Score: 7
"Could be better."
date: July 9, 2009
The intro was a little longer than needed. However, the rest wasn't so bad.
The fight was a bit typical and the Naruto design didn't look like anything like the original designs. Despite that, I find it to be a bit enjoyable. I think that some things can be done to make this more enjoyable. Sound FX, maybe some voice work, could make each hit and the powerups actually seam like collisions and energy building. Some inbetween animations would work as well, such as with the slow down energy punch towards the end. The inbetween frames can easily be put together in anything, seeing how it is pixeled sprites. Another option could've been to seperate the arm from the rest of the sprite and use motion tweens to rotate the arm, and maybe even the palm/fist.
The good thing to this is that there are some nice visual effects and the action maintained a pretty decent pace. The energy palm, despite needing more animation frames or motion tweens, did have a nice effect to it. The lacking animation did make it less enjoyable than it could have been.
I am thankful that you didn't realie on the annoyingly stupid side of this type of Flash animating. There was no spastic screaming, no overly crude humor (especially thanks for no Sexy Jutsu moments), no meme abuse I noticed (I am bored of over 9000 jokes), and the "moves to fast to be seen" moments were very short. Because you did not relie on those overused elements, I voted higher than I would have.
Aside from little things, it isn't so bad. I have no feelings either way towards Maple Story and Naruto, so it won't make me think any less or more of this Flash. I do enjoy this to an extent and think that little things like smoother animations and additional sounds would've made this a top grade animation worth watching for anyone.
Hope your next animation has some improvements to it.