Outline I. Start menu II. Menu 1. Story mode Default characters Unlock/ hidden characters 2. Missions 3. Practice Step by step run through of this menu and options within it 4. Free battle Step by step run through of this menu and options within it 5. Naruto's room Step by step run through of this menu and options within it 6. Shop III. Controls 1. In menu 2. In game 3. Moving between backgrounds 4. Moving between stages 5. Running on water and vertical edges IV. Oiuchi, kawarimi no jutsu 1 - 3. Oiuchi 1.a. Oiuchi counter 1. Kawarimi no jutsu (Note on saving yourself from a fall) V. Special abilities 1. Jutsu 2. Combo-jutsu 3. Specials Special effects on characters VI. Missions VII. Hidden scrolls ------------------------------------------------ I. Start menu 1. Start new game 2. Continue II. Menu (game mode selection screen) 1. Choose game mode screen 1) Story mode Story mode is where you go to unlock characters, and they unlock in order; all you have to do is start off story mode with any default character (I will list the default characters in order from the starting point of the circle going to the right; according to the scrolls; then put the unlock characters in their order of unlock) and unlock the hidden character and play story mode again to be able to unlock the next hidden character NOTE: When you unlock a character he or she is not fully unlocked till you defeat their story in story mode; once you have done that you will be able to use them in versus; missions; etc... ---Default characters--- (scrolling to the right direction) 1) Uzamaki, Naruto (orange scroll; the first scroll centered in the screen 2) Haruno, Sakura (pink scroll) 3) Hatake, Kakashi (dull grayish green scroll) 4) Nara, Shikamaru (dull brown scroll) 5) Rock Lee (green scroll) 6) Uchiha, Sasuke (royal blue scroll) ---Unlocked Characters--- (listed by unlock order; all you have to do is defeat story mode with the unlocked character to unlock the next unlock able character) 1) Hyuga, Neji (mid gray scroll) 2) Hyuga, Hinata (peach scroll) 3) Haku, (silver scroll) 4) Momochi, Zabuza (light blue scroll) 5) Sabaku no Gaara (brown scroll) 6) Orochimaru (purple scroll) 2. Missions In this you can do missions, which are required objectives you need to fulfill within your fight against your opponent. i.e. the introduction level, for the first mission is defeat Kakashi within 30 seconds. If you pass you will not only earn the money from the fight, but also from the mission. Each rank has a different type of "pay check" the higher the rank mission the more money you earn for each mission. If you fail you earn money from the fight, but you earn no mission money/ pay check. 3. Practice Here you can practice any moves you want to and specials with unlimited health and chakra (power; needed to do jutsu (special techniques) and the special; it also allows you to stand on water; I will later explain it in detail) 1) first screen is character select; if you press triangle it will give you random select. 2) second screen shows who is fighting; if you press square it will take you to the practice option screen (practice option screen) a. first option gives you the choice; during the training to see the name of the waza/ jutsu/ special you have just done. It is a little note at the bottom of the screen and appears on success of the button combination that you have just completed; in other words the waza/ jutsu/ special. first choice (left) for this option to be on; second choice (right) for this option to be off b. second option is the item choice; this gives you the choice weither or not you want a lot of items (first choice), regular amount (middle/ default), little amount (last option)(going left to right) c. third option, support character option; first option (left) turn support character on; second option (right) to turn off the support character. With this option off you will not be able get items from the support, and will not be able to even use the support help item. d. this option is for specials; first option (left) turns on specials (triangle (triangle)^3 then circle moves). second option turns specials off, so you cannot even charge your chakra for special the triangle button, but you can still do jutsu (special techniques). e. this is for the computer ai option for practice mode; first choice (left) turns off the ai so they will do absolutely nothing; second choice (middle) turns ai on to guard; third option (right option) turns ai on. 3) third screen is stage selection screen; you have to unlock the all the stages in story mode. Unlocks as the characters unlock. pressing triangle will randomly choose a map stage pressing select will set everything to default press circle when you have everything set and you are ready to accept changes; press x to cancel all changes. 4) map selection screen; press triangle for random selection 5) in practice mode (in start/ pause menu) a. first option; button configuration (select for default) b. second option; player's move list c. third option; practice mode option screen d. return to main menu (game mode selection screen) e. return to character selection screen 4. free battle 1) first screen; first option (right) first player vs CPU; second option (left) first player vs second player 2) character selection screen; pick your characters (press and hold R1 while selecting your character for secondary player color) press square to see battle statistics; press triangle for random selection 3) third screen; shows the characters that are about to fight pressing square will allow you to change battle menu a. first option battle time limit 10 seconds to infinite b. second option is the item choice; this gives you the choice weither or not you want a lot of items (first choice), regular amount (middle/ default), little amount (last option)(going left to right) c. third option, support character option; first option (left) turn support character on; second option (right) to turn off support characters. With this option off you will not be able get items from the support, and will not be able to even use the support help item. d. this option is for specials; first option (left) turns on specials (triangle (triangle)^3 then circle moves). second option turns specials off, so you cannot even charge your chakra for special the triangle button, but you can still do jutsu (special techniques). e. handicap option; the more stars the more easier it will be, the less stars the harder pressing select will set everything to default press circle when you have everything set and you are ready to accept changes; press x to cancel all changes. 4) map stage selection screen; triangle will randomly select a stage for you 5) in battle mode a. first option; button configuration (press select for default) b. second option; player's move list c. third option; items that you earned from the ball machine. (item list) 1. kontyou charm (slows down open) 2. support item (team attack) 3. tokushuningu ("super" throwing item) 4. shunshin scroll (teleports you behind opponent) ---------------------break------------------------ 1. jyounin no kutsu (speed up for limited time) 2. hyorougan (power increase for limited time) 3. kumogakure scroll (lets items go through you for a limited time) 4. Kakashi puppet (lets you avoid physical attacks for a limited time) d. return to main menu (game mode selection screen) e. return to character selection screen 5. Naruto's home 1) first scroll (tool) (options within the scroll run right to left) a. first option; button configuration (press select for default) b. screen alignment (press select for default) c. sound/ music configuration 1. first option mein (main) this option lets you configure both BGM (background music) and SE (sound effects) equally 2. BGM lets you configure BGM 3. SE lets you configure SE 4. sound mode (first option; left) mono, (second option; right) stereo pressing select will set it back to default d. auto save settings 1. on 2. off e. difficulty settings 1. yasashii easy 2. futsuu normal 3. muzukashii hard 2) second scroll (star) a. unlocked scrolls b. unlocked puppets/ models - you can go into this option and the models you received from the ball machine; you can look at them at all angles using the R3 and L3, and zoom in and out using R1 and L1 buttons. press left and right on D - pad to scroll through the different models c. unlocked BGMs(right) and character sounds(left) d. unlocked card pictures e. unlocked movies of specials; while you are watching anyone movie you can cancel it anytime by pressing x. 3) third scroll (? (question mark)) input 3 seals correctly for fire, wind, ground, thunder, to unlock items, money, and cards 6. Shop this is where you used your hard earned money to buy unlocks for Naruto's room's second scroll (star); as you progress in buying items and rank in the missions you will unlock the other ball machines. the more you spend the higher the chance you have to get an item, but it does not necessarily mean that you will unlock a new item III. Controls 1. menu screen controls D-pad - movement between menus and options circle - select/ confirm x - cancel square - none triangle - none R1 - none R2 - none R3 - none L1 - none L2 - none L3 - movement between menus and options while in an option screen pressing select will set menus to default 2. in battle controls D-pad - movement; hold up to taunt, hold down to charge chakra circle - attack x - jump square - throw items triangle - charge chakra levels to do specials R1 - toggle through items R2 - block/ counter R3 - none L1 - toggle through items L2 - block/ counter L3 - movement; hold up to taunt, hold down to charge chakra 3. Movement between backgrounds; while in battle you may jump from foreground and background by pressing up + x or down + x; you're support character will always be on the level opposite of the level that you are in. 4. Movement between stages; during battle if you are being "pounded" by your opponent, once in a while, an option will flash on your screen saying to press up + x, and if you do this you will trigger the option to go the secondary stage of that stage. Plus you gain a little health back for doing this too. 5. Walking on water and climbing vertical edges; both are automatic, but walking on water uses chakra so if you have no chakra you will sink to the bottom and lose a little life. Climbing requires no chakra so all you do is run straight into a vertical edge and you will automatically run up the edge. IV. Oiuchi, kawarimi no jutsu (three ways of doing oiuchi) 1. Oiuchi is a type of smash in this game, which sends your opponent flying. This move is VERY simple to do; all you need to do is know what a good combo is for which character to do it with. After all, some characters while on the ground will do a combo jutsu; i.e. for Naruto you press circle, circle, circle, up + circle, and instead of hitting the opponent up into the air he'll do the sexy technique; while for other characters they'll launch their opponent into air and they'll come falling back down to earth, but in order to smash them down, all you have to do is press circle at the end of the combo of a character that doesn't end their combo with a jutsu; i.e. Rock Lee you press circle, circle, circle, up + circle, circle and you should be able to do the air oiuchi that smashes the opponent down into the ground. (If you can't get it, just keep smashing circle till it happens) 2. Jump to oiuchi - To me the best way to do it is with the x, x dash, that fast one, because it is in the air if you finish the combo with any directional button will smash the opponent in the direction of your combo, like if you hold up while pressing circle three times, you'll hit the opponent up and smash him/ her down into the ground. With the jump dash you can oiuchi the opponent any direction, including if you are high enough you can actually hold down and do the oi uchi downwards, meaning you hit them down and smashes them upwards it is pretty interesting to watch. This is actually the easiest way to pull it off ^___~ 3. Throw and into oiuchi, all you do is do the throw back + circle, and press circle again. If you can not pull this off keep smashing the circle button till you get it. This method is very easy too, easier to do than that jump dash, but harder to pull off, because throws require you to be at a close enough distance to grab the opponent, and the only way that usually happens is if they are blocking, but for the dash jump, you can be a good distance away dash at them hit them, plus the dash deflects some thrown items (mainly the default item),and it's fast. For me I am deadly with Orochimaru with the dash jumps into combos into oiuchi into counters oiuchis; he is just way to damn fast. 1.a. to counter the oiuchi; all you have to do is press toward (in the direction of) the enemy + circle; now don't rest there, just because you countered doesn't mean your opponent can't counter you back. In fact counters can go on to i don't know forever? Till one of the characters get knocked away. (NOTE: as the amount of counters increase, the faster the hit time becomes. Just to elaborate: when you counter you press toward the enemy + circle from the time that he or she teleports behind you, and the time that he or she is about to pound you in the opposite direction. but if that is not working for you either; just simply hold the analog or D-pad direction in the direction of the enemy and keep smashing the circle, this is an okay strangest (for me) especially when both me and the enemy counter each other like 5 times...Now that gets crazy fast! 1. Kawarimi no Jutsu - best way to get it to work is with R2 and L2; but I have been able to pull it off with back. I have experience with having it work by holding back and blocking and pressing R2 or L2 and doing it while blocking, so that is possible too. I am not sure how to time it, (luckily it comes natural :-P) but it's about right when they are about to hit you and when they connect, or it could actually be when they hit you and right when they touch you you by chance hit R2 or L2 it might work. Sorry still working on mastering it and figuring the timing of it. But you can pretty much do this anytime you please as long as you have the timing. You can do it for the first hit of the combo, or if you fail the first time you can actually try again by the forth hit, or the jutsu hit/ hit that leads to the oiuchi hit. You can even counter right before the opponent grabs you for a throw and when they pull you to the opposite side of them to throw you/ in front of them. (NOTE: To save yourself from a fall; if you failed to do the kawarimi you still have a chance to save yourself from falling down and go through the trouble of standing up. Near the top of your arch (as you fly through the sky) press x, if you get the timing right you should be able to recover from the hit, and while still in the air dash and attack. If you fail to do that near the end of the fall (usually right before you hit the ground) press x, and you should bounce off the ground. (For the oiuchi I still haven't figured how to jump back after you get smashed down) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm V. Special abilities NOTE: when I say toward and away (movements) I mean in respect to the enemy In this game I categorize the special abilities (attacks that take up chakra) into 3 groups 1. Jutsu - technique very simple to pull off and minimum use of chakra. Button combination for all characters are down, down circle 2. Combo into Jutsu - a regular combo with circle but ending in the last part of the combo with either up + circle, down + circle, toward + circle, or away + circle; everyone's combo jutsu is different. i.e; Naruto's combo jutsu ends with his "sexy technique" button combo for that is circle, circle, circle, up + circle; or you can do the cheaty way that i do (easier :-P) press circle, up + circle (repeat up + circle till the end of the combo or jutsu comes out; easiest way to guess and check whose combo jutsu ends with what, because characters like Zabuza end their combo with toward + circle 3. Specials - all you have to do is have on your chakra bar up to one to three circles lighted up and glowing to be able to charge it up to do an attack; in other words press triangle and then circle to do the attack. Depending which player you are; first or second; you will have to look on the either right or left corner of the screen and read and input the combo from down to up... If you succeed in doing this you will either take minimum damage or succeed and continue to the next phase/ stage of the super and greaten the damage you inflict. For some levels, certain characters will have different effects happen to them. There is a little chart for each character and effect for each super. 1. triangle + circle; level one special 2. triangle, triangle + circle; lvl 2 3. triangle, triangle, triangle + circle; lvl 3 Special effects (phases are the scenes or stages within the special also meaning you end it on that phase to get that enhancement) Naruto - lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement phase 4 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - kyuubi (nine tails power) phase 2 - kyuubi (nine tails power) Sasuke - lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - sharingan phase 2 - sharingan phase 3 - sharingan phase 4 - (jyuuin) cursed seal lvl 3 phase 1 - no effect phase 2 - sharingan phase 3 - (jyuuin) cursed seal Sakura lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement Rock Lee lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - broken gates phase 2 - broken gates phase 3 - broken gates Shikamaru lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement Kakashi lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - sharingan lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - sharingan phase 2 - sharingan Neji lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - byakugan phase 2 - byakugan lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement Hinata lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - byakugan phase 2 - byakugan lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement Haku lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement Zabuza lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement Gaara lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement phase 3 - no enhancement Orochimaru lvl 1 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 2 phase 1 - no enhancement phase 2 - no enhancement lvl 3 phase 1 - phase 2 - no enhancement mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm VI. missions Here are a few missions I have translated; been busy with school so have not been able to work on this as much as I wanted to. introduction level 1. defeat Kakashi within 30 seconds 2. defeat naruto while holding a special item 3. defeat Sakura while holding the konjyou no omori 4. defeat lee with more than 50% health 5. defeat shikamaru with 50% or more health d rank (genin) 1. defeat lee defeat him in 30 seconds 2. defeat neji with a level 2 super 3. defeat shikamaru with level 3 chakara left 4. defeat naruto with a level 1 special 5. defeat sasuke with a level 3 special 6. live until time is up with 80% or more health against zabuza 7. get a 2 count while on the tree/ wall/ barrier(climbing) and defeat sasuke after it 8. get a 3 count while on the tree/ wall/ barrier(climbing) and have a level or two or higher of chakara when you defeat Sakura 9. defeat haku after doing the oiuchi 3 times and before the 30 seconds are up 10. defeat zabuza after doing oiuchi 6 times and before 30 seconds are up 11. defeat gaara within 30 seconds and not using any supers 12. defeat lee without using jutsu or supers. 13. defeat naruto within 30 seconds while holding the syushin 14. defeat orochimaru with a level 3 super 15. defeat sasuke when he has no chakra c rank mission 1. defeat naruto with 50% or more health left and before 20 seconds 2. defeat gaara in 30 seconds and with 3rd level chakra 3. defeat Sakura in 30 seconds with a level 3 super 4. defeat neji with 10% or less hp left and after doing the oiuchi to him 6 times 5. defeat sasuke when he has no chakra again like rank D mission 15 C rank chuunin 6. defeat gaara in 20 seconds and have 50% or more health 7. defeat orochimaru within 20 seconds and finish him with a level 3 special 8. defeat neji only using items 9. defeat Sakura with a counter of 30 of standing on the water 10. defeat Sakura without guarding and with 50% hp or more 11. defeat shikamaru within 20 seconds and with more than 50% or more life 12. defeat naruto and prevent him from destroying hokage statues (faces) and he must fall off the map 3 times 13. defeat sasuke with 6 oiuchi and must end it in the air with the oiuchi 14. defeat sasuke with only air attacks 15. defeat Sakura after changing areas 3 times and doing the kawari no jutsu 6 times B rank 1. defeat shikamaru without let him pick up items and you must end it while holding 3 or more different items (default infinite item counts as 1; so all you need is 2 different ones) 2. defeat Kakashi with using all 3 of your special 3. defeat shikamaru with 80% or more hp and with a level 2 chakra level or more 4. defeat Sakura before 30 seconds and without attacking from the ground 5. defeat hinata without jumping once, without guarding, and without using your special tokubetsu jyounin 6. defeat Kakashi with in 20 seconds and with a throw 7. defeat gaara finish while holding the shunshin scroll, get 3 items and hold it from the your support friend(help person), without letting the open hold a single item 8. defeat Kakashi within 20 seconds and finish him with a throw 9. defeat gaara by holding the shunhin scroll and take 3 items from your support and don't let him get any items 10. defeat lee with doing the kawari no jutsu 6 times and doing the oiuchi 3 times 11. defeat naruto with doing the kawari no jutsu 3 times and the oiuchi 6 times 12. defeat sasuke without using your special without and without resting from the fight for 1 second and with higher than 30% hp 13. until time runs out you mush 10% or less hp and without guarding your opponents attacks 14. defeat naruto with a level 2 special and oiuchi him 3 times 15. defeat sasuke must finish him in the while he is in the air and do the kawari no jutsu 3 times 16. defeat neji within 30 seconds and without moves on the ground 17. defeat lee without using any attacks jyounin A rank 1. defeat sasuke defeat him with the support character and get 6 items from the support 2. defeat Kakashi the opponent special can't connect to you, and must do the kawari jitsu 6 times 3. defeat shikamaru drop him 3 times and go to the background 3 times 4. defeat Kakashi and find one hidden scroll (the fish in the river; it'll jump and it's the silver one...once in a while the scroll will come out) and with less than 10 % health VII. hidden scrolls These are obtainable in any mode, best way to obtain them would be in practice mode. ramen shop: Lower level - hit all the lanterns till they glow red, but don't destroy them. Hokage Rock stage: lower level - jump repeadiatly on the tree to the left. Hero's gravestone map: hit your opponents support character 5 times. survival stage: Upper level - destroy the doll on the right side until the scroll shows up around 10 times. testing stage: Lower level - run through the tunnel left and exit from the right 3 times. Wind clan: Lower level - keep hitting the vending machine until it pops out. Sand map: Upper level - destroy 8 objects that are flying around the tornado. (tornado comes around with only 2 objects a time; but returns a infinite amount of times) Rooftop: Upper level- on the statue of the fish on the right, stand on top of the highest segment of the tail and keep on till the scroll pops up. forest of death: Lower level- hit the (silver)fish on the left till the scroll comes out (about 2 - 3 times). In the river of course. Sight-seeing tower (giant frog and snake): Upper level - Jump from the top of the frog to the snake and then return the same way back. (easiest way to do this is in practice mode so you can jump, double jump and dash to the head of the snake, then do the same to get back to the frog; if the CPU is on, it might follow you to the upper stage and doing the dash jump will result in you automatically dashing toward the enemy and not making the jump all the way. Momochi zabuza's home: Upper level - stand on top of the attic (it is a little ledge at the top of the room area, you can climb the tree and/ or jump to the top and into the attic, then stay there till you obtain the scroll. Bridge: Lower level - wait on the boat till you obtain it. VIII. Personal tips 1. Memory cards: Yes it is possible to use an American memory card and save Japanese memory without problems, even if you do use a Japanese memory card you can still get corupt data, like I did. To save you the pain of going through the game and losing all your hard work and having to do everything again, like I had to, turn off auto save, because it's the default setting for it to be on. If you want to know how to do this, I explained it in the menu section under Naruto's room; II. section 5. (not "5)" I used that as a sub section of a section. 2. Modding your Ps2: I highly recommend NOT doing this, for one I don't trust modding something that nearly costing me 300 dollars, it is way too risky. Plus if it works, I heard some stories that the Ps2's disk reader/ laser starts to act up after sometime, so you'll end up having to buy a new one in about 2 - 3 years. So you might as well just invest in getting a Japanese Ps2. Faster easier and saves you the trouble of having to to buy two of the same Ps2's. With a Japanese one think of all the old Japanese ps games you could be playing with out doing the "swap" or risking the well fare of your Ps2. 3. Missions: Before you attempt any missions I suggest you go play some free battle mod, and get used to every character and see which one fits like a glove for you; or which characters would fit for certain missions; i.e. For fast missions I like to use Orochimaru, because he is fast, quick, and very deadly; he has the shortest lag time between attacks, and recovers extremely fast. For other missions like stay on the water I like to use Gaara, he is slow, but all his attacks have nice range to them so you can keep your opponent away from you as the counter goes down and you pass the mission. As for the Sasuke missions where you need to defeat him when he has no chakra, I suggest Neji or Hinata. Their level 2 super, byakugan, allows you to kill the opponent's chakra as long as you connect a hit, so even if they block they lose chakra; as long as Neji or Hinata glow white. For items missions, where you need to defeat the opponent using only items, Rock Lee is the best; his support Gai Sensei's attack is unblock able, and packs a serious punch. For the the missions that require you to win with a certain item; to do it the easy way, requires you to have have played some games at the ball machine. When you play you will notice that sometimes you win items, these items are useable in any battle, excluding practice mode, I explained how to retrieve it in under the menu section for free battle; II. section 4. Anyway you retrieve the item that is needed and you defeat your enemy and you win, Yay! you deserver a cookie :-P