History VideoGame / NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm4

''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'' is stated to be the final entry in the acclaimed licensed game series based on the [[Manga/{{Naruto}} manga series]] [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} of the same name]] by developer Creator/CyberConnect2 and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment. It is the first Naruto game to be on the 8th generation of console platforms, and though initially dated to be release in Autumn 2015, it was eventually released on February 4th, 2016 in Japan, February 5th in Europe, and February 9th, 2016 everywhere else on UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

A new DLC was announced on November 2019 and scheduled for release on April 2020. It would add Momoshiki and Kinshiki as playable characters, include adult skins for the rest of the Konoha 12, and a new campaign as an expansion for ''Road to Boruto''.

A new DLC was announced in 2019 and scheduled for release on April 2020. It would add Momoshiki and Kinshiki as playable characters, adult skins for the rest of the Konoha 12, and a new campaign as an expansion for ''Road to Boruto''.

* TagTeam: The first game in the series to feature this, replacing the old Assist character mechanic from previous ''Storm'' games. Its execution is nearly identical to VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever games.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Princess Kaguya and her enforcer Zetsu, who both also serve as the FinalBoss.

* DevelopersForesight:
** Whenever you fail to complete part of Adventure Mode, [[spoiler:Hagoromo]] is only depicted as a mysterious shadowy person. As soon as you know who it is in-game, he is completely visible. This happens however you play through the game.
** {{Combination Attack}}s with the Hyuga clan, The Akatsuki, Sound Five, Hokages or Jinchuuriki has the game notice you can only have three characters...and summons the rest to join in the beat down!

* InconsistentDubbing: In one scene, Boruto's name is spoken as "Bolt" by Naruto. The subtitles use the correct spelling.

** Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura engaging in a PummelDuel with Kaguya. Kurama, Sasuke's Susano'o and Kaguya's Eighty Gods Vacuum (see RapidFireFisticuffs above) doing the punching makes it look like a [[JojosBizarreAdventure a stand battle is taking place. You could even say Sakura's using Hamon]].

-->'''Madara:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh, no...]]

** The second gameplay trailer involves playing as a full sized Gamakichi in a VideoGame/DynastyWarriors-styled BeatEmUp section. The kicker? He's so big, most of the Ten-Tails clones sent at you, aside from the occasional elite {{Mook}}, are killed with every step you take due to their small size. The death count for the Ten-Tails clones is literally in the thousands by the end of the section.

** The second gameplay trailer involves playing as a full sized Gamakichi in a DynastyWarriors-styled BeatEmUp section. The kicker? He's so big, most of the Ten-Tails clones sent at you, aside from the occasional elite {{Mook}}, are killed with every step you take due to their small size. The death count for the Ten-Tails clones is literally in the thousands by the end of the section.

''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'' is stated to be the final entry in the acclaimed licensed game series based on the [[Manga/{{Naruto}} manga series]] [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} of the same name]] by developer CyberConnect2 and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment. It is the first Naruto game to be on the 8th generation of console platforms, and though initially dated to be release in Autumn 2015, it was eventually released on February 4th, 2016 in Japan, February 5th in Europe, and February 9th, 2016 everywhere else on UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

CyberConnect2 has announced an adaptation of ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' as a DLC, named "''Road to Boruto''." The DLC covers all the events of the ''Boruto'' movie and was released in February 2017.

CyberConnect2 has announced an adaptation of ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' as a DLC, named "''Road to Boruto''". The DLC covers all the events of the ''Boruto'' movie and was released in February 2017.

** On the other side of the family tree, Minato, Kushina, Naruto, [[spoiler:Hinata]] and Boruto - provided one pre-orders - are also all playable.

** A final DLC pack was announced, featuring content from Boruto, as well as content previously exclusive to pre-orders.

** Since Adventure Mode takes place before ''The Last'', there are also [[ShipperOnDeck a few characters]] who make an effort to try to get [[OfficialCouple Hinata close to Naruto]], such as Sakura, Kakashi and Hanabi.
** In the "Angels and Demons" sidequest, Sai thinks to himself that Naruto is a lucky guy to have Hinata because she's close to him and cares about him.

* AmazonChaser: True to canon, Naruto is this with [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During the Adventure Mode's main quest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's (unsurprisingly) confused about that]], but he exclaims "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams preliminaries.

** When Hanabi stalks Naruto during the "My Sweet Older Sister" sidequest, he notices her stalking is very Konohamaru-ish.

** Their Team Ultimate Jutsu really takes the cake here, as Sasuke covers his arm in Susanoo and Naruto covers his in Kurama Mode chakra, and they then bro-fist the opponent so hard it makes an explosion twice the size of their normal Ultimates, and even cracks the planet where the explosion takes place.

* {{Tsundere}}: Temari to Shikamaru's ObliviousToLove. During Adventure Mode, Ino waits for Temari since she was scheduled to come to the leaf but she's nowhere to be seen. Shikamaru finds her after the latter broke her ankle. Shikamaru listen to her ranting about the Chunin Exam match when he forfeited, saying she doesn't acknowledge the result. Shikamaru then piggyback her to the leaf as she turns red from the embarrassment. But after he drops her, Ino mentioned Temari actually liked the ride. It's one of Temari's rare deredere moments.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[GrandFinale The saga comes to an end.]]'']]

''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'' is stated to be the final entry in the acclaimed licensed game series based on the [[Manga/{{Naruto}} manga series]] [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} of the same name]] by developer CyberConnect2 and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment. It is the first Naruto game to be on the 8th generation of console platforms, and though initially dated to be release in Autumn 2015, it was eventually released on February 4th, 2016 in Japan, February 5th in Europe, and February 9th 2016 everywhere else on UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

The game takes from where [[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3 its predecessor left off]], mid-way through the Fourth Shinobi World War, and covers until the end of the manga storyline, including its GrandFinale. Also, it creates some original story content that partially covers the gap between Chapter 699 and the canonical film ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie''.

CyberConnect2 has announced an adaptation of the Boruto Movie as a DLC, named "''Road to Boruto''". The DLC covers all the events of the movie and was released in February 2017.

!!Tropes in this work include:

* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler:The fight against Juubi Madara, which was cut short in the manga in favor of Kaguya's introduction, gets this, particularly the part where he activates both eyes after utilizing Infinite Tsukuyomi. [[https://fbexternal-a.akamaihd.net/safe_image.php?d=AQD4RfPWQ5beLsUz&w=470&h=246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.saiyanisland.com%2Fdata%2F623%2FNaruto-Storm-4-0581.jpg&cfs=1&upscale=1 He even uses Limbo Perfect Susanoo clones]].]]
** The story mode also has an add-on to Sasuke's meeting with the past Hokages. After he talks with them talking to them, [[spoiler:the First through Third Hokages decide to test Team Hawk and see if they're up to the challenge ahead, leading to Sasuke, Suigetsu, & Jugo vs. the First through Third Hokages]].
** The final battle of the series is also expanded on dramatically, and every moment of it is gripping.
* AdvancingBossOfDoom: The last part of the fight against the Ten Tail's first form features Kurama running from the abomination to lure it into a trap at the end of a long canyon.
* AmazonChaser: True to canon, Naruto unknowingly reveals himself to be this towards [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During the Adventure Mode's main quest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's (unsurprisingly) confused about that]], but he exclaims "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams preliminaries.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: While previous games had giant boss fights, this game is truly able to capture the insane scale of the giant creatures thanks to the hardware of the [=PS4=] and Xbox One. The below mentioned Gamakichi is as big as his dad, at around 100 Meters tall. In the final portion of the demo, you body surf on the Juubi's tails. Yes, its ''tails''.
** Nicely [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Sasuke when fighting a giant Ten Tails clone.
-->'''Sasuke''': Now that's just ridiculously big.

** Hinata, Neji and Hanabi have a team Ultimate Jutsu - that also guest-stars ''Hiashi''.
--->"The Hyuuga clan is the strongest in the Leaf!"

** The same with [[spoiler:Sakura]], Sasuke, and Sarada.

* BigBallOfViolence: Naruto, Sai, and Sasuke's [[spoiler: Sexy Reverse Harem Team Ultimate. When Sasuke refuses to participate, Naruto and Sai jump him and forcibly strip him, resulting in this.]]

** The scene where Obito slaughters the Hidden Mist village ninjas after [[spoiler: Rin's death]] is BloodierAndGorier than any other moment in the game series (even the US version, which adds more blood), but when you kill them they die in a huge splatter of black blood.
** In the aftermath of the final battle, Naruto's and Sasuke's blood is colored black.
* BloodlessCarnage: Neji's death later on is rather clean compared to his death on the anime and the manga.
* BossBattle: These make their triumphant return for the last entry, and if anything, has only gotten more insane then before.
* CallBack: The final fight of the game has a gigantic callback to the [[spoiler:eighth Shippuden opening theme song, Diver]], and it will rip your heart to shreds.
** Many parts of Adventure Mode features the characters telling Hinata about events that happened in the story in the past.
** Naruto and Hinata's new CombinationAttack wholesale references their Rasengan/Eight Trigrams Twin Lions Crumbling Attack combination from ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie''.
* CallForward: In Adventure Mode, just after the war, Shino wonders what he could do to help people, beside fighting. When 3 kids disappear after playing hide & seek, Shino & Naruto takes the matter into hands and search for the missing kids. After finding the kids, Shino lecture them about not using ninjutsu to play, the kids and Naruto nods all together. Shino is baffled as to why Naruto nodded, but Naruto answers that Shino sounded like a real academy teacher so he did it out of habit. Even Iruka, who watched from afar, noticed Shino acted like a real sensei.
* CombatBreakdown: As in the series, Naruto and Sasuke's final fight. They go from throwing FantasticNuke-level firepower at each other to barely being able to stand.

** Whenever you fail to complete part of Adventure Mode, [[spoiler:Haguromo]] is only depicted as a mysterious shadowy person. As soon as you know who it is in-game, he is completely visible. This happens however you play through the game.
** Combination Attacks with the Hyuuga Clan, The Akatsuki, Sound Five, Hokages or Jinchuriki has the game notice you can only have three characters... and summons the rest to join in the beat down!
* DistantReactionShot: Ultimates from late in the series devastate the landscape. Ultimates from ''The Last'' era are visible from ''orbit.''
* DownloadableContent: A season pass has been revealed for the game, with three download packs revealed so far, including two new scenarios, a new character pack, new combined ultimate jutsus, and all the costumes from the previous Storm games.

* EvilOverlooker: The box art has three of them - Madara and Obito side-to-side, with Kaguya looming over ''them'' from further back.
* FastBallSpecial: At the end of the second demo, Gamakichi does this to Naruto and Sasuke, using his immense size to throw them at the Juubi like a baseball pitch.

* GameOverMan: [[spoiler: Hagoromo]] appears whenever the player character falls in story mode, offering to bring the player back with either a boost in defense or attack.
* GrandFinale: For the ''Ultimate Ninja Storm'' series, since it covers the final arcs of the manga, as well as, through DLC, the first arc of [[{{Boruto}} the sequel!]]
* GuyOnGuyIsHot: A combination move between Naruto, Sai, and Sasuke results in this, with Naruto and his clones transforming into a bunch of scantily-clad pretty boys, a reluctant Sasuke in the back. Many female characters outright faint in apparent glee ([[DistractedByTheSexy Sakura, Ino, Karin, Tsunade, Mei, and Kushina]]) or shock (Tenten and Chiyo). Even Kaguya is left dumbstruck long enough for Sasuke to launch a surprise Amaterasu attack. Other characters don't seem to react at all before an annoyed Sasuke takes advantage of the distraction to attack.
* HairRaisingHare: Kaguya's Tailed Beast form is a giant white rabbit with three eyes and ten arms extending from her massive bulbous tail.
* JumpCut: The first trailer starts off with Naruto and Sasuke colliding in mid-air for their final fight, only to switch to the final fight between Madara and Hashirama in the same positions.

** The second gameplay trailer involves playing as a full sized Gamakichi in a DynastyWarriors-styled BeatEmUp section. The Kicker? He's so big, most of the Juubi clones sent at you, aside from the occasional elite mook, are killed with every step you take due to their small size. The death count for the Juubi clones is literally in the thousands by the end of the section.
** The Ten Tails makes the other Tailed Beasts seem tiny in comparison.
** The boss battle against Kaguya's Tailed Beast form shows she makes Kakashi's Complete Body - Susanoo seem minuscule in comparison.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The game goes all the way to the end of the manga, freely showing things yet to be depicted in the anime, like Kaguya, Kakashi's Susanoo, the final battle between Naruto and Sasuke, and Naruto's and Sasuke's kids.
** Subverted with the final battle with Kaguya when you stream the game, where any portion of the story then is blanked out as soon as you hit START.
* TheMatchmaker: Sakura is to be expected, but ''Kakashi'' of all people plays this role to Naruto and Hinata after the war, freely abusing his authority as Hokage to pair them up on missions in the hopes of something developing.

* MrFanservice: Madara, who has a shirtless model in the story mode that's used in a battle, but is never seen outside of story mode.

** [[spoiler: And true to canon, right when Black Zetsu back-stabs him to resurrect Kaguya.]]

** Obito and Madara in their Six Paths forms, having become the jinchuriki of the [[EldritchAbomination Ten Tails]], are referred to as living gods in the fourth trailer.
** [[HumanoidAbomination Kaguya Otsutsuki]] also gets the chance to show why she was worshiped as the Rabbit Goddess, and feared as the Demon. [[spoiler: Black Zetsu]] even calls her "God" at one point.

* PowerFist: One of ''The Last'' Naruto's jutsu has him cover his fist in Kurama Mode chakra before punching his opponent.
* PromotedToPlayable: After being support only characters in ''Storm 1'', ''[[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStormGenerations Generations]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStormRevolution Revolution]]'', the rest of the Sound 5 become playable characters in this game, via DLC.

** [[spoiler:Kaguya engages in one with Naruto, Sasuke, ''and'' Sakura simultaneously.]]

'''Sasuke:''' NARUTOOOOOO!
-->'''Hashirama:''' MADARAAAAAA!\\

* SequentialBoss: Most of the story fights in this game, especially the boss battles, are in multiple parts with little to no breaks. The fight against [[spoiler: Six Paths]] Madara take the cake, encompassing the majority of Chapter 3.
* SignatureAttack: All Uchiha Clan members have access to the classic Great Fireball Technique.

** [[spoiler: In the fight between Perfect Susanoo Sasuke and Perfect Susanoo Juubi Jinchuriki Madara, the overall atmosphere of the fight, plus having to destroy certain objects guarding the boss before you can damage it, is very similar to the first phase of the final fight between Dante and Mundus from the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.]]
** [[spoiler: Kakashi in his Perfect Susanoo fighting Monster Kaguya is executed very similarly to the final fight with Cubia's Avatar Battle phase in the last volume of''VideoGame/DotHackGU''.]]
** [[spoiler: Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura engaging in a PummelDuel with Kaguya. Kurama, Sasuke's Susano'o and Kaguya's Eighty Gods Vacuum (See RapidFireFisticuffs above) doing the punching makes it look like a [[JojosBizarreAdventure a stand battle is taking place. You could even say Sakura's using Hamon]].]]
** [[spoiler: The entire second part of Naruto vs. Sasuke devolves into a fist fight that's near identical to [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 Old Snake vs. Liquid Ocelot.]]]]
* ShipTease:
** When Hanabi stalks Naruto during Adventure Mode, he notices her stalking is very Konohamaru-ish.
** Since Adventure Mode takes place before ''The Last'', there is also a [[ShipperOnDeck few characters]] who make an effort to try to get [[OfficialCouple Hinata close to Naruto]], such as Sakura, Kakashi and Hanabi.
* ShowsDamage: Characters can suffer from "Armor break" as a fight progresses, which results in them getting visibly bruised and beaten and sometimes losing articles of clothing and armor (for example, Ninja World War 4 Sakura loses her Chunin flak jacket and headband in addition to the other wounds she acquires).
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Hanabi spends an entire side quest stalking Naruto to learn what kind of man he is. She then challenge him multiple times, giving him each time a bigger handicap. Naruto only starts realizing the similarities with Hinata after [[{{Determinator}} she stands up again and again after losing their duel]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Both ''The Last'' versions of Sasuke and Naruto have ultimates and a team ultimate that go into this territory, even by the end of the manga's standards. Sasuke's is called Chidori: [[EarthShatteringKaboom Planet Splitter]], where Sasuke entraps his opponents in a Chibaku Tensei and then uses a insane version of Chidori to go straight through them ''and'' the planetoid sized Chibaku Tensei, which causes an explosion visible from space.

** Their Team Ultimate Jutsu really takes the cake here, as Sasuke covers his arm in Susanoo and Naruto covers his in Kurama Mode chakra, and they then bro-fist the opponent so hard it makes an explosion twice the size of their normal ultimates, and even cracks the planet where the explosion takes place.
** And for good measure, the combination attack between Six Paths Naruto and Rinnegan Sasuke has them combine the moves they used in their last battle, purposely causing the insane explosion that devastated the Final Valley.

** The entire Akatsuki's combination attack: Everyone gangs up on the poor victim, Hidan, Kakuzu, Zetsu, Sasori, Deidara, Orochimaru, Itachi, Kisame, Konan and Pain, everyone takes a shot. The entire attack lasts 30 seconds.
* {{Tsundere}}: Temari to Shikamaru's ObliviousToLove. During Adventure Mode, Ino waits for Temari since she was scheduled to come to the leaf but she's nowhere to be seen. Shikamaru finds her after the latter broke her ankle. Shikamaru listen to her ranting about the Chuunin Exam match when he forfeited, saying she doesn't acknowledge the result. Shikamaru then piggyback her to the leaf as she turns red from the embarrassment. But after he drops her, Ino mentioned Temari actually liked the ride. It's one of Temari's rare Dere Dere moments.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: [[spoiler: One teaser of the game's bosses shows Sasuke in Perfect Susanoo Form fighting against Sixth Paths Mode Madara and his Limbo Susanoo clones in a ShootEmUp-esque midair fight similar to Rail Shooters like ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier''.]]
* UnstoppableRage: Obito, Kakashi & Minato pretend they forgot about Rin's birthday so they can surprise her later. Having heard that the boys forgot Rin's birthday from said girl, a raging and furious Kushina comes and asks the boys to explain themselves. Minato trys to calm Kushina, to no avail. The fight starts, Kushina is in permanent [[TurningRed awakening mode]]

** A more serious example comes when you're playing as Obito, after seeing Kakashi kill Rin and pass out, completely surrounded by over a hundred ninja. He goes completely crazy with sheer rage and horror, and utterly slaughters the terrified ninjas.
-->'''Hidden Mist Ninja:''' Hey! Are you a Hidden Leaf Ninja?!\\

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Madara in Story Mode after [[spoiler: Obito is defeated.]]

It's also the very first game of the franchise that, besides English and Japanese, also includes Mexican Spanish voice acting for Latin America, also with the same voice actors from the Mexican dub of the anime.

** Many parts of the Adventure Mode features the characters telling Hinata about events that happened in the story in the past.

** Since the Adventure Mode takes place before ''The Last'' there is also a [[ShipperOnDeck few characters]] who make an effort to try to get [[OfficialCouple Hinata close to Naruto]], such as Sakura and even Kakashi.

* AmazonChaser: True to canon, Naruto unknowingly reveals himself to be this towards [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During an Adventure Mode sidequest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's (unsurprisingly) confused about that]], but he exclaims "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams preliminaries.

* UnexpectedCharacter:
** ''[[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie The Last]]'' versions of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata and Hanabi are playable, representing the first time since Doto Kazehana in ''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2'' (Japan only) that a movie-based character is playable, as well as Hanabi's first playable appearance since the original ''Ultimate Ninja'' Series.
** Young Obito wearing the Tobi Zetsu was announced as a playable character after being left out of the previous installments.
** Only one week after his debut in the anime, Jinchuuriki Madara was confirmed.
** Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was announced ''before'' her anime debut.
** Boruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha, who are - at least in Japan - pre-order exclusives, take this to a whole different level.
** Itachi and Shisui have been given Perfect Susanoo forms, designed by Kishimoto himself.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:

* AmazonChaser: True to canon, Naruto unknowingly reveals himself to be this towards [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During an Adventure Mode sidequest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's unsurprisingly confused about that]], but he exclaims "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams preliminaries.

* AmazonChaser: True to canon, Naruto unknowingly reveals himself to be this towards [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During an Adventure Mode sidequest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's unsurprisingly confused about that]], but he exclaims "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams finals.

* AmazonChaser: Naruto unknowingly reveals himself to be this towards [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During an Adventure Mode sidequest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's unsurprisingly confused about that]], but he exclaims "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams finals.

** Many parts of the adventure mode features the characters telling Hinata about events that happened in the story in the past.

* CallForward: In adventure mode, just after the war, Shino wonders what he could do to help people, beside fighting. When 3 kids disappear after playing hide & seek, Shino & Naruto takes the matter into hands and search for the missing kids. After finding the kids, Shino lecture them about not using ninjutsu to play, the kids and Naruto nods all together. Shino is baffled as to why Naruto nodded, but Naruto answers that Shino sounded like a real academy teacher so he did it out of habit. Even Iruka, who watched from afar, noticed Shino acted like a real sensei.

** When Hanabi stalks Naruto during adventure mode, he notices her stalking is very Konohamaru-ish.
** Since the adventure mode takes place before ''The Last'' there is also a [[ShipperOnDeck few characters]] who make an effort to try to get [[OfficialCouple Hinata close to Naruto]], such as Sakura and even Kakashi.

* AmazonChaser: Naruto unknowingly reveals himself to be this towards [[LadyOfWar Hinata]]. During an Adventure Mode sidequest, Naruto tells Sakura that Hinata was amazing when she tried to save him and fight Pain, and even though she lost, Naruto says "she still looked awesome." When [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] tries to persuade him to personally tell Hinata all of this, [[ObliviousToLove he's unsurprisingly confused about that]], but he states that "It won't change the fact that she's awesome!" He repeats the sentiments when he, Sakura and Hinata recall the latter's fight against Neji during the Chunin Exams finals.