

The world is represented by a giant map, with little structures on each island to represent what it is. Places with red dots are optional and will help you level up your characters. Areas with green dots are story only, and you’ll get to watch anime clips or characters act out the scenes. For instance, ports with yellow dots are story-based levels you can play through. The areas are color coded to tell you what you can do there.


You’ll be able to stop along the way at all the main locales from the story, plus some new extra areas. The game starts in Luffy’s hometown of Windmill Village and goes all the way to the Marineford. They popped by Shonen Jump headquarters and let me give it a go. It’s an RPG for the 3DS that is scheduled to get a physical boxed release February 11th. Namco Bandai has been making SJ fans’ dreams come true with all the games they’ve brought stateside, and they’re not done yet! One of the more interesting games they’ve got on the horizon is One Piece: Romance Dawn.
