Originally Posted by ShinobiKnight

I'm pretty hesitant to buy this game. The first one was a massive letdown IMO. They'd need to give you more freedom regarding 4-player matches and more unlockables. If it had online play, I'd automatically consider it; too few good Wii games have online play (I count 1). And even then, it would still be inferior to the Narutimate Hero/Accel series.
Also, I think I saw something in there about being able to play as characters made up specifically for the game's storyline, which is basically equivalent to a filler since it isn't in the manga and isn't being written by Masashi Kishimoto. I'll be damned if I buy the first Naruto game to include filler characters.