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One Piece: Pirate Warriors

Game

One Piece: Pirate Warriors is a 2012 PlayStation 3 musou brawler from Omega Force, made to mark the manga's 15th anniversary. Luffy and the Straw Hats mow down hundreds of enemies per battlefield while the story retells the anime from East Blue through the Battle of Marineford.

Genre: Musou/hack-and-slash

Platform: PlayStation 3

Developer: Omega Force

Publisher: Bandai Namco Games

Release Year: 2012

Japan Release Date: 2012-03-01

North America Release Date: 2012-09-25

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Gameplay

Following the Dynasty Warriors formula, players sweep through massive enemy waves with combo based light and strong attacks across large battlefield stages, unlocking a roster of Straw Hat crew members and other franchise characters as the campaign progresses.

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Story and Setting

The story mode compresses major arcs from the early East Blue days through the Marineford war into a series of linked missions, staying close to the anime and manga's actual events rather than inventing a new plotline.

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Release and Reception

Bandai Namco released the game in Japan on March 1, 2012, followed by Europe that September and North America days later. It reviewed around the mid sixties on Metacritic, praised for faithfulness to the source material but flagged for repetitive combat, and it kicked off the long running Pirate Warriors series.

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