One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (ワンピース海賊無双3, Wan Pīsu Kaizoku Musō Surī) is the third entry in the One Piece Pirate Warriors series and the first One Piece game for the PS4. Its general concept is to cover the series's narrative with scenes from its beginnings to current arcs.

Hisashi Koinuma (Koei) and Kouji Nakajima (Bandai-Namco Games) return as producers.

Buy the game new to receive a serial code to play Sabo early, a special costume for Luffy, and a code to unlock characters in ONE PIECE Treasure Cruise. Those who purchase the limited PS4 special edition receive an exclusive PS4 theme.

Gameplay

 * A handful of characters have had their special attacks revamped or changed. By this proxy, nearly all characters have both pre-time-skip and New World versions as alternate costumes. The former makes use of their Pirate Warriors 1 move list as a base, while the latter may or may not use their Pirate Warriors 2 move list.
 * A new combination attack called "Kizuna Rush" (Bond Rush) can be used by two characters to beat mobs and boss characters (activated by filling up the Kizuna Gauge to 4 levels max and pressing R2 to activate). Players can also do a special killing blow executed by both characters called "Kizuna Hisatsuwaza" (Bond Sure-Killing Art; tap during rush). More characters can be added to a Kizuna Rush and Kizuna Special Attack the more the player shifts through and maxes out the Kizuna gauge for each individual ally. Only up to four extra characters maximum can partake in a Kizuna Rush.
 * The Kizuna Rush also takes place of the "Style" mechanic in the previous game, where during it, characters enter their special states (such as Luffy entering Gear Second via pre-time-skip version).
 * Also newly introduced is the Kizuna/Bond Attack, a followup move that is performed by pressing the corresponding button during the end of any basic attack chain ( during any attack, or undefined during any undefined attack). If done so, the player's character will leap back and selected character on the Kizuna Gauge will jump in perform a specific followup move; this can only be done if the gauge is up to Level 2.
 * During a Kizuna Rush however, they instead turn into attack chains that for playable characters, will be the exact same chain you used to setup the attack (e.x.: all playable allies in the Kizuna Rush will use a C3 chain if you happened to setup up a Kizuna Chain with your C3). Non-playable allies will instead use one set chain attack.
 * Legend Log includes Treasure Events to gain unique items; players can view the conditions for unlocking them within the pause menu.
 * Coins are no longer items that can be equipped, but are now an expendable resource to boost stats permanently. All coins have various specific conditions to be received, and up to 99 of each coin can be held in maximum.
 * Rare Coins are golden special coins that have more specific conditions, and only have one copy of themselves. However, they are usually used to fully max out some characters' stats and as well as break their Level 50 limit. Due to this, Rare Coins can be used on any of the characters that need specific ones and will not be expended per use.
 * Coins by this proxy can also be used to unlock alternate move lists (which as aforementioned appear as possible alternate costumes) and coins are now always used to unlock each character's second special attack with.
 * The Dressrosa arc has been added; but due to the game's release at the time of the arc, a slightly-altered original story is put in place.
 * In addition to the main story mode, a "Dream Log" mode is present with a chance to gain additional characters and items.
 * Boss battles against giant characters like Oars are present, and some main characters may also present a boss battle where the player is sealed up in a territory with them and were they can occasionally perform unique attacks exclusive to their boss battle.
 * Players will have access to a character's full moveset after breaking the level cap.
 * Downloadable content so far includes extra stages and costumes.

Characters
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

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

 * In the English release of the game, not only are there the usual media-differing localizations of terms, but the game's dialogue has notable inconsistencies:
 * There are many grammatical typos in the game, such as misuse of punctuation and lack of sentence breakers.
 * Tashigi during the Alabasta stage is referred to as a "he" during one battlefield message.