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 starts after the two year timeskip, just after the crew reached the New World. They are found by a Marine fleet which surrounded them, led 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, he comes back on the ship and the Knock Up Stream launches 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, nor against a fleet led by both Smoker and Garp.

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

When the character reaches the Maxim and defeats Enel, a cutscene starts and shows Enel causing Luffy to fall out of the ark, and the pirate returning and defeating 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 with the crew returning in the New World and landing on the fire side of Punk Hazard. Here they fight against the G-5 Marine soldiers and then Smoker again. In the end, they flee for the laboratory on the ice side of the island.

In the structure, they find a lot of strange purple dials and a green one. The purple ones release a dark fog which makes almost all the Straw Hat Pirates evil. Luffy and Nami, the only ones who were unaffected, flee out.

Later Luffy and Nami talk 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
As the arc starts, the discussion between Luffy, Nami and Smoker is interrupted by an enemy attack, and Luffy and Nami go the Baratie restaurant. Here, Luffy meets Evil Franky, who attacks him with his Radical Beam. Luffy dodges it and then defeats the cyborg. Later, Kuzan appears on the restaurant, freezing the enemies, and Luffy flees away. Kuzan starts to talk with Smoker, warning him about the strange dark dials.

At the end, Franky returns to normal, and re-joins the crew. Then they talk again with Smoker about an alliance to save the other Straw Hat pirates.

Difference with the Canon Storyline

 * Smoker, Franky and Kuzan do not appears during the Baratie Arc in the manga and anime series.
 * Since the Baratie arc happens just after the Punk Hazard arc in this game, this game's Baratie restaurant is located in the New World.
 * 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.

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 the Pirate Alliance Saga, as well as One Piece Film: Z.
 * According to the official website, data from the first Pirate Warriors game can be imported into this game.
 * Boa Hancock and Perona will have DLC costumes from the Dynasty Warriors series, while Nami and Robin will have DLC costumes from 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 Vice-Admiral Smoker.