

Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 's gameplay is similar to that of previous games in the series, in which players battle each other in 3D arenas. The bottom is a quick time event, common in the series' boss fights.

Gameplay A new addition to the gameplay is the ability to switch characters mid-fight, with the top image showing the duo of Naruto and Sasuke teaming up to defeat the enemy Madara. Including Road to Boruto, the game had sold 11.88 million copies by December 2022, making it one of the best-selling fighting games of all time.

A Nintendo Switch port of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - Road to Boruto was released in April 2020. The game received generally-positive reviews, according to Metacritic its narrative and graphics were praised, but critics were also divided about the length of the story and the depth of the controls. CyberConnect2 took advantage of the hardware's potential to incorporate more fighting mechanics and add new fighters. The game was developed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One over a two-year period. It adds new characters from the 2015 film, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and adult versions of the younger fighters. The expansion version is entitled Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - Road to Boruto this version, under development, was compiled with three other series titles as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy and released on in August 2017. Other returning elements involve boss fights, where quick time events are required to reach hidden scenes and hack and slash areas. Similar to Storm 3, the game uses regular fighting systems however, players can switch among a team of three fighters who can assist each other. The narrative follows the young ninjas Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha as they participate in a world war between shinobi – the Fourth Shinobi World War – against the terrorist organization Akatsuki and unite to defeat it. It is the sixth installment and the final main installment in the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series inspired by Masashi Kishimoto's manga Naruto, and the sequel to the 2013 game Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, known in Japan as Naruto Shippūden: Narutimate Storm 4 ( Japanese: NARUTO ( ナルト ) 疾風伝 ナルティメットストーム 4, Hepburn: Naruto Shippūden: Narutimetto Sutōmu 4), is a fighting game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows (through Steam) in February 2016.
