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

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 (Conqueror's Haki) Buff the power of your attacks (Armament Haki) or to instantly chain into combos (observation Haki).

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

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
 * Gecko Moria

Confirmed Enemies

 * Enel
 * Gekko Moriah
 * Crocodile
 * Perona
 * White Berets
 * Zombies
 * Dracule Mihawk
 * Bartholomew Kuma
 * Pacifista
 * Impel Down guards
 * Marines
 * G-5 marines
 * Roronoa Zoro
 * Usopp
 * Sanji
 * Nico Robin
 * Franky

Partner Only

 * Jozu
 * Vista

Unconfirmed
Characters unknown to be playable, bosses, or both of them.
 * Marshall D. Teach - appeared in a trailer, but not during gameplay.
 * Boa Hancock - appeared in a trailer, but not during gameplay.
 * Jinbe - appeared in a trailer, but not during gameplay.
 * Magellan - appeared in a trailer, but not during gameplay.

Locations

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

Trivia

 * This game marks Perona's debut as a videogame playable character.
 * This is the third One Piece videogame to have movie-original elements, the others being One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World and the first Pirate Warriors game.
 * The game scans offer 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.