Trivia / Naruto: Clash of Ninja

• Dueling Works: This series and the Ultimate Ninja series.
• Dummied Out: Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution has several unused sounds in its Sound Test. For example, there are sounds that imply that Lee originally went beyond two gates, Kisame calling out his Shark Skin, and another that implies that Gaara was intended to go Shukaku. The developers say that they left them in as Easter Eggs for the fans to discover. At least one, Itachi's "Mangekyo Sharingan!" was used in Clash of Ninja Revolution 2.
• Executive Meddling: Rumors have sparked that internal issues within Takara TOMY resulted in both the rights to the Naruto series being taken from them, as well as the result of how Gekitou Ninja Taisen Special ended out. It was stated on some ends that the original overseer and developer for the Gamecube titles was brought on to handle the development for Special far too late into its cycle.
• No Export for You: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4, EX, EX2, and Special were never released outside of Japan, and still remain Japan-exclusive to this day.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Clash of Ninja 2 has unused Data for Kabuto, Temari, Chouji, Shino, Jiraiya and Konohamaru. Chouji is the only with a 3D model in-game, suggesting he was cut late in development.
  • Likewise, Chouji and Kiba were also planned to be in the first Revolution game via rumors.
  • Hinata was planned to appear in the first Clash of Ninja game, but was scrapped.

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