Bandai Namco has announced that One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is getting booty-filled, EU-only Deluxe Edition in physical form for all you fans of pirate-themed anime antics - and it's due out on 11th May. If you're partial to bit of Monkey D. Luffy you'll love this stacked version of the game, which includes over 40 DLCs enhancing an already thrilling gaming universe with new features. Unfortunately, North America won't be getting the physical edition, but you will get a digital version on 10th May.
This action-packed adventure is taking full advantage of Nintendo Switch's features too, offering access to local co-op via the wonders of split Joy-Con couchplay. This time around you'll be joining Luffy as he travels from the safety of Fuschia Village to the menacing island of Dressrosa (ruled by the evil Doflamingo, no less). Check our the launch trailer below!
Are you a One Piece fan? Will you be reliving some of the anime in Pirate Warriors 3 come May? Sound off below...
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Not a huge fan myself.
I've played this on Vita and it's a lot of fun. Great Musou action and it tells the story of the Anime well too.
Oh, gosh...
One piece again ?
Is there any better anime than boring pirate theme + never ending showdowns anime ??
Thank you Nintendo for giving us the middle finger in North America! Would have bought this day one now I'll have to import it which means paying more.
Thank goodness for region free.
Import time!
The first I heard of this series was with the Switch game from awhile back. It has been sitting on my wish list forever now. Maybe one day I'll give it a shot.
@Davidiam007 pretty sure this is bandi’s choice
@Davidiam007 Now you know how it feels for EU people
Looks amazing!!!
Where can I pre-order this online?
I played this with very little knowledge about One Piece and freaking loved it. Way better story mode than HW and FEW and the move sets are just as varied. It’s just as good as those two are, don’t skip this one if you liked them.
@Davidiam007 - The EU has to pay for Greece somehow.
@Anti-Matter there are literally thousands of very diverse anime out there, certainly you’ll find something that suits your tastes if you do a bit of research.
Let me know when world Seeker gets announced.
@clvr
Something interesting.
Lately i found kind of Anime that focused on hunky male bodies (targeted for female audiences) like Sanrio Danshi, Makura Danshi, Yuri on Ice.
Wel.... kinda.... a little bit.... you know....
@faint more than likely, but I'm sure Nintendo could still have some sort of say in it.
@Davidiam007 no Nintendo doesn't have anything to say about this.
Bamco did this with a lot of Vita games too, God Eater 2, One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 and Burning Blood, Sword Art Online and even Dragon Ball Z got physical Vita releases in EU but not in US.
At least switch version has all the dlc so it's more import friendly.
Glad I held off on importing and I'm really happy we're getting a physical English version, even if it's EU only.
Now I can keep a bit of hope alive for all the other Japanese only musou games.
Was on the brink of importing Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate for the past couple of weeks. But with this one as well as Zelda musou hitting soon, I'll wait a bit longer to see if we might get a physical English release of that as well. Might be a long shot though.
May is absolutely stacked.
@Anti-Matter Sounds like you don't like Shonen then. Pokemon anime (depending on the season) might be more your style. Sonic X I could see you liking. Hamtaro almost certainly, Doraemon probably from what I've heard of it, haven't seen it myself. Stitch! maybe as well.
@link3710
Oooh... Hamtaro and Doraemon.
I always like their cuteness.
Haven't watch One Piece since the Water 7 story arc, going to be hell catching up now. I usually use games like this as shortcuts.
Wished it was dubbed as well, sometimes they have in-game combat mono/diologues that is not translated with sub. A pet peeve when wanting to know every minor thing someone says or is written in games and animes.
"Unfortunately, North America won't be getting the physical edition"
Well thats a no-buy from me then. I'd have bought it day one physical
I will skip it as I am not a fan of the warriors series but I own the other one piece game and is a lot o fun
After a rubbish direct yesterday
And now we get the good stuff a day later
Where can I pre order?
@Mando44646 Then import it?
Cool, getting it. Though with this and yesterday’s direct I really don’t know how to gather all the money and time needed. I’m a family man for god’s sake.
Alright everyone, pay attention:
Hyrule Warriors is the third best Warriors game
Fire Emblem Warriors is the second best Warriors game
THIS is the best one of them all. Huge variety of characters, frantic combat and a ton of meaningful things to collect.
Now to decide whether or not I want to buy this a third time to support:
1: Warriors games on Switch
2: Bandai Namco (anime) games on Switch
3: Physical releases on Switch
Six packs and Cleavage everywhere in that video. Faithful representation of modern society.
That said, looks interesting, a few recommends too.
1 piece or 400 pieces. i dont care for this crap
Oh sad, I did beat the crap out of this game on PS4. So I'll skip, but it's a very good "warriors/musou" game.
@CapricornDavid Really? To me this is the number 5, Hyrule 4, SW2 is the third, FEWarriors is the second and SW4 is the very best!
@Anti-Matter see, there’s always something for anyone 👍🏻
To be honest those were the exact kind of series I’d expect you to like, though I misinterpreted your comment a bit. I thought you were asking if there are non-shonen anime (I get it shonen is not your genre), but you clearly know other anime types.
Hey, a one piece game on switch that wasn’t on 3ds! Neat!
Good. This is what I want from One Piece. Unlimited World is just plain garbage in its combat since it lacks any real combos or anything fun, in general.
Oh, hell yes. I thought they'd never bring this out of Japan.
Nevermind calling Switch a port machine, its a Warriors machine. XD
@Frank90 Samurai Warriors 4 is also fantastic, probably my favourite not-spinoff Warriors!
Okay let me get this straight:
Kirby: Star Allies - March 16
South Park TFW - April 21
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 - May 11
SMT Strange Journey Redux - May 15
Dark Souls Remastered - May 25
Welp, my spring and summer are officially gone... and I'm okay with that.
...None of my favorite series is getting the Warriors treatment are they? :c
Platinum all Pirate warriors on PS4 but will double dip on Switch! ^^
As a fan of One Piece (at least up to what was originally intended to be the ending) I'm still weirded out that we don't get any modern games based on the original stories. Romance Dawn (The first twelve volumes) was the best the series ever had IMO, and totally ripe for video game adaptations. What's more, it could actually be an introduction to the series because, you know, it's the beginning.
So this includes the entire manga up to the Dressrosa Arc?! Hoo boy, that has got to be one lengthy story mode!
@FTPinkRabbit Well, what do you think this is? This game's story mode includes all of that (plus a whole lot more).
@FTPinkRabbit what was originally intended to be the ending? I had a quick look online but couldn’t find out 😅
Somedays I wish I liked franchises like this or attack on titan or dbz just for the video game support. Miss the 90s when more franchises got video games.
Loved the one on the wiiu, and as this is physical i'm definitely backing it.
@Angelic_Lapras_King that kills the savings from buying physical, which is my issue. I guess I have to wait for an eshop sale, just like with Naruto
Update shopTo has it on pre order
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