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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is a One Piece video game released for the Sony PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows. The game was announced in Shonen Jump magazine as a sequel to One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2, with Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei teaming up once again to publish it along with developer Omega Force, a subsidiary of Tecmo Koei.[1] The game takes place from the East Blue Saga until the Dressrosa Arc, with an original ending. A deluxe edition of the game was released on December 21, 2017 in Japan for the Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay[]

The gameplay is similar to the first two installments. A new feature is the Kizuna Rush, which summons another character alongside the player in battle to perform a combination attack. Up to four players can be summoned at once this way, with the finishing attacks becoming more powerful as more characters join.

During battle, one of the NPC support characters (known as Crew in the game) may become a Hero, which causes the Kizuna Gauge of the support character who is a hero to fill up more easily. Maxing out this support character's Kizuna Level and filling their Kizuna Gauge, will unleash their Hero Power. Each character (Playable & Support) have their own Hero Powers which produce different effects, such as causing a barrage (such as Fujitora causing a barrage of meteors, Sakazuki unleashing a barrage magma, or Garp throwing a barrage of Cannonballs) that deals out damage to every enemy on a stage, restoring health of allied units (Chopper & Sanji's hero power), reducing the enemy units attack power by intimidating them (Zoro and Luffy's Hero Power), or inspiring allied units increasing their combat effectiveness and attack strength. However tough enemies can also unleash their Hero Power which causes a stunned Gauge to appear over their head and when the gauge reaches 0 the enemy will be stunned causing their Hero Power to end.

Some characters like Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji can use a special state called an Overdrive which allow them to use their signature power-up states like Gear 2, Diable Jambe, or Sogeking when Kizuna Rush is activated. However these Overdrives are not automatically available and require specific Coins to unlock them. Also for most of the Logia users in the game, their Logia state acts as their Overdrive and unlike characters Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji these Overdrives do not need to be unlocked using Coins.

The main story mode, "Legend Log" mode features special cutscenes called "Treasure Events" which can be triggered under certain conditions (e.g. using a certain character, completing specific tasks, defeating a specific enemy, etc.). The main story mode contains 21 levels each corresponding to a story arc.

In addition to the main story mode, there is also a "Dream Log" mode, in which characters and items are revealed and unlocked as the player progresses through the mode's semi-randomized battles. After the Final Island in Dream Log is completed a second harder version called "Nightmare Log" is unlocked.

The game features a "Legend Diary" that functions as an overall progress indicator. Achieving S-Ranks on levels, defeating bosses with Special Kizuna Attacks and fulfilling other miscellaneous objectives gradually fills out the grid and rewards the player with coins that can be used to upgrade each character's stats, to unlock their second special attack, or unlock their overdrives (if they have one). The game also features "Skill Posters" for each character that allow the player to unlock various equipable skills by fulfilling certain conditions. All playable characters have a 50 Level Limit and in order to level up a character to Level 100 (the game's maximum level) one must obtain a set of Rare Coins (each character has their own set of coins required) to break their Level Limit.

Kizuna Rush Types[]

  • Paramecia: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will attack faster on the battlefield.
  • Logia: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player's defense will increase against enemies.
  • Zoan: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to enemies.
  • Swordsman's Knowledge: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to enemies and stun chances are higher.
  • Fiery Fighting Spirit: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to enemies and stun chances are higher.
  • Fishman Karate: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to nearby enemies.
  • Use the Six Powers: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to nearby enemies.
  • New Kama: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to nearby enemies.
  • Human Weapon: During a Kizuna frenzy, damage increases based on the number of enemies defeated.
  • Absolute Justice: During a Kizuna frenzy, damage and defense are increased against pirates.
  • Great Pirate Status: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to secondary characters.
  • Trickster: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to enemies far away.
  • Royal Disposition: During a Kizuna frenzy, the enemies' health bar will empty.
  • Haki: During a Kizuna frenzy, the player will deal more damage to enemies who are Devil Fruit users.
  • Training Results: During a Kizuna frenzy, attack increases against powerful enemies.
  • Start of a Journey: During a Kizuna frenzy, attack increases against named enemies.

Characters[]

Playable Characters[]

Many characters have a number of costumes to choose from. In the case of the Straw Hat Pirates and Blackbeard, their pre- and post-timeskip costumes have different movesets and special attacks. Unlike the previous game, pre-timeskip characters have no separate character slots. The remaining characters with bolded groups have a different character image and portrait depending on whether they are from pre- or post-timeskip, but no moveset changes. Costumes in italics are DLC.

Playable Characters[]

Playable Characters
Character Image Kizuna Rush Type Costumes
Monkey D. Luffy
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Monkey D. Luffy Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Paramecia/Start of a Voyage Normal
Enies Lobby
Thriller Bark
Sabaody
Impel Down
Samurai
Monkey D. Luffy PW Portrait Paramecia/Royal Disposition New World
"Z" Final Battle with meat
"Z" Final Battle
Carp
Roronoa Zoro
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Roronoa Zoro Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Swordsman's Knowledge/Start of a Voyage Normal
Loguetown
Sabaody
Kimono
Roronoa Zoro PW Portrait Swordsman's Knowledge/Haki New World
"Z" Final Battle
Nami
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Nami Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Trickster/Start of a Voyage Normal
Winter Clothes
W7
Kimono
SW
Wedding Dress
Nami PW Portrait Trickster/Training Results New World
Samurai Warriors Kunoichi
Dynasty Warriors Shangxiang
Dressrosa
Usopp
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Usopp Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Trickster/Start of a Voyage Normal
Enies Lobby
Kimono
Usopp PW Portrait Trickster/Training Results New World
Sanji
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Sanji Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Fiery Fighting Spirit/Start of a Voyage Normal
Kimono
Sanji PW Portrait Fiery Fighting Spirit/Haki New World
"Z" Final Battle
Tony Tony Chopper
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Tony Tony Chopper Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Zoan/Start of a Voyage Normal
Kimono
Tony Tony Chopper PW Portrait Zoan/Training Results New World
Nico Robin
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Nico Robin Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Paramecia/Start of a Voyage Normal
All Sunday
Kimono
Nico Robin PW Portrait Paramecia/Training Results New World
Samurai Warriors Kaihime
Dynasty Warriors Xingcai
Dressrosa
Franky
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Franky Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Human Weapon/Start of a Voyage Normal
Franky PW Portrait Human Weapon/Training Results New World
Brook
(Pre/Post Timeskip)
Brook Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Paramecia/Start of a Voyage Normal
Brook PW Portrait Paramecia/Training Results New World
Buggy Buggy PW Portrait Paramecia/Trickster Normal
Prison Uniform
Marineford
Dracule Mihawk Dracule Mihawk PW Portrait Swordsman's Knowledge/Great Pirate Status
Smoker Smoker PW Portrait Logia/Absolute Justice Normal
New World
Tashigi Tashigi PW Portrait Absolute Justice/Swordsman's Knowledge Normal
New World
Shambles
Crocodile Crocodile PW Portrait Logia/Great Pirate Status Normal
Marineford
Enel Enel PW Portrait Logia/Haki
Rob Lucci Rob Lucci PW Portrait Zoan/Use the Six Powers
Monkey D. Garp Monkey D. Garp PW Portrait Absolute Justice/Haki
Perona Perona PW Portrait Paramecia/Trickster Normal
Samurai Warriors Okuni
Dynasty Warriors Wang Yuanji
Thriller Bark
Gecko Moria Gecko Moria PW Portrait Paramecia/Great Pirate Status
Bartholomew Kuma Bartholomew Kuma PW Portrait Paramecia/Human Weapon
Trafalgar D. Water Law Trafalgar D. Water Law PW Portrait Paramecia/Great Pirate Status Normal
New World
Dressrosa
Jinbe Jinbe PW Portrait Fishman Karate/Great Pirate Status Normal
New World
Emporio Ivankov Emporio Ivankov PW Portrait Paramecia/New Kama
Magellan Magellan PW Portrait Paramecia/Absolute Justice
Boa Hancock Boa Hancock PW Portrait Paramecia/Royal Disposition Normal
Maiden Island
Samurai Warriors Naotora Ii
Dynasty Warriors Diaochan
3D2Y
Marco Marco PW Portrait Zoan/Haki
Portgas D. Ace Portgas D. Ace PW Portrait Logia/Royal Disposition Normal
SW
Edward Newgate Edward Newgate PW Portrait Paramecia/Royal Disposition
Borsalino Borsalino PW Portrait Logia/Absolute Justice Normal
New World
Sakazuki Sakazuki PW Portrait Logia/Absolute Justice Normal
New World
Marshall D. Teach
(Pre-Timeskip/Dual Devil Fruit)
Marshall D. Teach Pre Timeskip PW Portrait Logia/Great Pirate Status Normal
Impel Down
Logia/Paramecia New World
Kuzan Kuzan PW Portrait Logia/Absolute Justice Normal
New World
Caesar Clown Caesar Clown PW Portrait Logia/Trickster
Issho Issho PW Portrait Paramecia/Absolute Justice
Sabo Sabo PW Portrait Logia/Haki Normal
Lucy
Donquixote Doflamingo Donquixote Doflamingo PW Portrait Paramecia/Royal Disposition
Shanks Shanks PW Portrait Swordsman's Knowledge/Royal Disposition Normal
SW

Enemies[]

Supports Only[]

NPCs & Cameos[]

Locations[]

Main Log Levels[]

Story Differences[]

Despite following the manga storyline semi-faithfully, this game has made some changes for various reasons. This list only includes major differences.

  • Helmeppo does not appear in this game. During the Romance Dawn Arc, Luffy defeated Helmeppo while Zoro defeated Morgan. However, in the game's version of the arc, Helmeppo was replaced by generic Marines.
  • Several secondary antagonists have been excluded in this game, including members of the Buggy Pirates, Black Cat Pirates, Krieg Pirates, Arlong Pirates, Bliking Pirates, Baroque Works, Bellamy Pirates, God's Army, CP9, Thriller Bark Pirates, Marines, New Fish-man Pirates and Donquixote Pirates.
  • Some arcs are skipped. These include the Reverse Mountain, Whisky Peak, Little Garden, Long Ring Long Land and Amazon Lily arcs. However, the events of the Whisky Peak and Amazon Lily arcs are explained via text in cutscenes.
  • In the Enies Lobby Arc, the members of CP9 had the keys to Robin's handcuffs. However, in the game, the keys unlocked the Tower of Justice.
  • In the Thriller Bark Arc, Gecko Moria was defeated after being crushed by a falling tower. In the game, this was changed to him being knocked out by Luffy.
  • Because this game was released before the Dressrosa Arc concluded, the level "Dressrosa Trembles" had a completely original ending. In the game, Doflamingo was defeated by all of the Straw Hats, as well as Law, Sabo and Kuzan. However, Doflamingo escaped. In the manga, Doflamingo was defeated by just Luffy and Law and was arrested by Fujitora.

Gallery[]

Luffy Attacks New Fish-Man Pirates (Pirate Warriors 3)
Luffy vs. New Fish-Man Pirates members.
Hody Jones Closeup (Pirate Warriors 3)
A closeup of Hody Jones, after his Energy Steroid overdose.
Nami vs. New Fish-Man Pirates (Pirate Warriors 3)
Nami vs. New Fish-Man Pirates members.
Luffy Using Haoshoku Haki (Pirate Warriors 3)
Luffy using Haoshoku Haki to knock out half of the New Fish-Man Pirates members.
Luffy Rushes Through New Fish-Man Pirates (Pirate Warriors 3)
Luffy rushes through the New Fish-Man Pirates to reach Hody.
Luffy and Jinbe in Gyoncorde Plaza (Pirate Warriors 3)
Luffy and Jinbe in Gyoncorde Plaza, fighting against New Fish-Man Pirates members.
Nami Using Thunder Breed Tempo (Pirate Warriors 3)
Nami using Thunder Breed Tempo to defeat New Fish-Man Pirates members.
Nami Closeup (Pirate Warriors 3)
A closeup of Nami.
Luffy Kicking Hody (Pirate Warriors 3)
Luffy kicking Hody to prevent him from killing Neptune.

Trivia[]

  • In the game's opening, a scene with young Luffy, Sabo, and Ace each holding up a cup of Sake is shown, which is a reference to how they became brothers.
    • In the game's opening, several story cutscenes (such as Luffy receiving his Straw Hat from Shanks) are briefly shown in panels on the pages of a manga (as the pages go from right-to-left), until it is cut up by Kuro's Cat Claws.
    • At the end of the opening, adult Luffy, Sabo, and Ace each unleash their signature fire-based punches: Luffy uses Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk, while Ace and Sabo each use Hiken.
  • This is the first One Piece game to be on the PS4 and PC platform, not including J-Stars Victory Vs+.
  • Many small references to the series are made during the gameplay, such as Sanji not being able to attack women and Hancock's Devil Fruit powers having no effect on Fujitora due to him being blind.

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