Naruto: The Broken Bond

Naruto: The Broken Bond is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for the Xbox 360.
== Gameplay ==
The Broken Bond picks up where Naruto: Rise of a Ninja left off, taking place between episodes 81-135 of the anime. It contains the Return of Itachi, Search for Tsunade, Land of Tea, and the Sasuke Retrieval story arcs. There are 30 playable characters, a new tag-team system and original voice acting and music from the original Naruto anime.
== Development ==
The game was first revealed at the E3 2008 Convention, although work on it had started before the release of the first game. According to team member Masao Kobayashi, the developers wanted to bring something new to the franchise but still keeping the same feel of the anime that the first game had. The art direction of the sequel was definitely one of the biggest factors taken into consideration for the development of this new game.Naruto: The Broken Bond Xbox 360 Behind the Scenes - The Art Direction
The environments were a big part of the first game and one of the things they wanted to make sure was that the environments in The Broken Bond would support the exploration factor by being very “rich and dense.” The lighting of the game was improved to complement the dynamic story, adding a new casting system, allowing the creation of maps with a more watercolour feel. Unlike the previous game, where the cutscenes were 2D, The Broken Bond now has 3D cinematics. There are also a lot more NPCs. Within the adventure mode, there are now over 70 unique character models.
The developers for The Broken Bond have also decided to keep the multiplayer system like Rise of a Ninja, but have improved upon it in several ways. The online format has been overhauled with a new ranking system, the fighting system has been greatly tweaked, and there are now 30 characters to choose from, 28 different characters and 2 bonus variations of Naruto and Sasuke.Official Q&A
== Characters ==
In story mode you can play as ten characters: Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Chōji, Rock Lee, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji. The following 30 characters are available for single and multiplayer VS combat:
== Fights ==
* Third Hokage vs. Orochimaru
* Third Hokage vs. First Hokage and Second Hokage
* Third Hokage vs. Orochimaru, First Hokage and Second Hokage
* Naruto vs. Shikamaru
* Naruto and Shikamaru vs. Emi's Brother
* Naruto vs. Kisame
* Sasuke vs. Itachi
* Naruto vs. Kiba
* Jiraiya and Tsunade vs. Orochimaru
* Naruto vs. Kabuto
* Gamabunta and Katsuyu vs. Manda
* Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura vs. Kagari
* Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura vs. Oboro
* Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura vs. Mubi
* Sasuke vs. Aoi
* Naruto vs. Aoi
* Sasuke vs. Naruto
* Sasuke vs. Jirōbō
* Sasuke vs. Kidōmaru and Tayuya
* Sasuke vs. Sakon and Ukon, Kidomaru and Tayuya
* Chōji vs. Jirōbō
* Chōji vs. Jirōbō
* Neji vs. Kidōmaru
* Neji vs. Kidōmaru
* Kiba vs. Sakon and Ukon
* Kiba and Akamaru vs. Sakon and Ukon
* Shikamaru vs. Tayuya
* Shikamaru vs. Tayuya
* Naruto vs. Kimimaro
* Rock Lee and Naruto vs. Kimimaro
* Rock Lee vs. Kimimaro
* Naruto vs. Sasuke
* Naruto vs. Sasuke
* Naruto (One-Tailed Fox form) vs. Sasuke
* Naruto (One-Tailed Fox form) vs. Sasuke (Second State Curse Mark form)
== Bosses ==
* Orochimaru, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju
* Manda
* Sasuke Uchiha
== Achievements ==
Achievements 	Condition 	Gamerscore
King of the iron fist 	Win a fight using a killer combo. 	5G
Solo champion 	Win a tournament in solo mode. 	25G
Team champion 	Win a tournament in tag fighting. 	25G
Untouchable 	Win a fight without losing any health 	20G
Naruto's creed 	Complete all of the bounty hunter missions. 	25G
Card Collector 	Find all of the ninja cards. 	40G
Delivery boy 	Complete all delivery missions with Shikamaru. 	10G
World's fastest ninja 	Win all of the gold medals in the Tree Action Sequences. 	15G
Fisherman 	Win a gold medal in any fishing game. 	15G
Gifted eye 	Complete all hide and seek missions with Neji. 	15G
Gold collector 	Collect 50% of the gold coins. 	35G
Gold digger 	Collect all of the gold coins. 	50G
Legendary fisherman 	Win all of the fishing gold medals. 	25G
My taijutsu coach 	Learn all of the combos in the Dojo. 	20G
Naruto Raving Ninja 	Win all of the gold medals in the Tanzaku festival games. 	25G
Pervy Nation 	Make all of the Lovelorn Villagers happy by performing the sexy jutsu.	20G
The last chip is the best	Complete all gathering missions with Chōji. 	20G
Top dog 	Complete all races with Kiba. 	20G
Way of the tree 	Win a gold medal in a Tree Action Sequence. 	20G
Academy Graduate 	Reach the Graduate rank online 	15G
Chunin 	Reach the Chunin rank online 	20G
Don't be shy 	Play a match online 	5G
Genin 	Reach the Genin rank online 	15G
Hokage 	Reach the Hokage rank online 	0G
Jonin 	Reach the Jonin rank online 	30G
Save the trees 	Win an online match without performing a substitution 	15G
=== Secret Achievements ===
Tsukuyomi: Anbu Itachi unlocked 	Complete Sasuke's Labyrinth 	30G
The Last Stand 	Keep Orochimaru from destroying the Leaf Village	30G
Green beast: Rock Lee unlocked 	Defeat Kimimaro as Rock Lee 	20G
Red Sand: Gaara unlocked 	Defeat Gaara 	20G
Broken Bones: Kimimaro unlocked 	Complete the Naruto vs. Kimimaro fight 	20G
Special Someone: Temari unlocked	Complete the fight against Tayuya 	20G
Guy's Fan: Green Suit unlocked 	Complete Guy Sensei's quest 	25G
Pervy Sage 	Arrive at the Hot Springs Resort with Jiraiya 	30G
Twisted fight: Tayuya unlocked 	Complete the fight against Sakon 	20G
Deadly web: Kidomaru unlocked 	Defeat Kidomaru 	20G
Rock and Roll: Jirobo unlocked 	Complete the fight against Jirobo 	20G
New Hokage: Tsunade unlocked 	Tsunade is the new Hokage 	20G
Mad Scientist: Kabuto unlocked 	Defeat Kabuto 	20G
Brothers: Itachi unlocked 	Complete the Itachi fight 	20G
Lone Shark: Kisame unlocked 	Survive the Kisame fight. 	20G
Hell twins: Sakon unlocked 	Defeat the Sound Four as Sasuke. 	20G
Nine Tails: Fox Naruto unlocked 	Transform into Fox Naruto 	60G
Broken Bond: New Sasuke unlocked	Complete the fight against Sasuke. 	35G
Path of darkness 	Visit Sasuke secret room 	10G
Seed of evil 	Visit Orochimaru secret lair 	10G
== Reception ==
It has a Metacritic score of 80/100 and has been generally well received by critics.
== Trivia ==
* Although the First and Second Hokage have character models, they are not playable.
* The player can fight Might Guy in his dōjō, but he is not playable.
* Jiraiya cannot use the Rasengan in battle, but uses it in Story Mode. He uses it when he was teaching Naruto and when he fought off Gantetsu and Chōseki in Tanzaku Town.
* Aoi has a character model, but is not playable in VS Mode.
* Sasuke has extra costumes in Story Mode (i.e, his hospital costume and his original costume with no forehead protector.) but they are not usable in VS Mode.
* Sasuke's Chūnin Exams costume is available as DLC.
* Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Shikamaru, Chōji, Kiba, Neji, and Guy have extra costumes in Story Mode (i.e., their funeral costumes) but they are not usable in VS Mode.
* The game possesses quite a few glitches and bugs in its animations, as well as inconsistent levels of hitstun across attacks mid-combos/strings (which causes them to not connect with each other well).
* This game, along with it's predecessor, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, are not made in Japan, but instead made in Canada.
* In both the manga and anime, Sakon and Ukon did not meet Kimimaro while they were with Tayuya, but in the game they did.
== External Links ==
* Official Site
== References ==
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