<s>
Naruto	B-Application
Shippuden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Generations	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
series	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Naruto	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
fighting	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
CyberConnect2	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
revealed	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
consoles	O
and	O
on	O
March	O
13	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
and	O
Australia	O
on	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
title	O
features	O
both	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
installments	O
Naruto	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
and	O
Naruto	B-Application
Shippuden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
thus	O
featuring	O
two	O
incarnations	O
from	O
characters	O
who	O
noticeably	O
changed	O
across	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
newly	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
role-playing	O
game	O
elements	O
from	O
Naruto	B-Application
Shippuden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
2s	I-Application
story	O
mode	O
were	O
removed	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
consecutive	O
battles	O
,	O
thus	O
reducing	O
the	O
time	O
spent	O
during	O
the	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Naruto	B-Application
Shippuden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Generations	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
by	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
in	O
late	O
June	O
from	O
2011	O
in	O
the	O
manga	O
magazine	O
Weekly	O
Shōnen	O
Jump	O
,	O
promising	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
Part	O
I	O
characters	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Zabuza	O
Momochi	O
and	O
Haku	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
their	O
popularity	O
within	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adding	O
the	O
Part	O
I	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
difficult	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
required	O
to	O
fit	O
with	O
the	O
cast	O
from	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matsuyama	O
also	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
story	O
mode	O
is	O
different	O
from	O
Naruto	B-Application
Shippuden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Part	O
II	O
meant	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
different	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre-orders	O
included	O
a	O
CD	O
soundtrack	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
previous	O
installments	O
,	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
and	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
2	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
composed	O
by	O
Chikayo	O
Fukuda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
free	O
downloadable	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
for	O
the	O
English	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
made	O
the	O
panel	O
"	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
Celebrates	O
Naruto	B-Application
Shippuden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Generations	I-Application
"	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
WonderCon	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Generations	O
sold	O
65,758	O
units	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
third	O
bestselling	O
title	O
during	O
its	O
weekly	O
sales	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
IGN	O
,	O
who	O
praised	O
how	O
the	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
subseries	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
commenting	O
on	O
improvements	O
in	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
storylines	O
that	O
improved	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
