One Piece: Gear Spirit is a fighting game based on the manga/anime One Piece story.
This game does not have a basic storyline. It's somehow similar to Super Smash Brothers series from Nintendo.
In the story mode you can fight with lots of random characters at different stages too, each of them has two event stages where they battle a rival or another character related to their story in the anime.
One Piece: Gear Spirit features characters from the TV animation (Straw Hat Pirates and marines too!) like the following:
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Roronoa Zoro
- Nami
- Usopp
- Sanji
- Tony Tony Chopper
- Nico Robin
- Franky
- Red-Haired Shanks
- Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk
- Aokiji
- Rob Lucci
- Kaku
- Smoker
- Nefertari Vivi
- Sir Crocodile
- Enel
- Brook
- Portgas D. Ace
- Blackbeard
Just plain terrible Honestly, this game is really bad. If you were like me and wondered why this game just appeared suddenly out of the blue, well it's pretty clear now. The game couldn't have been in development for more then a few months as the fighting system is worse then the equally crappy guilty gear DS game. There is one button for punching and one button for specials. The punches can't be changed in any manner; it's just a straight forward punch or sword swing depending on your character of choice. The specials however can be changed by pressing up, down, or doing one right after a punch. So ya, if you then include the card that lets you do a cutscene attack, you have a total of 7 or 8 different attacks per character. But, you will quickly realize, why even bother with the specials, your straight punch can be endless if you mash it continuously thus ensuring you can't lose! There is one redeeming factor in this game, it's not enough to possibly save it mind you, but it's a nice feature none the less. The character choice is pretty good and the models are not to shabby for a ds game. Old favorites like Sir Crocodile to new characters such as Brooke. I however recommend you pass on this game; it's just not worth the price. Jump Ultimate Stars is a better choice as another review has already suggested.
styleandhome(2) on 08, Sep. 2007 06:16 (HKT)
Not so great.. I just got this game recently and I have to say I'm disappointed. I expected a much more better battle system, but the combos are VERY limited. All you see are the same moves over and over.. The character roster is fine and everything but what it comes down to is the battle system.. WHICH PLAIN SUCKED. I suggest getting JUS over this.
