I already kinda discussed something similar here. (Since I'm on mobile the link thing is working weird so here's a URL: https://forum-narutoen.oasgames.com/page/show-post-25842-1.html)

Though you do have a good point, there are many characters who should, in theory, be more relevant due to their story importance. Hopefully through skillbooks and NOT alternate versions though.

This is true and I support this. This also means that if team Dosu was added to game, they would be fodder af lmao.

Yea, Iruka the lame teacher in the anime, in the game paired with Itachi Anbu, Shisui and LM is unstoppable haha.

He is not lame. Not all heroes wear a cape ;__;

kabuto sage mode is still not implemented in the game.

anyways i fully support your thesis.

ninjas like shisui, roshi or ay 3rd are not that important in the anime as they are here.

That is because the game isn't based off of the anime or manga, it's based off the Ultimate Ninja Storm games.

Actually, Shisui and 3rd Ay were presented as being pretty OP.

I mean kabuto sage mode is kind of implemented. I think snake cloak is the closest we're going to get to it.

sure, but is ay 3rd stronger than mu? is shisui in the anime stronger than danzo? lol.

kabuto snake cloak is like hashirama, is the basic version. we should get an acutal kabuto sage mode like we got hashirama sage mode.

Well I mean kabuto vanilla version is the basic one lol. But yes I agree with you they could go a step further and show him in full sage mode. I'm just also fairly certain that they feel kabuto snake cloak is close enough (since technically he is in sage mode at that point in the anime).

Shisui had the strongest eye power in the whole anime, but was taken by surprise by that old dude. Also Raikage could beat a tailed beast, don't remember anything special about Mu other than being a better Onoki I guess, Idk.

Most likely Tencent wants to seperate the two kabutos so they can add more ninjas to the game. Snake cloak was known for summoning and sage mode was shown with using the sage mode with the sound four, karin, kimimaro, jigo, and suigetsu abilities. Not sure what the skills would be in-game but most likely a mix of those ninjas. Not that familar with the ninja storm series but that might figure out what his skills could be if they separated kabuto for the versions.

The anime isn't the end all story to every ninja. Roshi was seen in his time alive as the oldest jinchuriki, Han and some others barely got screen time. It's mostly about trying to give ninjas a fair kit that represents their assumed power.

Also what your seeing is the scale of marketing, people want to have a fun "1.0" experience seeing all the classic ninjas when they start. The 1.0 version of this game is long passed and your now seeing the effect that selling more powerful ninjas has had.

Alternate versions of ninjas are necessary to represent this, for instance, do you really think Kakashi as the leader of team seven who can do two chidoris could take on the third Raikage? He had a sharingan and was anbu, but he wasn't a legendary ninja. It's a game after all, the skillbreaks help to have a little more diversity in the "p2w" meta, but they do not replace the spirit of the game which is to acquire stronger ninjas.

Another reason is that there's forms that are just costumes, like Sakura [Christmas], Naruto [New Years], Sasuke [Work Outfit] (replaces Sasuke [Playboy]).

Make Kabuto great again and give Sage mode a heal lol.

Then Hidan would be all the rage. So would all the Edo Tensei nin. Since technically they're all immortal.

(Man everyone would want Edo Nagato)

i mean you can't be 100% accurate, that would be gamebreaking. remember a the 3rd? i thought his lore was that the only way to hurt him was through his own attacks. that would be outright broken.

On the anime also shows that roshi was defeated by Kisame[normal] not even fusioned with samehada. But on the game kisame is nothing compared to roshi...
I Just think that skill/power of ninjas should be according to the story of manga ...