One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is a One Piece video game released for the Sony PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows. The game was announced in Shonen Jump magazine as a sequel to One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2, with Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei teaming up once again to publish it along with developer Omega Force, a subsidiary of Tecmo Koei. The game takes place from the East Blue Saga until the Dressrosa Arc, with an original ending.

Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to the first two installments. A new feature is the Kizuna Rush, which summons another character alongside the player in battle to perform a combination attack. Up to four players can be summoned at once this way, with the finishing attacks becoming more powerful as more characters join.

In addition to the main story mode, there is also a "Dream Log" mode, in which characters and items are revealed and unlocked as the player progresses through the mode's semi-randomized battles.

The game features a "Legend Diary" that functions as an overall progress indicator. Achieving S-Ranks on levels, defeating bosses with Special Kizuna Attacks and fulfilling other miscellaneous objectives gradually fills out the grid and rewards the player with coins that can be used to upgrade each character's stats.

Playable Characters
Many characters have a number of costumes to choose from. In the case of the Straw Hat Pirates and Blackbeard, their pre- and post-timeskip costumes have different movesets and special attacks. The remaining characters with bolded groups have a different character image and portrait depending on whether they are from pre- or post-timeskip, but no moveset changes. Costumes in italics are DLC.

Cameos

 * Kuina
 * Kureha
 * Zeff
 * Hiluluk
 * Nefertari Vivi
 * Klabautermann
 * Montblanc Cricket
 * Zambai
 * Iceburg
 * Hattori
 * Spandam
 * Gol D. Roger
 * Silvers Rayleigh
 * Inazuma
 * Smiley

Locations

 * Shells Town
 * Orange Town
 * Syrup Village
 * Baratie
 * Arlong Park
 * Loguetown
 * Drum Island
 * Alabasta
 * Jaya
 * Skypiea
 * Water 7
 * Enies Lobby
 * Thriller Bark
 * Sabaody Archipelago
 * Impel Down
 * Marineford
 * Fishman Island
 * Punk Hazard
 * Dressrosa

Story Arcs

 * Romance Dawn Arc
 * Orange Town Arc
 * Syrup Village Arc
 * Baratie Arc
 * Arlong Park Arc
 * Loguetown Arc
 * Drum Island Arc
 * Alabasta Arc
 * Jaya Arc
 * Skypiea Arc
 * Water 7 Arc
 * Enies Lobby Arc
 * Post-Enies Lobby Arc
 * Thriller Bark Arc
 * Sabaody Archipelago Arc
 * Impel Down Arc
 * Marineford Arc
 * Return to Sabaody Arc
 * Fishman Island Arc
 * Punk Hazard Arc
 * Dressrosa Arc

Trivia

 * Aside from notable translation differences from most media as with many One Piece adaptations, there are a major number of notable typos in the game's English text.
 * Tashigi during the Alabasta stage is referred to as a "he" during one battlefield message.
 * Monet during Punk Hazard is referred to as a "guy" by scripted dialogue from a G-5 Commander NPC.
 * Two of Lucci's dialogue sets and one of Ace's texts have missing commas/periods as well as increased spacing for the latter.
 * The scene of Gol D. Roger's execution in Loguetown is briefly appears in the Dawn of Adventure cutscene from the Romance Dawn Arc.
 * This game includes Giant enemies most of which are scaled up versions of enemy captains and there are even giant Fishmen.
 * Most of the locations are larger than they were in One Piece: Pirate Warriors and One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2.
 * This game covers several arcs absent from the original One Piece: Pirate Warriors, such as the Romance Dawn Arc, Syrup Village Arc, Loguetown Arc, Jaya Arc, Skypiea Arc, Post-Enies Lobby Arc, and Thriller Bark Arc. Several new arcs are also introduced such as Fishman Island Arc, Punk Hazard Arc, and Dressrosa Arc.
 * Alvida joins forces with Buggy much earlier during the Orange Town Arc.
 * Some characters like Ripper, Boodle, and members of the Franky Family are represented by generic NPCs in cutscenes and story scenarios. However Zambai's NPC design does resemble him somewhat.
 * During the Enies Lobby Arc, the Straw Hats lower the bridge leading to the Tower of Justice instead of leaving it to the Franky Family and use the drawbridge to access the Tower of Justice, instead of Rocket Man.