NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 ROAD TO BORUTO Pack (DLC)

Road to Boruto is a sizeable expansion for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, built around adapting the Boruto: Naruto the Movie storyline into a playable adventure mode. The pitch is simple: you step into the shoes of Boruto Uzumaki, Naruto's sulky, self-reliant son, as he and his squad (Sarada Uchiha, Sasuke's daughter, and the enigmatic Mitsuki) grind through the Chunin exam while a far bigger threat takes shape behind the scenes. Villains Momoshiki and Kinshiki crash the party, and the expansion culminates in the fight Naruto fans had been waiting for since the movie: Naruto and Sasuke, now iconic Hokage-era adults, teaming up against those same enemies with everything they have got. Those moments land hard, and the cinematic presentation stays true to the anime's exaggerated spectacle. Combat is the same fast, arcade-flavored 3v3 system the series has run on for years, with one-on-one duels, team battles, and big QTE-driven boss fights that keep the flashy energy going. Boruto himself comes with a distinct fighting style, which feels fresh enough if you have spent a lot of time with the original roster. The full roster also gains the Seventh Hokage version of Naruto, the Wandering Shinobi version of Sasuke, Sarada, Mitsuki, and Mecha Naruto, giving Free Battle Mode some welcome additions on top of the already enormous base game headcount. Story battles number just over ten, so the main narrative is lean, but the expansion pads its runtime through an adventure mode set in a revisited Hidden Leaf Village, complete with side quests ranging from Chunin exam prep to basic fetch tasks. Those side quests are the weakest link. They recycle the same format as the base game's adventure mode, lean on familiar environments, and tend to feel like filler padding rather than content worth seeking out. If you sidestep all of it, the core story wraps up in three to four hours, which will feel short to some buyers. The honest read on Road to Boruto is this: it does not invent anything new. The combat formula is untouched, the Hidden Leaf Village is largely the same geometry dressed in a new time skip coat, and the side content ranges from mild fun to genuine busywork. What it does offer is a well-paced character story for Boruto himself, strong emotional beats for longtime fans, and a handful of genuinely great boss fights that clear the bar set by the original game. The animated cutscenes hold up, the cell-shaded visual style remains one of the sharpest in licensed anime games, and any sequence putting adult Naruto and Sasuke on screen together is worth the ticket. This expansion lives or dies on your relationship with Storm 4 and the Naruto universe. If you burned out on the base game's adventure mode, nothing here will change your mind. If you are a fan who put the disc down after finishing the main story and wants a reason to go back, Road to Boruto is exactly that reason, and it closes out the Ultimate Ninja Storm chapter of the Naruto saga with the kind of fan-service flourishes the series does best.

Alex · Scout Team

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