One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (ワンピース海賊無双3, Wan Pīsu Kaizoku Musō Surī, lit. "One Piece: Pirates Unmatched 3") is the third entry in the One Piece: Pirate Warriors series and the first One Piece game for the PS4 and PC platforms. Its general concept is to cover the series's narrative with scenes from its beginnings to current arcs. On February 3, 2016, it was announced that the title sold one million units globally.
Hisashi Koinuma (Koei) and Kouji Nakajima (Bandai-Namco Games) return as producers for the game.
New players receive Sabo early access, special costume for Luffy, and unlock characters in Treasure Cruise. Limited PS4 special editions offer exclusive themes and up to 40 downloadable content.
Gameplay[]
- A handful of characters have had their movesets revamped or changed. Most characters have both pre-timeskip and post-timeskip versions as alternate costumes. The former makes use of their Pirate Warriors move list as a base, while the latter may or may not use their Pirate Warriors 2 move list.
- "Kizuna/Bond Attacks", a new partner assist that occurs at the end of a player character's attack chain, has been added. Each assisting character has a different action, depending on whether the player character's ending attack is used with a normal attack button or charge attack button. Using Kizuna Attacks to finish off targets earn the player a special type of K.O. known as a !/Kizuna K.O., and count towards the player's direct K.O.s, despite it being assistance from another ally.
- When an allied character maxes out their Kizuna Gauge, there is a random chance that they will activate their Hero Power, signified by the crown icon next to their portrait or the ally character's portrait by the player's KO count (as well as an extra magenta layer indicating another Kizuna gauge level); these temporary beneficial effects vary with each character. However, enemy major units can also activate their Hero Power when they are pushed to a certain HP threshold, but can instantly end if they are stunned during it.
- A new limited-time powerup phase called "Kizuna/Bond Rush" can be initiated by two or more characters. It is activated by filling at least one support character's Kizuna Gauge to the maximum and pressing R2. The player character gains access to extra parts of their moveset during Kizuna Rush, which replaces the "Style" system from the previous title. Kizuna Attacks will be performed by every other character supporting the rush, where playable characters will use the string that corresponds with the player's input.
- Players can do a special killing blow executed by the entire team called "Special Kizuna Attack" (tap
during a Kizuna Rush). Doing this attack automatically drains the Kizuna Rush gauge and ends the Kizuna Rush prematurely. Each character's special during a Special Kizuna Attack often differs (in both hitbox range and hit effects). - Each playable character has two specific attributes that trigger when they partake in a Kizuna Rush. Players can check these traits within the character selection/information screen.
- Defeating any enemies during a Kizuna Rush, both normal attacks and Special Attacks alike, will result in Beli being dropped. Defeating enemies in the said mode also contributes to the player's ! K.O. count.
- Major enemy units on the other hand, will instantly activate their own unlimited-duration quasi-Kizuna Rush whenever they are near the player with theirs active or when they reach a certain HP threshold, and will last until they are stunned out of it.
- However, should any of the allied characters directly involved in a Kizuna Rush are defeated, the Kizuna rush will instantly end and has to be activated manually once more. The player is completely disabled from using a Kizuna Rush when they have no allied characters to use it with.
- Two specific character combinations can be used to activate special Kizuna Rush effects that can stack upon one another, depending on the relationships between the characters in the Kizuna Rush canon to the source material of One Piece:
- Call You Call Me a Crew Mate?: Activated between two characters who are part of the same pirate crew and/or organization. Extends Kizuna Rush duration, and can stack upon one another to increase the extension if more related allies are added to the Kizuna Rush that provide the same effect.
- Love Is Always a Hurricane: Activated between two characters that harbor romantic affiliations with each other in various forms. Allows the Kizuna Gauge gain one level at the end of each Kizuna Rush activation, allowing it to be filled up faster each time it's cancelled.
- I'll Be Better Than You: Activated between two characters who have an intense rivalry. Increases the rate that an enemy unit's stun gauge fills up, allowing them to be stunned sooner.
- Thanks for Everything!: Activated between two characters who have done each other great favors, mainly as close friends. Renders the player character completely invincible to all forms of damage during the Kizuna Rush.
- You Are My Family: Activated between two characters who have any form of familial bond, blood-related or not. Slows down time all around the player character for the duration of the Kizuna Rush.
- Players can do a special killing blow executed by the entire team called "Special Kizuna Attack" (tap
- Coins are now an expendable resource to permanently upgrade character stats and unlock a character's secondary Special Attack. A maximum of 99 coins of each normal character coin can be held at a time. Coins are no longer found on the battlefield itself, and are instead earned through correlating with crew members during Kizuna Attack/Rush usage, or via defeating important characters as enemies. The coins are automatically collected once obtained.
- Rare Coins have specific unlock conditions, and only need to be obtained once for the entire roster to utilize. Unlike bronze coins, Rare Coins are not consumable, and can be used as many times as needed. These coins are usually used to max characters' stats and break their level 50 limit. For some characters, other content from them can be unlocked through this method.
- Beli can be used to purchase costumes that have been unlocked by Coins and to potentially level up characters to the same level of the highest leveled character; Beli leveling only works up to level 50. The max level cap is 100, as per the previous game.
- Beli now also manually gravitates towards the player after a set time upon appearing.
- Giant boss battles like Oars are present; boss battles may have enemy characters use NPC-specific attacks.
- Maps in this game are built upon the prior installment's style with extra touches.
- Special Attacks used with no longer have their viewpoint shifted if blocked by walls at certain angles, and instead zoom in closer on the character during their cinematics.
- EXP bars and characters' intro scenes and victory scenes have been removed.
- Downloadable content consists of extra stages and costumes.
Modes[]
Legend Mode[]
The main story mode of One Piece offers players a unique ending to the Dressrosa arc, with two player co-op options. Prioritizing this mode unlocks additional characters for other modes, and completing it unlocks the game's credits movie. The Legend Log provides Treasure Events and conditions for obtaining Rare Coins.
Free Log[]
This is essentially Free Mode using stages from Legend Mode. Characters who have been unlocked but have yet to become available in other modes can be used here.
Dream Log[]
Dream Log is a mode similar to Dynasty Warriors 7 and Hyrule Warriors, offering challenge stages for any character. Players can unlock additional playable characters by defeating them on their respective islands. The mode is a large chain of islands connected by paths, with grades assigned based on performance. Missions are based on themes and generate hypothetical dialogue between characters. Skill Posters assigned to each character allow players to bond with characters unavailable in Legend Mode. Skills can be equipped by any character once learned.
A bounty will have a chance to randomly generate after the player completes a stage. These characters are moving targets that carry Rare Coins which are mainly used for Level Breaking; if they are not defeated, they will disappear after a set period of time. Bounties can be forced to spawn by paying for their spawn in the Beli Shop.
Clearing this mode once unlocks every playable character for every mode, a congratulations message for beating the game, and the credits movie again. If the player revisits this mode afterwards, Nightmare Log is unlocked. It is basically a higher-leveled, stronger version of Dream Log that is advised to be challenged by characters who have surpassed their level 50 caps.
Upon revisiting a completed version of either Dream Log or Nightmare Log, a random set of playable characters will inhabit the areas that the prior unlockable characters occupied (barring the player-selected character), and cannot be selected in Dream/Nightmare Log unless they are beaten again. The set of enemy characters will change each time the two of the final islands are completed per run.
Options[]
Manual saving and loading. Options to alter controls, sound, and so on.
Gallery[]
The Crew Gallery displays player progress, including Coins, Skill Posters, and Treasure Events. It also provides character data and One Piece terminology. Unlocked events, cutscenes, and music can be played again.
Characters[]
The following playable characters make a return:
- Monkey D. Luffy - playable
- Roronoa Zoro - playable
- Nami - playable
- Usopp/Sogeking - playable
- Marco - playable
- Sanji - playable
- Tony Tony Chopper - playable
- Nico Robin - playable
- Franky - playable
- Brook - playable
- Dracule Mihawk - playable
- Crocodile - playable
- Blackbeard (either one or both Devil's Fruits depending on the player's choice) - playable
- Bartholomew Kuma - playable
- Jimbei - playable
- Boa Hancock - playable
- Trafalgar Law - playable
- Buggy the Clown - playable
- Akainu - playable
- Aokiji - playable
- Kizaru - playable
- Monkey D. Garp - playable
- Smoker - playable
- Enel - playable
- Perona - playable
- Whitebeard - playable
- Portgas D. Ace - playable
Rob Lucci, Magellan, Emporio Ivankov, and Gecko Moria are now playable. Characters debuting in this entry include:
- Sabo - playable
- Donquixote Doflamingo - playable
- Fujitora - playable
- Tashigi - playable
- Shanks - playable
- Caesar Clown - playable
- Coby
- Hody Jones
- Morgan
- Kuro
- Alvida
- Daz Bones
- Bellamy
- Burgess
- Wiper
- Oars
- Vergo
- Monet
Stages[]
The returning stages were redesigned while new stages are added.
- Shells Town
- Syrup Village
- Loguetown
- Mock Town
- Fishman Island
- Dressrosa
Trophies[]
| Icon | Name | Unlock Method | Type |
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I'm going to become the King of the Pirates! | Acquire all trophies. | Platinum |
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You'll have to search the whole world! | Achieve 100% legend points in all episodes. | Gold |
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We... know everything in all of history... | Complete the entire gallery. | Gold |
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People's dreams never die!!! | Complete the "Final Island" in the Dream Log. | Gold |
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You've grown into a fine man. That hat looks good on you...! | Obtain 20 or more skills. | Silver |
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You're All My Family | Increase 20 or more character's crew level to max. | Silver |
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You Possess The Most Fearsome Power...!! | Defeat 300 enemies using a single Kizuna Rush. | Silver |
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We will carry his ideals onward! | Complete the final chapter of the Legend Log. | Silver |
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There's just so much! And it's scattered everywhere! | Obtain 100 or more types of coins. | Silver |
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Rise to the top! | Achieve 100% legend points in a single episode. | Silver |
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My bounty is 400 million Beli?! | Obtain 20 or more skill posters. | Silver |
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Lay your life on the line and come with me! | Unlock all characters. | Silver |
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If we meet now, the promise will change, Luffy. | Complete the Dream Log. | Silver |
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I'll take you all on! Even tens of thousands of 'ya! | Defeat over 100,000 enemies. | Silver |
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I'll only grow stronger. | Break through one character's growth limit. | Silver |
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He Certainly Is A Legendary Monster!! | Defeat over 10,000 enemies using Special Attacks. | Silver |
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As expected of Luffy's Crew... | Defeat over 10,000 enemies using Kizuna Attacks. | Silver |
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We're a team, aren't we? | Increase one character's crew level to max. | Bronze |
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We're "Wanted Men" now! | Obtain one skill poster. | Bronze |
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We'll always be friends!! | Complete the Legend Log Prologue. | Bronze |
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We just gotta find out when we get there! | Complete 15 or more islands in the Dream Log. | Bronze |
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Two years later!! At the Sabaody Archipelago!!! | Complete the fourth chapter of the Legend Log. | Bronze |
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This crew is hard to handle | Complete the third chapter of the Legend Log. | Bronze |
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There's probably a lot more of these. | Obtain 50 or more types of coins. | Bronze |
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So, What Dream Should I Chase After Next? | Complete 25% or more of the gallery. | Bronze |
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So long! And thanks for the treasure! | Obtain one coin. | Bronze |
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See You At The Top | Get an S-rank results evaluation for a single episode. | Bronze |
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Save me, Sniper King! | Unleash your first Hero Power. | Bronze |
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No sweat, Captain! | Unleash your first Kizuna Rush. | Bronze |
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Nice, Zoro! | Unleash your first Kizuna Attack. | Bronze |
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Let's go! "The Grand Line"! | Complete the first chapter of the Legend Log. | Bronze |
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If he wasn't capable of that, we'd have to have a new Captain. | Defeat 1,000 enemies in a single battle. | Bronze |
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I'm gonna defeat you!! | Obtain one skill. | Bronze |
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I'll be your "Legendary Hero"!!! | Use Hero Power at least 100 times. | Bronze |
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I can't do anything right, so I need the help! | Unleash 20 or more Kizuna Attacks in a single battle. | Bronze |
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He's already got... such a trustworthy Crew. | Use Kizuna Attacks of 3 different crew mates in 1 battle. | Bronze |
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El Dorado was in the sky all along! | Complete the second chapter of the Legend Log. | Bronze |
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Don't underestimate the potential of my crew! | Unleash a Special Bond Attack with four crewmates. | Bronze |
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Common sense does not apply in this ocean! | Complete five or more islands in the Dream Log. | Bronze |
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...Hey, cook. gimme a hand for a few seconds. | Change crew members for the first time. | Bronze |
Related Media[]
The first teaser was revealed on stage by Bandai-Namco at Tokyo Game Show 2014 September 19. It was at the Bandai-Namco Games booth at Jump Festa '15. This title will be a part of the PlayStation 4 Day Caravan play test campaigns in Japan.
Koinuma and Nakajima presented Sabo gameplay footage, the fourth promotional trailer and new information live at Shinjiku Alta February 14~15. Attendees could have gazed upon a life-sized Ace and Whitebeard monument and received a clear file and a Meramera Fruit ticket. The producers presented the title again on the March 17, 2015 Retort Kiyo Ryouran no Game Jikkyou 876TV live broadcast.
It is one of the three One Piece games offered in the limited time One Piece Burning Blood release discount campaign.
Trivia[]
- When an existing character is selected on certain maps in Free Log mode (e.g. Usopp selected on the Syrup Village stage), both allied and enemy alike, the game will consider them to be separate characters, thus causing a body-double effect. Same goes for Downloadable content stages.
- This can also happen randomly on either a Dream Log or Nightmare Log stage for a recruit-able ally, where if two different events happen to occur with the said ally in question involved.
- Many of the attack effectiveness of certain characters vary depending on the source material, such as Sanji being unable to inflict damage on female characters as a carry-over from the prior 2 games. Another major example is Luffy, Chopper, and Fujitora being immune to Hancock's petrification, all for different various reasons.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Official Japanese website, Official Twitter, Official Youtube playlist
- Steam store link
- Official Japanese PlayStation site, PlayStation Japan blog post, PS4 Takayuki Yamada commercial 2, PS4 Get Chance! commercial
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