Naruto Arena

OK.. Luapman here with some temporary changes because of unforseen code issues. These changes will be reversed once the code concerning their "glitches" is fixed.
Neji - Eight Trigrams 64 Palms is now partly static.
Kurenai - Tree Bind Death is now partly static.
Sasuke - Sharingan is now static.
Ino - Mind Body Disturbance's random damage will not damage invulnerable characters.
ALSO BE SURE TO READ THE BASICS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SKILL QUEUE. TOO MANY GLITCH REPORTS ARE PLAYERS NOT PROPERLY ORDERING THEIR SKILLS AND NOT ACTUAL GLITCHES!

The first shippuuden characters have made their appearance! Naruto, Lee Gai and Deidara are now unlockable via missions!

But there is probably even more important news ...

After the release of the ladder we now present you the biggest update ever on Naruto-Arena? Why? Because today, the 8th of May, Naruto-Arena releases its long awaited brand new game Engine.

Welcome to the fully renewed Naruto-Arena! We know you’ve all been waiting a long time. But now it's finally here! We can finally show you what we've been working on these past few months. We would also like to thank Nolith for the awesome art he made for the new UI of the game and more!

Making a sum of all changes is useless since we would end up writing for hours.

Just go ahead and see whatever is new and of course have the best time with the fully renewed Naruto-Arena!

Note: Be sure to read the game manual and the updated characters & skills.

Discuss the changes at the forums here.

Ey boys and girls!

It's pizza time! That's right! We are in the proccess of finalizing everything. Because Gametester suddenly didn't like the selection screen on the last day we had to design it over :). We won't stop working till we are ready to release. So no, we are not lazy!

But..., now it's time for the staff to have a 10 minute break to eat a hot hawaiian pizza and get some strength back. We estimate that we will be working for another 3 hours from now.

The Naruto Arena Staff. 

Alright, we finally have a release date for you!

The new engine with Shippuden will be released on the 7^th of May!

The server has finally arrived, and most of the work is done. Unfortunately due to some major holidays, the release had to wait a bit longer then we initially planned.

Also, because we feel bad for making you all wait so long, we want to give you a little sneak peak on what the new layout of the flash will look like!

This is a screenshot of the new selection screen:

This is a screenshot of the new battle screen:

As you can see, we have made major changes to the entire layout of the game. We also hope to have solved most of the bugs found in the old game, for example image loading.

You can give feedback on this news on the forums.

We hope you like it!

The Naruto-Arena Staff

As some of you already know, the new engine and shippuden have been postponed…

Yes, I know this is not the news you have been waiting for, but it is for best. Before we move on to our next major update, we want to make sure our servers will be able to handle it. As most of you probably know, the release of the new ladder system didn’t go as smoothly as we had hoped. By upgrading our servers for the next release, we hope to avoid this. The new server should be ready some time next week.

So don’t worry, the delay won’t be much more then a week.

And on the bright side, we now have the time to make everything just a little bit better!

The first of three updates is here!

The new ladder is now online.

After some good (and long) discussions and feedback we have finalized the ladder. Unlike the old ladder, the new ladder is based on (experience) points and levels rather then just a ladderrank. Points are earned when you win, and lost when you lose. The amount of points earned or lost is based on the difference in level and skill between the two players.

We think this new ladder will also be interesting for player who retired from the old ladder. Most importantly, this ladder is a far more accurate representation of your skill then the old ladder was. It will be a far greater challenge to actually become number one, and because this new ladder is also far more stable (no more constant dropping in ranks) it will mean much more to actually be the Hokage! More details about the new ladder can be found on the ninja ladder page in the game manual.

Ninja ranks play a bigger role now. The level of a player decides his/her ninja rank. There are 11 ninja ranks in total. You will notice icons in your profile and on the ladder pages. There are also 11 player cards each dedicated to a ninja rank, so be sure to use them on any webpage/forum if you like to show off!

The statistics of the old ladder are not lost. At the bottom of every player's profile the old statistics can be found. Also, the starting player in a private game is now fully random.

But that’s enough talk for now, it's time to start laddering again. You'd better be prepared for the upcoming Shuppuden characters and a lot more extras!

So far our first big update!

The Naruto-Arena Staff