Naruto Arena

8/21 Balance Update to New Characters:
Nerfs: Sasori
Boosts: Kakashi (S) and Kisame Body Double.

The Ninja Rank requirements for the missions of these 4 characters has been lowered one level.

Luapman

I don't know how we forgot to say anything but, YAY! Happy Late Two Year Birthday to N-A!

I know the characters in this batch are perhaps the most awaited ones, so enjoy!

Neji (S)
The only one of the original genins to make it to the level of jounin, Neji has greatly increased his ability with both byakugan and gentle fist taijustu.

Kakashi (S)
Kakashi has used the last couple years to improve upon his sharingan, giving him access to a new deadly but costly ability.

Kisame Body Double (S)
By using one of Pein's techniques a Sand Nin spy for Akatsuki is changed to look like Kisame. The body double is controlled by Kisame but only has a third of his chakra.

Sasori (S)
Sasori (S) is a senior Akatsuki member and a legendary puppet master. He is even rumored to have defeated an entire nation with puppets alone.

 
Luapman and the N-A Staff.

Balance Update 7/30:
Boosts/Rework-Boost: Itachi Body Double (S), Maito Gai (S), Uzumaki Naruto (S), Deidara (S)

Luapman

Balance Update 7/23:
Nerfs: Tenten (S), Itachi Body Double (S), Temari (minor), Zaku (minor).
Boosts: Deidara (S)

Luapman

Today there have been numerous balance changes and some are pretty substantial. The following characters saw either a boost or nerf to one or more skills.

Nerfs:
Itachi Body Double
Tenten (S)
Shodai Hokage
Hoshigaki Kisame
Kin Tsuchi
Deidara (S)

Boosts:
Zaku Abumi
Temari
Momochi Zabuza
Dosu Kinuta
Chiyo (S)
Haruno Sakura (S)

Please check their respective character page or the balance changes section of the forums for in-depth information.

Luapman

The next batch of Shippuden characters and their missions are here!

Sakura (S)
With her extensive training under Tsunade, the Godaime, for the last two and a half years, Sakura's healing and combat abilities have both greatly improved.

Tenten (S)
After nearly three years Tenten is now a chuunin. In this time she has improved the diversity and strength of her ranged arsenal.

Chiyo (S)
The grandmother of Sasori and elder ninja of the Sand Village, Chiyo is a well known and accomplished puppet master and builder.

Itachi Body Double (S)
By using one of Pein's techniques a Sand Nin spy for Akatsuki is changed to look like Itachi. The body double is controlled by Itachi but only has a third of his chakra.

 
Have fun and enjoy the new characters!

Luapman and the N-A Staff.

7/1/08 Balance Changes:
Skill Cost Changes: Temari - Cutting Whirlwind, Dosu - Sound Manipulation, Zaku - Extreme Air Cutter

Luapman

6/29/08 Balance Changes:
Nerfs: Zaku
Reworks: Temari, Dosu (possibly temporary)

Luapman

6/26/08 Balance Changes:
Nerfs: Sakon, Itachi
Boosts: Dosu, Demon Brothers, Naruto (S)

Luapman

It’s been a long wait, but the servers have finally arrived! They are now up and running, and should help us provide a more stable game environment with more players online. This will most likely lessen server disconnects and heavy slowdown during peek hours.

The game interface has also received some minor tweaks. You can select and de-select characters by double clicking in the selection menu, effects that can be stacked are now shown in a single icon, and the game speed has been slightly increased.

This also means that the new characters will be arriving very soon!

It's wise to not player ladder games till everything looks stable!

The Naruto-Arena Staff

6/08/08 - Temporary Health has changed names and is now known as Destructible Defense.
Luapman

Fairly large post revamp individual character balancing is occuring today (June 5th). Please check the Latest Balance Changes section of the forum for a full list of changes.
Luapman

Please be sure to regularly check both the Character Revamp and Latest Balance Changes sections of the forums at least once a day right now. Changes to older characters are occuring on a near daily basis right now. Also this should be finished in the next 4 to 5 days.

Luapman

Balance Change Update: All four currently released Shippuden characters have had a least one balance change occur. Please check their character page or the Latest Balance Changes (in News & Announcements) section of Naruto-Boards for more info.
Luapman 

EDIT: Good news! Arena3 is back up again.  

Hi all,

Last weekend one of our game servers, arena3, went down because of overload. It is not sure what got damaged yet. Although we are trying to expand and get more servers, we have just lost one. We hope to see it back online soon. Meanwhile you can expect slow load times. It might not be good to play ladder games till Arena3 is backup (if you care about your statistics).

Sorry for the inconvinience.