Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM Trilogy

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy is fine for the most part. A sharp presentation and fun gameplay mechanics ensure that you keep playing for hours. That being said, the first game really shows its age way too much. The overworld structure and boring minigames really don't hold up anymore.

Naruto's first outing on Nintendo Switch is a wonderful first step for the orange ninja. While we would have loved to have seen the fourth title included to cover the entirety of in a single game, it's hard for us to thumb our noses at three complete games in one package for about 40 bucks. For a Naruto fan, this is a no-brainer.

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy is a welcome surprise for Nintendo Switch, although eyebrows must be raised that the other consoles had Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy, which featured the fourth numbered entry in the series. Storm 3 takes players tantalisingly close to the end of the story (albeit in a non-canonical way), so the absence of Storm 4 is really telling. Purists that own a PS4 or Xbox One would be far better off buying the Legacy edition than the Trilogy on Nintendo Switch.

Even a brief recap or explanation as to who the heck anyone is would be great, but you're largely just left to figure it out on your own. Fans of the show who haven't played the games are sure to get a kick out of the Ultimate Ninja Storm trilogy and being able to take it on the go with no noticeable drop in quality is a definite plus. The real question is, how many people like that are there?

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy tells a section of Naruto's story in a most spectacular and enjoyable way, and that's to be commended. These instalments come with a lot of depth and many hours of entertaining gameplay, especially when playing with a friend at home or online. If you're a Naruto fan and you haven't played it before, don't even think twice.

The big question here is if whether the games are worth buying once more and it’s hard to answer it directly, but I will say that they’re excellent ports, the games themselves are brilliant and their Switch ports have been handled with care. If you want games with oodles of content and something to spend some quality time with on your Switch, then you can’t go wrong with Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy. Hopefully we’ll see Bandai Namco bring Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 over to Switch too, alongside some of their other games.