Naruto (Super Smash Flash)

Naruto is a playable newcomer unlockable character in Super Smash Flash. He is the only character representation of the Naruto universe and his sprites come from Naruto: Ninja Council on the Game Boy Advance. To the fans' dismay, he lacks any use of attacks involving jutsu or chakra like he uses in his franchise.

Naruto is ranked 11th on the tier list. Naruto is fast and has deceptive range and strong finishers, which allows him to overwhelm many opponents. However, Naruto has no conventional projectiles, which hinders his neutral game and gives him difficulty against characters like or. He is also fairly large, making him more vulnerable to attacks than other smaller characters. Additionally, whilst his damage range, and speed are above average, he still tends to be outclassed by fighters that specialize in each of those categories. Regardless, Naruto is still a strong character in the game, which places him relatively high in the tier list.

Trivia

 * Because the shockwaves produced by all of Naruto's attacks are not part of the original sprites themselves, they were coded as projectiles (albeit all are short-ranged). This makes Naruto the only character whose all five attacks launch a projectile.
 * Naruto is one of two characters to have a custom voice actor, the other being (coincidentally, both are manga-originated characters and have unlockable status). His voice samples were provided specifically for the game by Kira Kagome Buckland, who also serves as the announcer for the game.
 * Though Naruto lacks attacks involving jutsus and chakras in SSF, he has them in the source game of his sprites, Naruto: Ninja Council. There, he is able to perform his signature move, Rasengan, use Shadow Clone Jutsu and even access his three-tailed jinchūriki form. Why none was used by Cleod9 is a mystery, though it may be because of his inexperience with Flash at the time.
 * Eventually, would finally use all these techniques for his return in Super Smash Flash 2.