Started coding this for a couple months now, honestly the sprite work has taken most of my time. Just a need to see non-chibi Naruto characters in mugen and my vision of what a Naruto ‘Fighterz’ may play like. Mix of systems from Guilty gear and the Marvel vs. Series. Still early days as such some animations are still choppy and/or missing completely and velocities could do with some work.

Button Layout:

Light  / Medium /  Heavy
Ninja Tool / Kekki Genkai /  Assist

Light+Ninja Tool = Grab/Throw tech
Heavy + Assist = Substition

Systems: NT, KG, Subs
Ninja Tools (NT’s):

Each character starts out with 5 Ninja tools, in the case if Itachi, for now he uses Shurikens (may switch to Kunais) once stock is depleted there’s a command to restock. Restocking takes place on the last frame. Ninja tool for now is also a ground bounce for combo extensions, 1 ground bounce is permitted per combo.

Kekki Genkai (KG):

Kekki Genkai are unique traits to each character. In the case of Itachi he transforms into a flock of crow clones similar to his tilt from the storm series. It’s an air only 8-way directional attack dependant on your directional input on startup, losses all air actions after use but can be instantly s-jump cancelled into.

Substitution (Subs):

Substitution can be used Defensively or Offensively: the can be used as a pseudo Burst in block-stun/hit-stun or as Roman Cancel esq combo extender/ bait. Though for now only the defensive option is coded.

Special attacks:

As of now Itachi only has 1 and I’m thinking it may stay that way as it has quite a bit of versatility. Itachi uses Clone Bomb jutsu both offensively and defensively:

Light - spawns a clone just in front of him which lingers in idle before detonation, main usage is defensive, can be used as cover during NT restocks for example.

Medium - spawns from behind for balancing purposes, slowly walks forward, my testers generally use it for mixup situations

Heavy- runs forward, main combo opener and used for block strings

All clones can be stuffed by normals if timed right.

Combo system is predominantly MVC based, with wall bounces coming down the line for other characters.

Thoughts? criticism all very welcome.

Thanks for the heads up. Not sure what project you’re referring to I’ve been out the mugen community for around 10 years. Though the sprites themselves are a combination of Naruto Online, Naruto Mobile, Naruto shinobi strikers (models/anims ripped in 3d software + cell shader), Naruto Storm, and heavy edits

Finally some Naruto characters that aren't the size of a midget

Cheers! Further progress, sorry in advanced for the sound quality