Naruto: Ninja Destiny

"The computer difficulty, even on the hardest setting, is unchallenging, falling for the same tricks and easily defeated by abusing rudimentary strategies. Practice mode, a necessity in every fighting game where you shape and refine your techniques through repetition, is nowhere to be found. And, worst of all, Ninja Destiny doesn't offer infrastructure play for online battles. All of this, combined with the hollow mechanics and lackluster design, makes it hard for even the most hardcore Naruto fan to appreciate Naruto: Ninja Destiny."

"In all, Naruto: Ninja Destiny is a likable brawler with a few flaws that keep it from being a great one. It's still more serviceable than most Naruto-licensed games on the market, with its responsive controls and mostly faithful presentation. Still, with a little more work, we could've really had something here. Believe it."

This Naruto-inspired 3D fighting game is little more than a shadow clone.

"Naruto: Ninja Destiny comes to the Nintendo DS as the first 3D fighter in the series, and one of the few 3D fighters available on a handheld. The difference between 2D and 3D fighting games is rarely massive – outside of the graphics and a sidestep move, you won't notice a great difference here."