Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, known in Japan as Naruto: Narutimate Hero ( NARUTO ( ナルト ) ナルティメットヒーロー, Naruto: Narutimetto Hīrō), is the first installment of the Ultimate Ninja series. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series sold over 20 million copies worldwide as of December 2019.
While starting out as a series exclusive to the PlayStation family of systems, the series has also been present on Xbox devices since the release of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 for the Xbox 360, and also present to Microsoft for the Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 on the Microsoft Windows. It was followed by four more titles for the PlayStation 2, as well as five spinoffs for the PlayStation Portable, and a follow-up title for the PlayStation 3 entitled Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm. They were developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai and later Bandai Namco Games. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, known in Japan as the Naruto: Narutimate Series ( Japanese: NARUTO ( ナルト ) ナルティメットシリーズ, Hepburn: Naruto: Narutimetto Shirīzu), is a series of fighting video games, based on the popular manga and anime series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto, for the PlayStation 2. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch