One Piece: Grand Battle!
2001
- fighting
- action
- single player
The story
From TV Animation One Piece: Grand Battle! is a Japanese fighting video game developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai. It is the first game in the One Piece: Grand Battle series and the second game to be based on the One Piece manga and anime. This game's introduction uses the theme song We Are! (ウィーアー! Wī Ā!) from the One Piece Anime.
What it’s like
Bright, cel-shaded sprites on flat, saturated stages, the look of a late-nineties PlayStation fighter rendered in the chunky polygon-and-sprite hybrid of its era, with stages that sit in plain daylight and little atmosphere beyond the colour of the backdrop. The sound is loud and bouncy: the sharp hits and whooshes of an arcade brawler, with the anime's upbeat theme "We Are!" opening the game and carrying the tone of a Saturday-morning cartoon. The feel is light, arcade-quick and immediate, built for button-mashing one-on-one bouts and short sessions rather than long immersion. Its vibe is energetic, goofy and nostalgic, with a warm, cartoonish sense of fun rather than tension. Violence is cartoon-style: stylised punches, combos and knockouts with no gore and no real menace. It suits a rainy afternoon with a controller, a nostalgic replay, or a casual session with a friend, and it is for fans of the series and anyone who wants a bright, undemanding fighter with a childlike sense of play.
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