One Piece: Pirate Warriors coming to PS3, from Dynasty Warriors dev

April 11, 2012 2:30 PM

What happens when Omega Force, developers of the Dynasty Warriors franchise, makes a game based on the popular anime series, One Piece? You get a One Piece game that looks and plays like a Dynasty Warriors game, of course. Namco Bandai has announced One Piece: Pirate Warriors, a localized version of One Piece: Kaizoku Musou. The game will be available exclusively on the PlayStation Network later this year. Although the game is a PSN release in America, it was a much bigger deal in Japan. The One Piece franchise is much more popular across the Pacific, and was big enough for Sony to launch a special edition gold system alongside the game's launch:

One Piece packed some bling in Japan

The game will have you controlling many of the franchise's key characters, including Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and more. And Namco Bandai isn't trying to hide its inspiration. Players will do battle "with a massive amount of opponents using the simple controls from the Dynasty Warriors series." If you have trouble imagining what a Dynasty Warriors: One Piece game would look like, here's a Japanese trailer to give you a taste of what to expect:

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April 11, 2012 2:30 PM

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What happens when Omega Force, developers of the Dynasty Warriors franchise, makes a game based on the popular anime series, One Piece? You get a One Piece game that looks and plays like a Dynasty Warriors game, of course.
- SinisterInfant
  
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  April 11, 2012 2:52 PM
  
  One of the best animes you've probably never heard of. Love it. Maybe not interested in playing a Dynasty Warriors clone of it, but if the comedy is there I might.
  - node
    
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    April 11, 2012 3:11 PM
    
    It was fucking everywhere when I visited Japan.
  - mobab
    
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    April 11, 2012 3:32 PM
    
    Looks like it's pretty much everything up to the execution of ace.
- AMikaboshi
  
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  April 11, 2012 3:03 PM
  
  i just hope they let you select the japanese voices otherwise i'm sold
- Mecha Tofu Pirate
  
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  April 11, 2012 3:09 PM
  
  They must hate developing the same fucking game over and over
- mobab
  
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  April 11, 2012 3:31 PM
  
  Why does it have to be psn for US =(
  
  PRobably going to have to import this.