One Piece: Discover the best video games of the saga before the release of the 1000th episode

One Piece: Gigant Battle is the second video game from the franchise to be released for Nintendo DS in 2010, after One Piece: Gear Spirit. Developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai Namco, the software comes in the form of an arena fighting game offering a catalog of 20 iconic license fighters. A total of 7 different game modes are to be discovered, some of which can be played alone or up to 4 players locally. This is the opportunity to revisit places taken from the most popular arcs of Eiichiro Oda’s manga such as Impel Down and Marine Ford.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors is the first PS3 adaptation of The Adventures of Luffy and his Crew. The game is a beat’em all developed by Tecmo Koei and inscribing its gameplay, as its name implies, in the lineage of Musō, a genre set up by Dynasty Warriors 2. The principle is simple and generally the same as each time: a map, points to defend, large-scale battles, territories to seize, all while using his character’s special abilities to defeat massive waves of enemies. This type of game is expanding to more and more licenses and One Piece is currently in its fourth installment, Pirate Warriors.

We have summarized above the principle of a musō, the genre used as a model by One Piece: Pirate Warriors and its sequel, Pirate Warriors 2. For this one, Koei saw the big picture and the number of playable characters exploded, passing to 36. The formula is not revolutionized with this opus, but it remains very well exploited, with all the same a spectacular side. more accentuated than for its elder. The universe is always faithfully transcribed, as are the abilities and techniques of the different characters. Something to satisfy the biggest fans.

One Piece: Romance Dawn, by Bandai Namco Games, is a turn-based RPG oriented game. In this one, you always play as our favorite pirates; You will relive their adventures, from the fight against Don Krieg to Arlong through Rob Lucci. The game mixes exploration and more or less regular confrontations during your walks through the different islands. Although the software has been criticized for a lack of freedom given to the player and an unbalanced difficulty, its striking fidelity to the original work and its combat system have conquered more than one.

One Piece Treasure Cruise, released in France in 2015, is the first mobile game in the series. More precisely, it is a free-to-play operating on a “Tap Battle” basis. This means that all battles will require you to press certain buttons at the right time to execute devastating attacks and combos. Of course, the missions quickly become repetitive despite some subtleties. However, the app has the merit of fulfilling its role to the letter. That of being fun, extremely easy to play, and offering the possibility of plunging again in a different way into the universe of the eponymous shonen.

One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1: Treasure Below, born from the spirit of the developers of Ganbarion in 2009 was, in France, the first One Piece game to offer a really different formula. It is the second title in the Unlimited series, but the 2007 Adventure opus never arrived in our territory. Either way, there’s a mix of action / adventure waiting for an epic that is less edgy, but still offers unprecedented freedom and unexpected features. All crew members are obviously playable and five islands can be explored with them. At the end of each of them, a great and memorable villain of the saga awaits you for an epic confrontation. You will surely understand, this new adaptation of One Piece does not seek fidelity to the base material. If all of this isn’t to your liking, a Versus Mode featuring 30 different characters is here to quench your thirst for hard-core fighting play.

One Piece Unlimited Cruise 2: Awakening of a Hero arrived less than three months after the release of the first episode, driven by the enthusiasm of the players around the very well received title. After the Treasure under the Water, our protagonists set off on an adventure to save Gabri, the new character stuck under a kind of energy orb. To do this, they will travel through five islands again and face various obstacles in their path. This time there are twelve fighters to play and even more bosses. Rich content for a formula that is always up to date.

One Piece Unlimited World Red released in 2014 shares two points in common with the Unlimited series. It does not follow the narrative of the manga, and it incorporates a fairly well thought out crafting system. For this title, Ganbarion wanted to do it right and, as a result, One Piece author Eiichiro Oda was dispatched to help with the writing and design of two characters exclusive to World Red. The action / adventure game has received critical acclaim. Especially since it is playable in cooperation, and offers two modes, Adventure and Colosseum.