Beauty School : One Piece Odyssey Video Game Announced for Its 25th Anniversary

One Piece is just on the cusp of its 25th anniversary and, to celebrate, Bandai Namco announced that it was creating an RPG based in the series called One Piece Odyssey. Odyssey is coming out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC sometime in 2022.

The announcement came with a trailer and an interview with, Katsuaki Tsuzuki, its main producer. Odyssey will tell an original story from series creator Eiichiro Oda, who will also help out with character and creature designs, too. He seems to have done his work quite a bit ago, but was impressed by what it has become, according to a quote in the trailer.

“I thought to myself, ‘Wasn’t it like three years ago when I designed the characters?! Hahaha!'” he said. “But when I actually saw the game… Wow! It felt like I was watching A MOVIIIIE!!! What incredible immersion!!”

ILCA Inc., a team that has helped on titles like Yakuza 0 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, is developing and Matoi Sakuraba, known for his work on the Tales series, is composing the music. Tsuzuki, who was an assistant producer on Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory and both Dragon Ball: Xenoverse games, spoke a little more on the title. He talked about how it was a JRPG for those who love the genre as well as One Piece fans. He then said he wants the title to have a sense of adventure, which was hinted at in the trailer that implied the game had a big world to explore. Tsuzuki even stated multiple times that the game had been in development for a long time, implying that it might be of a higher quality than one might expect.

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