Interview: Inside Naruto’s Video Game Timewarp

[Manga/anime license Naruto is a surprisingly popular game franchise in North America - but what can you do when the Japanese TV show is airing two years ahead of the West? Tomy decided to get creative with exclusive new Western-specific characters and stories, producer Nobi Matsuo explains to big sister site Gamasutra - an interesting solution.]
Tomy’s titles based on the internationally popular anime series Naruto is a surprisingly popular game franchise in North America — and notably, they’re also known for solid quality.
But Tomy’s latest fighting game title, Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 for Wii, was now faced with an interesting challenge: how to bring North American players the next adventure when the TV series in Japan is as much as two years ahead of what’s airing in the West?
Clash of Ninja Revolution 2’s Tomy producer Nobi Matsuo decided to leverage the gap by filling it in with […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back