Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections Update 1.60 Out for Balance Changes

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It’s been nearly four months since the last update, but a new patch is now available for Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections. This is update 1.60 (PS5 version 1.006) and players can expect to see a specific move fixed for Naruto Uzumaki (Baryon Mode) and the Chakra Gauge is reduced when activated.

Check out the full patch notes below.

Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections Update 1.60 Includes Balance Changes

Fixed Issue Related to Battle

Charged Chakra Dash

• Fixed the issue that did not cancel out the opponent’s Chakra Dash when charged.

Fixed Issue Related to Characters

Kimimaro

• Fixed issue where Guard Break did not occur when guarding the ending phase of the Ninjutsu 2 “Clethra”.

Naruto Uzumaki (Baryon Mode)

• Fixed the issue where attacking priority was not granted to Ninjutsu 1 “Massive Rasengan” at 60FPS.

Boruto Uzumaki (Karma Progression)

• Fixed the issue where Guard Break did not occur when Ninjutsu 2 “Spiraling Bullet” used as the support character.
• Fixed the issue where Air Combos could rebound during the ending phase at 60FPS.

Battle Balance Adjustments

Counterattack

• The maximum amount of the Chakra Gauge is reduced when activated.

Ninja Tools “Shot Run Pill”

• Delayed the time to reuse.

Ninja Tools “Tortoiseshell Pill”

• Increased effectiveness.

Individual Character Adjustments

The following adjustments have been made based on the overall balance:

Naruto Uzumaki (Sage of the Six Paths Mode)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Tailed Beast Bomb Rasen Shuriken”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air and decreased the step back.

Naruto Uzumaki (Kurama Link Mode)

• Changed the final effect of aerial combo after successfully landing the attacks to bounce.
• This makes it possible to perform a follow-up attack by Chakra Dash  with decreased damage.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster.

Naruto Uzumaki (Tailed Beast Bomb)

• Increased the recovery speed of Chakra Charge.

Naruto Uzumaki (Sage Art: Massive Rasengan Barrage)

• Increased the recovery speed of Chakra Charge.

Naruto Uzumaki (Sage Mode)

• Increased the recovery speed of Chakra Charge.

Naruto Uzumaki

• Increased the recovery speed of Chakra Charge.

Sakura Haruno

• Increased defense power.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Cherry Blossom Burst”:  Made it possible to perform Ninjutsu Blocks.
• Increased the advancing distance for the initial phase of ground combo and extended their active frames.
• Increased the stunning effect on enemies when successfully landing ground-level combos.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster and with increased damage.

Sai

• Ninjutsu 2 “Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll: Flock”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air, made the start-up frames slower and decreased the step back.
• Increased the stunning effect on enemies when successfully landing ground-level combos.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster and increase the amount of forward movement.

Kakashi Hatake (Double Sharingan)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Kamui”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.

Yamato

• Decreased defense power.

Shikamaru Nara

• Ninjutsu 2 “Explosive Parachute”: Expanded the hurtbox and decreased the step back.

Choji Akimichi

• Increased Defense power.
• Ninjutsu 1 “Spiky Human Boulder”: Increased the Guard damage when opponents guard this Ninjutsu and decreased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Partial Expansion Jutsu: Fist Strike”: Decreased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Increased Throw damage.

Ino Yamanaka

• Ninjutsu 1 “Flower Bomb”: Increased duration of poison time.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Flower Bomb: Scatter”: Increased duration of poison time.

Tenten

• Increased Defense power.

Kiba Inuzuka

• Increased the damage of the ground-level combos.

Shino Aburame

• Increased Defense power.
• Adjusted to be able to perform a follow up attack after the throw.

Hinata Hyuga

• Ninjutsu 2 “8 Trigrams Air Palm ”: The interval between second and the third attack will be shorter.

Asuma Sarutobi 

• Ninjutsu 2 “Chakra Blade: Wind Sword”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.

Kushina Uzumaki

• Ninjutsu 1 “Frying Pan Attack”: Made it possible to perform Ninjutsu Blocks and increased Chakra consumption and reduced damage.

The First Hokage: Hashirama Senju (Reanimation)

• Increased Defense power.
• Altered to stagger the opponent after successfully landing a throw.
• This makes it possible to perform a follow-up attack by Ninja Dash with decreased damage.

The Second Hokage: Tobirama Senju

• Increased homing of aerial combo movement.

The Third Hokage: Hiruzen Sarutobi

• Ninjutsu 1 “Fire Style: Dragon Flame Bombs”: Increased damage.
  Increased Throw damage.

Tsunade

• Increased Defense power.
• Increased Throw damage.

Danzo Shimura

• Ninjutsu 1 ” Wind Style: Vacuum Blast Barrage: Shadow”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air.

Sasuke Uchiha (THE LAST)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Almighty Push”: Decreased Chakra consumptions.

Mecha-Naruto

• Adjusted Ninjutsu 2 “Dummy Balloon” to allow down chasing.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Dummy Balloon”: Adjusted to be able to perform follow-up attacks on downed opponents.

Sasuke Uchiha (Rinne Sharingan)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Inferno Style: Flame Control Flying Flash”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air and adjusted to be able to perform follow-up attack on downed opponents.
• Decreased damage of aerial combo.

Sasuke Uchiha (Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Susano’o: Pierce”: Increased damage.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Inferno Style: Flame Control Flying Flash”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air and adjusted to be able to perform follow-up attack on downed opponents.
• Changed the effect after successfully landing throw on the opponent to tumble blowout with no rebound.
• This makes it possible to perform a follow-up attack by activating Dash with decreased damage.

Sasuke Uchiha (Five Kage Summit)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Inferno Style: Flame Control”: Changed the effect after successfully landing this attack on the opponent to knock up.

Sasuke Uchiha (the Taka)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Amaterasu”: Increased damage.
• Changed the final effect of Awakened aerial combo after successfully landing the attacks to tumble blowout with no rebound.
• This makes it possible to perform a follow-up attack by activating Dash with decreased damage.

Sasuke Uchiha

• Ninjutsu 2 “Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu”: Decreased Chakra consumption
• Changed the final effect of aerial combo after successfully landing the attacks to staggered, this makes it possible to perform a follow-up attack by activating Dash with decreased damage.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster.

Orochimaru

• Ninjutsu 1 “Blade Dance”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.

Kabuto Yakushi (Sage Mode)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Sage Art: Scattering Rage Jutsu”: Granted slow effect but it is able to Rebound with reduced damage.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Snake Confinement”: Granted poison effect and made it possible to perform a follow-up attack with decreased damage.
• Reduced knock back for the final effect on aerial attack.

Kabuto Yakushi (Snake Cape)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Venomous Fog Jutsu”: Changed to be able to perform follow-up attacks on downed opponents and changed the effect after successfully landing the attacks from staggered to normal hit stun.
• Changed the effect of Throw to no rebound.

Kabuto Yakushi

• Ninjutsu 2 “Lurk”: Decreased Chakra consumption.

Suigetsu Hozuki

• Ninjutsu 2 “Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu”: Decreased Chakra consumption and decreased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Awakened Ninjutsu 2 “Water Style: Tri-Water Dragon Jutsu”: Decreased Chakra consumption and decreased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Increased the advancing distance of the initial phase of ground combos and extended their active frames.
• Increased recovery time when hit by ground combos.

Karin

• Ninjutsu 1 “Missile Kick”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Perfume Spray”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.

Jirobo

• Ninjutsu 1 “Rough Rampage”: Decreased Chakra consumption and increased the recovery speed when using it as a support.

Kankuro

• Decreased defense power.
• Increased the damage of the ending phase of the down-ground combo.
• Decreased Throw damage.

Temari

• Ninjutsu 2 “Gust Dance”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support and changed not to bounce for the final effect.

Raikage: Ay

• Ninjutsu 1 “Lariat”: Decreased Chakra consumption
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster and increased damage.

Killer Bee (Shark Skin)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Tailed Beast Bomb”: Decreased Chakra consumption.

Darui

• Ninjutsu 2 “Gale Style: Laser Circus”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air.

Yagura 

• Changed the Item Palette (Bottom) to Shot Run Pill.

Fuu

• Ninjutsu 1 “Secret: Scaled Sneak Jutsu”: Granted defense decrease effect and reduced damage.
• Changed the final effect after successfully landing the attacks to bounce.
• This will make it possible to perform a follow-up attack by activating Dash with decreased damage.

The Third Raikage 

• Ninjutsu 1 “The Piercing Four-Fingered Thrust of Hell”: Decreased Chakra consumption.
• Ninjutsu 2 “The Piercing Three-Fingered Thrust of Hell: Side Swipe”: Decreased Chakra consumption.

The Second Tsuchikage

• Ninjutsu 1 “Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu”: Decreased Chakra consumption.

The Second Mizukage

• Increased damage of ground shuriken combo.
• Increased damage of aerial shuriken combo.

Chiyo

• Decreased defense power.
• Increased the damage of the ending phase of the down-ground combo.
• Decreased Throw damage.

Madara Uchiha (Six Paths)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Instantaneous Path”: Decreased Chakra consumption of and increased the recovery speed when using it as a support.

Madara Uchiha (Reanimation Release)

• Increased defense power.
• Increased their active frame of the initial phase of aerial combo.

Madara Uchiha

• Ninjutsu 1 “Susano’o: Slash in Two”: Made the recovery speed faster when using it as a support.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster.

Indra Otsutsuki

• Ninjutsu 2 “Lightning Ball”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air and decreased the step back.

Obito Uchiha

• Ninjutsu 1 “Fire Style: Bomb Blast Dance”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air.

Tobi (Great Ninja War)

• Increased recovery time when hit by ground combos.
• Increased damage of Ninjutsu 2 “Heaven-Bending Bomb Assault”.

Tobi

• Increased defense power.

Masked Man

• Ninjutsu 2 “Heaven-Bending Bomb Assault”: Increased damage.

Obito Uchiha (Berserk)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Kamui Dash”: Can be canceled from the start of the charge to dash and can Ninjutsu Block after transitioning into additional attack.

Nagato

• Ninjutsu 1 “Almighty Push”: Decreased Chakra consumption.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Shura Attack: Distance”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air and decreased the step back.
• Adjusted to be able to perform the follow-up attack after the throw.

Konan

• Ninjutsu 2 “Origami Crane: Flight”: Expanded the hurtbox, decreased the step back, made the start-up frames slower and reduced Chakra consumption.

Itachi Uchiha

• Ninjutsu 2 “Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu”: Decreased Chakra consumption and decreased the recovery speed when using it as a support.

Kakuzu

• Increased defense power.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Lightning Style: False Darkness”: Decreased Chakra consumption.

Hidan

• Ninjutsu 1 “Soul Hunt”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Punishment by Dragging”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Increased damage of the aerial combo.
• Increased Throw damage.
• Made the recovery speed of the Chakra Charge slower.

Deidara

• Ninjutsu 1 “Detonating Clay: Twin Birds”: Decreased damage and made an adjustment to be able to cancel to dash and changed the effect to launch the opponent upwards.

Sasori

• Deceased defense power.
• Increased the damage of the ending phase of the down-ground combo.
• Decreased Throw damage.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki

• Ninjutsu 1 “Divine Thunder”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.

Naruto Uzumaki (Part 1)

• Decreased defense power.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Demon Wind Bomb”: Increased Chakra consumption.

Shikamaru Nara (Part 1)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Explosive Parachute”: Expanded the hurtbox and decreased the step back.

Choji Akimichi (Part 1)

• Increased defense power.
• Ninjutsu 1 “Human Boulder”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Hidden Flavor”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.

Rock Lee (Part 1)

• Decreased damage before ground combo branching.

Kiba Inuzuka (Part 1)

• Increased defense power.
• Ninjutsu 1 “Fang Over Fang”: Made it possible to perform Ninjutsu Block after charging, reduced Chakra consumption, and increased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Severing Fang”: Increased damage.

Kankuro (Part 1)

• Decreased defense power.
• Increased the damage of the ending phase of the down-ground combo.
• Decreased Throw damage.

Boruto Uzumaki (Karma)

• Increase defense power.
• Ninjutsu 1 “Rasengan Mega Barrage”: Adjusted to be able to perform follow-up attacks on downed opponents.

Boruto Uzumaki (Chunin Exam)

• Increased defense power.

Boruto Uzumaki (Scientific Ninja Tool)

• Increased recovery time when hit by ground combos.

Boruto Uzumaki

• Ninjutsu 1 “Vanishing Rasengan”: Increased damage.

Mitsuki

• Ninjutsu 2 “Wind Waves”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air.

Kawaki

• Throw is adjusted to occur faster.

Naruto Uzumaki (Baryon Mode)

• Awaken Ninjutsu 1 “Baryon Rasengan”: Decreased Chakra consumption when Ninjutsu Blocking.
• Awaken Ninjutsu 2 “Guren Burst”: Decreased Chakra consumption when Ninjutsu Blocking.
• Decreased damage of aerial combo.
• Granted invincibility from the start to the end of the unguardable attack at the time of Awakening.

Naruto Uzumaki (BORUTO)

• Increased the advancing distance of the throw and changed the effect after successfully landing the attacks to bounce.

Sasuke Uchiha (Supporting Kage)

• Extended the active frame for the first attack of the aerial combo.

Sasuke Uchiha (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Inferno Style: Fire Ball Jutsu”: Decrease damage and made it possible to cancel to Dash and changed the effect after successfully landing the attacks to knock the opponent back.

Sakura Uchiha (BORUTO)

• Increased defense power.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Cherry Blossom Burst”: Can be used as Ninjutsu Block.
• Increased the amount of advancing movement for the initial attack of ground combo and expanded the hurtbox.
• Increased recovery time when hit by ground combos.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster and increased damage.

Hinata Uzumaki (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 2 “8 Trigrams Air Palm ”: Shortened interval between second and the third attacks.

Shikamaru Nara (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Explosive Parachute”: Expanded the hurtbox and decreased the step back.

Choji Akimichi (BORUTO)

• Increased Defense power.
• Ninjutsu 1 “Spiky Human Boulder”: Increased the Guard damage when opponent guard this Ninjutsu and decreased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Partial Expansion Jutsu: Fist Strike”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Increase the Throw damage.

Ino Yamanaka (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Flower Bomb”: Increased duration of poison time.
• Ninjutsu 2 “Flower Bomb: Scatter”: Increased duration of poison time.

Sai Yamanaka (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll: Flock”: Made the start-up frames slower when activated in air, expanded the hurtbox when activated, and decreased the step back.
• Increased the stunning effect on enemies when successfully landing ground-level combos.
• Throw is adjusted to occur faster and increase the amount of advancing movement.

Tenten (BORUTO)

• Increased defense power.

Kiba Inuzuka (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 1 “Fang Over Fang”: Made it possible to perform Ninjutsu Block after charging, reduced Chakra consumption, and increased the recovery speed when using it as a support.
• Changed the effect of the ending phase in aerial combo after successfully landing this attack on the opponent to bounce.
• This makes it possible to perform a follow-up attack by using Dash with decreased damage.

Shino Aburame (BORUTO)

• Increased defense power.
• Adjusted to be able to perform a follow up attack after the throw.

Kawaki (Karma Progression)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Fire Style: Soaring Flame Bullet Jutsu”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air and decreased the step back.
• Strengthened homing during the movement of ground combo.

Boruto Uzumaki (Karma Progression)

• Strengthened homing during the movement of ground combo.
• Decreased Throw damage.

Kankuro (BORUTO)

• Decreased defense power.
• Increased the damage of the ending phase of the down-ground combo.
• Decreased Throw damage.

Temari Nara (BORUTO)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Gust Dance”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support and changed not to bounce for the final effect.

Darui (Raikage: Ay)

• Ninjutsu 2 “Gale Style: Laser Circus”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air.

Kinshiki Otsutsuki

• Ninjutsu 1 “Odachi Sweep”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Ninjutsu 2 “God of Tides”: Increased recovery speed duration when using it as a support.
• Increased damage of aerial combo.
• Increased Throw damage.

Isshiki Otsutsuki

• Ninjutsu 2 “Daikokuten: Karmic Flames”: Expanded the hurtbox when activated in air.
• Decreased damage of aerial combo.

Others

• Increased the amount of Ryo received for Free Battles and Network Battles (Ranked Match, Casual Match, Custom Match and Target Match).
• Fixed an issue that caused characters to have unintended appearance in specific situations during the match.
• We have taken action to prevent certain cheats from being performed.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

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[Source: Bandai Namco]

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