One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
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| Developer(s) | Ganbarion [5] |
| Publisher(s) | Namco Bandai |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release date |  April 26, 2007 January 22, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Action/Adventure/3D versus fighting |
| Mode(s) | Story Mode, Survival Mode, and Vs. Mode |
| Rating(s) | Teen [6]
Alcohol Reference, Cartoon Violence, and Mild Language[7] |
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure (アンリミテッドアドベンチャー Wan Pīsu: Anrimiteddo Adobenchaa) is a video game for the Nintendo Wii based on the manga and anime series One Piece, released in Japan on April 26, 2007. It was released in North America on January 22, 2008.
Currently a sequel is in development [8], One Piece: Unlimited Cruise. It is set to be released in a two episode set. The first episode is set to be released in Summer 2008; episode 2 in Winter 2008.[1] Both games are Nintendo Wii exclusives.
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[edit] Gameplay
-Story Mode-
A basic Adventure game with platforms, puzzles and item collecting. To go farther in the game you must collect so many of certain items for Franky and Usopp to make new tools for you to clear and make paths. Fishing and Bug hunting is also a huge side quest and some bugs and fish are needed to be capture for you to break certain seals.
-Vs. Mode-
Play as any of the over 40 characters you meet throughout the game(including basic enemies and final boss) in a battle mode. Play either Surivial mode to see if you how fast you can clear 200 enemies of all types, or fight against a computer or a friend in a basic battle.
[edit] Story Mode
-The Beginning- The Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Thousand Sunny are in peril as food and water supplies are running low. After Luffy reveals that he, Usopp, and Chopper wasted all the food in an eating contest, Sanji makes him and Chopper fish to make up for their lost, as well as Usopp looking out for any near by islands to restock. Instead of catching any tasty fish, Luffy catches what appears to be a jewel. He tries to show the others his new found mystery jewel, but no one is interested. They are more worried about the lack of food. "Can't eat it, we don't need it." Luffy decides to use a Gum Gum Rocket to launch himself into the air to get a better view hoping to see an island. For one reason of another the Jewel reacts and an island is emerges from the sea, under the Thousand Sunny.
-The Plot- Luffy and company decide to search the island for the "Hidden Treasure" which can only be found by breaking all the seals. A strange creature is trying to prevent them from breaking the seals. Unkowning what he is protecting the Straw Hats decide to go along with breaking the seals as they look for their missing Ship.
[edit] Playable characters
Story Mode
In the story mode, all of the Straw Hat Pirates as current to the Enies Lobby arc are playable.
Note: Rampaging Chopper is only playable in Boss battles if Chopper is knocked out while under the effect of a Rumble Ball and less than three Straw Hat crewmen remain to fight.
Vs. and Survival Mode
While only the Straw Hat Pirates are playable in the main adventure mode, every other character listed below is playable in Survival and VS mode:
- Smoker
- Hawkeye Mihawk
- Don Krieg
- Kaku: Giraffe Form
- Spandam
- Arlong
- Nefertari Vivi°
- Portgas D. Ace
- Sir Crocodile
- Mr. 2 Bon Clay°
- Enel
- Red-Haired Shanks
- Aokiji
- Paulie°
- Rob Lucci
- Whitebeard°
- Calgara°
- Popora
- Evil Guardian
- Evil Master Beast
- Various Marines and Pirates
- Ancient soldiers native to the island of the game
- Captains of the soldiers
° Optional bosses who have no real part in the story.
[edit] Story's Characters
-Popora- Popora is a bunny like guardian of the island. Most of the game he is only a plot device to show the character's, the island's, and his own past. In the mid-point of the game Popora becomes an unplayable ally.
-Popora's Creator- An old man who created Popora out of clay. He wanted the island to be a paradise for Popora. His backstory along with Popora's is very similar to Tony Tony Chopper's past.
-The Evil Guardian- The EvilGuardian(Also known as "Evil Master Beast" in its final form) is the great evil that plagues the island. The seals on the island were made to keep this beast from destroying the island(and possibly the world). All of its attacks are borrowed from the stronger enemies the Straw Hat Pirates have faced, for example Crocodile's "Ground Death".
-Ancient Soldiers- The underlings of The Great Evil Guardian, they also borrow their attacks from the underlings and weaker characters that the Straw Hat Pirates have met. These enemies start to appear after the Ruin's seals are broken.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Changes
-Name Changes-
| Original Japanese Name | English Name Change |
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| Overlimit Chopper | Rampaging Chopper |
| Plain Zone | Plains to Adventure |
| Seaside Zone | The Fossil Beach |
| Jungle Zone | Mystery Jungle |
| Ruins Zone | Autumn Colored Ruins |
| Cave Zone | Caves of Darkness |
| Mountain Zone | Silver Mountains |
| Dimension Zone | Land to Heaven |
| Abyss Zone | Beginning and End |
-Dub Related-
Although the production and localization rights have changed hands from 4Kids to Funimation, several edits that have appeared in games overseen by 4Kids have been carried over, such as the Marines' uniform shirts have been edited to the 'Navy' version of the uniforms.[9] Another edit is Mihawk's giant sword, which sports a shorter hilt to appear less cross-shaped as well as his cross necklace, which has had the sides chopped off, to elimnate the religious symbolism of a cross. Also, Nefertari Vivi is kept as Nefeltari Vivi due to the 4kids dub and Viz.
-Family Audience-
Namco Bandai, who is porting the game to English, released official CG models and screenshots for the game on their Flickr account. Among such files was the model for the character Smoker going by "Chaser" in the filename & mouseover. The model had been edited from the Japanese version to remove the cigars from the character's mouth. Upon receiving an email from a user from Arlong Park forums concerning the change, Namco Bandai confirmed to the user that they would be aiming for a "family audience". Thusly, the character's name would be changed to the 4Kids and edited Funimation dub name "Chaser". [2]As of November 28, 2007, it was confirmed in preview videos posted by IGN that Smoker will be called Smoker in the game, but the cigars in his mouth are still missing.[3]
-Censorship of Franky-
Another slight edit that was made was in Franky's joining flashback. In the Japanese version his naked buttocks is clearly seen[4] , but in the American version a plank was edited sticking up from some of the spare parts around him to edit him[10]. But it was still implied that he was indeed naked, as Sanji states "Ugh.. Franky! You're not wearing any underwear again!", followed by Luffy throwing Franky's speedos to him.
[edit] Advertisement
The game was announced for the Wii, in the Wii Launch Preview video. The clips of this game were mostly Luffy running around and using the Net to catch a bug. Much of the on screen graphics have changed since then. The Health Bar was different, as well as the characters having a much more traditional Leveling system. Another change was the Gem Level Up screen. As well as the map in the demos being a completely different looking island.
The game lacked any tv or website ads in the US. Websites such as GameTrailers.com had online trailers, clips, and teasers. Including Smoker, Crocodile, and Arlong's clips, as well as the highly spoilering Franky clip; which revealed his voice for the first time. The Game's opening CGI cutscene was also revealed in English on Game Trailers, as well as Japanese clips. And Few weeks before the game's release dates, Funimation and Bandi Namco created a website to promote the game.
Outside the Internet the only ads to be seen was entire page ads and game preview articles. Although the preview article stated that there will be "8 Straw Hats to choose from" the English Manga was only up to Chopper's addition to the main cast. In the single page ad, Nico Robin(at the time known as Miss. All Sunday) and the Thousand Sunny were blantly made an appearance. The Thousand Sunny wouldn't appear for another 300 chapters in the English Manga, and Robin is considered a huge spoiler in the series.
Franky, although was confirmed to be in the game was taken out of all ads, and the game's box art was edited to take him out. Besides on the actual game, Franky only appears as a cameo in the game's instruction manual and is a featured character on an ad packed in with One Piece The Movie: The Desert Princess and The Pirates' Adventures in Alabasta.
[edit] Reception
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure has received some rather mixed critical reception. Many reviewers have stated that the game's story is forgettable, and there is too much backtracking for their taste. The level designs are lacking visually, as well as the fighting in the game is too repetitive. Many of the English reviews have complimented the game for its Voice Cast. While most reviewers have given the game low scores, many fan and user reviews have given the game a much higher score.
| Source | Reviewer | Grade / Score |
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| IGN | Zac Bertschy | 6.8 out of 10 |
| GameSpy | Patrick Joynt | 2.5 out of 5 |
| GameSpot | Kevin VanOrd | 7.0 out of 10 |
| Gametrailers | Needed | 6.7 out of 10 |
| Metacritic | Jim Cordeira | 65% |
| WorthPlaying | Nathan Grayson | 7.5 out of 10 |
| Game Zone | Eduardo Zacarias | 70% |
| GameDaily | Robert Workman | 6 out of 10 |
| Gamefly | n/a | 7.9 out of 10 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
English Websites:
Japanese Websites:
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