovallo_03's release thread over at the QJ.NET PSP Development forums.

Download: Naruto Pocket v1.0
Visit: QJ.Net PSP Development forums

We're sure you've watched the recent deluge of ninja fighting videos from from Namco Bandai's upcoming video game for the PlayStation Portable, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes. But guess what? We've got another batch, and on the spotlight are Sasuke, Sakura, Neji, and Orochimaru.

In case you've been living under a rock and haven't the slightest idea what we're talking about, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes is the second Naruto title for the PSP. It's English only and very fighting oriented as opposed to being story-oriented. Anyway, in today's videos, we see four more characters' special moves: Sasuke's Chidori, Sakura's monstrous strength, Neji's sixty-four palms move, and Orochimaru's tongue trapping attack.

Anyway, we'll leave you to watch the videos and let them speak for themselves. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes' release is still a couple of shut eyes away so these videos just might tide you over until then (August 28). For now, enjoy!

Three more ninja fighting videos after the jump!

Having spent countless hours of button mashing fun playing the Japanese version, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes is definitely something we want to put down on our shopping list for next week. Today, we have another set of videos featuring four more characters from the game.

Any fan of the anime or the manga will definitely enjoy these classic scenes of ninja battling mayhem as we see Naruto enter his demon fox mode while battling against Sasuke, Itachi applying the Mangekyo Sharingan on Kakashi, Jiraiya calling upon one BIG toad for help, and everyone's favorite heavy eyebrowed martial artist, Rock Lee opening the chakra gates to put the beat down on Gaara.

While this version for the PSP may seem like a watered down version of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 and Naruto: Narutimate Hero Portable, the transition from Japanese to English is something that will definitely be easier on the eyes for those not interested in learning an additional language.

More videos after the jump!

The last time we heard about Namco Bandai's upcoming beat-em-up for the PlayStation Portable, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes, we saw four characters of the game's impressive roster perform their over-the-top special moves on their unwilling test dummies - er, stalwart opponents. Now, in this equally-massive video update, we show you four more special moves being performed in the heat of battle, and suffice to say, they're deadly enough to make us wonder how on earth can anyone stand up after having one of these hit.

With the Naruto anime series taking the lore of ninjutsu to an all-time extreme - what with multicolored outfits, insane fight scenes with every bladed weapon imaginable, as well as carpal tunnel syndrome-inducing finger movements and such - it's safe to say that these aren't quite the more unbelievable super moves we've yet to see.

After all, while it's certainly weird to see a girl fling thousands upon thousands of poisonous flowers on her opponent, it'd be a few times weirder to behold someone making a giant tree grow out of the ground and blowing it up (with his victim trapped inside).

Updates as we get them. Enjoy the videos!

The other videos after the jump!

 

Anyone who grabbed the Naruto games for the PS2 would know how button-mashing extensive it is to fight the greatest ninjas. Some fans probably frowned at Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes coming to the PSP, but surprises may exceed expectations. Game director Yuki Nishikawa sat down with IGN to talk about what's hot with Naruto on Sony's sleek handheld.

To offer an easy, on-the-go experience, Naruto boasts of intuitive controls that deliver fast-paced action without having to break your PSP apart. That isn't to say the game will pale in comparison to other fighting games, since Nishikawa promised "ground and aerial combos, guard breaks and 'Substitution Jutsu'... that will provide players with hours of fun."

It seems like some compromises were inevitable because of hardware limitations, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The flashy attacks when "Secret Techniques" are executed will be shorter this time around, but that should help boost the game's tempo.

With new features such as Heroes Mode and improved graphics, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes is shaping up to be a must-have for fans of the series, and something fighting fanatics should watch out for. Expect the game on US shelves August 28, while Europe will have to wait 'til September.