Here's a little idea of mine: a naruto MMORPG...
Anyone who has seen Naruto will catch my drift: a game where one could move completly free like in the series. I was thinking some hybrid between Ragnarok online and The Elder Scrolls. With perhaps a choise between top view and first or third person. Adding the show's 'techniques' it would be quite something.

Ofcourse, having a game built like that costs alot of money, and sending ideas to a big game company probable wouldn't have any effect. Perhaps Atari would do good with a new game xD

Anyway, I was just brainstorming here.

Well, let's see what you've got here:

Using the idea of Naruto, when YOU DON'T OWN it is stealing. If you don't know or have any grasp on programming, than you will spend hudreds if not thousands of dollars on programing.

MMORPG's are like cop movies. The first two were great and all, but after a while they get old.

Huge video game companies like atari will unlikely accept the idea, not only because of the copyright issues, huge companies aren't really into mmo's because small teams of people can create them.

The problems with royalties over the years will make it improbable that it would ever be made. Knock offs could be made by you and a few friends if you have enough time, but companies wouldn't waste the time in making an engine and a roster of characters for such a ripoff. Ideas on gameplay could be accepted, however.


Any piece of software can be created by one person. CP/M, an entire OS was. Counter-Strike had a core team of one person. Many early DOS FPSes didn't really have large teams of people either.

dude a naruto mmorpg would be the best thing ever because im sick of the fighting games by naruto. whos your favorite character and why do u like that character? my favorite character is probably Sasuke or Kakashi they rock for many reasons such as the fact that they both have sharingon and they know chidori or whatever its called. but seriouslly this idea for a game rocks out loud, 2 thumbs up

With all honesty, I'd really appreciate a Naruto MMORPG. I mean, the techniques alone would simply be awesome!

However, I'd like to join the rest in pointing out how the flaws far outweigh the shining points.

The main problem is that Naruto is owned by someone else. If it were just for the fun of gaming, I'm sure such an MMORPG could be easily propagated in the underground Internet communities. As it is, there is a Warcraft map (with a few custom models added) called Naruto Wars. It ain't official so it ain't commercial. It's free. However, if it is gonna be a paid game for commercial purposes, I'm sure a lot of people (read: lawyers; see also: gamers) will have a lot to say on the matter.

Also, I'd like to point out that Naruto is not even finished. In other words, your development team will have their work cut out ahead of them. They'll have to scramble around twice a month, whenever a new jutsu pops up, that is, on top of heir regular chores like bug-fixing, updating, refining, etc.

Another thing, the Naruto-verse is hardly a coherent or consistent world either. They have LCD screens and power lines but they send messages through birds instead of email. Or, they have fluorescent lighting but they have to store knowledge in an archive of scrolls instead of on a computer (or even the Internet!) It's a world of anachronisms, if you ask me. What makes it difficult is the other aspects not shown in the series. Are their water crafts oar, sail, rasengan, steam, coal, gas or nuclear powered? Do their shops (an essential element of almost any MMORPG) have cash registers, abacus or tally sheets? If you're a guy for finer details, like a lot of hardcore gamers, these things may very well drive you nuts.

It's a nice game but, as I have often seen, fanfiction, fanart or, in this case, fan games are probably the pinnacle of un-creativity. It's not a path for real artists but for those who are too lazy enough to come up with their own ideas. Actually, the way I see it, this game only rides on the popularity of the Naruto series, instead of making waves on its own.

Of course, that's just my two cents. Feel free to add yours

Well,guys..i just g2 say I`m surprised some1 would bring this up ...I was dreaming of a mmorpg of naruto-smth like Elder Scrolls,a free world where u can explore and have fun,engage enemies,help ppl,and so...but the thing is..it can be made,but it`d take maybe more than wow 2 make because narut...it is a mass spell game...u need a BIIG world there..because...for example..water users..on higher lvls,and when they get more experience they need a lot of space `couse they can summon water as big as a lake,and flood everything..(the flood thing is the 2nd issue-because some layers may use these spells 2 ruin the game)...and well,u`d need a limit of players,because ut`d be a lot of players rnning everywhere,and u couldn`t use anything without killing some1 u didn`t want 2 kill XD....it`d be very hard 2 make such a game,and almost imposible 2 play,because,well as I said many players would use the jutsu,and gendjutsu,and smth 2 make fun of lower lvls,and if there would be a lvl restriction(for example u can`t attack 20 lvls lower or smth like that)....that wouldn`t be naruto..and,yeah,sure u`d need a HOLLY LOT of money 2 make such game working...so..we can only hope that some1 will finda way 2 surpass the issues and bring the god damn game 2 life ^^

Its a great idea but my two cents echoes that of other people: It would cost a HELL lot of money.

See, Blizzard wasted much money on WoW but they are now literally printing money off it since it has over 10 billion players now. That translates into a gazillion USD into their coffers annually, while in fact their development team only needs to do updates and create new patches once in a while.

See, WoW succeeded in the sense that it has a much wider fan base, i.e. its universal. Many people would identify and recognise an Orc rather than a Konoha ninja. WoW doesn't need to create a niche fan market, it MAKES people become fans.

With a Naruto MMORPG, things are very difficult to implement. First, you have the fan base to worry about. Though Naruto anime/manga has a sizable fan base, not all will necessarily play the game since many just like the manga.

Secondly, and MMORPG would stray from Naruto's authentic feel UNLESS the company collaborates with the actual Naruto anime company/Bandai to do voice overs, songs, music creation, effects, techniques and jutsu. One cant simply think up a technique every 3 months, right? You have to maintain the authentic feel that makes people like Naruto in the first place.

Thirdly, it would be a developers' NIGHTMARE. Naruto world has all sorts of jutsu and techniques. And do note that there are whole bloody area of different countries with all sorts of different cultures, villages, technological advances and such. The economy, political and social system is already very vague in the manga, how do you suppose they make it into a game?

The idea is good, but the implementation would be almost impossible.

Heya there's already a petition going on to make a Naruto MMO game.

Go to the website and support it, the more Naruto fans and gamers that join it the closer we are to a Naruto MMO!

http://www.freewebs.com/narutopetition/gameconcepts.htm

check it out and *Sign The Petition*