NARUTO'S Forgotten RPG on the 360 | Rise of a Ninja Retrospective

When it comes to backwards compatibility, modern Xboxes do it better than any other modern console right now. However, there is one franchise in particular whose exclusion from backwards compatibility on the One and Series consoles feels downright criminal, and that's Naruto. In this video, I'm going to discuss my experience playing Naruto: Rise of a Ninja for the first time, and explain how trying to procure and play this game led me down an unexpected video game preservation rabbit hole. Gameplay/Footage Shown: Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Gears of War Halo: Combat Evolved (MCC) Timesplitters 2 Naruto: Clash of Ninja Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise After Burner Climax Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Adventures of Mana Final Fantasy Adventure Rare Replay Collection Crash Bandicoot Crazy Taxi One Piece Grand Adventure Sonic Frontiers All songs used were from Naruto: Rise of a Ninja. By order of appearance: I Said I'm a Ninja! Loneliness (Rearrangement) Fight Arena: Leaf Village & Hokage's Arena Need to Be Strong (Theme of Battle Encounter # 3) Hand Seal Training Inventory Theme Haku's Theme / Fight Arena: Tazuna's Bridge Scroll & Weapon Shop Tree Jumping | The Land of Waves Bad Situation All anime footage shown was sourced from Naruto: Rise of a Ninja and Naruto: Clash of Ninja. 0:00 Intro 0:46 Why Xbox? Why Naruto? 3:22 Getting the Games 4:17 What I Found Out 6:27 The Lost Games 8:48 Exploration in Rise of a Ninja 12:14 Fighting in Rise of a Ninja 15:08 Overall Thoughts on Rise of a Ninja 16:30 Xenia and Troubleshooting 20:32 Preservation and Why It's Important #naruto #xbox360 #narutogames #xenia #humblemud