Bandai Namco has released the first gameplay trailer for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 at this year's Gamescom.
The title was originally announced for the Switch and multiple other platforms at Anime Expo in July and promises to elevate the series to new heights with a brand new graphics engine, epic boss battles and the biggest character roster of the entire series. Here's some of the PR:
Fans of the franchise will experience first-hand the original story of the Straw Hat Crew, including the most recent Whole Cake Island arc – which follows the crew in their quest to retrieve Sanji from one of the most dangerous, and largest, pirates – Big Mom.
Alongside the trailer below, Bandai Namco confirmed the following playable characters: Jimbei, Sanji Vinsmoke, Ichiji Vinsmoke, Niji Vinsmoke, Yonji Vinsmoke, and Reiju Vinsmoke.
Pirate Warriors 4 is due to arrive in 2020. If you're curious to know more about this particular series set within the grand world of One Piece, check out our review of the third game. We awarded it eight out of ten stars and said it was a wonderful take on the long-running manga and anime.
Will you be joining Luffy in his next outing on Switch? Leave a comment down below.
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I'll try this one. Been a long time since ive watched One piece. I got bored at like ep 340 something
@LetsGoSwitch In that case, be prepared for massive spoilers. A whole ton of important stuff has happened since that point.
So that's how Whole Cake island looks like, I only follow the manga at this point so I didn't realize there was so much pink all around XD
Looks great anyway, definitly keeping an eye on this new entry of such a good warrior game and anime adaptation!
Oh man, looks pretty cool but I'm not up to date with the anime at all (still somewhere at fishman island arc), so I don't recognize many of these characters and set pieces
Reiju looks amazing. I wish they had also shown at least a Katakuri teaser, but there's always next time.
I've realized it just now, but we'll finally be getting an Emperor of the Seas with an actual moveset. All (active) Sweet Generals being playable would be cool as well.
@Preposterous Whitebeard/Blackbeard? I'd say Shanks too but I imagine by "actual moveset" you mean one that is not made up.
@LinkSword I'd say that Blackbeard had a fair amount of made-up moves, but they were reasonably extrapolated from what he did show in the story. Whitebeard had a couple of big moves and that's it, which I don't think actually reflected his fighting style. Shanks is more of a joke character in that aspect. Big Mom has shown so much they could even split her into two separate characters (full & slim).
Wasn't this game supposed to also feature playable Donquixote Pirates? That was a crazy bunch I'd like to see again.
I have played a lot of Musou games, including the main line, Hyrule and FE Warriors and I can safely say that One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is my favorite Musou game by quite a bit. So i'm definitely pumped and will buy this day One. I recommend buying PW3 for Switch if you haven't already (I think it's on Sale on the Mexican eshop?).
@Preposterous I'd argue she's shown about as much as the other two in terms of actual attacks, if not a bit less. Mostly she made do with regular hits because everyone else was a small fry to her, then you have Prometheus and Zeus with their sun/thunder attacks. Her most relevant techniques shown in the arc were definitely Life or Treat and Ikoku (which will probably be one of her specials). It's a good bunch of stuff but they'll still have to get creative with most of the moveset (which I'm fine with).
It’s been a while...where’s Sanji’s lollipop?
Looks so good. I can't wait. Though I hope this time they include more skins and not just paid DLC ones
@BakaKnight Is Whole Cake Island the new Arc? I'm still somewhere in the New World.
@Reigestugatensho Whole Cake Island is the most recent complete arc in the manga and anime. Manga wise is also pretty much the arc after DressRosa (featured in Pirate Warriors 3). There is in theory a lot happening between the two arcs, but it's all setup for the Whole Cake Island arc and the arc that is currently running after it.
@BakaKnight ah, I get it. Thanks!
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