In the mood for some anime style gaming? I have come accross some pretty cool games in the ever popular Japanese Manga and Anime genere. These are some are great looking games especially if you like anime. I was visiting a Suncoast Video store a while back and I remember the kid telling me that of all the DVD's in the store, anime is their number one seller. Don't be surprised if soon we wont be seeing a flood of PC anime and flash games. This has been popular on the Playstation for some time, but really has not hit it on the PC yet.




So what or who is Naturo. First published in 1997, Naturo is a Japanse manga series which has become exteremely popular in anime. Manga for those who dont know is a style of comic graphics made popular in Japan. If you have seen amime (which is the manga style in animation) than you know what I am talking about.

The plot as per the Wikipedia..

Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked the ninja village Konohagakure. It raised chaos and slaughtered many people, until the leader of Konohagakure – sacrificed his own life to seal the demon inside Naruto when he was a newborn.

Konohagakure, however, regarded Naruto as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood. A decree made by the Third Hokage forbade anyone to discuss or mention the attack of the demon fox to anyone. However, this did not stop them from treating him like an outcast and as a result he grew up an orphan alone. However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his Shadow Clone Technique, a technique from a forbidden scroll that he was tricked into stealing, to save his teacher, Iruka Umino, from the renegade ninja Mizuki. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the demon fox, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared for and acknowledged him. The main story follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno,two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under an experienced sensei named Kakashi Hatake. Naruto also confides in other characters that he meets throughout the series as well. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konohagakure.

Sounds really cool to me. This is definitly enough story to dream up all kinds of cool flash games. So let me share a few links with you. Some of the games are huge and take a while to load, but visually they are great.

Play Naruto Battle Grounds on Punk Arcade

Naturo Flash Games at Naturo Pictures
Naturo Games over at Gamefz
Naturo Eye Candy

Not sure we will be putting much of this stuff on Punk Arcade... maybe the graphics as they are pretty slick.

In any case.. enjoy.

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