Namco Bandai Roundup - Digimon, Naruto, And The Game That Never Ends

My very last E3 appointment was at Namco Bandai on Thursday afternoon, and while the majority of my time was spent getting my ass kicked at Soul Calibur IV, which I will handle in a separate post, they did have several interesting offerings on hand, from the girl-friendly We Cheer to the anime-friendly Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm to the most authentic Digimon experience for the Nintendo DS. Here's some of the titles that Namco Bandai has coming your way.

Digimon World: Championship: As mentioned above, this is the ultimate Digimon experience for the DS, bringing the game back to its handheld electronic pet roots. Use the stylus to capture Digimon in the wild, bring them back to your base to train, feed, and care for them, and then place then in the arena to battle. Includes cleaning up Digi-droppings - it doesn't get any better than that.

New Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trailer

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Gameplay, Demo In July

It looks great, but how does it play? We'll know soon enough, as a playable demo will be coming out around E3 in July, initially available exclusively to Qore subscribers and then released to the unwashed masses a couple weeks later.

Update: Good old YouTube. Thanks Kumuasata!

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On The Spot for 6/26/08 [GameSpot - Thanks xpowerdumpx!]

So Many Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Screens

The official website for Namco Bandai's Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm for the PlayStation 3 is now live! Inside you'll find a spot to sign up for a newsletter, the trailer we posted yesterday, and the screenshots we posted the day before, along with a few choice new additions. Ah, but wait! You cannot simply enter the website...that is not the way of the ninja. You must first discover the correct combination on the puzzle wheel before you can get to the goodies inside. If only there were some sort of giant hint, staring you right in the face. Until that appears, you'll just have to blindly fumble for the solution.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Website [Namco Bandai - Thanks LDjosh!]

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm In Action - Believe It

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Website [Namco Bandai]

While I wasn't looking, PlayStation.com updated their site with a listing for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, the first entry in the series for the PlayStation 3. Sneaky ninja. The game boasts cinema-quality cell-shaded graphics of a likes when have never seen, and if the screenshots are any indication the might be right. Ultimate Ninja Storm also features an all-new mission-based adventure mode, featuring over 100 missions to complete, along with 25 fully transformable fighters at your fingertips. Personally I wish Namco Bandai had let Ubisoft take the amazing work they did on the Xbox 360 a bit further, but I suppose it's better than not getting any Naruto at all.
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja® Storm [PlayStation.com via Magic Box - Thanks Lokno!]