You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Want to add more newsletters?
Every Friday
GamesRadar+
Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.
Every Thursday
GTA 6 O'clock
Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.
Every Friday
Knowledge
From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.
Every Thursday
The Setup
Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.
Every Wednesday
Switch 2 Spotlight
Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.
Every Saturday
The Watchlist
Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.
Once a month
SFX
Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!
Winner: Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
Tomy | GameCube
Rather than just pit two loud-mouthed kids at each other and call it day, Ninja 2 will have you teleporting, dodging and counterattacking like crazy. It sports a simple fighting system that still allows experts a chance to pull off maneuvers worthy of their spiky-haired combatants. The omnipresent Naruto franchise remains a huge draw, and with excellent, authentic games like this coming out, expect to see more of Ninja Hogwarts in 2007.
Honorable mention: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Atari | PlayStation 2, Wii
This thing somehow managed to shoehorn in 130 characters, over a dozen distinct storylines, some (literally) earth-shattering fireballs and more spiky hair than all 10 years of the '80s, and it was addictive as hell to boot. That at least deserves an honorable mention in our book.
Winner:Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
Tomy | GameCube
It's no secret that the GameCube's last moments are reserved for quick cash-ins based on licensed material. Most of the time said material is the anime flavor of the month, and the game is, well... terrible (Zatch Bell comes to mind). But even with all these strikes against it, four-way fighter Clash of Ninja 2 managed to impress even the most pessimistic animephobes with its bouncy action and true-to-the-show fisticuffs.
Rather than just pit two loud-mouthed kids at each other and call it day, Ninja 2 will have you teleporting, dodging and counterattacking like crazy. It sports a simple fighting system that still allows experts a chance to pull off maneuvers worthy of their spiky-haired combatants. The omnipresent Naruto franchise remains a huge draw, and with excellent, authentic games like this coming out, expect to see more of Ninja Hogwarts in 2007.
Honorable mention: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Atari |PlayStation 2, Wii
This thing somehow managed to shoehorn in 130 characters, over a dozen distinct storylines, some (literally) earth-shattering fireballs and more spiky hair than all 10 years of the '80s, and it was addictive as hell to boot. That at least deserves an honorable mention in our book.
