Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - hands-on

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The manic melees of Naruto, now with 20 percent more RPG!

But aside from this fighting shine, the game's looking kind of rough and repetitive. The controls are twitchy. The music is sometimes good, and sometimes bland loop-fare that gets grating. There's a lot of boring cutscenes you're forced to watch. And while the game isn't ugly, the plainness isn't driving us wild so far - patterned light explosions during fights seem to be the only compelling graphical flourish.

Then again, Naruto himself might have already answered our question. Before starting an early expedition, he proudly shouts "I'll kick butt and advertise while I'm doing it!"