User blog comment:Ryuzakiforever/Pirate Warriors 3 Checklist/@comment-972068-20150212222404

These games are probably going the route like the DBZ games did, where they're basically going to sum up the plot for each arc in a couple short fights, while only having some of the key characters.

So I'd expect that Arlong and Hatchan would be the only Arlong Pirate members to make it in the game, Whitebeard, Marco, and maybe Jozu would be the only Whitebeard Pirates, etc.

I love that the games are now covering the whole story, but don't get your hopes TOO high on this. Everything can go downhill. Remember the 3DS game?