Since the end of Naruto: Shippuden, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is the new content for the series. While it is not the most popular Naruto game, it represents the change in direction Bandai Namco is taking with the Naruto franchise’s mobile games. Particularly Naruto x Boruto: Shinobi Tribes. Undeniably, the answer to this question is yes. Blazing’s Competitors: Did They Lend to its Downfall? The communities of Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage and Naruto x Boruto: Shinobi Tribes have rallied around the Blazing community, hopeful these games won’t go down the same path. However, it is players of the other Naruto games that have expressed the most support (to no one’s surprise). Image courtesy r/NarutoBlazing/Reddit Image courtesy r/BleachBraveSouls/Reddit Most notably, Dokkan, Bleach: Brave Souls, and Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross players have extended the proverbial olive branch to players now lost in the gacha ocean. Players have posted memes, expressed their condolences and welcomed Blazing players to other games. Support From Other CommunitiesĬommunities for other anime gacha-style games have voiced their support for the Blazing community in droves since the shutdown announcement. I find myself fitting into this category as well, and my goodbye to Naruto Blazing is a bittersweet one. All the statements and posts to come from the Blazing community itself reflect a player base that knows the flaws of the game but is still saddened by its death. Even then, the server will likely be kept around as an archive. The creators of the server announced that they will not be shutting it down despite the end of the game - at least until activity dies down. Image courtesy NordaxBlazing/TwitterĪnother popular place to discuss the game is the Discord server. With the end of it, the future is uncertain (but hopeful!).
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For years, Nordax posted update leaks for the game. One of the pillars of the Naruto Blazing community, Nordax, posted a farewell to his audience on December 8. Of course, there are other gathering spots for players of Blazing - namely Twitter and Discord. The Blazing Community’s ResponseĪs I touched on before, the Blazing subreddit is largely filled with posts mourning the game right now.
GREE added seven star units to Blazing in a last-ditch attempt to rescue the game, but it only put it on life support. No one can pull out their wallet two to three times a month for years on end.
PvE was not much different, with increasing “difficulty” artificially introduced to force players to need to summon on every single new banner if they had any chance of keeping up. The PvP function was broken and accessible only to people willing to swipe their credit card. Here’s the thing – GREE very clearly cared about only one thing: money. The shutdown announcement did not surprise me, though it saddened me. I’ve felt the game has been going downhill for some time now. I don’t disagree with the complaints coming from the community. This meant veteran players had nearly no way to earn new ninja pearls but needed them more than ever. Yet, they pushed out new units constantly. GREE did not add any Story Mode missions for over two years. Players critiqued GREE, calling them “GREED,” for ignoring quality of life issues in favor of adding more “subtle” pay walls. For years, redditors have flooded the subreddit with posts discussing the failures of the game. While the subreddit for the game is currently flooded with players sharing images of their favorite units and mourning the end of the game, threads have not always been so kind. GREE hasn’t exactly been the most popular developer team throughout the history of Naruto Blazing. Looking back, Blazing shutting down is not that big of a shock. Yet, with the release of Naruto x Boruto: Shinobi Tribes, some in the anime mobile gaming community have been predicting this shutdown for months. GREE released the game on Jmaking Blazing one of the most long-running Naruto mobile games. On December 7, 2020, the developers of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Blazing announced they would be shutting down on February 9, 2021. What happened? Image Courtesy of Shonen Jump Naruto Blazing was one of the most popular gacha-style mobile games for four years.