ONE PIECE UNLIMITED ADVENTURE

Plot:
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.

Luffy, the crew, and the ship are scattered around the island. Luffy lands in the "Plains to Adventure" area, as well as a camp. This becomes the base of operations. Luffy goes out to find the rest of his crew, but is attacked by a strange creature named Popora. It seems to be trying to retrieve the jewel that Luffy has in his possession.

The Jewel begins to show signs of bringing past memories into view, as when Luffy meets one of his crew mates, their joining scene from the Manga/Anime is shown. After finding Usopp, Chopper, and Nami in "Fossil Beach", they find an alter. Luffy's jewel activates it, bringing an old foe, Captain Smoker's image in front of them. Not knowing why Smoker is there, Luffy and co. defeat him. Soon which, they run into Robin and Franky, and soon after Zoro and Sanji.

As the game progresses, the Straw Hat Pirates break more seals, while trying to figure out what is going on the island, as well as find the Thousand Sunny. They find the Sunny, as well as what the seals are exactly for in "Autumn Colored Ruins". A master evil is being concealed in the island, and Popora, is protecting the seals to prevent his resurrection.

The Crew decides to help Popora, as he should never be alone in protecting this island for as long as he has. Popora joins the crew, but is not selectable to play as, and follows them to help out. He speaks with showing flashbacks of his and the Straw Hat's.

Gameplay:
With a Targeting system similar to Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the game is an Adventure Real-Time RPG. The attacks are performed by pressing either A, or shaking the wiimote(another similarity to Twilight Princess). Combo's are activated by pressing A from 1 to 3 times, though Nami, Franky and Chopper only have 2 "A" combos. Dashing and jumping while pressing as also does different attacks. Character's attacks vary depending on which character(of eight), is selected. Some character can "Charge" their attack by holding A, while others can "Rampage" by repeatedly pressing a, or shaking the wiimote. To preform specials you have to press the C button and press either A for Special 1, or shake the wiimote for Special 2.

Luffy, Sanji, and Chopper's Special 2(C and Wiimote Shake) are transformations. Luffy performs "Gear 2nd", Sanji performs "Diable Jambe" and Chopper consumes a "Rumble Ball". Though Luffy's and Sanji's change their appearance by glowing red or consuming their right foot in fire respectively; All of their attacks change. Chopper's attacks go from "Darn You!" and "Charge!", to "Hoof Cross" and "Hoof Roseo Micheri". Luffy's attacks are all the same just renamed with "Jet", but his Special 1 has changed from "Gum Gum Storm" to "Gear 3rd: Gum Gum Gigant Pistol". All of Sanji's attacks remain the same, only he has a chance of burning his opponent, except when using his c+a combo, due to the fact it uses his left foot.

There are eight playable Straw Hats, with different types of gameplay. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Franky are all powerful brawlers, while other characters such as Usopp specialize in long range combat. Due to the leveling up system, you can chose to level up the characters you like, or you can level up all the characters(which is required to get a 100% Completion in the game).

You can play with different tools such as Bug Net, and Pick Axe. These are selected and you move the wiimote in the direction you want to swing. Other items such as Freeze Balls, Bombs, and Batteries can be used while fighting and power up your attacks. The Fishing Rod, is only usable when on a fishing spot. You hold A and shack the wiimote and let go to cast. To reel in you press/hold A, and tilt the wiimote left or right depending on the fish.

A fun addition to the game is the varies character traits. For example if Nami catches any type of frog, she will scream in disgust, Sanji does the same with the "Crossbone Dragonfly". If you put Usopp in his SogeKing Special Costume, his entire voice track has been replaced with a more heroic one, fitting his alter ego. If you put Chopper in his Chopperman Special Costume, in the Camp Site you can see him flying in the background.

Besides the Adventure mode, there is a Battle mode. You can play Vs. Mode, with a friend or the CPU. This mode lets you choose 40 different characters, all of which you have defeated in the Adventure mode. From the popular bosses such as Eneru and Rob Lucci(both Man, and Man/Beast forms), to the basic Marine and Island Soldier. There is also a Survival Mode where you can play as either one of the Straw Hats, or one of the bosses in a huge 1 man brawl against 200 enemies against the clock.

Playable Characters
Story Mode
In the story mode, all of the Straw Hat Pirates as current to the Enies Lobby arc are playable.
Monkey D. Luffy
Roronoa Zoro
Nami
Usopp
Sanji
Tony Tony Chopper
Rampaging Chopper
Nico Robin
Franky

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
Leopard Form
Whitebeard°
Calgara°
Popora
Evil Guardian
Evil Master Beast
Various Marines and Pirates
Ancient soldiers native to the island of the game


Anyone played this game. I played it over at my mates house and we literally could not stop playing. So, what are your thoughts?

It's actually quite good. I admit that when i first heard of One Piece i thought it was pretty stupid but the show as well as the games are all great. It is a very big hit in Japan and the USA and is nearly as popular as dragon ball Z. (but that will always remain supreme.)

Oh yes, and i admit that. I never act my age at all unless i am at work where i act the age of a 26 year old. ;D

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I'd play this, being a huge fan of the manga.

I love the manga as well. What bugs me is that we have to wait like 3 months for each volume to come out or 1 month for 1 chapter to come out in shonen jump magazine.

Lucky for me, i've been downloading the manga off the net.

What are you from? I was pretty sure nearly all places got the manga.