But see, thats not really that big of a consequence because you dont have to rely on assists that much (if at all). As shown in one of the vids I posted before, Naruto can do nearly a bar of damage without assists. Even if a character cant use either assist, they can use chakra, shuriken, or items so a person being assistless still has offensive tools. This (including being able to call assists while blocking) creates the atmosphere that it’s okay to call assists whenever you want because the most that will happen is they disappear for a short amount of time and even when you cant call them, its not like you’re left defenseless/cant attack.
Good points. I’m still of the opinion that these mechanics can be saved if the proper costs and balance was applied to them. Obviously though, this is currently not the case.
I guess one problem is that jutsus are not somehow more punishable than other stuff. Unlike other FGs where whiffing a DP can lead to much bigger punishment.
This will be the ultimate new fighting game this year!!! 
All the other fighting games coming out this year are dull and just lame 2D/2.5D street fighter clones. And I don’t think Capcom can make a new Darkstalkers without DLCing part of the roster and having some people wait extra for their version to get the rest of the characters. And DOA5 is looking horrible. It’s gameplay gets even more boring than Soul Calibur.
And all you have to do to win in a DOA game is just turtle and counter properly. It’s a very one sided system, plus DOA matches are too short. And it doesn’t help those fighting game universes are so shallow and pointless with their story. At least NUNS Generations comes from a deep manga with rich history, adding more meaning and personality to the battles.
not to mention their signature moves makes games like DOA’s movesets look totally generic.
oh great, look who’s back… -_-
Ahh! My nemesis! ><
Even now you don’t acknowledge the fact I have great taste and true perception of what has greater value!! ^.^
lol@ nemesis, you make it sound like I care.
and no your tastes suck, seems like you have nothing to do aside from fap to shitty games, then disappear once theyre out -___-
Think I’ll pick this up even though I haven’t played its predecessors. Played the demo a bit and enjoyed it.
I noticed Pein was popping off the Kuchiyose no Jutsu in the demo, but I couldn’t figure out how to get Naruto to summon a toad. :sad: Can he use summons? Somebody call me a noob and tell me how!!
Nope. He does call The elder toads, Ma and Pa during his 4/6 directional combo.
Damn. That’s what I thought but I was hoping that I just sucked really badly. I did see the two Elders but he should have Bunta in some form :sad:
Played the demo yesterday. Seems like this game will turn into mashing attacks plus sub jutsu’s when you have the meter. Though I could be wrong, its my first impression. Still better than what NUNS2 had to offer. Sub jutsu spamming was annoying as hell and ruined the game for me at least this game restricts it somewhat and makes combos more useable.
So much hatemail on day one
someone told me over mic as I was beating them “i’m just going to play story mode, this is getting ridiculous”
Oh, and masked man’s jutsu is op as all hell
Gonna pick it up in a few hours. If you beat me up I’ll be sure to send you lovemail instead of hatemail.
I’m still waiting for my gamefly copy to show up in the mail. Should arrive tomorrow. Though I’ll have to put off training in UmvC3 for this game. There’s no way I can play 3 different fighting games.
Played through a few of the stories last night. Seems like it might take a couple days to unlock all the characters. I need to find a list of the unlock requirements. Is there a good resource site for this series that I don’t know about?
Bought this, I’m scrub tier for now.
I swear I’m the only person on XBL that knows how busted Kiba is
Hahaha, nobody respects Karin’s offense. I keep getting outpoked everywhere. 15-20 game losing streak wooooo. 
The Accel 2/Ult Ninja 5 community here just got this. They’re in the process of studying/playing, can’t tell if they like it more than Storm 1 and 2 at this point, we’ll see how it goes.
hows this game as a competitive fighter? Compared to mvc, sf, etc.