And finally, all hell has broken loose. The Fourth Shinobi War begins! It is going to be a full-scale cataclysmic conflict never before seen in the Naruto world. At the very end, only one side will remain victorious in the dust and ashes - who will it be?
Let's examine Akatsuki's incredible force and the Shinobi Alliance's equally formidable power.
Akatsuki
Madara Uchiha
- Best Sharingan to date
- Complete Izanagi (control over both Uchiha and Senju powers)
- Best Space-Time Ninjutsu to date, Phasing Ability
- Rinnegan (every single ability of the Six Paths of Pain); Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Water, Yin, Yang, Yin-Yang Release
Kabuto Yakushi
- 25 Edo Tensei summons (Nagato, Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, Itachi, Two-Tails Host, Three-Tails Host, Four-Tails Host, Five-Tails Host, Six-Tails Host, Seven-Tails Host, Fourth Kazekage, Third Raikage, Unidentified Kage, Unidentified Shinobi, Zabuza, Haku, Kimimaro, Chiyo, Hanzo, Asuma, Dan, Hizashi, Unidentified Shinobi, Unidentified Summon presented to Madara)
- All of Orochimaru's powers and techniques
- Astonishing medical techniques
Sasuke Uchiha
- Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, etc.)
- Fire, Lightning, Blaze Release (Uchiha clan fire techniques, Chidori, Chidori Variations)
- Sword of Kusanagi (not Orochimaru's)
- Summoning Technique
Zetsu army of 100,000 warriors
Seven Tailed Beasts (sealed within Gedo Mazo)
Shinobi Alliance
- Naruto Uzumaki (Nine-Tails Host) and Killer Bee (Eight-Tails Host)
- Five Kage (A, Onoki, Mei Terumī, Gaara, Tsunade Senju)
- Shinobi Alliance army of 80,000 Shinobi, joined with Mifune's Samurai force (ambush company captain Kankurō, medical logistics company captain Shizune, intelligence company captain Inoichi Yamanaka, sensor company captain Ao, joint Shinobi army commander general Gaara); all who serve under these individuals
- Division One (midrange fighter division) General Darui, Division Two (close range fighter division) General Kitsuchi, Division Three (close/midrange fighter division) General Kakashi Hatake, Divison Four General and Commander Gaara, Division Five General Mifune; all who serve under these individuals
It's all heading towards that one ominous conclusion. Soon the ferocious dogs of war will be released on an inexorable path of death, destruction, and absolute mind-shattering terror, from which there will be no return. The Fourth Ninja World War commences now.