Details about the new One Piece RPG continue to pour out as development gets closer to going gold, with multiple screenshots from Odyssey shared to the game’s Japanese website giving small hints at what fans of the anime can expect. Although some screenshots are close-ups of prominent One Piece characters, the battle screenshots have garnered the attention of many fans, including Persona 5 players that have noted parallels between the battle UI in Odyssey and the latest Persona title. This UI is portrayed in two separate screenshots, with one seemingly focusing on a powerful boss and the other including two smaller enemies.
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A One Piece Odyssey image shows Roronoa Zoro standing across from two unique-looking creatures from the popular Shonen anime in a circular battle arena with a tip menu showing that the character’s proximity to the enemies makes a difference in this RPG’s combat system. The menu on the right side shows several attacks that Zoro can choose between, while the opposite side draws the most comparisons to Persona 5 as the characters in Zoro’s party are highlighted similar to Atlus’ RPG. Zoro’s character portrait is filled in accordingly as the active party member, while Luffy is flushed red, Nami is orange, and Usopp is fittingly yellow.
Beyond the color scheme of One Piece Odyssey’s battle UI, the health and TP of each anime hero are reflected alongside their profiles in green and yellow respectively. TP reflects the additional attack resource these One Piece Odyssey characters have as an alternative to mana or energy that may be used as a resource in other titles, or SP in Persona 5. In the middle of one of the battle screens is a smaller scroll menu that seemingly allows players to cycle through options like using items, selecting attacks, and more.
The Persona franchise has yet to make the jump to Xbox, but One Piece Odyssey’s battle system may offer similar combat if the UI is one of multiple resemblances the two games share. Moving around the battlefield seems more integral to One Piece Odyssey encounters than in Persona 5, but it still reflects a turn-based RPG. Although the game has been teased for 2022 and development seems to be progressing accordingly, it’s currently unclear when exactly it will be released. One Piece Odyssey is slated to release in 2022 for PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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