One Piece Grand Battle!
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One Piece: Grand Battle! is a fighting game made in Japan
based on the Anime
and Manga
series One Piece
. It is the fourth game in the Grand Battle series. It is also known in Japan
as One Piece Grand Battle! Rush.
wants to take Gol D. Roger's place to become King of the Pirates. Together with his crew namely, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Nico Robin are on a quest to search for the great treasure One Piece and also to fulfill their own dreams.
dub had not progressed as far as the Japanese version. At the time, the dub was only up to Alabasta arc (the game is set one saga (Skypiea) and an arc (Davy Back Fight) after Alabasta). The Marine HQ stage was altered to have no one but guards watching the players battle; originally the stage had characters such as Bartholomew Kuma and Don Quixote Doflamingo standing around the stage. Two of the fighting arenas were omitted, the Maxim (from the Skypiea arc) and the Groggy Ring (from the Davy Back Fight arc). The Davy Back game mode was changed to feature Usopp and the Usopp Pirates and renamed as Mini-Game Mode. However, Foxy's crew still can be seen in the background of some of the mini games, and Davy Back Fight rules still apply. Many of the attacks that were introduced after the Alabasta arc were omitted completely, such as Usopp's Impact Dial attack and Afro
Luffy's Gum-Gum Cannon.
Some features that were altered and changed were not due to the American progression of the dub. The game had all of 4kids Entertainment
's dub editing practices performed on it, such as Mihawk's crosses being edited out; Smoker and Zoro's names being changed to Chaser and Zolo, respectively; and all traces of smoking being removed. Another strange dubbing edit was that all of the support characters except for the Kung Fu Dugongs and Lasso were mute. The omission of support character battle cries was made up for in the American version. In the American version, when both players have picked a character, the selected characters say something before the level select screen appears. In the Japanese version, the characters are silent after being selected. The reason for this is unknown. In the original version, the support characters would shout a battle cry when added to the battle. Also, instead of random pictures for rewards, the game offered many different series of the TCG games cards, and three could be unlocked every time the player had a victory in any match. In the American version, they can only be unlocked by playing the Mini-Game Mode.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
based on the Anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
and Manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series One Piece
One Piece
is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
. It is the fourth game in the Grand Battle series. It is also known in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
as One Piece Grand Battle! Rush.
Story
Much like the TV show, Monkey D. LuffyMonkey D. Luffy
, often addressed as , is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. He is introduced as a boy who possesses elasticity powers from eating a devil fruit called the Gum-Gum Fruit and superhuman strength....
wants to take Gol D. Roger's place to become King of the Pirates. Together with his crew namely, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Nico Robin are on a quest to search for the great treasure One Piece and also to fulfill their own dreams.
Gameplay
There are four different modes in the game: Grand Battle, a one-player/two player mode that features unlocked fighters and stages; Story Mode, a mode that follows every character through the story; Training, a testing mode to test one's skill; and Tourney, a tournament mode that allows to select a character and fight in it and a baseball modeRemoved features
Several features were removed in the American version of the game because the American animeAnime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
dub had not progressed as far as the Japanese version. At the time, the dub was only up to Alabasta arc (the game is set one saga (Skypiea) and an arc (Davy Back Fight) after Alabasta). The Marine HQ stage was altered to have no one but guards watching the players battle; originally the stage had characters such as Bartholomew Kuma and Don Quixote Doflamingo standing around the stage. Two of the fighting arenas were omitted, the Maxim (from the Skypiea arc) and the Groggy Ring (from the Davy Back Fight arc). The Davy Back game mode was changed to feature Usopp and the Usopp Pirates and renamed as Mini-Game Mode. However, Foxy's crew still can be seen in the background of some of the mini games, and Davy Back Fight rules still apply. Many of the attacks that were introduced after the Alabasta arc were omitted completely, such as Usopp's Impact Dial attack and Afro
Afro
Afro, sometimes shortened to fro and also known as a "natural", is a hairstyle worn naturally by people with lengthy kinky hair texture or specifically styled in such a fashion by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair...
Luffy's Gum-Gum Cannon.
Some features that were altered and changed were not due to the American progression of the dub. The game had all of 4kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment is an American film and television production company in bankruptcy since April 2011. It is known for English-dubbing Japanese anime and specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States...
's dub editing practices performed on it, such as Mihawk's crosses being edited out; Smoker and Zoro's names being changed to Chaser and Zolo, respectively; and all traces of smoking being removed. Another strange dubbing edit was that all of the support characters except for the Kung Fu Dugongs and Lasso were mute. The omission of support character battle cries was made up for in the American version. In the American version, when both players have picked a character, the selected characters say something before the level select screen appears. In the Japanese version, the characters are silent after being selected. The reason for this is unknown. In the original version, the support characters would shout a battle cry when added to the battle. Also, instead of random pictures for rewards, the game offered many different series of the TCG games cards, and three could be unlocked every time the player had a victory in any match. In the American version, they can only be unlocked by playing the Mini-Game Mode.
Missing characters
- Foxy - with Hamburg and Porche as support.
- Eneru - with 60,000,000 Volt Julungul as support.
- Aokiji - with Ice Bike as support.
- Afro Luffy (an alternate costume for Luffy, with a different secret attack).
Reception
- Game Rankings calculates an average rating of 71.5%.
- Metacritic calculates an average rating of 67.0%.
- Grand Battle! has been described "as a cross between NamcoNamcois a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
's Soul CaliburSoul Caliburis a 3D, weapons-based fighting game developed by Project Soul and produced by Namco. It is the second game in the Soul series, preceeded by Soul Edge. It was released in arcades in 1998, and it ran on the Namco System 12 hardware. In 1999 it was ported to the Dreamcast with improved graphics and...
and Nintendo's Super Smash Brothers Melee", compared with Power StonePower StonePower Stone is a fully 3D arena fighting game series made by Capcom. Power Stone was initially released on the Sega NAOMI hardware and later ported to the Dreamcast...
and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2. - It was said to be "[n]ot as flashy as Budokai Tenkaichi and lacking the depth and content of Super Smash Brothers Melee".
Gameplay
- The gameplay was said to be somewhere between Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBM or simply as Melee, is a crossover fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube shortly after its launch in . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros., and the predecessor to the Wii game Super Smash...
and the Dragonball Z: Budokai series. - The gameplay was said to be too simplistic, with not enough options.
Music
- The game's music, which is partly original, partly adopted from the anime, is said to be "light and upbeat".
- During the fights the music does not stand out.