One Piece gets a new video game. During a video presentation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of One Piece, Bandai Namco announced that the famous manga / anime series will receive a new RPG with an original story written by the creator of the series Eiichiro Oda.
One Piece Odyssey is a new open world game in which Straw Hats have treasures to find a mysterious island to explore. The game is being developed by ILCA, a Japanese studio recently working on it Brilliant diamond / Shining pearl remakes as well Dragon Quest XI and Nier Replicant. Although the trailer for the announcement did not show too much outside of the scenes and research, we know that there will be a turn-based battle and that players will have the crew of Thousand Sunny and a brand new character at their disposal.
In addition to a new game, One piece also receives a live adaptation courtesy of Netflix. Most of the cast has been announced, with Inyaki Godoy chosen to play Straw Hat leader Monkey D. Luffy.
One piece the creator Eitiro Oda has a habit of enthusiastically sharing his thoughts accompanied by cute little drawings of his characters. For One Piece Odyssey reveal, he said:
“I thought, wasn’t it like three years ago when I designed the characters?” Hahaha! But when I really saw the game … Wow! I had the feeling that I was watching a MOVIE !!! What an amazing immersion. ”
One Piece Odyssey comes to PlayStation, Xbox and PC in 2022.