Can I skip the anime and just play the triology storymode?

[p R o X y m o R o N]

Is that a good idea?

[Noctuah真実]

From the Mangaka himself

"This is really exciting! The story mode in this game is extremely abundant in volume… and it seems like you can use all of the Jinchuriki in the battle mode!! Also, the video quality, animation and even all the fine details that have been put into the game look really great… Absolutely amazing!! The author shouldn’t be saying this, but this is more exciting than the manga! I can’t wait… seriously"

TL:DR Go right ahead.

[p R o X y m o R o N]

Originally posted by VXR家族 - VXRNoctua:

From the Mangaka himself

"This is really exciting! The story mode in this game is extremely abundant in volume… and it seems like you can use all of the Jinchuriki in the battle mode!! Also, the video quality, animation and even all the fine details that have been put into the game look really great… Absolutely amazing!! The author shouldn’t be saying this, but this is more exciting than the manga! I can’t wait… seriously"

TL:DR Go right ahead.

That's not the answer I was expecting but hey, that's great news!

[Noctuah真実]

Originally posted by Soldier Blue:

Originally posted by VXR家族 - VXRNoctua:

From the Mangaka himself

"This is really exciting! The story mode in this game is extremely abundant in volume… and it seems like you can use all of the Jinchuriki in the battle mode!! Also, the video quality, animation and even all the fine details that have been put into the game look really great… Absolutely amazing!! The author shouldn’t be saying this, but this is more exciting than the manga! I can’t wait… seriously"

TL:DR Go right ahead.

That's not the answer I was expecting but hey, that's great news!

LMAO, Well there you go! Only thing I would say, is to really play all four of them, and then check out the Indra, Ashura stuff in the anime, that's all you would need lmao!

[Mizurazu]

For the most part yes, but you're better off watching the original series as Storm 1 does a poor job going through the story. The other 3 games do shorten some things here and there but will deliver the core story just fine.

[Akiko]

Kishimoto is hilarious. But yeah, if you don't want to read 700 chapters or watch 700 anime episodes, playing through Storm 1-4 is a fine alternative. You miss out on some details and cinematics, but most of the meat of the story is there. You at least get the gist of the story and the characters from the games, and they look pretty great as well.

[Happy Fun Cat]

My only thing about the above is Storm 1 is lacking a ton of story elements due to how it is persented. Same with what Reachie said pretty much.

Storm 2 does a pretty decent job at telling the story from Shippuden and onward, with liberties here and there, but nothing so far that made me go "BAH!" There could a been a better job with some of it, but is isn't too horrible.

Storm 3 is amazing in terms of story, and in some regard tell it better than they did in the anime/manga. There are a few things that are purely wrong, but this is due to the game not giving the full story arc and instead having to end it where they did. And 4 does about the same quality as well.

All and all, if you are able to watch atleast the first 120 episodes of the orignal anime, you could play Storm 2-4 and get the rest of the story, be it a somewhat abridged version of the story, but the core storyline is still there.

TL;DR, watch atleast the orignal Naruto run until the 100 episodes of filler at the end if possible, and then do Storm 2 through 4.

[Tyler]

Not really, the anime does it better (Skipping the filler obviously)

all of them cut things out, but storm 1 does a terrible job of it and i would completely skip playing it for the story.

the story mode is also way more tedious than any of the following ones, being able to run around in the village doesn't make that go away or make it tolerable.

storm 2 is probably the best but i found storm 3 to be rather bad, the cutscenes tend to drag on and have terrible pacing. It reminded me of watching the one piece anime where there are long moments of silence and camera panning to pad the time. (i remember them bragging about how many hours of cutscenes they had during promotion)

[Hayatemaru]

Better solution: Skip the story mode, skip the anime/manga, and go see a better plot than Naruto lol

[p R o X y m o R o N]

So the consensus seems to be that I should skip the first and watch the anime instead till around ep 100.
That's why I just love evangelion or cowboy bebop, 24 episodes is the sweet spot.
Shonen anime is problematic in the sense that it's not very accessible to newcomers. We are often required to sift through a stackpile of filler and no matter how good of a story it is, it can end up being such a chore...

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by Soldier Blue:

So the consensus seems to be that I should skip the first and watch the anime instead till around ep 100.
That's why I just love evangelion or cowboy bebop, 24 episodes is the sweet spot.
Shonen anime is problematic in the sense that it's not very accessible to newcomers. We are often required to sift through a stackpile of filler and no matter how good of a story it is, it can end up being such a chore...

If you insist on going through the Naruto series, read the manga for Part 1 (As it cuts down on all the filler and a lot of the dialogue is better imo), then play the games.

[Mizurazu]

Originally posted by Soldier Blue:

So the consensus seems to be that I should skip the first and watch the anime instead till around ep 100.
That's why I just love evangelion or cowboy bebop, 24 episodes is the sweet spot.
Shonen anime is problematic in the sense that it's not very accessible to newcomers. We are often required to sift through a stackpile of filler and no matter how good of a story it is, it can end up being such a chore...

You can get a list of filler episodes and just skip them.

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by Reachie:

You can get a list of filler episodes and just skip them.

True, but the manga goes so much faster than the anime, and there were things censored in the anime.

[DarkJuda On Deck]

I'd suggest to watch the anime with the KAIs availbable on the internet. It's basicaly all the episodes cut in movies 1-2hours long with all the filler removed.
Even if the anime is often very poorly drown, it has a lot of epicness value backed with a great soundtrack.
It's very fun to watch and the story is very well taught.

But, it's true that Storm 2-4 do a wonderful job to sum up the story and some fight are even better in those games.
Storm 1 seems to loose too much history and if you don't watch the original series, it will feel very incomplete in the end.

Also, as these games are games.... you will lack all the teachings (or most of) Naruto has to learn to become who he is now. And that... is a pure tragedy.

In other words, the games's story are enough to themselves, but you will loose all the deepness of the story and for you Naruto will ever be some very dull story. Without real emotions.

Knowing the manga/anime will make you be like "NOOOOO", "HOLY FFFFF..." and "WOW", but if you just play the game with make you be like "Oh that's nice!", "What is it?", "hum.. ok."


So, my advice,
Watch all the anime in KAIs, it will take you a little while, but I can assure you that you will NOT regret it. Even if sometimes it looks pretty ugly. And them get amazed with the games.

[Hayatemaru]

That's only your perspective because you saw the anime/manga first.

[Mizurazu]

Originally posted by Shizuku:

That's only your perspective because you saw the anime/manga first.

Okay, we get it, you like the manga. As you said, it's his perspective, you don't need to comment everytime someone doesn't share yours.