At a certain point in the Story Mode, the player can fight against Matatabi with Hidan or Kakuzu, and also go against Isobu at the end, with Sasuke Uchiha. Characters are playable, both in their Part I and Part II appearances. This game also features a Beast Battle Mode where the tailed beasts, Matatabi and Isobu can be fought again, along with three other exclusive to this game.
Certain characters in this game have two special attacks instead of just one and they are as follows:
Naruto Uzumaki (Part I):
Naruto Uzumaki Combo
Rasengan
Naruto Uzumaki (Part II):
Big Ball Rasengan
Wind Release: Rasenshuriken
Sasuke Uchiha:
Chidori Sharp Spear
Chidori Current
Kakashi Hatake:
Lightning Cutter
Kamui
Might Guy:
Leaf Strong Whirlwind
Morning Peacock
Gaara:
Quicksand Waterfall Flow followed by Sand Waterfall Imperial Funeral
Another attack where he summons the hand of Shukaku from the sand, which then crushes the opponent
Itachi Uchiha:
Amaterasu
Tsukuyomi
Playable Characters[]
Naruto Uzumaki (playable in Part I and Part II, also playable in a Nine-Tails form, also playable in a one-tailed form, also playable in a four-tailed form)
Sai
Sasuke Uchiha (playable in Part I and Part II, also playable in a Cursed Seal form)
Sakura Haruno (playable with both pre- and post-timeskip outfits)
Kakashi Hatake
Neji Hyūga (playable with both pre- and post-timeskip outfits)
Rock Lee (playable with both pre- and post-timeskip outfits)
Might Guy
Gaara (playable with both pre- and post-timeskip outfits)
Temari (playable with both pre- and post-timeskip outfits)
Hinata Hyūga
Kurenai Yūhi
Shikamaru Nara (playable in Part I and Part II)
Asuma Sarutobi
Hidan
Kakuzu
Deidara
Sasori
Itachi Uchiha
Kisame Hoshigaki
Hashirama Senju
Tobirama Senju
Tsunade
Orochimaru
Jiraiya
Minato Namikaze
Iruka Umino
Yamato
Kabuto Yakushi
Hiruzen Sarutobi
Trivia[]
Unlike the other games released for the Nintendo DS, this is the only game to not have been translated into English officially.
The tailed beasts Matatabi and Isobu are simply referred to as Two-Tails and Three-Tails in this game, whereas the masked beasts are referred to as Masked Beast First-Type, Masked Beast Second-Type and Masked Beast Third-Type respectively.
The first masked beast uses wind-natured attacks and takes the appearance of what looks like a dog or a wolf, the second masked beast uses fire-natured attacks and takes the appearance of a wild boar, and the third masked beast uses water-natured attacks and takes the appearance of a bear.