One Piece Odyssey's RPG Approach Should Be More Common For Anime Games
On March 28, a One Piece News: News COO Online stream appeared to clue fans in on the immediate future of One Piece. While the anime is on hiatus right now due to a cyber-attack on Toei Animation, there are still plenty of goings-on in the franchise. The Wano arc has reached what may be its ultimate climax in the manga, with plenty of reveals rushing to meet eager readers. A new movie called One Piece Film: Red is in development, with a slow drip of designs and details coming out. The Netflix live-action One Piece series has begun filming, and appears to be adapting the very beginning of the series with Shanks.
There were a couple other products featured during the stream. One was the One Piece Card Game, with five decks revealed alongside a few individual cards. Of much greater interest to the gaming crowd, however, was One Piece Odyssey. This is the next One Piece title coming to consoles and PC, and it is taking One Piece games in a brand-new direction. While there will still be exploration due to the Straw Hat Pirates being stranded on a new island, the gameplay will be that of a traditional JRPG. The information released so far implies that this will be a turn-based One Piece game, which is a massive departure for not only the sea-faring franchise, but licensed Shonen Jump games as a whole.
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When one thinks of a licensed anime game, certain genres come to mind. Historically, games created from Shonen Jump or comparable shonen franchises have tended to be action games or fighting games. There is a fair amount of variety in these, but they tend to be budget titles. Flashy visuals and faithful recreations are prioritized over deep and satisfying gameplay,
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