Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3for PlayStation Portable is a fighting game (similar to previous installments in the series) that requires the player to apply different ninja techniques depending on the chosen character.
Aside from that, players can use items, such as enlarged shurikens or poison bombs. Each duel takes place on two planes: the foreground and the background. The player can switch between these by pressing a simple combination of buttons.
The story mode, called Master Mode, provides the opportunity to participate in the events depicted in the second season of the Naruto anime series. This time, the story extends to the meeting with two members of the Akatsuki organization, Hidan and Kakazu to be precise, which happens around episode 88.
The game features two types of levels. "Battle" refers to duels, but "action" levels require the player to flee from different threats, for example.
The player can observe the events from Sasuke's perspective, as well as try out the story created specifically for this game by the company cyberconnect2.