Bandai Namco Entertainment America recently released a new developer diary video that reveals information on the creation and gameplay systems of its upcoming action-adventure JRPG in the One Piece series, One Piece Odyssey. In the developer diary, One Piece Odyssey producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki and composer Motoi Sakuraba are joined by Ken Takano, editor-in-chief One Piece at Weekly Shonen Jump as they go over how Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. works with ILCA Inc. as the game’s developers, Eiichiro Oda’s involvement, and how the game’s score was created. The diary also features first looks at gameplay systems in One Piece Odyssey including combat and special features such as “Dramatic Scenes” and “Scramble Area Battle.” One Piece Odyssey is slated to release sometime in 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
The upcoming game’s details via Bandai can be seen below:
One Piece Odyssey transports the Straw Hats to a mysterious new island where they embark on quests and fight powerful enemies and massive bosses in exciting turn-based battles. In the game, players take on the role of nine of their favorite pirates, playing as Monkey. D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Franky, Sanji, Usopp, Nico Robin, Tony Tony. Chopper, and Brook.
Produced by Toei Animation and based on the top-selling manga title of all time by creator Eiichiro Oda, the One Piece series first premiered on Japanese TV in October 1999 and follows Monkey. D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Crew on their epic quest to find “One Piece,” the legendary treasure of the former King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger. Today, One Piece is now a global franchise that encompasses 15 feature films including the soon-to-be-released “One Piece Film Red,” home videos, video games, and an ever-growing catalog of licensed merchandise that includes accessories, toys, games, novelties, furniture, housewares, apparel and more.
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