ONE PIECE: UNLIMITED WORLD RED – DELUXE EDITION (v2017.10.25)

The Straw Hat Pirates trade grand open seas for a compact but energetic action-adventure built around brawling, side missions, and fan-service-heavy boss encounters. ONE PIECE: UNLIMITED WORLD RED – DELUXE EDITION tells an original story involving the mysterious Red Count and Pato, a creature designed by series creator Eiichiro Oda, while bringing familiar faces and locations into its own self-contained tale. The mood is colorful and playful, but major fights still deliver the exaggerated scale expected from One Piece. Rather than retelling an entire anime arc, it works as a brisk pirate detour packed with recognizable allies, villains, and powers.

Combat centers on selecting from the full Straw Hat crew, with each fighter using a distinct style: Luffy stretches across arenas, Zoro focuses on heavy sword strikes, Nami controls space with weather attacks, and Usopp relies on ranged gadgets. Missions send the crew through explorable islands, towns, forests, and battle zones to defeat enemies, gather resources, complete requests, and craft useful items or upgrades. Battles are straightforward real-time affairs with combo strings, special moves, evasive movement, and large bosses that demand more attention than ordinary pirate mobs. The Deluxe Edition includes a substantial collection of previously released DLC, adding costumes, quests, and extra content without requiring separate purchases.

Its greatest strength is the chance to play the whole crew instead of treating anyone outside Luffy as a temporary support character. The game’s cel-shaded presentation captures the manga’s bright colors and elastic visual comedy, while the enemy roster reaches through the Dressrosa-era cast for plenty of memorable confrontations. Battle Coliseum mode offers repeatable arena challenges for players who want to test characters and chase tougher encounters after the story. Fans of One Piece Pirate Warriors who prefer smaller areas, more traditional adventure structure, and a stronger focus on individual Straw Hats should enjoy it most, though newcomers can still follow the accessible original plot.