One Piece Fans Shocked At How Good One Piece: Ambition Looks

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One Piece fans can't believe how good Tencent's One Piece: Ambition looks and are desperately calling for it to be made available outside of China.

For most of 2024, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has been the most anticipated anime gaming adaptation on the horizon, but the past few months have brought forward some exciting challengers. First, there was Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact, which looks set to bring Eighting's iconic 3v3 fighting gameplay to the anime space, and now an upcoming One Piece game has emerged from nowhere and shocked us all.

That game is One Piece: Ambition, a mobile game from Tencent that was once known as One Piece: Project Fighter. Originally announced in 2021, Ambition's status as a mobile-exclusive game made it something that most fans weren't paying attention to, but recent gameplay clips that have been shared on social media have blown everyone's expectations out of the water.

Earlier this week, One Piece: Ambition had its "First Test Voyage" in China for iOS and Android users which, of course, has resulted in a bunch of gameplay being shared across social media. Although some of the positive reactions have stemmed from the combat and how the narrative is tied into the gameplay (like in this flashback scene with Nami), the main thing that everyone's talking about are the visuals.

As you can see in the clip above that was shared by v2TokyoGhost, Ambition looks so good and captures the One Piece style so perfectly that it's hard to believe that it's a mobile game. It's seriously giving FighterZ, Sparking Zero, and pretty much every anime game a serious run for their money right now.

It's just a shame that One Piece: Ambition's core gameplay loop has gacha elements that seem to be a bit more of a focus than the gameplay. At least it looks amazing.

Sadly, as great as One Piece: Ambition looks, it doesn't look like we're going to be seeing it outside of China any time soon, as it's currently only slated for release there. Combine