She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. “The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure.

The core gameplay is still just too rough all-around, so if that improves for the next game it'd automatically add a bit more appeal to the supplementary mode as well. mechanics found in the main game, but it's not something I'd personally go seek players out to try after my first round with it. It's a decent little added mode considering it's made up of the same boss battle and vs. Simply select anyone you've unlocked in the main mode and track down a few friends for either time or stock-based battles. To add a bit more depth to the game this time around TOMY included a four player local multiplayer mode as well, though it's very basic. There's also a lot of info packed onto the bottom screen, so while you'll be watching the top half of the DS for 90% of your quest a helpful mini-map (showing everything from buildings to specific wall-running areas and the like) is included along with touch-based support attacks from your other two members and jutsu execution. The sprite designs are similar to previous Nartuo games, though they've gone through a Shippuden shift, and other presentation elements such as shadowing behind characters as they sprint and anime-inspired 'Whack' and 'Smack' exclamations pop up when making contact with an enemy. Each special jutsu attack brings a slice of top screen action and bottom screen character art cut up like a moving manga panel. Outside of the game's repetitive core, Ninja Council is actually a very nice compilation of story, audio/visual presentation, and anime-inspired style. There are better action games on DS, and better Naruto games on DS there just aren't many action-based Naruto games. Team that with areas you'll feel like you've already ran through dozens of times and you've got a game that's simply more of the same if 'same' was merely passable. Other little issues still pop up as well, with the wall run being extremely mechanical and canned, falling speed and jump/attack transitions acting very wonky and mechanical, and the combat pretty one-dimensional. It just doesn't feel fluid, and would be much more engaging if run was somewhere out of place like on L or R and off of the right thumb. That means if you want to do a running/jumping attack you'd hold B, tap A (to the right) and then tap Y (back to the left of the four buttons). The button layout, for example, is still odd, having attack on Y, run on B, and jump on A. It isn't that Naruto: Ninja Council isn't a good game – any younger Naruto out there could sink a good five or six hours into this one easy – it's just very similar to previous offerings, and doesn't do much to fix anything mentioned in previous reviews. Two years after the last game, Ninja Council 4 has a serious case of deja vu. The jutsu supers actually take a page from previous Naruto games as well, using scribble and tap mini-games to power them up before blowing away the competition. You select your team of characters, run through stage-based missions beating up baddies and fighting bosses, and then step up your swagger with a few snazzy jutsu attacks. Ninja Council 4 is – as you'd expect – pretty similar to the other Naruto sidescrollers out there.

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