And in what seems like an odd recurrence – especially since it’s otherwise quite loyal to the source material – it skips the Skypiea arc as well (as well as the Davy Back Fight arc), i don’t what fans or developers have against it, but here we are. The game follows the original story quite closely, from Fusha Town (the hometown of Luffy) to the story arc of Marineford, which is nice for fans, but the presentation is shite, which isn’t a small issue, since it’s a rpg, and the cutscenes are frankly embarrassing, so much you’ll resent the inusual fidelity to the source material. Luffy holds onto that promise, and trains to eventually set sail and explore the seas, in search of companions, because he also ate a Devil Fruit, a mystical fruit that made him a “rubber man” but also made him unable to swim. Luffy makes friends with and it’s saved by the red haired pirate Shanks, which entrusts him with its straw hat, with the promise of returning the hat back when he’ll become the Pirate King. Like the subtitle indicates, Romance Dawn tells the story of One Piece from the very beginning, when a young boy named Monkey D. In retrospect i wish Namco Bandai kept this one for themselves. And – quite fitting – One Piece first videogame adaptation was a RPG for the ol’ WonderSwan, and others followed, but before this one (which is actually a port from PSP) they were all only released in Japan. Why? Because while an action/adventure or beat em up game is maybe more fitting for the license/series, a One Piece rpg is a concept that shouldn’t take that much to work, especially since there’s a fuckton of material to adapt for the story, and it’s pirates, anime pirates, but still, the sense of adventure and discovering new enemies and friends is quite fitting for a game of this type.Īnd One Piece is basically the most fitting heir to Dragon Ball, which wasn’t first adapted as an action game, but as a series of rpgs (Japan only), and if a series about aliens that can turn into berzerker monkeys and beat the shit of each other (and other aliens) can make for a good rpg, for sure One Piece can. Ok, since World Seeker is launching tomorrow, time to write another review of One Piece: Romance Dawn for 3DS ( for italian readers, here’s my old review, if you really wish to read it, i don’t recommend doing so), which i’d say it’s the worst One Piece game i’ve ever played, and – maybe – the worst of them all so far (not counting crossover titles like Jump Force, i saw the cutscenes and i almost couldn’t believe that was basically launching in a week).
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