Broken Bond at Games Expo - New info - The report and video

[KristKP]

Don't get too excited about the video, the quality is sub-par and it doesn't show too much new stuff.
Around 4-5 minutes covering 2 matches (The people fighting were crap and my friends buggered off when I got my turn).

So, here I am after coming back from the gathering of geeks wearing revealing leather anime costumes with a report on my experience with the Broken Bond.

Unfortunately, the demo only had the characters seen in other demos: Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Rock Lee, Neji, Shikamaru, Choji, Sarutobi and Jiraiya.

So let's get down to the report:

FIGHTING SYSTEM

Extremely similar to Rise of a Ninja. In my opinion, it is too similar to it. The rage bar is a nice addition, but my like for it has dropped seeing as 1) It's shared between your characters and 2) IT DOESN'T STOP SPAMMING. You heard me, I saw someone who was terrible spam Chidori 9 times in a row trying to hit him (the minigame is really hard) and the other guy was too slow to stop his charging.

Jumping combos are now pointless, as anyone can easily reverse your first hit. You must now rely on the unavoidable mid-air grab which is the same with everyone, luckily it's nice and fast.

The rage modes were the same as ROAN, but I'm still thinking that they will be different animations in the full game, whether or not they do much isn't up to me.

RAGE MODE STILL FEELS TOO CHEAP.

(Here's the positive bit)

It still hasn't put me off, however, because a lot of the combat is totally revamped in an awesome way.

I played mostly as Neji, him being my favourite character. The combat is amazingly smooth. SIDESTEPPING HAS BEEN SEVERLY SLOWED AND CAN NO LONGER BE SPAMMED, I tried to do repeated side stepping but got messed up by Rock Lee. Also, the up Ys have been slowed, but also have an awesome zippy animation to them, you'll see when you play it. The jutsu system is really nice, too - I'll get onto specific jutsu later.

When Sasuke activates rage mode, you can clearly see the Cursed Seal Markings on him, which I thought was an excellent addition.

JUTSUS

There are about 10 levels for each jutsu, which change amount depending on your rage bar.

Here we go with a list of jutsu I saw/used an what they do:

Naruto:
Sexy Jutsu - Same as ROAN.
Shadow Clone Jutsu - We've all seen the demo videos, it's pretty much that. The buttons you press are randomly generated.
Rasengan - This is the best jutsu ever. Same as the demo, keep the hand in the circle whilst the opponent tries to slip your hand out of the circle. IT IS VERY HARD. When complete the person turns into a giant ball of energy and rolls down the arena. Looks so good.

Sasuke:
Sharingan - Awesome animation effect, same use as ROAN. Auto-block.
Second jutsu - This one was blocked from the game, probably haven't finished it yet.
Chidori - Pretty cool - Same as Rasengan but not as cool looking, never saw it completed though. Keep the hand in the circle.

Neji:
Byakugan - Works like the 8 gates, Makes him really fast and really powerful.
Kaiten - We've seen it in the demos, in game jutsu, you can repeatedly tap A to keep it spinning (I thought this was a cool feature)
64 Palms - Same concept, much cooler look, seriously. On lower levels, you can only hit red highlighted points on the body which change randomly, on higher levels you get far more highlighted points and makes it easier to do. I find it extroadinarily difficult to complete on the first 3 levels.

Shikamaru:
Shadow Possession Jutsu - He stretches his shadow and traps the person in game (As seen in one of my videos), the opponent is stick whilst Shikamaru can beat him for a few seconds.
Shadow Strangle Jutsu - Replaces ROANS old shadow move, as seen in the old you tube video.

Rock Lee:
8 Gates - Yeah Yeah we know already.

Choji:
Partial Expansion Jutsu - Makes his fists MASSIVE to inflict MASSIVE damage.
Human Boulder - Same as ROAN, funnier chase animation, if the meter is in the red the jutsu won't hit. (As of yet, his rage mode is the same as ROAN with no butterfly, I'm sure it'll change).

Jiraiya:
Oil Toad Bomb (or something) - Annoyingly, nearly exactly the same as ROAN, even to the point of moving to another location (something they said they took out). It isn't a continuing stream anymore, he shoots out fire bombs which explode loudly - far harder to hit.

That's it for jutsu.

Any specific questions I'll try to answer, but other than that is all I got. I went to the UNS booth, beat the guy playing it and was totally unimpressed. It was so boring and I didn't feel that I had achieved anything or used any skill. I'm regretting pre-ordering it but will withold judgement till I play the full game.

I say Broken Bond is worth buying for the Rasengan jutsu alone, it just feels so epic. All the people behind me were look "OOOOOHHH OWNED".

VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5MHhe9wSU

[BaoTuMi]

Your the best lol. Did you get any peek at the water stages and is the stunning character last only like 2 seconds?

[KristKP]

I wasn't player one so I never was able to chose the options. The guys always went to "Change character" instead of change arena, so we never saw any other level except the woodland place.

And, yes, stunning characters is in the game, it lasts for a second or 2 when hit by a certain strike.

[Tristeza]

I feel so disapointed about rock lee and jiraiya, about the same rage animations...anyway...when sasuke activates rage mode, and the rage stop, he still have the cursed marks? and he can make different jutsus because the curse?

[Suchmajstr]

Originally posted by KristKP:
I wasn't player one so I never was able to chose the options. The guys always went to "Change character" instead of change arena, so we never saw any other level except the woodland place.

And, yes, stunning characters is in the game, it lasts for a second or 2 when hit by a certain strike. Where is video ?

[uchihademon89]

thnx man nice cant wait to play it *even moore* gameplay sounds amazing and cant wait for story!!!

[KristKP]

On it's way, sticking the clips together than up-ing them to 'teh tube.

The video is around 6 minutes long, not very good quality and is only on 2 fights, the second of which does not get finished.

[Suchmajstr]

Originally posted by KristKP:
On it's way, sticking the clips together than up-ing them to 'teh tube.

The video is around 6 minutes long, not very good quality and is only on 2 fights, the second of which does not get finished. i must see this video

[cucinorez]

Are there in-game transformations?
Or new combos for lee?

[travosty]

you the man kristkp, thanks for the info. the fighting soungs really fun, cant wait to get my hands on it.

[Suchmajstr]

Originally posted by cucinorez:
Are there in-game transformations?
Or new combos for lee? yes thats will be cool

[BaoTuMi]

what is your youtube name? if you don't mind me asking

[yugdbzap954]

Basically it was the work in progress demo we saw in those fighting vid. That's why it didn't include the new stuff UBI was talking about. The way you describe your experience makes the game sound epic. Hopefully UBI gives an updated fighting vid with the new additions. Great job KristKP, I look forward to your vid upload.

[KristKP]

Originally posted by cucinorez:
Are there in-game transformations?
Or new combos for lee?

As I said, Sasuke was able to transform to his Cursed Seal 1 state, with the markings covering him. Other than that, no other transformations happened. But these are still early days, and a lot of it was improvisation for sakes of an entrertaining demo to give an example of how the game will be portrayed.

There are no new combos for Lee, but he is much faster than before.


Originally posted by BaoTuMi:
what is your youtube name? if you don't mind me asking

KristKP.

[benzo120]

this game sounds cool may i have your youtube account plz so i can see it

[EAzy-bbr]

Originally posted by KristKP:
Don't get too excited about the video, the quality is sub-par and they doesn't show too much new stuff.
Around 4-5 minutes covering 2 matches (The people fighting were crap and my friends buggered off when I got my turn).

So, here I am after coming back from the gathering of geeks wearing revealing leather anime costumes with a report on my experience with the Broken Bond.

Unfortunately, the demo only had the characters seen in other demos: Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Rock Lee, Neji, Shikamaru, Choji, Sarutobi and Jiraiya.

So let's get down to the report:

FIGHTING SYSTEM

Extremely similar to Rise of a Ninja. In my opinion, it is too similar to it. The rage bar is a nice addition, but my like for it has dropped seeing as 1) It's shared between your characters and 2) IT DOESN'T STOP SPAMMING. You heard me, I saw someone who was terrible spam Chidori 9 times in a row trying to hit him (the minigame is really hard) and the other guy was too slow to stop his charging.

Jumping combos are now pointless, as anyone can easily reverse your first hit. You must now rely on the unavoidable mid-air grab which is the same with everyone, luckily it's nice and fast.

The rage modes were the same as ROAN, but I'm still thinking that they will be different animations in the full game, whether or not they do much isn't up to me.

RAGE MODE STILL FEELS TOO CHEAP.

(Here's the positive bit)

It still hasn't put me off, however, because a lot of the combat is totally revamped in an awesome way.

I played mostly as Neji, him being my favourite character. The combat is amazingly smooth. SIDESTEPPING HAS BEEN SEVERLY SLOWED AND CAN NO LONGER BE SPAMMED, I tried to do repeated side stepping but get messed up by Rock Lee. Also, the up Ys have been slowed, but alsio have an awesome zippy animation to them, you'll see when you play it. The jutsu system is really nice, too - I'll get onto specific jutsu later.

When Sasuke activates rage mode, you can clearly see the Cursed Seal Markings on him, which I thought was an excellent addition.

JUTSUS

There are about 10 levels for each jutsu, which change amount depending on your rage bar.

Here we go with a list of jutsu I saw/used an what they do:

Naruto:
Sexy Jutsu - Same as ROAN.
Shadow Clone Jutsu - We've all seen the demo videos, it's pretty much that. The buttons you press are randomly generated.
Rasengan - This is the best jutsu ever. Same as the demo, keep the hand in the circle whilst the opponent tries to slip your hand out of the circle. IT IS VERY HARD. When complete the person turns into a giant ball of energy and rolls down the arena. Looks so good.

Sasuke:
Sharingan - Awesome animation effect, same use as ROAN. Auto-block.
Second jutsu - This one was blocked from the game, probably haven't finished it yet.
Chidori - Pretty cool - Same as Rasengan but not as cool looking, never saw it completed though. Keep the hand in the circle.

Neji:
Byakugan - Works like the 8 gates, Makes him really fast and really powerful.
Kaiten - We've seen it in the demos, in game jutsu, you can repeatedly tap A to keep it spinning (I thought this was a cool feature)
64 Palms - Same concept, much cooler look, seriously. On lower levels, you can only hit red highlighted points on the body which change randomly, on higher levels you get far more highlighted points and makes it easier to do. I find it extroadinarily difficult to complete on the first 3 levels.

Shikamaru:
Shadow Possession Jutsu - He stretches his shadow and traps the person in game (As seen in one of my videos), the opponent is stick whilst Shikamaru can beat him for a few seconds.
Shadow Strangle Jutsu - Replaces ROANS old shadow move, as seen in the old you tube video.

Rock Lee:
8 Gates - Yeah Yeah we know already.

Choji:
Partial Expansion Jutsu - Makes his fists MASSIVE to inflict MASSIVE damage.
Human Boulder - Same as ROAN, funnier chase animation, if the meter is in the red the jutsu won't hit. (As of yet, his rage mode is the same as ROAN with no butterfly, I'm sure it'll change).

Jiraiya:
Oil Toad Bomb (or something) - Annoyingly, nearly exactly the same as ROAN, even to the point of moving to another location (something they said they took out). It isn't a continuing stream anymore, he shoots out fire bombs which explode loudly - far harder to hit.

That's it for jutsu.

Any specific questions I'll try to answer, but other than that is all I got. I went to the UNS booth, beat the guy playing it and was totally unimpressed. It was so boring and I didn't feel that I had achieved anything or used any skill. I'm regretting pre-ordering it but will withold judgement till I play the full game.

I say Broken Bond is worth buying for the Rasengan jutsu alone, it just feels so epic. All the people behind me were look "OOOOOHHH OWNED".

Anyway, VIDEOS COMING ASAP, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE CLIPS TOGETHER QUICKLY AND UPLOADING TO YOUTUBE - I WILL UPDATE THIS THREAD WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN PROCESSED.

Oh my god dude i love you http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/inlove.gif, man i cant wait for your vids =D

[KristKP]

Originally posted by EAzy-bbr:
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It's at 80% on YouTube, and as I said don't get too excited. Nothing much to see. Only new jutsu in it are Chidori and Shadow Possession.

I want to emphasise It is not me fighting in the video.

[Tristeza]

when sasuke activates rage mode, and the rage stop, he still have the cursed marks? and he can make different jutsus because the curse?

[Suchmajstr]

Yes Krist your are really king

[KristKP]

Originally posted by Tristeza:
when sasuke activates rage mode, and the rage stop, he still have the cursed marks? and he can make different jutsus because the curse?

No, the marks fade when the rage ends. And no, jutsu are blocked when rage mode activates.

[lello_995]

Naruto One-Tailed fox is will be trasformation in-game or it will be a character apart?


Forums Italian Ubisoft

[Tristeza]

Originally posted by KristKP:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Tristeza:
when sasuke activates rage mode, and the rage stop, he still have the cursed marks? and he can make different jutsus because the curse?

No, the marks fade when the rage ends. And no, jutsu are blocked when rage mode activates. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Jesus Christ, I don't believe this...I'm really disapointed now...

[Tristeza]

So we can assume that cursed marks of jirobo and kidomaru from the first trailer, it was from rage mode and only de cursed seal 2 will really change everything (assuming that sound 5 will have cursed seal 2, which I already doubt a bit)

[benzo120]

the suspense is killin me show us da video pllz!!

[KristKP]

It's being processed.

You shouldn't get too excited about it, I'm warning you, if you get upset that it didn't show something you expected to see I claim no responsibility.

(All matches are tag matches).

[NICKWILLY04]

Thanks for all the info KristKP I think I speak for all of us when we say we appreciate it. I really hope (and am praying) that they change Rock Lee and give him somethin other than to eight gates. Like Open the gates and then able to do lotus or somethin i dunno.

But yea Keep up the good work http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif*ping*

[KristKP]

Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5MHhe9wSU

[Tristeza]

Originally posted by KristKP:
It's being processed.

You shouldn't get too excited about it, I'm warning you, if you get upset that it didn't show something you expected to see I claim no responsibility.

(All matches are tag matches).
2 questions:
what arena did you play? all the jutsus are in the same arena or you are transported to other arena such like raikiri in ROAN?

[cucinorez]

Are there jutsu-clashes?
And anyway,thank you very much for the info you're providing! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[FINALPOWER]

Hello,i have one question:
There are the clashes between two techniques?(Rasengan VS Chidori)

[Suchmajstr]

Originally posted by FINALPOWER:
Hello,i have one question:
There are the clashes between two techniques?(Rasengan VS Chidori) yes thats will be cool

[Mr.Miyagi]

woa if you look

Rock lee got 6jutsu levels???when hes open the gates
is that right kris??

[KristKP]

Originally posted by cucinorez:
Are there jutsu-clashes?
And anyway,thank you very much for the info you're providing! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

There's a chance. I never actually asked anyone to charge chidori at the same time as rasengan. Who knows, hidden something maybe?


Originally posted by Mr.Miyagi:
woa if you look

Rock lee got 6jutsu levels???when hes open the gates
is that right kris??

Every jutsu has around 10 levels, depending on how full your rage bar is.

[Suchmajstr]

Thanks krist for this vid its very nice

[Tristeza]

Every jutsu has around 10 levels, depending on how full your rage bar is.
will there be jutsu team attacks?

will there be handicap matches?

[KristKP]

Team attacks are harder than they look. Team Jutsus? Weren't in the demo.

Neither were handicap matches.

[FINALPOWER]

Thanks for the video

[Rasperguten]

Nice one KristKP

[NICKWILLY04]

When you did shikamaru's jutsu is it still inverted controls or is it normal now?

[KristKP]

I didn't use Shikamaru. But I didn't see the people playing as him display any difficulty in controlling the cursor.

[benzo120]

nice

[travosty]

nice vid kristkp.

[NICKWILLY04]

awww that would be sweet if it wasn't inverted. You're right though it didn't look like he was having a problem contolling it he got him at one point.

[Tristeza]

when jiraiya perfomed the jutsu, it was transported to the same arena in ROAN? I mean, they tell us that will never happen, they said all the jutsus are performed in the same battle arena..

[KristKP]

It sure as hell looked like the same place as ROAN, either that or somewhere equally similar. It wasn't the woodland place that's for sure.

[EAzy-bbr]

probally just another copy an paste, and i didnt see jiraiya in your video ? An do you have anymore vids or pics ?

[KristKP]

Unfortunately the lame people playing in those videos consumed my phone's memory.

[DomJ2006]

correct me if i'm wrong, but when shika uses his shadow possession jutsu, doesn't the opponent copy shika's every move? i understand the logic in trying to make it an applicable move in the game without making it a copy of shika's shadow strangle, but simply freezing their motion and having shika move while they stand still isn't quite true to his abilities. what do you think?

[NICKWILLY04]

One of his abilities allow him to do something similar to that. Like when he fought Tayuya the neck bind i believe it's called. Although he couldn't move either she didn't mimic him so i dunno...

[venomblade891]

If a person charges chidori and as soon as he starts to charge, if the opponent jump will it take him into the cut scene regardless?

[EAzy-bbr]

yo kp, umm i got a question to ask, would you mind if i put your video on my youtube page ? that way more people can see it, ill give you full credit =D

[ezekielfiame]

Any info at all on Sakura?

Probably not, since I'm pretty much the only person here who uses, and likes, her http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.gif

I mean, did she AT LEAST get an offensive jutsu?

[benzo120]

when does the london festival end??

[KristKP]

Any jutsu will be used if it finishes charging, regardless of opponent position.

Do with the video as you wish.

I didn't play as, nor did I see people playing as, Sakura or Sarutobi.

London Games Expo finishes Sunday 26th October.

[ezekielfiame]

Whelp, guess I'll have to wait again.

Thanks for the new info anyways http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[EAzy-bbr]

if you can get me the raw video i can get it up in high quality http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif

[yugdbzap954]

I think that was the old demo from the old game events. UBI is still working on the game and hasn't made a demo with any of the fighting. To make the demo complete I think they copy and pasted it to give some kind of demo. UBI needs to put a new demo with the new improvements. This demo could mislead alot of people. Great job on the vid Krist, I appreciate the vid.

[KristKP]

How would I transfer the video then?

[travosty]

i notice when saskue charges up chidori he is actually in the motion just like in the anime which is nice.

[EAzy-bbr]

www.megaupload.com, (http://www.megaupload.com,) www.zshare.com, (http://www.zshare.com,) or if you have a msn we can do it that way, i know its alot to ask but do it for the people http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/metal.gif

[EAzy-bbr]

you still here KP ? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/sadeyes.gif

[travosty]

yo kristkp are you gonna go back to the expo tomorrow, if so can you get more vids?

[KristKP]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KO6E4ZW2

[EAzy-bbr]

THANKS MAN, I dont know how much better i can make it look, but it will look better than the one you have on youtube, ill add music too it too, and leave it in its 320x 240 frame size, i should have it up late tonight like 2 or 3 am

[Ninjask]

Does now the substitutions cost the same chakra for all characters?

[KristKP]

To be honest, the chakra bar hardly drops unless you use a jutsu.

I can tell you one thing though, online tag will kick arse. The matches last so much longer.

[NeoNero90]

I sincerely hope that:

Rock-Lee and Jiraya have more jutsus, rock lee is forgiveness, but jiraya?, Rasengan? , Invoking the frog?

[wrongfire]

one of rock lees combos should be secondary lotus.

And one of his 8 gates combos should be primary lotus.

[x3xALiENx3x]

thanks to KristKP, we know that there is going to be clashes because of the extra bars and time stalling during the jutsus

[EAzy-bbr]

i tried to retouch it but it didnt work, so i only added music

[x3xALiENx3x]

hay kp, i notice when shika used the shadow passesion jutsu, the partner symbol shined so that must mean can use the team attack during it

[x3xALiENx3x]

sorry for bad writing

[EAzy-bbr]

omg your right alien, nice find. And it makes perfect sense too.

[x3xALiENx3x]

i also noticed two more things during the video, one: when sasuke uses chidori 23-29, the mark on the ground is still there during the jutsus attack.

2http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifthis of more of a suggestion) it would be sick if sasuke's chidori made a marking on the ground while it charges and while he drags it

[x3xALiENx3x]

the frown is really suppose to be a (

[FINALPOWER]

Hi,i'm italian
KristKP today you back to the expo?

[mikele2008]

hi!
i am italian.
I want know if the jutsu clash is present.
thanks.
excuse me for the english http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif

[Andy_82]

ma chi deve andare alla fiera?

[Andy_82]

hello, but I am Italian, but those of you should go to the fair, and I wanted to know something else, in addition to the video of yesterday there will be more fair to London, then we must go about you?

[mconcolas]

[Italian combo breaker]
Is Rock Lee more fluid or just faster?
Does Neji have new easier combos?When I play as him I always end up doing the double slap.
Is Sasuke faster too?
Hope you answer my questions ^^

[KristKP]

I'm not going back to the expo today, you should see how ridiculous the line is for the event.

Rock Lee is faster, Sasuke and Naruto aren't - but they make up for it with their devastating combos, including Sasuke's fireball one which I love to bits.

Oh, Neji is much easier to use with Byakugan and Kaiten. If you struggle hitting combos with Neji, use Byakugan. He has the same combos though, they're just much smoother.

Clashes... I don't think it would work, but there's always hope.

Didn't notice the team attack thing, I didn't use Shikamaru but if I did I woulda tried it. Damn.

I wanted to use all the characters but there were too many people trying to play it, and it's unfair for me to hog it whilst there are other fans are wanting to play it.

Still, I wish I tried more people now, I was just trying to see the main peoples' jutsu and combos.

[Tristeza]

Neji's byakugan gives the same power he had when he's in rage mode in ROAN? I mean, in ROAN rage mode, he is so fast and so strong..

PS: you did the fireball jutsu with sasuke? It's a ninjutsu or only doing a specific combo to unchain fireball?

[Mark_BCC]

Originally posted by Tristeza:
Neji's byakugan gives the same power he had when he's in rage mode in ROAN? I mean, in ROAN rage mode, he is so fast and so strong..

PS: you did the fireball jutsu with sasuke? It's a ninjutsu or only doing a specific combo to unchain fireball?

I think it's part of his combo move.

[Dominirican222]

wow your lucky to play the game was it everything you expected or since it was a demo you didnt get much out of it?

lol we need butterfly choji and half possesed garra

[byakuya2008]

halv possed gaara isnt in these episodes

[Dominirican222]

Originally posted by byakuya2008:
halv possed gaara isnt in these episodes

hmm your right but it would be cool if he had that for his rage

[EbonKing]

Hey Kristi love the vid good to see some jutsu besides shadow clone. Rage animations being the same bothers me a bit do you think that they may have reworked these and left them out of the demo. When you look at all the things they polished and with rage mode now working in an entirely different way it seems like the rage animations would be one of the first things to recieve a makeover. I love the look of the in game jutsu cant wait to try them out myself. BELIVE IT! Thanx again. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/clap.gif

[mike5266814]

when you go to rage mode does the character fight different

[teamliquid02]

Video seemed cool.
Quality sucks, but we get the idea.
Seems like side-stepping was delayed, allowing people to land X X X Y combo's such as Sasuke did occassionaly.

Will have to focus on holding that B button for blocking now, and simply Subbing.

[KristKP]

Air combos are also screwed, when I fought the people they always substituted the first hit, so I resorted to using the air grab.

Sidestepping moves is much more timing based now, if you just try doing the ROAN up up up up or down down down down, you're gonna get hit by the attack. You gotta wait for the right hit to do your sidestep and then launch a counter attack - which is better in my opinion. And as Ubisoft stated, makes blocking more important.

[teamliquid02]

Well if that's the case, side stepping will still be crucial I see.

In roan, we don't randomly sidestep.
Most people that know what they are doing sidestep at a certain situation.

Perfect example is Sarutobi press's A Y X X X,

What I do, is hold B for the first 3 hits, side step the last, and press down y, grab, or w/e.

Same with someone press X X X Y.

Hold B for the first 3 hits, side step, and down y, grab w/e.

[KristKP]

You gotta watch out for stun hits in this one, though.

[teamliquid02]

I guess we'll see when the game is released.

[teamliquid02]

Quick question, when you Down Y'd someone, did you land any air combos?

[teamliquid02]

Also I noticed they subbed in mid air.. my question is if I subbed in mid air, can I launch an air combo on you? since i appear behind you? or does it just pause me and drop me to the ground.

[KristKP]

Originally posted by teamliquid02:
Quick question, when you Down Y'd someone, did you land any air combos?

No, they immediately subbed me.


Originally posted by teamliquid02:
Also I noticed they subbed in mid air.. my question is if I subbed in mid air, can I launch an air combo on you? since i appear behind you? or does it just pause me and drop me to the ground.

Yes you can, but problem is I can re-sub you, but the person who sub'd can't do an air grab because they fall too fast.

[teamliquid02]

i wonder how long you can have an air battle for...

[mike5266814]

are the jutsu weaker or can they still kill u in like one hit

[teamliquid02]

Originally posted by mike5266814:
are the jutsu weaker or can they still kill u in like one hit duno i never played the game

[mike5266814]

Originally posted by teamliquid02:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mike5266814:
are the jutsu weaker or can they still kill u in like one hit duno i never played the game </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

i was asking kp

[teamliquid02]

he doesnt know either

[KristKP]

I never hit a 10th level jutsu, so in a way, yes jutsu are weaker, unless you hit the higher levels. I thought it was quite funny that a low level 64 palms attack did 64 damage.

[mike5266814]

Originally posted by KristKP:
I never hit a 10th level jutsu, so in a way, yes jutsu are weaker, unless you hit the higher levels. I thought it was quite funny that a low level 64 palms attack did 64 damage.

ok then when a jutsu is done does it drain the rage bar

[KristKP]

No. I found that annoying.

[dneji]

Originally posted by KristKP:
No. I found that annoying. so the rage bar is like burst limit except you have to actually fight to get it raise up?

[Marcjeb]

i saw you movie and few others but the grab is the same as in roan.. the fighting looks te same... hope they improve it !!

[Ninjask]

Any info about Sasura? Chakra concentration or something?