2021 has been a good time for One Piece. Moreover reaching 1,000 manga chapter and anime episode milestones throughout the similar yr, the franchise has additionally introduced a brand new animated film and the solid of the reside motion adaptation sequence.
For such a large sequence, it looks like, in some ways, One Piece is simply getting began on its journey world wide. Because it accomplishes its many milestones, the fanbase of Eiichiro Oda’s masterpiece will solely get greater.
Whereas it does seem like the franchise has a foot in each conceivable medium, the One Piece sequence might do higher in terms of online game diversifications. Whereas there are various, there isn’t a single recreation that encompasses what the sequence is all about.
Earlier Voyages
To date, One Piece video games attempt to be as diversified as attainable, although it usually falls into the entice of being a typical Shonen fighter of kinds. This often results in typical area battlers like One Piece: Burning Blood or Bounce Pressure.
There have been makes an attempt to steer One Piece within the path of motion RPGs, particularly with the Limitless World sequence and World Seeker, which tried to make a correct single-player motion recreation primarily based on the sequence.
Essentially the most profitable One Piece online game adaptation isKoei Tecmo’s Pirate Warriors sub-series, which took the hack-and-slash gameplay of Dynasty Warriors and mixed it with the wacky world of One Piece.
As enjoyable as these video games will be, they aren’t nice methods for somebody to dip their toes into what the sequence is all about. Reasonably, they act as playable fan service greater than something. A superb adaptation must be an effective way for followers previous and new to expertise the very best elements of a sequence.
Now’s The Time
Which is certainly what the live-action sequence is for, however for individuals who are in search of a extra devoted various, a online game adaptation could be good, particularly for newcomers trying to get into the sequence earlier than it inevitably ends sometime.
A condensed model of the story that takes place inside a 40-60 hour online game is certainly preferable to watching 1,000 half-hour episodes, a frightening job regardless of who you might be. It might not be the definitive method to expertise One Piece, however could be a fantastic gateway for certain.
As for the place Luffy and the remainder of the Straw Pirates are throughout the ongoing story, the Wano arc can be concluding throughout the subsequent yr or so. The size and ramifications of those occasions could be a nice stopgap for brand spanking new and returning followers to rise up up to now earlier than the subsequent main story arc.
The Excellent Recreation
With Shonen Bounce’s different main smash hits, particularly Dragon Ball and Naruto, this form of definitive online game diversifications have been finished earlier than. Talking of Dragon Ball, the latest Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot motion RPG is a good instance of a online game finished proper.
Kakarot isn’t solely a playable sequence of occasions depicted in each the anime and manga, nevertheless it enriches the world that’s depicted as effectively due to the best way gamers can discover and work together with a world that they know and love.
Naruto has finished effectively with its Final Ninja Storm combating video games, which inform an abridged model of the manga and anime’s story, however stays devoted with its solid of playable characters and impeccable artwork type and animation.
One Piece is in a singular place as it’s extra targeted on adventuring as a lot as it’s on battling, so a fantastic stability between the 2 is required, ideally in some form of motion RPG. Tales of Come up’s gameplay is an ideal instance of how a One Piece recreation might have a number of playable characters and an attractive storyline.
As nice as World Seeker was at making Luffy agile and inventive in the best way he engages with the world round him, the sport was marred by a non-canon story and making Luffy the one playable character for many of the recreation.
In any case, if Bandai Namco takes what they’ve realized from the scope of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, the gameplay of Tales of Come up, and the artwork type and animation of the Naruto Final Ninja Storm video games, then we’d have the proper One Piece recreation that the sequence actually wants.
