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One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...

'' video games series is published by

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, later as part of

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, and is based on

Eiichiro Oda is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series ''One Piece'' (1997–present). With more than 516.5 million ''tankōbon'' copies in circulation worldwide, ''One Piece'' is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-se ...

's shonen

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and

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series of the same name. The games take place in the fictional world of ''One Piece'', and the stories revolve around the adventures of

Monkey D. Luffy , also known as , is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''One Piece'' manga series, created by Eiichiro Oda. Luffy made his debut as a young boy who acquires the properties of rubber after accidentally eating one of the devil f ...

and his

Straw Hat Pirates The ''One Piece'' manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using va ...

, the franchise's protagonists. The games have been released on a variety of

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and handheld consoles. The series features various genres, mostly

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—the predominant type in the series' early years—and

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s, such as the titles of the ''Grand Battle!'' sub-series. The series debuted in Japan on July 19, 2000 with ''From TV Animation – One Piece: Become the Pirate King! (One Piece: Mezase Kaizoku Ou!)''. The series contains 56 games including 11 mobile games, not counting appearances in crossover titles. More than five years passed after the anime series' debut, '' One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush'', was released outside Japan on September 7, 2005. Out of thirty-eight games (not including non-Japanese games), eleven have been released in North America, two in Australia and thirteen in Europe. Japan's large demand for such games leads its companies to produce the titles with haste and thus low regard for quality. The opposite is the case with the ''One Piece'' video game, which has been produced for and exclusively released to the North American markets, and was crowned "GBA Platformer of the Year" in 2005 by

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's network of game websites. The ''One Piece'' games have received mixed reception; assessments ranged from "slightly below or slightly above average" to "a grand video-game series".

Series

''One Piece: Grand Battle!''

''One Piece: Unlimited''

''One Piece: Pirate Warriors''

Mobile video games

Mobile games not in operation

Related games that feature ''One Piec''e characters

Commercial reception

Japan retail

References

External links

Official Bandai Namco Europe website
{{Franchises owned by Bandai Namco Holdings * One Piece (video game series) One Piece (video game series)

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