Naruto video games have been released on various consoles by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Most of them are fighting games in which the player directly controls one of the characters fromNaruto. The player pits their character against another character controlled by the game's AI or by another player; the object is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks as well as special techniques unique to each character derived from techniques they use in the Naruto anime or manga.[147]The first Naruto video game was Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō, which was released in Japan on March 27, 2003, for theWonderSwan Color.[148] Most Narutovideo games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside of Japan were the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series and the Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu series, released in North America under the titles of Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council.[149][150] In January 2012, Namco Bandai announced they had sold 10 million Naruto games worldwide.[151]
