One Piece: Grand Battle!

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One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush
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European PS2 cover art
Developer(s) Ganbarion
Publisher(s) Bandai
Series One Piece
One Piece: Grand Battle!
Platform(s) GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: March 17, 2005
  • NA: September 7, 2005
  • EU: October 7, 2005 (PS2)
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

One Piece: Grand Battle is a fighting game made in Japan based on the anime and manga series One Piece . It is the fourth and final game in One Piece's Grand Battle series and the nineteenth One Piece video game released. The game was released in Japan as One Piece: Grand Battle Rush. [lower-alpha 1] The English version uses the intro from the TV series.

Contents

Plot

Much like the manga and anime it is based on, Monkey D. Luffy wants to take Gol D. Roger's place to become King of the Pirates. Together with his crew namely, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Nico Robin are on a quest to search for the great treasure One Piece [lower-alpha 2] and also to fulfill their own dreams. The story is based on the East Blue saga up to the Foxy's Return arc.

Gameplay

There are four different modes in the game: Grand Battle, a one-player/two player mode that features unlocked fighters and stages; Story Mode, a mode that follows every character through the story; Training, a testing mode to test one's skill; and Tourney, a tournament mode that allows to select a character and fight in it and baseball mode.

Returning Characters

New Characters

Sequel

The Sequel of One Piece: Grand Battle entitled One Piece: Grand Adventure , which in Grand Adventure, you play along with 5 captains. Luffy is Easy, Buggy is Normal, Crocodile is Hard, Chaser/Smoker is Insane and especially Usopp is Pirate Panic (from level 40-100).

Reception

The game received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] [2] In Japan, Famitsu gave both platforms a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40. [4]

GameSpot awarded it a score of 6.0 out of 10, saying "Fans of the series will love One Piece's visuals but will be disappointed with just about every other aspect of the game." [14] IGN awarded it 7 out of 10, saying "In the end, One Piece: Grand Battle is a fun game marred by a lack of innovation." [15] [16]

As of December 25, in Japan the game sold 88,058 units on the PlayStation 2 and 46,395 units on GameCube totaling 134,453 lifetime sales. [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ONE PIECE(ワンピース) グラバト！RUSH(ラッシュ), Hepburn: Wan Pīsu: Gurando batoru! Rasshu
  2. ↑ ワンピース, Wan Pīsu

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