Naruto Arena

In light of the giving spirit of these times, the staff has some wonderful news. We would now like to officially announce our new game:

Soul-Arena, at www.Soul-Arena.com

Soul-Arena is based on the anime called Bleach. In Soul-Arena you will be able to battle it out using awesome characters such as Ichigo, Rukia, Byakuya, and lots more! For more information, you can visit the Soul-Arena forum topic [click here], or visit the official website at www.soul-arena.com.

We are pleased to say that the developement for Soul-Arena is nearly finished. We are currently working on finalizing everything for release. If everything goes according to schedule, we hope to release the game sometime early January.

It has been a long and strenuous process, but everything is finally coming to a close. Please be patient for these next couple of weeks while we apply the finishing touches. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.

To avoid account name stealing or other nasty business, we have created an option for members to copy their Naruto-Arena accounts over to Soul-Arena. You will find this option in change settings in your control panel. Check the box behind "Signup for soul-arena.com" to create a copy of your account on www.soul-arena.com. If you want to copy a clan, the clan leader must copy his account to Soul-Arena. If the clan leader does this, the clan, with it's leader will automatically be copied to Soul-Arena.

Finally, as a reminder to all members, Naruto-Arena and Soul-Arena staff members will never ask for your password. Anyone asking for your password is trying to steal your account and should be reported to a moderator as soon as possible.

Thank you,
NA/SA Staff

12/17 Balance Changes:
Nerfs: Demon Brothers, Yoroi

Luapman

12/12 Balance Changes:
Nerfs: Yamato, Tsunade, Yoroi
Boosts: Demon Brothers, Kakashi (S)

Luapman

Starting with the new year we will change to UTF-8. This means we will support more characters of different languages on our webpage. But be warned, because of the changes, passwords might not work. You might need to use Lost Password in order to get a new password so your e-mail must be valid otherwise you have a chance of losing your account! We are not responsible for accounts that use fake e-mails.

To make sure the changes won't cause problems, it is wise to change your current password if it contains special characters. By special characters all characters are meant that are not numbers and are not default letters (a-Z).

The mission code has been slightly changed which should make the actual goals a little more clearer to the players. If any bugs occur regarding missions then please post this in the Game Bugs And Glitches Section on the forum

Additionally a top 10 clan ladder was added to the main page of the website!

12/04 Balance Update:
Nerfs: Nidaime, Yamato
Boosts: Yoroi, Kisame Body Double

Luapman

Update: Kakashi (S) Jutsu Immitation does no longer copy skills that require a different move to be performed first.

The new update is finally here! We have been working very hard on this update over the past weeks, and we are very pleased with the results.

Like we mentioned before, this update has three goals:
- Reduce the amount of bugs and glitches.
- Clearer explanation of skills and effects.
- Create more options for skills.

The new update required us to re-code many of the current skills. Due to changes in the engine, some skills have received small modifications. These are only small modifications though; most skills have stayed the same. A list of all the changes can be found here.

This also means that there might be a few small bugs in some skills. Though we are confident this update will deliver a more stable gameplay experience, small input mistakes are easily made. Therefore we will be keeping a very close eye on the Bugs and Glitches section in the forums for the upcoming days. With your help we will repair them as soon as possible. If you encounter a bug in the game, report it here.

In light of making the game easier to understand, the skill classes system has also received a slight rework. The classes "ninjutsu", "taijutsu" and "genjutsu" have been removed from the game. In practice you will notice this change hardly affects the game at all, which is also the main reason for removing them. The "unique" class  will stay in the game. The classes "Static", "Interrupt" and "Cancel" have been re-named to "Instant", "Action" and "Control". We feel this better reflects the true workings of each class. In addition, "Action" skills can now only be countered on the first turn. When this happens, the entire skill will be countered. Check the game manual for full details on the classes system.

The way invisible moves are displayed has also been slightly modified. Skills such as Zaku’s Wall of Air and Counter Punch will now inform the opposing party that they have been used the moment they end. This means that these skills will still be invisible while they are active, but when their effect ends the other team will be informed that Wall of Air has been used in the previous turn. This way no skill will be truly invisible. Check the game manual for more details on invisible skills.

Action skills have also received a significant change. If the description says the whole skill is interruptible, it really means the whole skill. This includes the defense in a skill like "Drunken Fist Style". If Lee is stunned, the defense will not work either. Not all Action skills have been changed though, the details can be found in their descriptions.

A full list of all changes to the game can be found here.

You can give us feedback or discuss this engine update here.

The Naruto-Arena Staff

On one hand we want to make the classes easier. On the other hand we want to follow the anime. The class called 'unique' is currently only used for Kakashi's copy and reflect moves. The question is if we need to remove this class or not.

Note that kakashi will be able to copy all moves (or a selection based on the other classes), instead of the skills that are not unique (which is a class just based on the anime). This is NOT a matter of balance. We can always change the skill by letting it only work to ninjutsu and taijutsu skills for example.

We opened up a poll on the main site, and a discussion topic can be found here. Please only vote if you really know what this is about.