___ ___ / / / / _ __ __ __ _ ___ / \ / / / \ / \ / / / /__/ \_ / _ \ / /\ \ / / / \ / / / / / /\_ _// // / / / \ \/ / / / \ \ /\ \ / / / / / / / // / / / \ / / / \ \ \ \/ \/ / / / / // / / / \/ \/ \/ \/\____/ / / \___/ /__\ UZUMAKI CHRONICLES - US \/ CURRENT FAQ COMPLETION: 35% ********************************** ~|~ Table of Contents ~|~ 1 - Full Walkthrough 2 - Skill System (Chips, Plates, etc.) 3 - Ninja Tools (Kunai, Shuriken, etc.) 4 - All that other stuff ********************************** ~ 1 ~ Full Walkthrough ~ 1 ~ At first glance, the Leaf Village appears to be maintaining the peace with a military strength that dominates other nations... However, beneath the surface, a crisis is drawing near. Troubling incidents recur near the village, and Orochimaru is clearly seeking to destabilize it through various wicked plots. In response, the village leaders decide they must temporarily rely on an extreme measure. In order to supplement a military strength that is running short, Genin, who would normally be assigned C-rank missions or lower, are now given more difficult missions, according to their ability. Thus, even the youngest Genin are burdened with a portion of the village's fate. Some struggle with the weight of the responsibility, while others are thrilled, feeling this a chance to prove their abilities. No more so than Naruto Uzumaki! After the conversation with Kakashi, you are given the option to practice the basic controls. If it is your first time playing, I strongly suggest you practice. I will not be teaching basics later on, so get the knowledge now while you can. Hidden Leaf Village Gate Every time you enter here your Health and Stamina are automatically refilled. This is where you will also save your game 95% of the time. At any time you can press start to enter the 'Camp' screen. Select abilities to spend your gold Virtue orbs on either raising health, raising stamina, or obtaining new skill chips. See Section 2: Skill System for more detail. Also from here, you can go to Hokage's Room to start a mission. Missions progress the game, and are ranked according to difficulty. D, C, B, A, and S. The lower the grade, the easier the mission. You can always leave the village to get stronger before taking on the next mission, except before Mission 1. Keep in mind that some Missions can be failed, but you still continue the game. If you fail you cannot retry the mission, and the rewards are lost. *~ MISSION 1: Delivery Service - RANK: D ~* Transport food items from the Hidden Leaf Village to Tanzaku Town and deliver them to the waiting trader. You may be attacked in transit, so be careful. These missions are a real pain in the butt later on in the game. You will move from one town to another, and encounter a number of battles. The hard part is protecting the cart from enemies destroying them. This first mission should be easy. Be sure to save before leaving the village. Once on the main map, move the Kunai pointer to the red dot, Tanzaku Town. This will automatically set you on the shortest route to your destination. The main map is where you will trigger random encounters with several ninja throughout the game, and during a mission a short path is the safest path. When you reach the first mid-point, you will start your first encounter. After the scene the rules will be shown, 4 minutes and the cart, both carried over until the end of the mission. Power Strike(R2) is the best way to bust up these low-level enemies. Always bust up the ones closest to the cart to minimize damage. Check the radar to see where enemies are hiding, there's one tool ninja in a corner chucking ninja stars at the cart and you. After crunching them, you'll wind up back on the main map. Select the red destination again. It's the same group of punks! Use the same method to subdue them. Now back to the map, and one more feeble attempt. After three battles, you arrive at Tanzaku Town. Select the town while standing on it to enter. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +200 Reward ~ Rations Cx5 After completing the mission, you automatically return to Hidden Leaf Village. See the note, New Skill Chips? That means that there are new chips to purchase! Suggested Setup ~ Skill Plate: Baby Leaf Skill Chips: Tai-Attack + 2 Drain Effect Stamina Up (S) Defense + 2 Summary: The reason this works well is because you can buy all of these skill chips immediately after Mission 1, and you get bonuses for having the entire Skill Plate filled. If Mission 1 was a challenge, you can leave the village and roam the map for some practice before attempting the next mission. *~ MISSION 2: Shop Assistant - Rank: D ~* A request for help has come from the only source of Ninja Tools in the village, "Emporium Karin". Go to the shop, learn the owner's situation, and help restore the business. You'll have a scene explaining the mission. Your orders are basically to kick butt and advertise. You'll receive a number of free Ninja Tools(see Section 3 for details). Have fun with them, but save anything that has a fire attribute. Remember to save and leave the village. Out on the main map, head south-east first, and you'll encounter some outlaws. Very low-level enemies, just bust them up with Taijutsu combos and Power Strike. Use this mission to become acquanted with the game. You need to defeat 9 or more groups of outlaws, then return to Konoha Village. Select the Ask Around option. If the scene shows a positive result, go to the General Store; if not, then go fight a couple more battles and check again. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +400 Reward ~ Recovery *~ MISSION 3: The Missing Tamasaburo - Rank: C ~* The famous Tamasaburo candy has suddenly disappeared from shops. The village sweet-tooths are in an uproar, and Anko, the elite Jonin, has taken ill from shock. Find the Tamasaburo in order to restore her health. Head for the first destination marker and enter East Town. After the short scene, head for the next destination, Tanzaku Town. Now to find the candy maker, in South Town. After the scene, you now have your first combat ally, Choji. Head south to the new area on the main map, Honeydew Mtn. When the first ninja attacks, bust him up quick. As soon as he's defeated, four more pop out. You can use Choji now, but he's not necessary. After the scene you'll be in a free roam/battle. It's not necessary to defeat all or any enemies to complete the event. Although, you need to prepare for the first boss battle coming up, and having Nine-Tails ready is probably a good idea. Use Power Strike on groups of enemies to rack up some good combos, which fill the Nine-Tails gauge. When the symbol in the bottom left is bright red, and on fire or shining(whichever), it's ready. The new enemy female ninjas can be difficult. Remember to constantly double-tap X to dash around, and if you dash directly at an enemy and immediately attack, you can get a quick combo. If they are giving you a lot of trouble, Power Strike will take them out without too much trouble. After following all around the cliff, the only path heads up to the left. There is a giant boulder, and when you get close, two female ninja appear. Beat them down then look at the boulder. Switch to Choji(L2), and use his Human Boulder Ninjutsu(R1). Roll/pummel the boulder and it will eventually crumble. Before heading in, follow the path left of the boulder to find a chest with some Medicine Cs. These will be helpful soon. Head through the path opened by destroying the boulder to find the Honeydew plant. Return to South Town, and watch the scene. Now head towards Leaf Village. Before long, you'll enter what appears to be a random encounter. BOSS BATTLE: Choji Akimichi First off, lock on and strafe away, as he'll use Human Boulder immediately. If your health is already below 1/2, activate the Nine-Tails chakra(Triangle and Circle). This is easy, smash away at Choji and use whatever techniques you wish. His Human Boulder cannot be blocked or broken, so stay away from it. Being the first boss, he's very slow and predictable. Use a Medicine C after you use Nine-Tails and wail on him with Jutsu when he's vulnerable. You should blow him away with Nine-Tails though, no sweat. The Virtue is nice, but MAKE SURE to grab the Dual As he drops. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +500 Reward ~ Kunai With the new Kunai Skill Plate you just received, it's time to get stronger. Empty out the Baby Leaf plate and equip the Kunai plate. There are a number of things you could do now that were impossible with the Baby Leaf. Suggested Setup ~ Skill Plate: Kunai Skill Chips: Health Up (S) Health Up (L) Tai-Attack + 1 Tai-Attack + 2 Drain Effect Stamina Up (S) Defense + 2 Defense + 3 Nin-Attack + 10 Recovery Summary: This setup is well-balanced, and will work great for any beginner. You get a great boost in Health from this and all stats are up to a fairly decent level. Attaining the Nin-Attack + 30% is what places this setup above others. *~ MISSION 4: Fragile - Do Not Break - Rank: C ~* Transport goods from the Hidden Leaf Village to Border Town and deliver them to the Trader who is waiting. The cargo this time is very easily damaged, so be careful. Don't get hasty and leave too quick, because you can now Form A Team. Choji is the only current option, so take him along. Save and now leave the village. The map has expanded again, revealing Border Town. Head to Border Town to begin the encounters. There is a new big enemy this time. Fully charged Power Strike can jack anyone with your high amount of Nin-Attack with my suggested setup... but does consume a large amount of Stamina. This is the first really challenging mission, and may take a couple of attempts. It's not necessary to pass. When you arrive in Border Town you're finished. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +650 Reward ~ Medicine Cx5 *~ MISSION 5: Sensei for a Day - Rank: C ~* Due to the number of incidents recently, many Academy instructors are busy with missions. Graduates are being sought to fill in while the teachers are out and help train the younger students. For this mission you will need the Air Dash chip. If using the suggested setup, replace the Defense + 3 chip with this one. Now save and leave the village. Head right to the East Forest, and enter. When the exercise starts, run straight and jump from the ledge, and Air Dash to the raised island. Head left off of it and get the tag on top of the rock by the ramp. Head up the ramp and grab another on the right. Jump off the edge of the ramp and run straight to the next one on the wall. Turn around and there will be one on the backside of the ramp. Run past the ramp and then take a hard right so you're between the island and the start. There's one on the wall. Head towards the circle of trees and get the one on the trunk. One tree has one on it. Follow around the right and the rest are easily visible. The last one will be back at the entrance, and once you reach the entrance, you win... Not yet! BOSS BATTLE: Neji Hyuuga Neji is very scary when you first think about it, given his 8 Trigrams 64 Palms jutsu. First change that Air Dash back for the Defense + 3. Charge up a Power Strike while dashing to stay out from his direct front. He shouldn't be able to hit with 8 Trigrams 64 Palms, and continue to bash with the Power Strike. If you run out of Stamina just do regular combos. Nine-Tails will end this battle in a flash. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +700 Reward ~ Orb Absorb Suggested Setup ~ Skill Plate: Kunai Skill Chips: Health Up (S) Health Up (L) Tai-Attack + 2 Tai-Attack + 4 Defense + 3 Nin-Attack + 10 Nin-Attack + 20 Summary: This will help us to finally cause some real damage to enemies. The super-high Nin-Att of + 39 is unreal considering how early in the game we are! Tai-Att + 8 is double the last setup. We do take a Stamina loss, but the gained power is far more valuable. If you haven't done so, use some virtue to raise your Health and Stamina permanently. I gave my Health 30 and my Stamina 10. My maximum Health is now 200 and Stamina 110. Very nice. *~ KAKASHI'S SPECIAL DRILL ~* What? No more missions? Save the game and leave the village. East Town is marked with a destination marker... what's going on? Go to East Town. Watch the scene and go to Lone Pine Hill, now revealed on the main map. Now you'll begin a fun bit of Sparring Practice. The most important thing here is to USE YOUR ALLY. The first match will be you and Shikamaru vs Sasuke and Choji. Focus on one or the other. Choji can be beaten quickly, and Sasuke causes you more damage. Use Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Jutsu (R2), which will trap one or both. Then mash the circle button to throw a bunch of kunai. His Trap Kunai can be effective as well. With Naruto, a fully charged Power Strike with + 39 Nin-Att is really a powerful strike! Remember to grab the Dual As from each downed opponent! Next will be you and Choji vs Sasuke and Shikamaru. Try and focus on Shikamaru, his traps and Shadow Possession will leave you wide open for Sasuke's long combos. Lock on and use Choji's Human Boulder Jutsu(R1). His Partial Expansion Jutsu isn't very useful in this battle. This one was considerably difficult for me. Just be sure and USE YOUR ALLY. If you used your teammates well in battle, you'll receive: MedicineC x 10 Not much, but it helps... not to mention all the DualAs you picked up! Now, back to the village! *~ MISSION 6: The Hokage Dolls - Rank: D ~* Rumor has it that Hokage Dolls sold in the village are cursed, as those who buy the doll inevitable seem to meet with misfortune. Gather the dolls and investigate the rumor. Kakashi will accompany you. Save, save, save. Leave the village and head for Tanzaku Town. After the scene you'll head to East Town to collect more dolls. Last stop for dolls, South Town. Now head to the Outskirts. After the obvious scene, you'll start the battle. It may seem like it'll be an easy battle... which it kind of will be. After defeating a few enemies, a whole bunch of tall strong enemies will come. To smash them easily, just switch to Kakashi and use Lightning Blade, and the whole group will get jacked. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +900 Reward ~ Chakra Bonus *~ MISSION 7: Prisoner Escort I - Rank: C ~* A wanted ninja has been captured in Border Town. Take the prisoner into custody and escort him to the Leaf Village. Attacks on the road by the prisoner's comrades are expected. Be careful. Of all times you should save, now is DEFINITELY the time. Before taking off, Form A Team. My own personal preference is Sasuke and Neji, but do as you please. Sasuke's Chidori and Neji's 8 Trigrams 64 Palms are exceptionally strong techniques. Leave the village and head for Border Town, to the west. Enter and watch the scene. Now for the mad rush back to the Leaf Village. Much like the Delivery missions, you have to protect the prisoner. Maybe I got you a little worried. This first Prisoner Escort is actually easy. Just use common sense and stick close to the cart. If things get sticky, call out one of your allies and take out whoever's causing trouble. Getting back shouldn't be too difficult. In the future remember that these missions can be unpredictable and sometimes extremely difficult. Always save, no matter what. Then again, it's not even necessary to complete it... MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +1000 Reward ~ Dual Cx5 *~ MISSION 8: Bad Publicity - Rank: D ~* Emporium Karin is requesting advertising help again. Get the details from the store owner and follow her instructions to carry out an advertising campaign. Female ninjas have been making a bad name for Emporium Karin... why? God only knows. Just like the last time you helped Karin, advertise in style. Roam around and kick some butt. Another 10 battles, roughly, should do the trick. These Kunoichi have tendancy to dodge and counter-attack. Using clones or Rasengan might be helpful. Remember that you can tap X right when an opponent attacks to use the Replacement technique. Also, keep in mind that the Sexy and Harem Jutsus are ineffective against females. It's best to fight close to the Leaf Village, since you can stop there between battles to refill your Health and Stamina. After you've fought a number of battles, enter the Leaf Village and select the option 'Ask Around'. If you talk to Rock Lee (Bushy Brows), and he says Emporium Karin is a nice shop, head to the General Store. If not, go fight some more. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +1100 Reward ~ Leaf Suggested Setup ~ Skill Plate: Leaf Skill Chips: Health Up (S) Health Up (L) Tai-Attack + 1 Tai-Attack + 2 Tai-Attack + 3 Tai-Attack + 4 Tai-Attack + 5 Stamina Up (S) Stamina Up (L) Defense + 3 Defense + 4 Nin-Attack + 10 Nin-Attack + 20 Orb Absorb Summary: Now we're really cooking. If you haven't noticed already, I tend to try and keep Naruto well-rounded. At this point it's easy to go for what you like best. If you like the special abilities, or maybe the Naruto Uzumaki Barrage, you can go that route. Play around with different setups of your own. This one required a little bit of buying, but we're making a big leap in power. Our Nin-Att is still the solid +39, and our Health at 200, unless you upgraded it more. Tai-Att has made a generous leap, going from +8 to +20. Defense for both Taijutsu and Ninjutsu are raised favorably and our Stamina has a boost +70 over the last setup. If you have enough Virtue, push your stamina up to a max of 200. *~ MISSION 9: Coastal Disturbances - Rank: B ~* Information has come in that some suspicious men are gathered in a coastal town. Sasuke has gone ahead to investigate; meet up with him and check things out. Save and head far East to Port Town. Watch the scene. During this fight you can use Power Strike to build up some combos, and charge the Nine-Tails gauge. Now Sasuke. BOSS BATTLE: Sasuke Uchiha Sasuke is one major thing. FAST. If you haven't mastered dashing and strafing, you better do it quick. To easily beat him, fully charge Power Strike repeatedly until you have no more stamina. If your health is low, use a DualA. If not, use Rations of some and continue with the Power Strike attacks. When the Nine-Tails symbol flashes and glows, let your health drop below half and unload on this fool. To beat him without Nine-Tails, conserverve your Chakra for the Replacement technique and try to end combos with the Heavenwardly Kick to get double and sometimes triple sets of combos. As with all bosses, grab the DualAs he drops. After the fight, watch the coolest cutscene so far. Kakashi intervenes and the mission is a success. MISSION COMPLETE! Virtue ~ +1200 Reward ~ Perfect Strike ********************************** ~ 2 ~ Skill System ~ 2 ~ Skill Plates Baby Leaf - Initial Equip For beginners. Cannot set large chips Kunai - Reward for Mission 3 Not much space, but it's fairly easy to fill the plate for bonus effects. Leaf - Reward for Mission 8 Handles large chips as well, especially the longer ones. Raise Health +10 to Maximum Health Each Level Level 1 - 100 Virtue Level 2 - 200 Virtue Level 3 - 300 Virtue ... and so on... Raise Stamina +5 to Maximum Stamina Each Level Level 1 - 100 Virtue Level 2 - 200 Virtue Level 3 - 300 Virtue ... and so on... Skill Chips Taijutsu - RED Drain Attack - Receive for free during Practice Opponents attacked with Taijutsu drop Chakra orbs Cost - n/a Health Up (S) - Buy after Practice Maximum Health up 20 Cost - 50 Virtue Health Up (M) - Buy after Mission 1 Maximum Health up 30 Cost - 200 Virtue Health Up (L) - Buy after Mission 3 Maximum Health up 50 Cost - 500 Virtue Tai-Shield (S) - Buy after Practice Taijutsu AT damage taken reduced by 10% Cost - 50 Virtue Tai-Shield (M) - Buy after Mission 4 Taijutsu AT damage taken reduced by 20% Cost - 200 Virtue Tai-Shield (L) - Buy after Kakashi's Sparring Taijutsu AT damage taken reduced by 30% Cost - 500 Virtue Tai-Attack + 1 - Buy after Practice Taijutsu AT up 1 Cost - 50 Virtue Tai-Attack + 2 - Buy after Mission 1 Taijutsu AT up 2 Cost - 50 Virtue Tai-Attack + 3 - Buy after Mission 2 Taijutsu AT up 3 Cost - 100 Virtue Tai-Attack + 4 - Buy after Mission 3 Taijutsu AT up 4 Cost - 300 Virtue Tai-Attack + 5 - Buy after Mission 8 Taijutsu AT up 5 Cost - 500 Virtue Weap. Shield (S) - Buy after Practice Weapon AT damage taken reduced by 10% Cost - 50 Virtue Weap. Shield (M) - Buy after Mission 5 Weapon AT damage taken reduced by 20% Cost - 200 Virtue Weap. Shield (L) - Buy After Mission 6 Weapon AT damage taken reduced by 30% Cost - 500 Virtue Ninjutsu - Blue Stamina Up (S) - Buy after Practice Maximum Stamina up 20 Cost - 50 Virtue Stamina Up (M) - Buy after Mission 1 Maximum Stamina up 30 Cost - 200 Virtue Stamina Up (L) - Buy after Mission 3 Maximum Stamina up 50 Cost - 500 Virtue Nin-Shield (S) - Buy after Practice Ninjutsu AT damage taken reduced by 10% Cost - 50 Virtue Nin-Shield (M) - Buy after Mission 4 Ninjutsu AT damage taken reduced by 20% Cost - 200 Virtue Nin-Shield (L) - Buy after Kakashi's Sparring Ninjutsu AT damage taken reduced by 30% Cost - 500 Virtue Defense + 1 - Buy after Practice Taijutsu DF and Ninjutsu DF each up 1 Cost - 50 Virtue Defense + 2 - Buy after Mission 1 Taijutsu DF and Ninjutsu DF each up 2 Cost - 50 Virtue Defense + 3 - Buy after Mission 2 Taijutsu DF and Ninjutsu DF each up 3 Cost - 100 Virtue Defense + 4 - Buy after Mission 3 Taijutsu DF and Ninjutsu DF each up 4 Cost - 300 Virtue Defense + 5 - Buy after Mission 8 Taijutsu DF and Ninjutsu DF each up 5 Cost - 500 Virtue Nin-Attack + 10 - Buy after Practice Ninjutsu AT up 10 Cost - 50 Virtue Nin-Attack + 20 - Buy after Mission 5 Ninjutsu AT up 10 Cost - 200 Virtue Stam. Saver (S) - Buy after Kakashi's Sparring Amount of Stamina consumed when building up Chakra reduced by 20% Cost - 1000 Virtue Seal Weaken (S) - Buy after Kakashi's Sparring Nine-Tail Gauge fills more easily Cost - 200 Virtue Stam. Restore (S) - Buy after Mission 7 Stamina recovery speed increases slightly Cost - 500 Virtue Special - Green Spoils of Battle - Buy after Mission 4 Enemies become more likely to drop items Cost - 1000 Virtue Flash Jump - Buy after Practice Quickly press jump button twice while standing to instantly jump Cost - 100 Virtue Air Dash - Buy after Practice During jump, press jump button again to dash in direction of left analog stick Cost - 100 Virtue Extra Clone - A - Buy after Kakashi's Sparring Can release one more Shadow Clone (Maximum of four) Cost - 200 Virtue Extra Clone - B - Buy after Practice Can release one more Shadow Clone (Maximum of four) Cost - 200 Virtue Naruto U Barrage - Buy after Kakashi's Sparring Lock on to enemy and release 4 Shadow Clones to use Naruto Uzumaki Barrage. Cost - 800 Virtue Orb Absorb Plus - Buy after Mission 7 Draws in Virtue/Chakra orbs - Use with Orb Absorb to expand range Cost - 800 Virtue Stun Recovery - Buy after Mission 2 Makes it easier to recover from being stunned Cost - 300 Virtue Recovery - Reawrd for Mission ? Automatically recover when knocked into the air by an attack Cost - N/A Perfect Strike - Reward for Mission 9 Build Chakra Gauge to MAX to unleash upgraded Power Strike (ground only) Cost - N/A Orb Absorb - Reward for Mission 5 Draws in Virtue/Chakra orbs - Use with Orb Absorb Plus to expand range Cost - N/A Chakra Bonus - Reward for Mission 6 Defeated enemies tend to drop more Chakra Orbs Cost - N/A Empty - Yellow Empty Chip 4 - Buy after Mission 5 Cost - 500 Virtue Empty Chip 6 - Buy after Mission 7 Cost - 100 Virtue ********************************** ~ 3 ~ Ninja Tools ~ 3 ~ COMING SOON! ********************************** ~ 4 ~ All that other stuff ~ 4 ~ CREDITS: Everything Naruto credited to Masashi Kishimoto, it's creator. Shonen Jump Bandai Namco Games And myself, full creator of this FAQ.(so far...) COPYRIGHT 2006, Ron Irvin ONLY FOR DISPLAY ON GAMEFAQS