One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X

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a game by Ganbarion Co., Ltd.
Platform: 3DS (2014)
Editor Rating: 8/10, based on 1 review
User Rating: 10.0/10 - 2 votes
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One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates have starred in more games than we can count, so there’s no surprise when we say that they are coming back to the 2D brawler genre with One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X.

As is the case with many games in the franchise – and anime and manga games in general – this fighting game will certainly appeal more to fans of the series than to complete newcomers. If you’ve never watched an episode of the anime before, this one might be a tough sell. For One Piece completionists, however, this title is most certainly a must-buy.

Paper-Thin Brawls

Unlike other One Piece games like One Piece: Burning Blood, Super Grand Battle! X’s battles take place in a 2D plane with 3D characters. It’s a nice throwback to some of the earliest titles in the franchise, although some players might feel like these battles are less visually striking than their fully-3D counterparts.

Considering this is a game for the Nintendo 3DS, the reduced visual complexity makes sense. What matters is that fights feel fast and responsive, even if some characters are clearly more gifted than others.

Balance issues aside, Super Grand Battle! X features a ton of content that One Piece fans might no doubt fall in love with. The game’s roster has characters from almost every arc of the anime and manga series, including some rather obscure characters – and that’s not even mentioning the alternate costumes and transformations.

Though simple in concept, each battle in One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X features up to four characters on the screen at a time. This is very reminiscent of a previous game that was also developed by Ganbarion: the popular NDS brawler, Jump Ultimate Stars. To put it simply, this game is what would happen if Super Smash Bros. featured only One Piece characters.

Collect to Win

One Piece might be one of the most monumental franchises in anime and manga history. There are hundreds of episodes to watch, more than a thousand manga chapters to read, and fifteen movies to see. What we’re getting at is that the series is undeniably jam-packed with content, and so is One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X

Not only will players find some of the most emblematic characters to choose from as fighters in the game, but they’ll also have a whopping 300 skill characters that they must unlock through gameplay.

Along with Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, players can also play as Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard, Buggy, and even the fearsome Donquixote Doflamingo, just to name a few.

Still, the sheer amount of content is both One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X’s blessing and its curse. For long-time fans of the series, seeing their favorite characters in a brawler such as this might be the best thing ever, but newcomers to the One Piece world might feel overwhelmed by what they see in this game.

It also doesn’t help that the narrative isn’t presented clearly and concisely. If it had a story mode that was reminiscent of the thoroughness we’ve seen in the One Piece: Pirate Warriors series, then we might have been faced with what could have been the very best portable One Piece experience.

8

Even though it feels somewhat overwhelming at times, One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X is still a great brawler that can be fun for some quick rounds with a friend.

Pros

  • Entertaining combat that’s quite simple to master
  • Tons of characters from all over the franchise
  • Hundreds of collectibles and unlockables to discover

Cons

  • Chibi art style might not be to everyone’s liking
  • The game will certainly appeal more to die-hard One Piece fans

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3DS

System requirements:

  • PC compatible
  • Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP

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