Naruto: The Broken Bond is a fighting game and a platformer at the same time. The gameplay has not changed much from the previous part. The graphics in the game have become brighter and more beautiful, and the character models have been updated. Almost every character has a combo that they use a jutsu on the end of. For example, Sasuke uses fire, and Itachi uses explosive clones. There are more regular combo attacks. The videos in the game are rendered using the game engine, so some of them require you to quickly press a key to perform certain actions. If the key was not pressed in time, the video screensaver will start again, or from a certain point.
The plot of the game touches on the events from episode 81 to 135 (that is, it ends where the original manga ends). Includes the return of Itachi Uchiha, the search for Tsunade, the battle of the three Sannin, and the mission to retrieve Sasuke. However, most of the campaign involves completing side missions (fighting faceless bandits, carrying out orders from townspeople).