One Piece: Unlimited Cruise - Episode: 1 & 2 (PAL Releases Announced)

Battle Franky

Unless this is some sort of mistake both Unlimited Cruise games have been announced for release by Atari for June and October.

Official Atari site

Saw this earlier, from next week's Jump:

ONE PIECE　UNLIMITED CRUISE
ワンピース　アンリミテッドクルーズ

メーカーはバンダイナムコゲームス。機種はWii。
エピソード1が2008年夏発売予定。エピソード2が2008年冬発売予定。
ジャンルはアクションアドベンチャー。

Published by Bandai/Namco. For Wii
Episode 1 Planned to go on sale Summer '08. Episode 2 is planned for Winter '08.
Genre is Action/Adventure.

Official Website: (Last Update - 2/25)

http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/wii_onepiece2/

Jump Festa '08 Trailer:

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Cap'n Carter

Hope it looks better than Adventure does

Local-chan

oooooo, so is this like a game or something? As soon as I saw episodes I thought it was one of those Download things XD

Randy1031

SWEET! Nice catch BF.

I was waiting for when the next game would be announced.

I really hope they expand the VS mode in this one and bring back some classic villains. We know for sure that Thriller Bark mains are in… and they'll probably make up moves now for a certain ...someone.

Hmm what about Odz? That would be really interesting. He'll probably be incorporated somehow but playing as him would be pretty outrageous due to size difference, it would be even worse than Whitebeard in UA.

That is unless they just say screw it and put him in anyway at a shrunken size.

Still I'd take Buggy, Kuro, Wapol ... Bellamy … and even Gin over Odz any day.

If they can make up moves for Whitebeard, Calgara, Shanks, and Mihawk, they can make up moves for Bellamy and Gin.

Also, the return of Wiper anyone? He was mad fun in Grand Battle 3.

MoonNeko

Sounds interesting.. any pics of it?? I'd like to see if there are gonna be any older villians that didnt' make an Appearance in Unlimted Adventure. And actually.. I don't know much about any other One Piece games.. xD I'm sorry, you can flame me it's okay x_x;

Cap'n Carter

I demand Gedatsu

and Foxy

and fuck, Wanze too

Zulen

I came into this thread thinking it was the UA thread. But this is awesome, regardless.

Saloma

@Cap'n:

I demand Gedatsu

and Foxy

and fuck, Wanze too

What he said.

For a second, I thought this was the dub name for Unlimited Adventure. Scared me for some reason…

RomanGod

Oh, cool. I wonder if it'll have any boat gameplay… What with "cruise" and all... Of course, that could just be a name and nothing else.

Randy1031

Above all else, before we get into the new characters that should appear, I say they need to put in any and all characters that have appeared in previous games. Establish some sort of consistency.

raj

Neat, hopefully it'll improve where UA lagged.

Episodic? Wonder how that'll play itself out.

RuNa

OH GOD COUNT ME IN

Seriously, I LOVED UA. I never thought they'd make another like it because I didn't think it sold too well.

WELL, here's hoping my favorite skeleton will be the 9th main character in this new game.

Maikeru22

Buggy+Kuro+Foxy baby!

God_Eneru

America get's UA then all of a sudden a new game has to come out in japan..xD Oh well I might import it or I might wait another two years before we get this one.

Dragon Warrior Steve

We better get some Buggy, Foxy, Brook, and Bellamy up in this bitch.

Strongbad456

If it is a sequel to Ulimited Adventure(It more than likely is) then I want Brook playable. That's all I want. Also I was thinking about the name and what it could mean for the gameplay. Maybe we'll be sailing on Thousand Sunny to different Islands as the game progresses. That would be fun.

Maikeru22

Moria! Moria! Moria!

J-Sack

Aw, still nothing for PS3 (yay easy to import).

Well, hopefully we will show that UA sells well so they think about these.

King Kobra

Episodes? Does this mean that they are going to make an entire series of Games about every arc of the Series? That could work if they improve the interactivity and add a bit more of customization at the moment of picking the atacks for each character.

HEATXZ

Awesome a sequel! i want Brook,Wanze,Blackbeard,Hatchi,Perona,Blueno,Moria,Buggy,Gedatsu,Ohm,Mr.1,Mr.3,Miss GoldenWeek,Wapol,Foxy,Pell,Jyabura,Don Acchino,Brindo/Kanpachino,Hockera,and Absalom

Maikeru22

@HEATXZ:

Awesome a sequel! i want Brook,Wanze,Blackbeard,Hatchi,Perona,Blueno,Moria,Buggy,Gedatsu,Ohm,Mr.1,Mr.3,Miss GoldenWeek,Wapol,Foxy,Pell,Jyabura,Don Acchino,Brindo/Kanpachino,Hockera,and Absalom

that's alot to ask for, I doubt filler characters will be in it though

Tsuchirinhon

Gedatsu and Kumadori is essential.

KaizokuFan22

yay for the wii! i am lucky again. hope it does go to states though

ViewtifulV

I would love to play as Nightmare Luffy.

Buuhan1

Awesome, here's to new info FAST.

Ivotas

For the Wii again? I could have bet my rear end on it that the next game would be for the PS3. Well, I can still wait.

Buuhan1

The Wii is the perfect console for One Piece, I wouldn't be surprised if it ever goes to PS3. Least…not till PS3 gets a larger audience.

fps_anth

Awesome. Hopefully it comes to North America as well.

King Kobra

@maikeru22:

that's alot to ask for, I doubt filler characters will be in it though

Why not? Filler kid and filler seahorse from Ocean Dream were in Dragon Dream.

Buuhan1

They were also in Ocean Dream for Playstation 1, the game Dragon Dream was based off of, in turn Ocean Dream being based off the filler arc.

AWB

Until we get more information, I see no reason to get excited. Who knows, we may hate to see the roster; Perona might be on it.

I can hear the spit takes. As much as I like her, I think she'd make a horrible playable character.

Buuhan1

Truthly, all the Thriller Bark characters would be crappy playable characters. Yes, even Brooke. But if they can do it with other characters they can do it with them.

Brooke just seems like he'd be a watered down Zoro. Odz a clone of Monster Chopper or some crap, Absalom…vanishing and shooting at you, wow. And Perona? What can she do? Throw bombs, send a ghost through you to lower your attack, and grow huge and sit on your ass.

...you know, Perona is actually the most interesting one among them in terms of fighting.

Xepher

Yeah. XD

I was happy about a sequel! Sicne UA is coming to america, Unlimited Cruise has a decent shot as well. But probably not till we get to W7.

King Kobra

@Buuhan1:

Truthly, all the Thriller Bark characters would be crappy playable characters. Yes, even Brooke. But if they can do it with other characters they can do it with them.

Brooke just seems like he'd be a watered down Zoro. Odz a clone of Monster Chopper or some crap, Absalom…vanishing and shooting at you, wow. And Perona? What can she do? Throw bombs, send a ghost through you to lower your attack, and grow huge and sit on your ass.

...you know, Perona is actually the most interesting one among them in terms of fighting.

I can't help but think of Gash Bell games when I think of Absalom and Perona being playable.

They would be like the equivalent of Baransha (some panther that could become invisible, yet I dunno what other side effect that ability got besides making her transparent, even the Dumbest AI could hit her) and Kanchome, who could turn big (illusion) in other game to dodge most atacks, so yeah, they wouldn't suck, but they wouldn't be great either.

Oh, yes, now I remember, it was in Smash where invisibility got a bonus that I never noticed. Can't remember it, but it would be such nonsense if Absalom got some kind of bonus from his plain ability.

AWB

@Buuhan1:

…you know, Perona is actually the most interesting one among them in terms of fighting.

I don't even consider her a fighter. What does she do? Subdue her opponents, and then lets her animal zombies finish them off. If she were in the game, she'd probably run around using her umbrella as a battering ram, and her ghost attacks would be the same as kamehamaha waves. That doesn't sound too fun to me.

King Kobra

@Pass:

I don't even consider her a fighter. What does she do? Subdue her opponents, and then lets her animal zombies finish them off. If she were in the game, she'd probably run around using her umbrella as a battering ram, and her ghost attacks would be the same as kamehamaha waves. That doesn't sound too fun to me.

Her ghosts could be homing missiles. The Mini-Hollows could spread around the arena while the big ones just chase down the opponent like the ghosts of pacman, and of course, the negative hollows could stun the target or even slow them down or just decrease the strength of their atacks. There's also her astral projection, wich could work like Ness's PK-Thunder, plus the thing of the projection being able to use all of her atacks without taking any damage.

ARO

Does anyone else really want Franky's father in this game (forgot his name) Although I doubt this will happen. I think it would be really fun to play as a big fish man LOL. If they can make up attacks for Shanks and Whitebeard. They can make up attacks for him! Also wiper, foxy, and all of the CP9 (besides Spandam) is a must for this game. O and one more thing whats with the episodes? Are they gonna do the same thing that half life did?

Aceburner

@ARO:

Does anyone else really want Franky's father in this game (forgot his name)

I don't think he has one yet. All we know is he is (or was) a pirate.

About Brook: I think he'd be more like a rapier fighter than a Zoro clone. He uses a cane sword, so I think it'd be lighter than a Katana.

raj

I think he meant Tom.

Aceburner

@raj:

I think he meant Tom.

Now THAT would be a strange moveset.

captainjustin

Are we really supposed to think of Tom as Franky's father? Yeah, he raised him and taught him how to be a man, which definitely makes him Franky's father figure, but we don't really know Franky's biological father (and I always wondered what that guy in Franky's family meant when he said that Franky's father was a pirate… Tom or... ??)

Anyway, stoked to play UA next month. Can't wait to see screenshots of the new games--2 parts! I bet the first game will have a focus on W7 and the CP9 and the second game will be Thriller Bark oriented. All I want is to beat ass as a bony afro. That's all I want. Some Sunny controlling would be sweet too. Funny how almost all of the OP games give you none of the sense of sea exploration...

Aceburner

@captainjustin:

Anyway, stoked to play UA next month. Can't wait to see screenshots of the new games–2 parts! I bet the first game will have a focus on W7 and the CP9 and the second game will be Thriller Bark oriented. All I want is to beat ass as a bony afro. That's all I want. Some Sunny controlling would be sweet too. Funny how almost all of the OP games give you none of the sense of sea exploration...

I always thought the Island exploring and sailing aspects of Zelda: Windwaker would go well in a One Piece game.

Maikeru22

@Aceburner:

Now THAT would be a strange moveset.

ATTACK WITH A DON!!!
IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZER WITH A DON!!!

ARO

Yes I meant Tom. How could I ask for Franky's biological father to be in this game when we haven't even seen how he looks like.

captainjustin

@Aceburner:

I always thought the Island exploring and sailing aspects of Zelda: Windwaker would go well in a One Piece game.

that's exactly what i was thinking of! a lot of people complained about the sailing aspect of windwaker, but it was what i loved about it! nice avatar, btw… just beat bellum yesterday!

tony-kun

@Zulen:

I came into this thread thinking it was the UA thread.

Same.

I just wish they'd just already fucking make a 4 Player Rush without cutscene supers. Sick of these mediocre adventure titles.

Bring back the fucking fighting games.

ARO

^Agreed

16 FTW's

Aceburner

@captainjustin:

nice avatar, btw… just beat bellum yesterday!

Yeah, I shouldn't even have this thing. I don't have PH. I just saw the opening on Youtube and had to have it.

Silver R. Bolt

I'm sure Unlimited Adventure will be great. I'm gonna have high hoeps for this game too! One Piece should be Adventure games, that's what One Piece is, an adventure.

tony-kun

An adventure through generic islands fighting through hordes of generic baddies isn't though.

Really though. Adventure felt like they took a rejected adventure title concept, and slapped one piece in it(Starfox adventures anyone?)

While RUSH had tons of cameos in the stages, cutscenes, and even movesets.

So I still feel that the grand battle games were better one piece games than the adventure ones ever will be.