This video is phenomenal. I've always thought about making a video on One Piece games but there's no way I could ever have done it as well as this. Thanks so much for the deep dive and teaching me about the dark corners of One Piece that I never knew!
As a pretty random bit of trivia, ArcSys did another anime game around the same time they did Great Pirate Colosseum, Dragon Ball Z Extreme Buttoden. The cool part was that the games had a weird crossplay mechanic, basically someone playing the One Piece game could face someone playing the DBZ game, as they played in basically the same way, so things like Usopp vs Vegeta actually happened in a bizarre way.
@@adrianherbert5844 Jump Force is like the 4th entry in the series. Before it we had 2 DS J-Stars 2D fighters and J-Stars VS Victory for the PS4. Arguably, Jump Force has one of the weaker rosters too.
50:40 It was retconed many years later, and nowadays Zoro would be a tiger, Ussop a chameleon, Sanji a mountain goat, Robin a falcon, Franky a rhinoceros, Brook a giraffe and Jinbei a whale shark.
2:14:56 I think it’s pretty important to mention that even though there are only eight arcs, they go way more in depth to the point where the story mode is just as long as 3's. Oh, and characters were removed because they changed the combo system meaning they’d have to rework all of them.
Can't say it's as long as 3 but 4 definitely drags on, some levels inside arcs are just 1v1 fights which could have easily been added as boss fights inside actual levels, y'know like 3. And for the later I mean yeah, point is they didn't do it and they obviously can since every other character is there
@@Needwagon4Speedwagon I don’t want to turn this into a stupid internet argument over niche anime games, but… 1. That’s 3 of 35 of levels that are just boss fights, and you’re splitting hairs by saying they're not as long. 2. They have a budget. I'm sure they would've added them back if it wouldn’t mean sacrificing new, more relevant characters. I mean, which would you choose? Magellan and Perona or Kaido and Kid? Moria and Caesar or Big Mom and Katakuri?
@@kahaeIta don't worry I get your point, just saying they had most of the work cut out for them. Even if they're on a budget I doubt they had to do half of the actual job adding the remaining moves for the characters or previous arcs that had all the assets done, just had to make the latter ones destructible. Don't know about budget but _bamco_ working on _One piece_ I feel could have afforded bringing everyone back but again bamco would be the one thinking they could profit later by not doing it. Which they already are
@@Needwagon4SpeedwagonWell, the translation is absolutely horrible. It' so bad even I, who's only japanese knowledge is what I've picked up from being a weeb, can notice. Like, Hancock just keeps talking about slaves for some reason, they just didn’t translate the "all" in Miss All Sunday (in other words, they failed translating something already in English) and Teach's name was misspelled until the latest update. This clearly wasn’t a big priority to Bamco.
@@kahaeIta i think what makes 4 feel shorter than 3 is that it reuses it's own maps for the following levels. Like there would be a level that just a small portion of the entire level before. While 3 never reuses it's map for all it's levels making it feel longer and it has it's side quest for those treasure logs and special events.
Fun fact about the Carnival games. The Skypiea and Ennis Lobby minigames are in the game. 4Kids probably had plans for Skypiea, so they didn't whole back with them as this is not the only game that had 4kids Skypiea arc. As for Ennis Lobby, they actually replaced the bosses minigames with other characters. Franky was replaced with a different Buggy game. Kaku and Kalifa was replace Cobaji and Mohji. Blueno was replaced with Pandaman They also brought in the giants that 4kids skip over, so if people are curious what VA 4kids would've chose to voice them. The only boss fight they skipped was Lucci, probably because it was the most difficult to replace with the already established characters. So this is a game with a very fun novelty to own both versions.
I have a special place in my heart for Unlimited Cruise 1 & 2. I honestly believe that if we got a One Piece game like those with better visuals and controls, it would have made for amazing One Piece games.
The Pirate Warriors games are great and I will die on that hill. Those games replicate the “feel” of so many iconic characters really well. I’ll never forget how 15 y/o me felt playing as Luffy activating gear 2 for the first time, just godlike
I remember playing Unlimited Cruise as a child. I was overwhelmed with playing Robin but ultimately these games are a huge nostalgic part of my childhood!
Same but I didn't know the ending until 2021 (I was 11) because the cd was broken and the game would randomly freeze after unlocking the mini merry on the 3 and 4 island and always freeze in the final boss second faze
Some of these old games make me so nostalgic for older graphics. Especially the Grand battle series, the 3D models are such charming interpretations of the 2D characters.
One thing I feel worth mentioning about the original Pirate Warriors is that it felt like it was afraid to commit to being a Dynasty Warriors game in its campaign. Pirate Warriors 4 also feels like they reimagined the game gameplay foundation to be source material faithful, than simply working fitting One Piece on a existing mold.
If you look at Dynasty Warriors spinoffs at that time, they were actually experimenting stuff due to being criticized for rehashing same gameplay over and over. Fist of the North Star and Gundam also tried to be different to be more accurate to their source materials than just DW reskin. With PW they tried to make the game more One Piece-y by adapting Luffy's ability and story elements like carrying sick Nami or Impel Down being an underground maze.
Notably Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity are also spinoff sequels that seems to follow the same philosophy and Persona 5 Strikers is probably the most extreme shake up to the formula I've seen in a long time. So it definitely seems to be a change in philosophy going forward for Omega Force.
Unlimited Cruise 2 was actually my first real introduction to the One Piece franchise. A friend's brother had it and we just wanted to play the fighting part. Even though I knew nothing about the characters we had loads of fun! So I decided to watch the anime. And now, over 10 years later, it is one of my favorite franchises ever
Crazy that Yuta is basically a proto-Bartolomeo when you think about it. Completely a step ahead of the game when it comes to Luffy inspiring a generation of pirates
Oddly enough the 4KIDS One piece dub was how I was introduced to One piece when I was a kid and Saturday morning cartoons were still a thing, but it was the first One Piece Unlimited Adventure game coming out years later that re-sparked my interest. Enough so to restart the series from the start. From the Manga, anime English sub/dub and after catching up to everything out at that point I'm glad I did before checking out the game proper.
As a fellow RUclipsr, I've dreamed of a special project a long time ago: A big deep-dive retrospective on every single One Piece video game. I was inspired by my time exploring the One Piece Wiki, since I noticed there are a lot of weird games in the series that nobody ever talks about. Sadly, because of a lack of time, money and other resources, I realized it was almost impossible for me to do it. So, imagine my reaction when RUclips recommended it to me! This is exactly what I wanted to do, and you did it way better than I could've ever had! I'm glad I finally found almost 3 hours to watch it in its entirety, because this video was amazing: Informative, interesting, funny, concise, etc. I'm definitely going to rewatch it many times. You did a great job with this huge video. Can't wait to see what else you cook in the future :D
I put so much time into Unlimited Adventure as a child. That game has a special place in my heart, even with all the run throughs I had to do in each zone to look for the materials I needed.
You missed one key feature from Great Pirate Coliseum, it is compatible with another game that was alos made by Arc System Works and you can use characters from one of the games to fight against characters from the other game. The game in question is called Dragon Ball Z Extreme Butoden... yeah, there is technically a crossover fighter game between One Piece and Dragon Ball Z.
Man I spent so much time playing Unlimited Cruise. Such fun games. I could definitely see a new game in the same vein on a modern system working out great. Semi-open world and exploration just fits One Piece so well.
I remember that I always start a new playthrough because my game was broken and It literally took me 2 year to learn how to run properly so I was stuck a lot of time
Honestly one piece games have only gotten better, and with stuff like pirate warriors 4 its not hard to see why people look forward to new one piece games.
Your completely right, bit the fact that they haven't come out with a game that is actually worth buying. I feel like all there game ideas just don't stick
I personally don’t like the brain dead gameplay of the warriors games, like all of them. It’s just a template Koei Tecmo slaps a new coat of paint on. I wish there was a One Piece game with more involved gameplay.
musou games are not appealing to everyone due to it repetitiveness. I think the best one piece games so far are pirate warriors 3, Grand Adventure, Odyssey, unlimited adventure, and unlimited world red
Love the anime/ manga! I'm not the biggest fan of the games but any one piece information I consume. Thank you for the free content! Much appreciated! 🙏 👌👏
The Pirate Warriors franchise is amazing and translates so well the chaotic nature of OP arcs, many people to beat at the same time, change of plans while your following another plan etc. So good that it has 4 games improving the gameplay one upon the other
Something I will say for World Seeker is that the writing of the Straw Hats was pretty good considering the standard in which they’re usually written in filler content. In those side quests that revolve around them, they weren’t written just like the flat versions of them that you often find when Oda doesn’t write them, but they went a little deeper and I appreciate that.
1:29:00 I don't know why you keep avoiding the subject throughout the entire video, most people just pirated One Piece back then, watched it on illegal streaming website or read the manga on illegal scan websites, it was just the way to watch anime back then There's no shame in saying it, that's how things were until very recently
I'm just going through Pirate warrior 3. And seriously, random islands and the ability to summon teammates are just the best part of this game. Being able to enter this rush with the call of team members, especially if they have a special "flag" (a team member, sworn enemy, family member or something like that) makes the battles feel much more alive, and the heroes on your side are no longer just dummies who are doing something somewhere, and active team members helping in combat. The islands are just a kiss from the boss. It's something that shouldn't have worked, but damn it, it worked perfectly (at least for me). The opportunity to try out such "what if" scenarios, or to play out the path of a favorite character who could be secondary in the main plot. The fourth is much faster and more dynamic, and the possibility of several special attacks is really a plus, but the game began to feel a little more empty. If they are going to do the fifth part, they need to maintain the dynamics of the fourth combat, but return the command features and home islands from the third.
Important difference in Pirate Warriors 4 that I'm pretty sure you didn't mention (or I blacked out when you did idk) is that the giant characters are actually giants now. Playing as Whitebeard, or the newly introduced Kaido and Big Mom and having their heights be canon accurate? It's ridiculously fun. Makes the whole game for me tbh
I would absolutely love to watch your analysis on the 4Kids dub of One Piece, very much enjoyed how in-depth this video was while also very entertaining!
one summer, after uni exams, I had like 3 weeks of nothing to do, and basically played Pirate Warriors 3 for most of it, while having the anime (german dub) running on a 2nd monitor - what a ride XD
I really liked the first, like, half of World Seeker. I feel like they really dropped the ball, rushed the ending. Until that point, it was so good! It's utterly wild that there aren't more naval combat simulation games in the One Piece universe though.
It is so wild to think that the time before Vivi's true identity being revealed was long enough for a game dev to make her alter ego a playable character before then rofl
This video is legitimately the best retrospective of the games. Honestly man, thank you so much. I hope some of this trivia makes it into the RUclipsr challenges. I was shocked that Water7/EniesLobby was spoiled by a Wii game!!
Unlimited world r consumed like months of my life especially the coloseum mod , couldnt get enough of that and when i unlocked dofflamigo i was in paradise
oh no no no noooooo! to anyone reading this, you are potentially missing a lot if you skip checking out pirate colosseum, and no not just because of the cross-play with dbz extreme buttoden. granted this is specifically if your a big fighting game fan like myself, but this seemingly simple handheld game has genuine depth, and an actual competitive scene (that it shares with the dbz game) and it's genuinely awesome! again this is more so if fighting games are already your thing, it doesn't have as much to offer in terms of a purely one piece experience, but if they are, i'd recommend checking out guile win quote's video to get a better sell on this game and it's sister title, than what a random youtube comment can give.
Ngl One Piece Kart would go so hard, and I’m shocked it has never been done. We’ve had mystery dungeon and baseball games, so a racing game isn’t too far off.
a small note on the Amiibo costumes in that 3DS game: with the exception of Luigi (who was in the 2nd wave), all the costumes are based on characters from the first wave of Amiibo (so there was slim pickings for Smash characters to choose from, hence the lack of Zero Suit Samus. Luigi was probably picked too because his costume is a palette swap of Mario's)
Please make a 4kids retrospective! It’s also how I became familiar with one piece. 4pm on weekdays on Cartoon Network. I have a soft spot for it, and I’m not sure id ever be the fan of the series that I now am without it
1:09:10 There's actually yet another version of that song which was used for a promo (likely made for a specific afilliate). From what it shows, it's mostly identical to the version used for the show itself, the only difference being the line "With the King of the Pirates, he's gonna be King" instead being "With the King of the Pirates, _Luffy's_ gonna be King". If you're curious, I found it by searching "One Piece 4kids secret of the seas", which brought up an upload of assorted old 4KidsTV One Piece promos by a channel named 4Kids Flashback.
For all the problems with Unlimited World Red, Patrick Redfield and his interactions with the Straw Hat Crew are INCREDIBLE! That last chapter, and especially the interactions between Brook and Redfield always make me giddy.
Weird thing I want to comment on 2:00:15 , While yes some of these have clear inspiration some of them seem to be a mixture of characters. Like Zoro for example does have Link’s hat the shield and sword give off more Dragon Quest, and while Sanji does have a Splattershot he’s also dressed as Wolf… Fox’s rival which is just so funny to me. At least I’m convinced these are the cases Realizing now that I also think Chopper is based on Dragon Quest. I don’t want to act as though that’s a fact but it’s the eyes, bulbous body (thanks to his hat), and him interacting with Zoro that clues me in on it
I’ve started watching one piece for the first time a week ago, and simultaneously I’ve regained interest in videgames, especially from 80s to 2010s. I’ve found this video and I’m really impressed, it is super detailed, informative, entretaining and the edits are great! Thank you ❤
2:32:52 oh i can imagine it now... Sanji's Sky Walk, Robin sprouting a line of hands to pull her up, Usopp using his Green Stars to make vines to move around... A shame... Would've been cool
1:27:50 holy shit you just unlocked a memory, I remember owning this game ! Though I'm french so I also got to the play the sequels when I was a teen !
This is like a trip of nostalgia for me. One Piece Grand Battle 2 was the first exposure to the One Piece series. Funnily, I've tried many game title after OP: GB2 in Japanese despite not knowing Japanese, so when I played some games with Q&A minigame like One Piece: Dragon Dream or One Piece Pirate Carnival, I had to remember the text and answer without know what they meant. * This video made me remember how buggy and OP Ace is some One Piece games. - In Grand Adventure, 1 of his special attack has multiple hit box condensed in front of him, which spread out forward, so if the opponent is very close in front of him, he can one shot opponent. - In Unlimited Adventure and Cruise, his fire pillar hit decent hard and knockback opponent, but the animation is wide, tall and stays for a long time (for a fight game), so he uses it when opponent is backed against the wall, they will get by fire pillar so many as they keep getting knocked back between the wall and the attack. - In Pirate Warriors 4, Giant enemies has very large hit box and mechanic to prevent stun lock. Ace has aerial combo that he dive downward and diagonally with continuous hit box, so he can continuously hit and kill Giant enemies very easily with this combo. He is like a premier character for killing Giant boss like Kaido, Big mom and Whitebeard.
The fact that in the game where they turn into animals...and Luffy Becomes a monkey, I am convinced Oda when told about the game and asked to help write the plot said, "He has to be a monkey" cause years later...I mean...its fitting to say the least LOL
Wait, really? Holy shit, and here I thought it was a reference to chapter 1 page 5 where we were hit with the world-shattering revelation that Luffy's name is actually _Monkey_ D Luffy. Oda really foreshadows everything!
This was a good video man. One of the things I wish the One Piece games would do, is change their outfits. Stop giving them the same outfits they wore right after the time skip, They have different fits. That's the biggest thing I want. Well, that and a game that's really good, that is loyal to the story from the beginning to its current point. And i mean, like a really good game. Plus another fighting game. A super good one. Never mind all of that. I have to say again. This was a good video. Do you ever see yourself reviewing the story as a whole or making anymore videos on One Piece?
There is a severe lack of information and footage of some of these games, and this was a really great comprehensive break down. However if I'm going to critique it, I do think the crossover and as much as I hate them mobile games should have been included. Those being Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, Battle Stadium D.O.N., J-Stars Victory Vs., Jump Force, the linking ability with Dai Kaizoku Colosseum and Extreme Butoden, Treasure Cruise, Thousand Storm and Bounty Rush.
heck yeah dude, another high-quality dive into the OP games. surprising how obscured the rest of the franchise is (within the english-speaking fandom at least) considering how big and long-lasting the series has been. really cool seeing this topic covered.
the Quiz game in Pirates Carnival is questions about One Piece lore as a whole, so if you played and no one else knew one piece lore it would either be fun to see them guess or own them by your massive knowledge of one piece
Huh. I never play Unlimited Adventure but I'm amused at the idea of watching One Piece on Toonami or buying the manga back then being the sole method of consumption. I wouldn't watch a dub anyway but pretty sure my main source was scanlations.
this video was amazing!! somehow i usually end up pretty bored with these types of videos, but this one kept me engaged all the way through. it was so interesting, and props to the amount of work it must've taken to do this!
This is exactly what I wanted to exist! Playing Odyssey re-awoke my interest in One Piece and since then restarting the anime from episode 1 (caught up all the way by now), and also gotten interested in all the games I somehow managed to miss for all these years. And I really appreciate the ads. Now it's unfortunate that I enjoy pre-timeskip infinitely more than post-timeskip One Piece, with pre-timeskip games suffering from being made for old hardware and questionable design choices
I'm feeling the need to point out another instance of "Game original story adapted into anime", though its not quite in the same way as with Oceans Dream: Dragon Ball Z Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, while more widely known overseas for the OVA release, is based on the Famicom game of the same name that it was also intended as a strategy guide to. They decided to remake it for Raging Blast 2, as the Unique Game villain Hatchiyak is featured in that game.
I really want an open world, rpg One Piece game where we're the MC(customizable), we form a crew, and interact with the other characters. I think it would be a hit!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants this to happen, I feel like making a game where you are able to explore multiple islands and build your own unique crew would be fun game play wise and thematically perfect for OP. Imagine how cool it would be to have the options to travel to islands the straw hats haven't even explored but still having cannon events take place as you progress
I would like this too, but I think it would end up done terribly. It would either rehash the series (again) or be a game where they’d shoehorn everyone in in a forced manner so it can say “hey remember this character?” And the player character would probably have zero depth. If done right it could be great I just have zero faith in it.
Unlimited Cruise was what got me into One Piece! My mum bought me and my sister a bunch of Wii games and she picked up Unlimited Cruise because she thought it was purely a fishing game lmao (I mean the fishing mechanic of the game was really fun). We ended up really enjoying the characters and binged the manga and the movies. Thanks mum!!
The combat in legend of the rainbow island actually really reminds me of Dragon Ball Fusions for the 3DS. Makes me wonder if it’s actually just a strange kinda subsubgenre that never made any waves in the west
This vid was really the best to watch about One Piece games, while I'd already watched another, this one hits it very well, showing commercials, some in depth explanations, and covering many, many titles! Great watch!
Tresure Wars 2 (And the execution of the Tresure Wars games as a whole) Sounds like a missed opportunity. The idea of Buggy opening a pirate amusement park as a get rich quick scheme and the Straw Hats getting tangled up in it sounds like a great idea for a party game.
50:25 Oda has actually answered the Straw Hats as animals question a *couple* times And Zoro *did* get revised to be a Tiger! Here's all of the answers (listed in order he gave) Luffy: Monkey Zoro: Shark/Tiger Nami: Cat Usopp: Armadillo/Chameleon Sanji: Duck/Bighorn Sheep Chopper: Reindeer/Red Panda Robin: Crane/Falcon Franky: Bull/Rhino Brook: Horse/Giraffe Jimbei: Whale Shark/Bear
when he mentioned burning blood and spoilers i remembered i was on a road trip with no internet and a bunch of one piece to binge. No one could spoil that arc for me.
Finally someone talking about the games! I don’t understand how there isn’t a high quality One Piece game yet. I would love to see one like the Naruto Storm series.
Pirates Carnival is so much fun and finding out they cut out characters and games from the US version was mind blowing! I wish there was an english translation of the Japanese version to emulate
Fun fact: family! actually keeps getting updated every time a new member joined the crew- so theres a version of the song that includes franky, brook, and jinbei
My favorite One Piece game that no one talks about, because it was never localized and shut down years ago, was One Piece Dance Battle. It was a gacha rhythm game and it was so fun
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This video is phenomenal. I've always thought about making a video on One Piece games but there's no way I could ever have done it as well as this. Thanks so much for the deep dive and teaching me about the dark corners of One Piece that I never knew!
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The internet fictional pirate enthusiast himself!?
Why do u only have two comments:0
Now three comments!
Oh if it isn’t grand live review, my source for everything one piece.
As a pretty random bit of trivia, ArcSys did another anime game around the same time they did Great Pirate Colosseum, Dragon Ball Z Extreme Buttoden. The cool part was that the games had a weird crossplay mechanic, basically someone playing the One Piece game could face someone playing the DBZ game, as they played in basically the same way, so things like Usopp vs Vegeta actually happened in a bizarre way.
So, you're telling me, Jump Force was a thing before it was a thing 🤣?
@@adrianherbert5844
Jump Force is like the 4th entry in the series. Before it we had 2 DS J-Stars 2D fighters and J-Stars VS Victory for the PS4. Arguably, Jump Force has one of the weaker rosters too.
That’s it arcsys has to do a one piece fighting game but maybe more original design compared to their usual games since one piece is so wacky.
Ussop would totally body Vegeta.
@@Halcon_Sierreno this is a totally reasonable assumption 🤔
50:40 It was retconed many years later, and nowadays Zoro would be a tiger, Ussop a chameleon, Sanji a mountain goat, Robin a falcon, Franky a rhinoceros, Brook a giraffe and Jinbei a whale shark.
WhAt aBouT ChoPper?????!!!!
@@Ihatetacobellwhat would you think he is
It’s pretty obvious
@@memeelfman324 🤦♀️
@@Ihatetacobell that was sarcasm
2:14:56 I think it’s pretty important to mention that even though there are only eight arcs, they go way more in depth to the point where the story mode is just as long as 3's. Oh, and characters were removed because they changed the combo system meaning they’d have to rework all of them.
Can't say it's as long as 3 but 4 definitely drags on, some levels inside arcs are just 1v1 fights which could have easily been added as boss fights inside actual levels, y'know like 3.
And for the later I mean yeah, point is they didn't do it and they obviously can since every other character is there
@@Needwagon4Speedwagon I don’t want to turn this into a stupid internet argument over niche anime games, but…
1. That’s 3 of 35 of levels that are just boss fights, and you’re splitting hairs by saying they're not as long.
2. They have a budget. I'm sure they would've added them back if it wouldn’t mean sacrificing new, more relevant characters. I mean, which would you choose? Magellan and Perona or Kaido and Kid? Moria and Caesar or Big Mom and Katakuri?
@@kahaeIta don't worry I get your point, just saying they had most of the work cut out for them. Even if they're on a budget I doubt they had to do half of the actual job adding the remaining moves for the characters or previous arcs that had all the assets done, just had to make the latter ones destructible.
Don't know about budget but _bamco_ working on _One piece_ I feel could have afforded bringing everyone back but again bamco would be the one thinking they could profit later by not doing it. Which they already are
@@Needwagon4SpeedwagonWell, the translation is absolutely horrible. It' so bad even I, who's only japanese knowledge is what I've picked up from being a weeb, can notice.
Like, Hancock just keeps talking about slaves for some reason, they just didn’t translate the "all" in Miss All Sunday (in other words, they failed translating something already in English) and Teach's name was misspelled until the latest update.
This clearly wasn’t a big priority to Bamco.
@@kahaeIta i think what makes 4 feel shorter than 3 is that it reuses it's own maps for the following levels. Like there would be a level that just a small portion of the entire level before. While 3 never reuses it's map for all it's levels making it feel longer and it has it's side quest for those treasure logs and special events.
Fun fact about the Carnival games. The Skypiea and Ennis Lobby minigames are in the game. 4Kids probably had plans for Skypiea, so they didn't whole back with them as this is not the only game that had 4kids Skypiea arc. As for Ennis Lobby, they actually replaced the bosses minigames with other characters.
Franky was replaced with a different Buggy game.
Kaku and Kalifa was replace Cobaji and Mohji.
Blueno was replaced with Pandaman
They also brought in the giants that 4kids skip over, so if people are curious what VA 4kids would've chose to voice them. The only boss fight they skipped was Lucci, probably because it was the most difficult to replace with the already established characters.
So this is a game with a very fun novelty to own both versions.
I have a special place in my heart for Unlimited Cruise 1 & 2. I honestly believe that if we got a One Piece game like those with better visuals and controls, it would have made for amazing One Piece games.
I didn't play those game but from what i saw in the video isn't one piece oddyssey pretty much the same ?
@@xevospirit2013Odyssey is great but an entire different genre.
The best one piece games there are these games really had everything
The Pirate Warriors games are great and I will die on that hill. Those games replicate the “feel” of so many iconic characters really well. I’ll never forget how 15 y/o me felt playing as Luffy activating gear 2 for the first time, just godlike
no one thinks those games are bad. calm down.
Shut up they're mid
@@ClaytonOHaraHe never suggested otherwise
@morningglory5817 when someone follows up with " blank is great and I will die on that hill" is implying that the games are unpopular
@@keithflippers4429No
I remember playing Unlimited Cruise as a child. I was overwhelmed with playing Robin but ultimately these games are a huge nostalgic part of my childhood!
That sounds dirty when you say you were overwhelmed by playing as Robin lol.
Same but I didn't know the ending until 2021 (I was 11) because the cd was broken and the game would randomly freeze after unlocking the mini merry on the 3 and 4 island and always freeze in the final boss second faze
Some of these old games make me so nostalgic for older graphics. Especially the Grand battle series, the 3D models are such charming interpretations of the 2D characters.
One thing I feel worth mentioning about the original Pirate Warriors is that it felt like it was afraid to commit to being a Dynasty Warriors game in its campaign.
Pirate Warriors 4 also feels like they reimagined the game gameplay foundation to be source material faithful, than simply working fitting One Piece on a existing mold.
Yeah i don’t know much about the first two pirate warriors really, but 4 is goated especially you can play as Gear 5th.
@@joshshrum2764 and as Yamato.
yamato slaps so hard
If you look at Dynasty Warriors spinoffs at that time, they were actually experimenting stuff due to being criticized for rehashing same gameplay over and over.
Fist of the North Star and Gundam also tried to be different to be more accurate to their source materials than just DW reskin.
With PW they tried to make the game more One Piece-y by adapting Luffy's ability and story elements like carrying sick Nami or Impel Down being an underground maze.
Notably Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity are also spinoff sequels that seems to follow the same philosophy and Persona 5 Strikers is probably the most extreme shake up to the formula I've seen in a long time. So it definitely seems to be a change in philosophy going forward for Omega Force.
Pirate Warriors 4's ending for Wano is so funny. Kaido just gets annoyed enough that he just decides to leave Wano and he flys off
Unlimited Cruise 2 was actually my first real introduction to the One Piece franchise. A friend's brother had it and we just wanted to play the fighting part. Even though I knew nothing about the characters we had loads of fun! So I decided to watch the anime. And now, over 10 years later, it is one of my favorite franchises ever
Crazy that Yuta is basically a proto-Bartolomeo when you think about it.
Completely a step ahead of the game when it comes to Luffy inspiring a generation of pirates
Oddly enough the 4KIDS One piece dub was how I was introduced to One piece when I was a kid and Saturday morning cartoons were still a thing, but it was the first One Piece Unlimited Adventure game coming out years later that re-sparked my interest. Enough so to restart the series from the start. From the Manga, anime English sub/dub and after catching up to everything out at that point I'm glad I did before checking out the game proper.
Man I'm glad to watch this it shows how many hidden treasures like unlimited adventure I've missed out on
As a fellow RUclipsr, I've dreamed of a special project a long time ago: A big deep-dive retrospective on every single One Piece video game. I was inspired by my time exploring the One Piece Wiki, since I noticed there are a lot of weird games in the series that nobody ever talks about. Sadly, because of a lack of time, money and other resources, I realized it was almost impossible for me to do it.
So, imagine my reaction when RUclips recommended it to me! This is exactly what I wanted to do, and you did it way better than I could've ever had! I'm glad I finally found almost 3 hours to watch it in its entirety, because this video was amazing: Informative, interesting, funny, concise, etc. I'm definitely going to rewatch it many times. You did a great job with this huge video. Can't wait to see what else you cook in the future :D
I put so much time into Unlimited Adventure as a child. That game has a special place in my heart, even with all the run throughs I had to do in each zone to look for the materials I needed.
FINALLY A MASSIVE VIDEO ABOUT ALL THE ONE PIECE GAMES LOVEEEE IT
You missed one key feature from Great Pirate Coliseum, it is compatible with another game that was alos made by Arc System Works and you can use characters from one of the games to fight against characters from the other game.
The game in question is called Dragon Ball Z Extreme Butoden... yeah, there is technically a crossover fighter game between One Piece and Dragon Ball Z.
There was already one before that called battle stadium Don. Don standing for dragon ball, one piece, and naruto
Man I spent so much time playing Unlimited Cruise. Such fun games. I could definitely see a new game in the same vein on a modern system working out great. Semi-open world and exploration just fits One Piece so well.
I remember that I always start a new playthrough because my game was broken and It literally took me 2 year to learn how to run properly so I was stuck a lot of time
Honestly one piece games have only gotten better, and with stuff like pirate warriors 4 its not hard to see why people look forward to new one piece games.
Your completely right, bit the fact that they haven't come out with a game that is actually worth buying. I feel like all there game ideas just don't stick
I personally don’t like the brain dead gameplay of the warriors games, like all of them. It’s just a template Koei Tecmo slaps a new coat of paint on. I wish there was a One Piece game with more involved gameplay.
musou games are not appealing to everyone due to it repetitiveness. I think the best one piece games so far are pirate warriors 3, Grand Adventure, Odyssey, unlimited adventure, and unlimited world red
Love the anime/ manga! I'm not the biggest fan of the games but any one piece information I consume. Thank you for the free content! Much appreciated! 🙏 👌👏
The Pirate Warriors franchise is amazing and translates so well the chaotic nature of OP arcs, many people to beat at the same time, change of plans while your following another plan etc. So good that it has 4 games improving the gameplay one upon the other
I wish Chopper had a Pikachu costume instead of a Kirby one, mostly because of Choppers voice actress is the same as Pikachu
Something I will say for World Seeker is that the writing of the Straw Hats was pretty good considering the standard in which they’re usually written in filler content. In those side quests that revolve around them, they weren’t written just like the flat versions of them that you often find when Oda doesn’t write them, but they went a little deeper and I appreciate that.
You’ve inspired me to make something like this but for the Tenkaichi series. Amazing work bro! Can’t wait to watch more
1:29:00 I don't know why you keep avoiding the subject throughout the entire video, most people just pirated One Piece back then, watched it on illegal streaming website or read the manga on illegal scan websites, it was just the way to watch anime back then
There's no shame in saying it, that's how things were until very recently
2:06:34 perfect scence for the emphasis of heavy
I'm just going through Pirate warrior 3. And seriously, random islands and the ability to summon teammates are just the best part of this game. Being able to enter this rush with the call of team members, especially if they have a special "flag" (a team member, sworn enemy, family member or something like that) makes the battles feel much more alive, and the heroes on your side are no longer just dummies who are doing something somewhere, and active team members helping in combat. The islands are just a kiss from the boss. It's something that shouldn't have worked, but damn it, it worked perfectly (at least for me). The opportunity to try out such "what if" scenarios, or to play out the path of a favorite character who could be secondary in the main plot. The fourth is much faster and more dynamic, and the possibility of several special attacks is really a plus, but the game began to feel a little more empty. If they are going to do the fifth part, they need to maintain the dynamics of the fourth combat, but return the command features and home islands from the third.
World seeker has a radio that lets you choose the music, I had the same song on repeat the whole time
Important difference in Pirate Warriors 4 that I'm pretty sure you didn't mention (or I blacked out when you did idk) is that the giant characters are actually giants now. Playing as Whitebeard, or the newly introduced Kaido and Big Mom and having their heights be canon accurate? It's ridiculously fun. Makes the whole game for me tbh
I would absolutely love to watch your analysis on the 4Kids dub of One Piece, very much enjoyed how in-depth this video was while also very entertaining!
21:43 you did not look at an evil seagull and called it a crow 💀
one summer, after uni exams, I had like 3 weeks of nothing to do, and basically played Pirate Warriors 3 for most of it, while having the anime (german dub) running on a 2nd monitor - what a ride XD
I really liked the first, like, half of World Seeker. I feel like they really dropped the ball, rushed the ending. Until that point, it was so good! It's utterly wild that there aren't more naval combat simulation games in the One Piece universe though.
It is so wild to think that the time before Vivi's true identity being revealed was long enough for a game dev to make her alter ego a playable character before then rofl
This video is legitimately the best retrospective of the games. Honestly man, thank you so much. I hope some of this trivia makes it into the RUclipsr challenges. I was shocked that Water7/EniesLobby was spoiled by a Wii game!!
32:40 Rocky looks like Doflamingo if he joined a rock and roll band instead of killing his dad
LOL
This video was amazing, i loved how detailed you were with every game my favorite one piece games are gigant battle 1 and 2
Unlimited world r consumed like months of my life especially the coloseum mod , couldnt get enough of that and when i unlocked dofflamigo i was in paradise
Thank you for this. I was biting my nails waiting for the PS2 Grand Battle game as it was my first videogame ever, and YES that intro is THE BEST!♥️
Actually one of the best reviews I've seen about the games especially since I've been trying to play all of them this pass year or so
Past year
oh no no no noooooo! to anyone reading this, you are potentially missing a lot if you skip checking out pirate colosseum, and no not just because of the cross-play with dbz extreme buttoden. granted this is specifically if your a big fighting game fan like myself, but this seemingly simple handheld game has genuine depth, and an actual competitive scene (that it shares with the dbz game) and it's genuinely awesome!
again this is more so if fighting games are already your thing, it doesn't have as much to offer in terms of a purely one piece experience, but if they are, i'd recommend checking out guile win quote's video to get a better sell on this game and it's sister title, than what a random youtube comment can give.
Ngl One Piece Kart would go so hard, and I’m shocked it has never been done. We’ve had mystery dungeon and baseball games, so a racing game isn’t too far off.
I searched for a Video exactly like this a few Months ago , i´m so happy youtube recommended your Amazing Video.
a small note on the Amiibo costumes in that 3DS game:
with the exception of Luigi (who was in the 2nd wave), all the costumes are based on characters from the first wave of Amiibo (so there was slim pickings for Smash characters to choose from, hence the lack of Zero Suit Samus. Luigi was probably picked too because his costume is a palette swap of Mario's)
Damn, so much work put into covering all these games! Great work Eruption
Please make a 4kids retrospective! It’s also how I became familiar with one piece. 4pm on weekdays on Cartoon Network. I have a soft spot for it, and I’m not sure id ever be the fan of the series that I now am without it
1:09:10 There's actually yet another version of that song which was used for a promo (likely made for a specific afilliate). From what it shows, it's mostly identical to the version used for the show itself, the only difference being the line "With the King of the Pirates, he's gonna be King" instead being "With the King of the Pirates, _Luffy's_ gonna be King".
If you're curious, I found it by searching "One Piece 4kids secret of the seas", which brought up an upload of assorted old 4KidsTV One Piece promos by a channel named 4Kids Flashback.
For all the problems with Unlimited World Red, Patrick Redfield and his interactions with the Straw Hat Crew are INCREDIBLE! That last chapter, and especially the interactions between Brook and Redfield always make me giddy.
The final part of that game made it for me, tbh. I thought the game was just average until then, but the last chapter was so charming.
literally all they need to do is take sid meiers pirates/sea dogs and put it in the grand line
Weird thing I want to comment on 2:00:15 , While yes some of these have clear inspiration some of them seem to be a mixture of characters. Like Zoro for example does have Link’s hat the shield and sword give off more Dragon Quest, and while Sanji does have a Splattershot he’s also dressed as Wolf… Fox’s rival which is just so funny to me. At least I’m convinced these are the cases
Realizing now that I also think Chopper is based on Dragon Quest. I don’t want to act as though that’s a fact but it’s the eyes, bulbous body (thanks to his hat), and him interacting with Zoro that clues me in on it
I’ve started watching one piece for the first time a week ago, and simultaneously I’ve regained interest in videgames, especially from 80s to 2010s.
I’ve found this video and I’m really impressed, it is super detailed, informative, entretaining and the edits are great! Thank you ❤
Great video! I love a good deep dive and the effort you put into this one is appreciated
2:32:52 oh i can imagine it now... Sanji's Sky Walk, Robin sprouting a line of hands to pull her up, Usopp using his Green Stars to make vines to move around... A shame... Would've been cool
My childhood favourites were Grand Adventure, Unlimited Cruise 1&2, Gigant Battle and Pirate Warriors 3
EruptionFang back at it again and with a One Piece video to boot!
1:27:50 holy shit you just unlocked a memory, I remember owning this game ! Though I'm french so I also got to the play the sequels when I was a teen !
Where are you bro? There’s a new trailer for the last season of RvB we need you to talk about!
Chopper not getting a Pikachu costume, as both share the same JP VA, in Super Grand Battle X is an absolute crime
This is like a trip of nostalgia for me. One Piece Grand Battle 2 was the first exposure to the One Piece series.
Funnily, I've tried many game title after OP: GB2 in Japanese despite not knowing Japanese, so when I played some games with Q&A minigame like One Piece: Dragon Dream or One Piece Pirate Carnival, I had to remember the text and answer without know what they meant.
* This video made me remember how buggy and OP Ace is some One Piece games.
- In Grand Adventure, 1 of his special attack has multiple hit box condensed in front of him, which spread out forward, so if the opponent is very close in front of him, he can one shot opponent.
- In Unlimited Adventure and Cruise, his fire pillar hit decent hard and knockback opponent, but the animation is wide, tall and stays for a long time (for a fight game), so he uses it when opponent is backed against the wall, they will get by fire pillar so many as they keep getting knocked back between the wall and the attack.
- In Pirate Warriors 4, Giant enemies has very large hit box and mechanic to prevent stun lock. Ace has aerial combo that he dive downward and diagonally with continuous hit box, so he can continuously hit and kill Giant enemies very easily with this combo. He is like a premier character for killing Giant boss like Kaido, Big mom and Whitebeard.
The fact that in the game where they turn into animals...and Luffy Becomes a monkey, I am convinced Oda when told about the game and asked to help write the plot said, "He has to be a monkey" cause years later...I mean...its fitting to say the least LOL
MONKEY D Luffy
He is literally named "Monkey D Luffy". Oda has never hidden which animal would represent Luffy................
@@GutsTheBeast ...fucking hell it all adds up
Wait, really? Holy shit, and here I thought it was a reference to chapter 1 page 5 where we were hit with the world-shattering revelation that Luffy's name is actually _Monkey_ D Luffy. Oda really foreshadows everything!
"Cause years later" what? I'm up to date with the manga but I don't understand what you're referencing. Gear 4's Kong named attacks or what?
This was a good video man. One of the things I wish the One Piece games would do, is change their outfits. Stop giving them the same outfits they wore right after the time skip, They have different fits. That's the biggest thing I want. Well, that and a game that's really good, that is loyal to the story from the beginning to its current point. And i mean, like a really good game. Plus another fighting game. A super good one.
Never mind all of that. I have to say again. This was a good video. Do you ever see yourself reviewing the story as a whole or making anymore videos on One Piece?
There is a severe lack of information and footage of some of these games, and this was a really great comprehensive break down.
However if I'm going to critique it, I do think the crossover and as much as I hate them mobile games should have been included.
Those being Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, Battle Stadium D.O.N., J-Stars Victory Vs., Jump Force, the linking ability with Dai Kaizoku Colosseum and Extreme Butoden, Treasure Cruise, Thousand Storm and Bounty Rush.
Thanks to you for that extensive work!
heck yeah dude, another high-quality dive into the OP games. surprising how obscured the rest of the franchise is (within the english-speaking fandom at least) considering how big and long-lasting the series has been. really cool seeing this topic covered.
the Quiz game in Pirates Carnival is questions about One Piece lore as a whole, so if you played and no one else knew one piece lore it would either be fun to see them guess or own them by your massive knowledge of one piece
Thank you for the video! It’s amazing! So much research must’ve went into this and it was so worth it, amazing work!
Huh. I never play Unlimited Adventure but I'm amused at the idea of watching One Piece on Toonami or buying the manga back then being the sole method of consumption. I wouldn't watch a dub anyway but pretty sure my main source was scanlations.
1:38:20 #MakeGabriCanon. God, that little guy had so much heart.
this video was amazing!! somehow i usually end up pretty bored with these types of videos, but this one kept me engaged all the way through. it was so interesting, and props to the amount of work it must've taken to do this!
This is exactly what I wanted to exist! Playing Odyssey re-awoke my interest in One Piece and since then restarting the anime from episode 1 (caught up all the way by now), and also gotten interested in all the games I somehow managed to miss for all these years. And I really appreciate the ads.
Now it's unfortunate that I enjoy pre-timeskip infinitely more than post-timeskip One Piece, with pre-timeskip games suffering from being made for old hardware and questionable design choices
A deep dive into the Yai yo yai yo!? Love the idea. 4kids deep dive please!
one thing they always managed to do no matter how good or bad the game was, is they’d make the game look really cool with their commercials
I'm feeling the need to point out another instance of "Game original story adapted into anime", though its not quite in the same way as with Oceans Dream:
Dragon Ball Z Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, while more widely known overseas for the OVA release, is based on the Famicom game of the same name that it was also intended as a strategy guide to. They decided to remake it for Raging Blast 2, as the Unique Game villain Hatchiyak is featured in that game.
I really want an open world, rpg One Piece game where we're the MC(customizable), we form a crew, and interact with the other characters. I think it would be a hit!
I'm with u and Oda should be the one to come up with the story so we as One Piece Fans can get RPG we always wanted.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants this to happen, I feel like making a game where you are able to explore multiple islands and build your own unique crew would be fun game play wise and thematically perfect for OP. Imagine how cool it would be to have the options to travel to islands the straw hats haven't even explored but still having cannon events take place as you progress
And you can choose between being a pirate, a marine or a Revolutionary, and your gameplay options change depending on what you choose.
I would like this too, but I think it would end up done terribly. It would either rehash the series (again) or be a game where they’d shoehorn everyone in in a forced manner so it can say “hey remember this character?” And the player character would probably have zero depth. If done right it could be great I just have zero faith in it.
This video is amazing!
I've played a few one piece games before but i had no idea how many there were.
Criminally underrated!
I hope you know this is officially one of the best youtuber youtube video on One Piece on this site.
Unlimited Cruise was what got me into One Piece! My mum bought me and my sister a bunch of Wii games and she picked up Unlimited Cruise because she thought it was purely a fishing game lmao (I mean the fishing mechanic of the game was really fun). We ended up really enjoying the characters and binged the manga and the movies. Thanks mum!!
The combat in legend of the rainbow island actually really reminds me of Dragon Ball Fusions for the 3DS. Makes me wonder if it’s actually just a strange kinda subsubgenre that never made any waves in the west
This vid was really the best to watch about One Piece games, while I'd already watched another, this one hits it very well, showing commercials, some in depth explanations, and covering many, many titles! Great watch!
Nami is definitely sayign slurs in that thumbnail
That's one of the reasons why she's my One Piece waifu.
Bruh this is the most complete and best video about One Piece games.
In the manga spread you go over I’m pretty sure Chopper is supposed to be a slime from Dragon Quest.
I really hope translations of the Japan only ganes eventually get made. I would love to experience all of these games.
I just want a decent One piece fighting game now maybe Burning Blood 2 or One piece by Arcsystems
I saw this video while I was playing Pirate Warriors 4 XD
Truly one of the best videos I saw here on RUclips. New sub for that
Really great video :D Watched this while grinding 100% on pirate warriors 4.
Tresure Wars 2 (And the execution of the Tresure Wars games as a whole) Sounds like a missed opportunity. The idea of Buggy opening a pirate amusement park as a get rich quick scheme and the Straw Hats getting tangled up in it sounds like a great idea for a party game.
49:20 to be fair, while there might not be a sanji cooking game, there is a cookbook which is way better and more on brand for him than a game
I love it when people talk about Grand adventure or the unlimited series. These gemaes will hold a special place in my heart forever
1:51:46 luffy fucking kills usopp
50:25 Oda has actually answered the Straw Hats as animals question a *couple* times
And Zoro *did* get revised to be a Tiger!
Here's all of the answers (listed in order he gave)
Luffy: Monkey
Zoro: Shark/Tiger
Nami: Cat
Usopp: Armadillo/Chameleon
Sanji: Duck/Bighorn Sheep
Chopper: Reindeer/Red Panda
Robin: Crane/Falcon
Franky: Bull/Rhino
Brook: Horse/Giraffe
Jimbei: Whale Shark/Bear
when he mentioned burning blood and spoilers i remembered i was on a road trip with no internet and a bunch of one piece to binge. No one could spoil that arc for me.
Another great video, I love your complete timeline videos
Finally someone talking about the games! I don’t understand how there isn’t a high quality One Piece game yet. I would love to see one like the Naruto Storm series.
Pirates Carnival is so much fun and finding out they cut out characters and games from the US version was mind blowing! I wish there was an english translation of the Japanese version to emulate
Fun fact: family! actually keeps getting updated every time a new member joined the crew- so theres a version of the song that includes franky, brook, and jinbei
My favorite One Piece game that no one talks about, because it was never localized and shut down years ago, was One Piece Dance Battle. It was a gacha rhythm game and it was so fun
You sound exactly like the youtuber "Raycevick".
Great video btw, I watched the entire thing in one sitting. Really enjoyed it!