

The chief beastie, a mechanical-looking lizard, informs the others that with the power of the five spirit orbs, they will be able to resurrect the Master Puppet, an oxymoron of sinister proportions.

The story begins when four scary-looking robots scheme in the barely lit darkness of a cave-you can tell by their sinister, gravely voices that they're up to no good. You still sock and bop enemies on your quests for the leaf ninjas (this is a third-person beat-em-up at heart), but the game's commitment to telling the contents of a good ninja scroll seems brand new. From what we saw, the game doesn't depart too drastically from its predecessor, the first chapter in the Uzumaki Chronicles. For those of you steeped in the cartoon ninja lore of the anime show Naruto, we have good news: Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 is dashing its way toward retail shelves with the look and feel of a playable episode.
