One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2

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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (ワンピース 海賊無双2) is a One Piece related video game to be 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 will also feature a new Partner system to replace the Crew Strike system from the first game. After your character builds up a certain meter they will be able to use a special attack and switch to playing as their partner.

There will also be a new Haki usage system and Style Change system. Characters with Haki can activate it to knock out enemies (Haoshoku) Buff the power of your attacks (Busoshoku) or to instantly chain into combos (observation Kenbunshoku).

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

Dream Story
According to Hisashi Koinuma, the game will not feature a Canon Story mode and will instead be replaced with an original story mode, named as Dream Story. Among these stories there are retellings of the missing Skypiea and Thriller Bark arcs.

Prologue
The story start after the two years timeskip, just after the crew reached the New World. They are found by a Marine fleet which surrounded them and led by Monkey D. Garp. He shot his Ryuusei Meteor against the ship and then the marine soldiers assault the pirates. After a little battle which involved all the crew members, Luffy directly attacks an enemy ship with his Gomu Gomu no Rocket and fights with Smoker. After this, he came back on the ship and the Knock Up Stream launchs them to Skypiea.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * The crew does not meet a Marine fleet after the entrance in the New World in the manga. However, they meet one in the Z's Ambition Arc, but it's led by Momonga.
 * The crew has never fought against Smoker on a ship, neither against a fleet led by both Smoker and Garp.

Skypiea Arc
Arrived in the White-White Sea, they're surprised by a storm released by Enel on his Maxim Ark and the playable character has to reach him.

When the character reached the Maxim and defeated Enel, a cutscene starts and show as Enel made Luffy fall out of the ark, but the pirate returned and defeated Enel with the Gomu Gomu no Ougon Rifle.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * The canon Skypiea Arc is not set after the timeskip and the sky island is not collocated upper 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.

Punk Hazard Arc
The arc starts when the crew already returned in the New World and landed on the fire side of Punk Hazard. Here they fight against the G-5 marine soldiers and then Smoker again. In the end, they fled for the laboratory in the ice side of the island.

In the structure, they find a lot of strange purple dials and a green one. The purple ones released a dark fog which made all the Straw Hat Pirates evil but Luffy and Nami, who fled out.

Later Luffy and Nami talked with Smoker.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

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

Baratie Arc
The arc starts when the talk between Luffy, Nami and Smoker came interrupted by an enemy attack and they gone for the stage of Baratie Restaurant. Here, Luffy met Evil Franky, who attacked him with his Radical Beam. Luffy dodged it and then defeated the cyborg. Later Kuzan appeared on the restaurant, freezing the enemies and then Luffy fled away. Kuzan started to talk with Smoker, warning him about the strange dark dials.

In the end Franky returned to be the usual one and re-joined the crew. Then they talked again with Smoker about an alliance to save the other Luffy's crewmate.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * Smoker, Franky and Kuzan does not appears during the Baratie Arc in the manga and anime series.
 * Being just after Punk Hazard, this game's Baratie Restaurant is located in the New World.
 * The final chat between Smoker and Kuzan very resemble the one in the end of the canon Punk Hazard Arc, even if the subject is not Doflamingo but the dials.

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.''

Confirmed Playable Characters

 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * Roronoa Zoro
 * Nami
 * Usopp
 * Sanji
 * Tony Tony Chopper
 * Nico Robin
 * Franky
 * Brook
 * Enel
 * Bartholomew Kuma
 * Perona
 * Trafalgar Law
 * Smoker
 * Kuzan
 * Borsalino
 * Sakazuki
 * Garp
 * Crocodile
 * Buggy
 * Dracule Mihawk
 * Edward Newgate
 * Marco
 * Portgas D. Ace
 * Jinbe
 * Boa Hancock
 * Marshall D. Teach

Confirmed 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
 * Jyabura
 * Lucci
 * Blueno
 * Don Krieg
 * Lapahns
 * Wapol
 * Sentomaru
 * Hannyabal
 * Minotaurus
 * Magellan

Supports

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

Locations

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

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 Pirate Alliance Saga and the One Piece Film: Z.
 * According to the official website, you can transfer data from the first Pirate Warriors to this game, possibly to play as the original characters.
 * Boa Hancock and Perona will have DLC costumes from the Dynasty Warriors series, while Nami and Robin will have DLC costumes from Samurai Warriors series.
 * The demo for the game was released in Japan on March 7th 2013. And for those who downloaded the demo between March 7th and March 20th, receives a free exclusive theme featuring Luffy, Trafalgar Law, and Vice-Admiral Smoker.