One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 is a One Piece related video game released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Sony PS Vita. The game was announced in Shonen Jump magazine as a sequel to One Piece: Pirate Warriors, with Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei teaming up once again to publish it along with developer Omega Force, a subsidiary of Tecmo Koei.

Gameplay
The game features a new Partner system to replace the Crew Strike system from the first game. After the player builds up a certain meter, they will be able to use a special attack and switch to playing as their partner.

There is a new Haki usage system and Style Change system. Characters with Haki can activate it to knock out enemies (Haoshoku), enhance the power of their attacks (Busoshoku) or to instantly chain into combos (Kenbunshoku).

The style change meter fills up as the player defeats foes. The style changes depending on the character's style type.

Players can also earn money in and after completing stages to spend on leveling up characters faster, or in an in-game store to buy movies, music and more.

Every playable character in the game has an initial maximum level of 50, but the cap can be increased to level 100 by clearing levels on the very hard difficulty. The more levels are completed, the more of these items can be bought, until all characters' level caps are increased.

Dream Story
Unlike the first game, the story mode does not follow the manga, but instead has its own storyline, named as Dream Story, which sees a three-way battle between a Pirate Alliance formed by the Straw Hat Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates, Sakazuki's post-timeskip Marine Headquarters and the "Great Pirate Alliance" founded by the ultimate bosses of the game Gekko Moriah and Marshall D. Teach, along with other past enemies.

Prologue
The story starts after the two year timeskip, just after the crew reached the New World. They got surrounded by a Marine fleet led by Monkey D. Garp. He shoots his Ryuusei Meteor against the ship, then the Marine soldiers assault the pirates. After a short battle, which involves all the crew members, Luffy directly attacks an enemy ship with his Gomu Gomu no Rocket and fights Smoker. After this, Luffy comes back to the ship and the Knock Up Stream launches them up to Skypiea.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * The crew does not meet a Marine fleet after their entrance to the New World in the manga. However, they do meet one in the Z's Ambition Arc, though it's led by Momonga.
 * The crew has never fought against Smoker on a ship, nor against a fleet led by both Smoker and Garp.

Stage 1: Skypiea Arc
Upon their arrival on the White-White Sea, the crew is surprised by a storm released by Enel on his Ark Maxim and the playable character has to reach him.

After Enel is defeated, a cutscene starts, showing Enel restricting Luffy with a huge golden ball, causing Luffy to fall out of the ark, and the pirate returning and defeating Enel with the Gomu Gomu no Ougon Rifle. Afterwards, as the crew is discussing their newest victory, Nami shows her friends a strange, green and white dial, and explains to Franky in the process what dials are. Nami notes that she's never seen this type of dial before, and that nothing happened as she tried to press its apex. Luffy then asks for Nami to give it to him, and Nami agrees, though she tells him the dial is probably useless. Luffy decides to hold on to it anyway "because it's rare".

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * The canon Skypiea Arc is not set after the timeskip and the sky island is not located above the New World.
 * The Enel story does not start right after the entrance in the White-White Sea, but after the meeting with Conis and Pagaya which is omitted.

Stage 2: Punk Hazard Arc
The arc starts with a narration telling that after Sakazuki was promoted to Fleet Admiral, the Marines got much more powerful and much more relentless, hunting pirates all around the world. Surviving pirate crews either requested protection from larger crews, or formed alliances with other crews. Soon, an outbreak of battles of warring pirate clans began.

Immediately after returning in the New World, the Straw Hat Pirates realize that the Marines, led by Vice-Admiral Smoker, are still in hot pursuit. They decide to flee to the nearest island in the vicinity, which happens to be Punk Hazard. Here they fight against the G-5 Marine soldiers and then Smoker again, wh. They manage to slow him down and flee for the laboratory on the ice side of the island.

In the structure, they find a lot of strange purple dials. They release a dark fog which makes almost all the Straw Hat Pirates evil. Luffy and Nami, the only ones who were unaffected, flee out. Several of the Marines were also turned evil, forcing Smoker to call a cease-fire and cooperate with the Straw Hat Pirates as they escape the island.

After Luffy and Nami reach the Thousand Sunny, Smoker reveals that the cease-fire was a ruse to get to the Straw Hats' ship and requisition it. Smoker thus manages to capture the young pirates, and leaves Punk Hazard, despite Luffy and Nami's complaints, for their crew is still on the island.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * The whole Caesar Clown and Shinokuni story is omitted in favor of the dark dials story.

Wapol-Krieg Pirate Alliance Arc
The opening narration states that the Punk Hazard incident that separated the Straw Hat Pirates was immediately reported to the World Government. The Government learned that dials were involved in the incident, and reacted in an unusual manner: offering deals to powerful pirate crews across the world to cooperate with them in order to stop the Straw Hats. The pirates, under heavy attack from the Marines and wanting their own trump card, accepted the deals. Meanwhile, Smoker is on his way to take Luffy and Nami to the Marine Headquarters, as he recieves a call. Smoker learns that a restraining order has been placed on him and all soldiers under his command, as someone is accusing them of treason. He figures it has to do with the dials from Punk Hazard, and asks Luffy if he has one. Luffy recalls that he does, and that his dial was shaking around while his crew's dials were releasing the fog that made them evil. Smoker, wanting to figure out the secret behind these dials, orders Luffy to give him his dial. Luffy initially accepts, but Nami realizes that they need the dial in order to find the rest of the crew. She tries to strike a deal with Smoker: if he helps them find the missing crew members, they'll hand over the dial to him. Smoker initially refuses, but their conversation is interrupted by an enemy attack. Heavily outnumbers and out of other options, Smoker reluctantly decides to let Luffy and Nami free for the time-being, and the group reaches a place resembling the Baratie Restaurant.

There, they notice a strange alliance between Krieg and Wapol happened. Luffy also meets Franky, who attacks him with his Radical Beam. Luffy dodges it and then defeats the cyborg, returning him to his senses. They then defeat Krieg and Wapol; but as they think they have won, a huge number of enemy reinforcement appear. Kuzan appears on the restaurant, freezing the enemies. Krieg, not wanting to take on a former Admiral, retreats. Kuzan requests a fight from Luffy. After he is defeated, Kuzan notes how strong the crew has gotten, and starts to talk with them and Smoker. He warns them that Luffy's dial is extremely dangerous, though he doesn't know much more than that yet, as he quit the Marines. All that's certain is that the World Government and Marines aren't acting like usual, and that they best be careful. Kuzan also tells Smoker that "justice is in the eye of the beholder" and that he'll be fine as long as he follows his type. On these words, Kuzan leaves.

Later, Luffy and Nami are relieved that Franky is back to his old self. Nami figures Franky returned to his senses because his "fog dial" broke, though she isn't sure what Luffy's "shaking dial" does. They then ask Smoker what he's going to do next; the Vice-Admiral notes that he can't return to the Marines in this situation, so Nami asks him again to help them find their missing crew members. Because each of them has a fog dial, and Smoker wants to find out the truth behind them, it would be the best course of action for him and the crew. Smoker still refuses to work with pirates, but before the conversation could continue, a Marine soldier informs the Vice-Admiral that they have recieved word from the HQ: a bounty has been placed on Smoker, effectively making him a pirate, much to his shock.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * Smoker, Wapol, Franky and Kuzan do not appear during the Baratie Arc in the manga and anime series.
 * Wapol never reached the New World in the canon storyline. Also, this arc being set after the timeskip, Wapol should have quit being pirate to become the king of Black Drum Kingdom.
 * The final chat between Smoker and Kuzan greatly resembles the one they had at the start of the Dressrosa arc, except that the subject is not Donquixote Doflamingo but the dials.

Stage 3: "The Legendary Marine" Garp Arc
The opening narration states that as pirate alliances around the world became more active, pirate subjugation by the Marines was weakening. The Marine Headquarters' priority being to stop the Straw Hats, they would avoid fighting other pirate crews. In those turbulent times, Luffy, Nami, Franky and Smoker search around the seas for the missing Straw Hats. Along the way, a Marine ship led by Garp appears.

Garp talks with Smoker about his forced resignation from the Marines, noting that a tough soldier like Smoker wouldn't willingly act like a lowly criminal. Garp then states that he's not here to arrest them, but to warn them that the Marines will be after them for as long as they hold onto Luffy's Shaking Dial. Garp asks Luffy to give the Dial to him, saying he'll take good care of it, but Luffy refuses to hand it over, because not only does he need it to find his crew members, but he also promised to give it to Smoker when they do find them. Angered at this refusal, Garp decides to take it by force, and Luffy's group has to fight Garp's division. During the fight, Jinbe arrives on the island and assists Luffy's group. However, Borsalino also arrives to help Garp, and Luffy's group has to make haste in order to defeat the legendary Vice-Admiral. They eventually manage to do so, and the Marines retreat, as Kizaru doesn't want to be the last man standing.

Later Luffy asks Jinbe why he has come, and the Fishman replies that recently, a "Great Pirate Alliance" has formed and struck a deal with the World Government to capture the Straw Hats. After Smoker notes how it is because of Luffy's dial, Luffy asks Jinbe where his missing crew might be. Jinbe says that the Sea of Fog might be a good place to search for more information about the Fog Dials; according to Smoker, although Punk Hazard is the most likely place to hold that information, it is too risky to return to it yet, and they should search for the Sea of Fog first.

Stage 4: Thriller Bark Arc
The group eventually reaches the Sea of Fog, and lands on a familiar place: Thriller Bark. Jinbe realizes that Gekko Moriah must be on the island, and says it would be best for them to leave before they encounter him. However, Luffy's Dial starts to shake, indicating that some on his crew are nearby. He goes to investigate, but the group is ambushed by Moriah, with Perona, Brook, and Tony Tony Chopper as his generals. A fight breaks out, during which Brook and Chopper are defeated and returned to their senses.

The group also encounters the "Great Pirate Alliance", led by Buggy, with Galdino by his side. They manage to defeat them, however, causing them to retreat. Once they reach the mansion, Gekko Moriah appears and, after a short fight, he summons other zombies, which Jinbe purifies with a huge water column. Moriah then absorbs some shadows and tries to attack him, but the Fishman defeats him with his Fishman Karate.

Though he lies defeated, Moriah is unfazed, as he learned about the Fog Dials' power from his enemies' conversation, and grows an interest in the Dials.

Back on the Thousand Sunny, the group starts to talk about Luffy's missing crewmates and the Great Pirate Alliance. Jinbe has no idea where to go next, so Luffy suggests returning to Punk Hazard. Smoker claims that the island should be protected by the World Government now, and their force is not enough to come back there. Then Portgas D. Ace appears, claiming that his father wishes to see Luffy.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * In the game, Perona and Moriah are still in the Florian Triangle after the timeskip, while in the canon storyline they're not.
 * The presence of zombies suggests that even Hogback is still in Thriller Bark. However he does not appear during the stage.
 * In the game neither Absalom, Hogback nor any of the main identifiable zombies appear.
 * In the game both Ace and Whitebeard are still alive after the timeskip instead of having died at Marineford.

Stage 5: Whitebeard Arc
Luffy meets Whitebeard and Marco. After Whitebeard notes that Luffy's straw hat looks a lot like the one Red Haired Shanks used to wear, Luffy says that he's heard of Whitebeard. He affirms that he is going to become the Pirate King, and Whitebears decides to fight him to see if the young pirate "is more than just talk".

Luffy attacks the Yonko with an Elephant Gun, but Marco intervenes. After he and the Whitebeard Pirates are defeated, Whitebeard calls out the fight, impressed by Luffy's strength. He agrees to help Luffy search for his crewmates on the condition that the two crews form an official Pirate Alliance, as the full power of the Marines and the Great Pirate Alliance are becoming too strong for either crew to take on alone. The other Straw Hats are initially distrustful, thinking that Whitebeard may merely intend to use them, but they decide to form the alliance anyway, as they'll need all the strength they can gather; plus they would be able to dock within the Yonko's territories freely. Whitebeard, glad to hear that Luffy has accepted his offer, suggests Luffy heads back to Punk Hazard alongside some of Marco's troops, while he searches for information on the Dials and the missing Straw Hats' whereabouts. In the meantime, Ace continues his search for Marshall D. Teach on his own.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * Whitebeard and Luffy's first chat follows the one during the Battle of Marineford.
 * The Whitebeard Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates officially form a Pirate Alliance, while in the canon storyline, Luffy's first Pirate Alliance is with the Heart Pirates.

Stage 6: Return to Punk Hazard Arc
The new Pirate Alliance arrives to Punk Hazard. As expected, the island is overrun by a large number of Marine soldiers, and the playable character runs to the ice side of the island, fighting Marine soldiers along the way. As Nami is searching for information in the laboratory on her own, the Straw-Whitebeard Aliiance is having an intense fight with the Marines. Suddenly, Rob Lucci appears alongside Jabra, Kaku and Blueno to defend the base. After their defeat, Akainu arrives and starts attacking the Allicance relentlessly.Worse, Nami comes out of the laboratory empty-handed, as there was no information to be found. Fortunately, Kuzan arrives and once again saves the Straw Hats, fighting Akainu on his own and buying the crew enough time to escape. He laters retreats as well, and meets up with the Alliance

Kuzan reveals some information he has learned on his own: the World Government used to conduct researches on the Dials in Punk Hazard, but someone has recently broken into the laboratory and robbed every piece of information they could get, which is why there was nothing left for Nami to find. He then suggests the truth behind the Fog Dials could be in Impel Down, the other place where the Government conducted researches on the Dials. Kuzan also decides to join the Alliance, noting how they lack numbers, and how he himself wishes to see how the situation will turn out.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * In the game, CP9 is still working for the World Government after the timeskip, and has been dispatched to Punk Hazard.
 * In the game Magellan is still the Warden of Impel Down.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * No Arlong and Crocodile Pirate alliance exists in the canon storyline.
 * Crocodile never went to Arlong Park in the canon storyline.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * Enel never landed at Sabaody Archipelago in the canon storyline.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * Enel and Borsalino never met each other in the canon storyline.
 * Borsalino was never seen visiting Drum Island in the canon storyline.
 * Enel never reached Drum Island nor the Blue Sea in the canon storyline.

Stage 18: Blackbeard Final Battle Arc (True Ending)
The Marines and the Pirates goes back to Punk Hazard, where Blackbeard, Moria and Akainu are located.

The first mission, is to lure 3 Pacifistas inside the area, of the players allied base. Once that is finished, the next mission is to defeat Sentomaru, and the other Pacifistas, in the base the mission goes to. Sentomaru will then get back to his senses, and withdraw the remaining Pacifistas - along with himself. The third mission, is then to capture 2 bases that are in each corner of the stage. When the player has finished that, Moriah and Akainu will each run towards the bases, therefore is the next mission to stop them. (There is another mission too, that the player has to support Whitebeard, till he get to his destination.) Moriah and Akainu's strength has increased, but only Moriah has changed with his size, due to the shadows he has inside him. Once the player has defeated both of them, the gates to the enemy base will open. Moriah and Akainu will then return, where the player then has to beat them again, followed up by defeating Blackbeard (defeating them in the players order is optional). Before defeating them, there will be a cutscene, with Akainu letting lava eurpt from beneath the ground. The scene then changes to Whitebeard, shouting that this is the final battle, and they have to show their true strength. The scene changes to each character in the stage, showing that they are unleasing their true power. Defeating Blackbeard will then at last add a cutscene. Blackbeard flies through the air, and then lands. Kizaru and Kuzan are standing in front of him, followed up by his Yami Yami no Mi power, that sends blackflaming rocks towards Luffy. Law saves him, by doing his "Shambles" move, making the rocks dissapear. Smoker then comes flying towards Blackbeard, and tackles him to the ground with his jitte. The jitte eventually breaks, getting Blackbeard the chance to grab him, and punch him away. He then plans to attack him, but gets interrupted as he hear Luffy's scream. Luffy comes flying towards Blackbeard, with both of his arms made into Busoshoku: Koka armor, in Third Gear, ready to attack him. Blackbeard makes a black flaming wall to stop the attack. But as Luffy attacks it with a few punches, it breaks and he manages to hit him. Luffy changes the attack to a Gatling form, and ends it with a Grizzly Magnum.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * An original ending of the fight against Blackbeard is given, while in the canon storyline it has yet to start.​

Aftermath (True Ending)
Luffy, Law, and Smoker fight Blackbeard on Punk Hazard. Luffy defeats Blackbeard with a Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gatling attack.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * While in the canon storyline Whitebeard got killed by Teach and his crew, in the game he got killed by Moriah's Tsuno Tokage.
 * Teach absorbes Whitebeard's Gura Gura no Mi while covered by Moriah's Black Box, while in the canon storyline he is covered by a black sheet.
 * Teach never defeated Sakazuki in the canon storyline, where he even escapes from him.
 * The scene where Ace is almost killed by Akainu resembles the one where the Admiral actually killed him in the canon storyline.
 * In the game, Garp chooses his family over the Marine and wishes to save Ace, while in the canon storyline the opposite happens.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * An original ending of the fight against Blackbeard is given, while in the canon storyline it has yet to start.

Characters
The (New World Saga Ver.) text is used on the scans to classify the characters wearing the Post Timeskip outfit. This includes the Fishman Island Saga, the Pirate Alliance Saga and the One Piece Film: Z.

Playable Characters

 * Monkey D. Luffy (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume Film Z; Samurai)
 * Roronoa Zoro (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume: Film Z Red; Kimono)
 * Nami (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume Film Z; Dynasty Warriors: Sun Shiangxiang; Samurai Warriors: Kunoichi; Winter Clothes; Kimono; Strong World)
 * Usopp (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip)
 * Sanji (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume: Film Z)
 * Tony Tony Chopper (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip)
 * Nico Robin (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume: Dynasty Warriors: Xingcai; Miss All Sunday; Kimono)
 * Franky (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip)
 * Brook (Post-Timeskip/Pre-Timeskip)
 * Enel
 * Bartholomew Kuma
 * Perona (Post-Timeskip)(Alt. Costume: Dynasty Warriors; Samurai Warriors)
 * Trafalgar Law (Post-Timeskip)
 * Smoker (Post-Timeskip)
 * Kuzan (Post-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume: Pre-Timeskip)
 * Borsalino (Post-Timeskip) (Alt. Costume: Pre-Timeskip)
 * Sakazuki
 * Garp
 * Crocodile (Alt. Costume: Marineford)
 * Buggy (Alt. Costume: Impel Down Prisoner, Marineford)
 * Dracule Mihawk
 * Edward Newgate
 * Marco
 * Portgas D. Ace (Alt. Costume: Strong World)
 * Jinbe (Post-Timeskip)
 * Boa Hancock (Alt. Costume: Maiden Island; Dynasty Warriors; Samurai Warriors)
 * Marshall D. Teach (Yami Yami no Mi & Gura Gura no Mi)

Enemies

 * Enel
 * Gekko Moriah
 * Crocodile
 * Galdino
 * Bentham
 * Perona
 * White Berets
 * Zombies
 * Dracule Mihawk
 * Bartholomew Kuma
 * Pacifista
 * Impel Down guards
 * Marines
 * G-5 marines
 * Magellan
 * Roronoa Zoro
 * Usopp
 * Sanji
 * Tony Tony Chopper
 * Nico Robin
 * Franky
 * Brook
 * Marshall D. Teach
 * Arlong
 * Hatchan
 * Kaku
 * Jabra
 * Lucci
 * Blueno
 * Don Krieg
 * Lapahns
 * Wapol
 * Sentomaru
 * Hannyabal
 * Minotaurus
 * Vista

Supports

 * Jozu
 * Vista
 * Emporio Ivankov
 * Galdino
 * Bentham
 * Arlong
 * Hatchan
 * Kaku
 * Jabra
 * Lucci
 * Blueno
 * Don Krieg
 * Lapahns
 * Wapol
 * Sentomaru
 * Magellan
 * Hannyabal

Locations

 * Skypiea
 * Alabasta
 * Thriller Bark
 * Enies Lobby
 * Impel Down
 * Marineford
 * Orange Town
 * Baratie
 * Sabaody Archipelago
 * Drum Island
 * Punk Hazard
 * Cocoyashi Village
 * Arlong Park
 * Rain Base

Trivia

 * This game marks Perona's debut as a videogame playable character.
 * The game scans offers the non-canon name of New World Saga, for the events from the Fishman Island Saga to the Pirate Alliance Saga, as well as One Piece Film: Z.
 * Data from the first Pirate Warriors game can be imported into this game. This gives the player 500,000 and a Pirate Warriors 2 golden coin.
 * Nami, Robin, Perona, and Boa Hancock have DLC costumes from both the Dynasty Warriors series and the Samurai Warriors series.
 * The demo for the game was released in Japan on March 7th 2013. Those who downloaded the demo between March 7th and March 20th received a free exclusive theme featuring Luffy, Trafalgar Law, and Smoker.
 * Donquixote Doflamingo is the only member of the Shichibukai not to make a appearance in this game.

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