One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush
| One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush | |
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| Developer(s) | Ganbarion |
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One Piece One Piece: Grand Battle! |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (2 players) |
One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush (ワンピース グラバト！ラッシュ Wan Pīsu: Gurando Batoru! Rasshu), known in the U.S. as One Piece: Grand Battle! and in Europe as Shonen Jump's One Piece: Grand Battle!, is a fighting game made in Japan based on the anime and manga series One Piece. It is the fourth and final game in One Piece's Grand Battle series and the nineteenth One Piece video game released.
Plot
Much like the manga and anime it is based on, Monkey D. Luffy wants to take Gol D. Roger's place to become King of the Pirates. Together with his crew namely, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Nico Robin are on a quest to search for the great treasure One Piece (ワンピース Wan Pīsu) and also to fulfill their own dreams. The story is based on the East Blue saga up to the Foxy's Return arc.
Gameplay
There are four different modes in the game: Grand Battle, a one-player/two player mode that features unlocked fighters and stages; Story Mode, a mode that follows every character through the story; Training, a testing mode to test one's skill; and Tourney, a tournament mode that allows to select a character and fight in it and baseball mode.
Sequel
The Sequel of One Piece: Grand Battle entitled One Piece: Grand Adventure, which in Grand Adventure, you play along with 5 captains. Luffy is Easy, Buggy is Normal, Crocodile is Hard, Chaser/Smoker is Insane and especially Usopp is Pirate Panic (from level 40-100).
Reception
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The game was met with average reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 72% and 69 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version,[2][4] and 71% and 67 out of 100 for the GameCube version.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 "One Piece Grand Battle for GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- 1 2 "One Piece: Grand Battle for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- 1 2 "One Piece Grand Battle for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- 1 2 "One Piece: Grand Battle for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
External links
- One Piece: Grand Battle at MobyGames
- Bandai America's Official Website (archived)
- One Piece Grand Battle RUSH! (Japanese)