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Subtitled One Piece Unlimited Cruise: The Treasure Beneath The Waves Docks In Europe

By Spencer . July 1, 2009 . 1:31pm

Maybe I should have said “docked” because Namco Bandai shipped One Piece Unlimited Cruise: The Treasure Beneath the Waves in PAL territories weeks ago.

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One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Docks In Europe This Summer

By Spencer . February 20, 2009 . 6:53am

Namco Bandai’s two episode One Piece: Unlimited Cruise saga is being localized. Europe gets the first game in June and the second game is scheduled to come out in October. No official news about a domestic release, but since Namco Bandai is already doing the work I would be shocked if these didn’t come [...]

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One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Episode 2 Sailing To Stores In February

By Spencer . December 23, 2008 . 2:36pm

When One Piece: Unlimited Cruise was announced it looked like the episodes were going to be back to back. But, Ganbarion needs time to make the second game so One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Episode 2 won’t be in stores until February 26. While you’re waiting finish up One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Episode 1. Your [...]

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Meet Gaburi, a new character made for One Piece: Unlimited Cruise

By Spencer . August 21, 2008 . 11:23am

A brand new character is joining Luffy and the Straw Hat crew for at least one of the two One Piece: Unlimited Cruise games. In episode one Gaburi, who looks Chopper’s Viva Pinata counterpart, is introduced as a newcomer in this trailer. He spits fireballs and appears to be integral to the plot. In one [...]

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One Piece: Unlimited Cruise sets sail for September

By Spencer . July 18, 2008 . 7:27pm

The first of two One Piece games for the Wii is scheduled to come out on September 11 in Japan. Brook, the skeletal musician in the Straw Hat Pirates, is a new playable character. He attacks with pirouettes and a purple cane. The bug catching net, pickaxe, and fishing rod from One Piece: Unlimited Adventure [...]

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One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Not quite unlimited, but one heck of an adventure

By Levi . February 13, 2008 . 1:35pm

Ahh, another anime game. Seems to be my forte, no? Reviewing anime games can be a harsh job. Anime games oftentimes fall victim to what I call the "anime game curse". That is, when a game ends up being nothing more than an excuse to use an anime's license to sell copies to uninformed fans [...]

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One Piece: Unlimited Adventure sets sail later this month

By Spencer . January 4, 2008 . 7:08am

Namco Bandai is releasing the first in the series of One Piece games for the Wii on January 22 in North America. Japan got this back in April and I’m not complaining about the localization time (really!). Before the announcement the fate of an international release was, at times, murky. Also seeing One Piece: Unlimited [...]

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Luffy’s next adventure is split into two parts

By Spencer . December 19, 2007 . 12:35pm

EvilGamerX’s comment (thanks for the tip!) about Namco Bandai’s next One Piece game prompted me to poke around for more information. The project’s temporary name is One Piece Unlimited Adventure 2, its final name is One Piece: Unlimited Cruise. Also Namco Bandai is going the .hack route with the pirate crew. There are two [...]

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Namco Bandai develops Dragon Ball Z for the PS360

By Spencer . December 18, 2007 . 10:26am

The next Gohan-Cell-Trunks, ki blast battle is set to appear at Jump Fiesta 2008 and it isn’t for the Wii. Namco Bandai announced Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit is in development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Burst Limit will be the first Dragon Ball Z game for the Xbox in Japan since Dragon [...]

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One Piece: Unlimited Adventure headed for North America

By Spencer . September 14, 2007 . 4:45pm

One Piece fans get ready to rejoice. At long last, the shiny, cel-shaded Luffy is coming to North America. Namco Bandai confirmed a US release for the Wii’s first One Piece game, One Piece: Unlimted Adventure (thanks for the tip EvilGamerX!). No specific release date has been given, but it is targeted for “early 2008”.