One Piece: Become the Pirate King!

One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
Japanese box art.
Developer(s)Soft Machine
Publisher(s)Bandai
Director(s)Hisayasu Suzuki
Producer(s)Yusuke Sasaki
Tsuneo Matsumoto
Programmer(s)Kazuka Yamada
Yukiharu Kuroyanagi
Takashi Nomura
Artist(s)Hajime Nara
Naoki Murata
Asuka Fujita
Composer(s)Kenji Yamamoto
SeriesOne Piece
Platform(s)WonderSwan
Release
Genre(s)Action/Strategy/Role-Playing
Mode(s)1-player

One Piece: Become the Pirate King! (ONE PIECE(ワンピース) めざせ海賊王！, Wan Pīsu: Mezase Kaizoku Ō!) is a Japan-exclusive Action/Strategy/Role Playing game for the WonderSwan. It is the first video game to be based on the One Piece manga and anime.[2]

Plot

Gol. D Roger (ゴル･D･ロジャー, Goru D. Rojā), the king of the pirates had obtained wealth, fame and power from people all over the world. Before his execution, he announced that he had left his treasure, the One Piece in a single place. Because of this, many pirates from all around the world set sail for the grand line. The time period was known as the "Great Pirate Era". Twenty years later a young man known as Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー･D･ルフィ, Monkī D. Rufi) finally sets out to sea. This game is based on the East Blue saga and the first One Piece film.

Gameplay

Main game

The player must use playing cards to move around the area in order to reach a certain destination. the card contains the type of pathway and the number of spaces the player can move. Along the way are surprise enemy attacks which are dealt with by using a pathway to reach the opponent standing there and give damage to him/her of the ship itself. The player wins the battle if all three enemies are defeated or the enemy ship is destroyed.

Playable characters

Bosses

Reception

As of December 31, 2000 the game was reported to have sold 19,799 copies in Japan.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Release Date". Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  2. ^ "A Brief History of One Piece Video Games, Part 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. ^ "Sales Data". Retrieved 2023-08-09.