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[The scene opens up on a newborn baby crying, with a black mark on his stomach. Then it goes to a young boy, Naruto, running and carrying a bucket of paint, laughing. Behind him, are two Ninja’s chasing him.]
Ninja: Naruto! Come back here! When I get my hands on you...!
Ninja: You crossed the line this time, Naruto!
(With Naruto still laughing, they race off, blinking in and out of sight, bouncing off walls of houses. Then Naruto comes down, holding the paint bucket.)
Naruto: (Laughing) Give it up. (Shows the stone faces drawn on with different coloured paints.) You’re just bent, because you didn’t have the guts to do what I do. Do ya!? Losers! Wanabees! You’ll never catch me! (Laughs)
[The scene changes to an old man, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sitting down, in front of a canvas]
Ninja #1: Lord Hokage! It’s an emergency!
Hiruzen: (Turns away from his writing) I hope you’re not bothering me with some trivia, and don’t tell me its Naruto again.
Ninja #2: It is Naruto again! He climbed onto the great stone faces.
Ninja #1: He put graffiti all over the Hokage.
[Hiruzen sighs, smoke coming out from his mouth. The scene changes back to Naruto, who’s still running from the 2 Ninja’s, flickering in and out of sight. Naruto lands on the street, then takes off. The 2 Ninja’s land in the same spot, and take off as well]
Ninja: Naruto!
Ninja: Hold on!
[Naruto, who was standing up against the fence in that spot, drops the sheet that hid him, and laughs, hand behind his head]
Naruto: That was too easy...!
[A Ninja suddenly appears behind Naruto; Iruka Umino]
Iruka: (In Naruto’s ear) Oh yeah, Naruto!?
[Naruto jumps up, crying out, shocked. He lands on his butt facing Iruka]
Naruto: Where’d you come from, Iruka Sensei!? What are you doing here?
Iruka: (Points at Naruto) No, what are you doing here? You’re supposed to be in class.
[Scene changes to a building. The Academy. Naruto’s sitting on the floor in front of Iruka, tied up in front of the class]
Iruka: (Arms folded) I’m at the end of my rope, Naruto. You failed the graduation test last time, and the time before that. Tomorrow you’ve got another chance, and you’re messing up again! (Naruto humps, looking away. Iruka, angry, points at the class) Fine! Because you missed it, Naruto, everyone will review the Transformation Jutsu!
[The class lets out a groan, then the scene changes to the class all lined up. Sakura Haruno is up)
Sakura: Alright, Sakura here. Let’s do it. Transform! (Smoke comes up around her, then disappears, revealing her transformation into Iruka.)
Iruka: Transformed into me. Good.
Sakura: (Transforms back, excited) Yes! I did it! Yes!
Inner Sakura: Yeah, I kicked butt!!
Sakura: Yes!
Sakura: (Turns) Sasuke, did you see that? (Walks down the line)
Iruka: Next. Sasuke Uchiha.
[Sasuke steps forward then transforms into Iruka]
Iruka: Uh, good.
[Sasuke transforms back, then walks off]
Iruka: Next. Naruto Uzumaki.
[Naruto’s standing there with his arms crossed, not happy. On either side of him is Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka.]
Shikamaru: This is a total waste of time, Naruto.
Ino: We always pay for your screw up.
Naruto: Like I care.
[Naruto steps forward. Hinata Hyūga is down in the line, blushing, and pressing her fingers together]
Hinata: (Thinking) Naruto. Do your best.
Naruto: (Puts his hands together) Transform! (Smoke goes up around Naruto, then goes down a little, revealing a naked girl, the smoke covering certain spots, and blows a kiss)
Iruka: Huh!? (Staring, shocked, knocked back)
[Naruto transforms back, laughing and pointing at Iruka]
Naruto: Gotcha! That’s my Sexy Jutsu!
Iruka: (Yelling) Cut the stupid tricks! This is your last warning!

[The scene changes to the village, then to the stone faces that Naruto had desecrated. Naruto is down in front of one, scrubbing away]
Naruto: This sucks. Loser.
Iruka:(Arms crossed, sitting on top of the stone faces) You’re not going home till you’ve cleaned off every single drop of paint.
Naruto: (Stops scrubbing, looks up) So what? It’s not like there’s anyone waiting at home for me. (Goes back to scrubbing)
Iruka: (Iruka looks down at Naruto) Naruto?
Naruto: (Looks up, eyes narrow and a pout on his face) What do you want now, Sensei?
Iruka: Well, I was just thinking. Maybe after you clean this all up I can take you out for some ramen. The good stuff. What do you think? (Looks down at Naruto)
Naruto: (Has a huge smile on his face. Beyond happy with that) Now that’s some serious motivation! I’ll have this clean in no time!
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[The scene changes to the ramen shop. It’s night time. Naruto and Iruka are sitting down. Naruto slurps up a bunch of ramen]
Iruka: Naruto?
Naruto: (Mouthful of noodles.) Mmmm...
Iruka: Why would you do that to the Hokage faces? I mean, you know who the Hokage are, don’t you?
Naruto: Course I do. (Slurps more ramen. Then finishes the whole bowl, letting out a sigh afterwards.) Everybody knows. They were the greatest Shinobi of their time, right? The best of the best. Undefeated Ninja champs. (Naruto pictures the stone face of the Fourth Hokage, that he’d painted on) And the Fourth Hokage’s the one who saved the village from the Nine-Tailed Fox. He was the most amazing.
Iruka: Then why did you...?
Naruto: Cause I’m going to be greater than any of them. Me. Naruto. The next Hokage! (Points his chopsticks) A Ninja legend! Then everyone will have to stop disrespecting me, and look up to me. Believe it! (pause. Iruka sucks up the noodle hanging out of the corner of his mouth.) Uh, by the way, I kinda wanna ask a little favour, Sensei.
Iruka: You want another bowl?
Naruto: (Shakes his head) Uh-uh. I... want to try on your headband. Come on, Please!? (Bows his head; begging)
Iruka: Uh... (Motions to his headband) Oh this? No way. You can only wear the Leaf Headband when you finally graduate from the academy and become a Ninja. You’ve gotta pass the test tomorrow.
Naruto: That is so uncool! (Pouts)
[The scene moves to outside the ramen shop]
Iruka: (Laughs) Hey? Is that why you took off your goggles?
Naruto: Ugh...! I want another bowl!
[Iruka laughs]

[The scene changes to the next day, at the Academy. Iruka stands at the front of the class.]
Iruka: We will now start the final exam. When your name is called, proceed to the testing room. The final test will be on... The Clone Jutsu.
Naruto: (Hands to his head; Thinking) Ugh! That’s my worst technique! Great. I’m never gonna pass!
[On the table sits a bunch of leaf headbands. Naruto walks up, gets into a stance.]
Naruto: (Thinking) Alright. Get it together, Naruto. You can do this. (Puts his fingers together) Believe it. (Wind picks up around Naruto. Out loud) Clone Jutsu!
[The smoke disappears, revealing Naruto, and he looks over to his right. Lying belly down on the floor, with its tongue out, is a Clone of Naruto. It’s a little... pathetic. Naruto laughs nervously. Iruka has one of those looks on his face]
Iruka: You fail!! (Naruto flips out) Hmm...
Mizuki: Iruka Sensei? (Iruka looks at him) He’s off, but his moves weren’t bad and he did hang in there and replicate. This is his third try, so you know he really wants to become a Ninja. We could cut him a break. (Naruto looks hopeful) And pass him.
Iruka: Mizuki Sensei. The other students created at least three effective replications. But Naruto could only create one. (Shot goes to Naruto’s clone) And look at it. It’s pitiful. (Naruto is shaking with anger) I can’t pass him.

(The scene changes to outside the Academy. Kids are bunched up, wearing their leaf headbands, happy)
Kid: You see that? They called me first.
Kid: I passed with flying colours.
[Naruto is sitting off to the side, on a swing in the shade of the tree, looking over depressed]

A fantastic choice-driven narrative with deep, captivating dialogue and a mysterious and hypnotizing story. My personal favorite part was when you found the grappling hook and climbed the Empire State Building. What a rush! Not to mention the spectacular graphics that make it look more like a painting than a game. If you like story-driven adventure games, blood and bacon is for you!

10/10 - IGN

Conan the mighty pig was surprisingly very nice to play. The long story had me surprised with the acheivments and the drama. Every character has their own personality, that way you remember their names. Overall this game is better than any Dark Souls or, Call of Duty. Would totaly give a 10/10 game of the year IGN.