'One Piece: Grand Adventure' For Europe
Famed Anime Pirate Sets Sail Once Again for PlayStation 2
LYON, FRANCE - 10 August 2006 - Atari today announced the forthcoming release of the pirate fighting anime game One Piece: Grand Adventure for PlayStation®2 from BANDAI NAMCO Games. Based on One Piece, the popular and internationally renowned Japanese anime and manga, One Piece: Grand Adventure is the sequel to One Piece: Grand Battle released in 2005. Published by NAMCO BANDAI Games and distributed in Europe by Atari, One Piece: Grand Adventure for PlayStation 2 is scheduled for European release at Christmas 2006.
In One Piece: Grand Adventure players again take on the role of Monkey D. Luffy in his quest to recruit a fearless crew and discover the whereabouts of One Piece, the legendary treasure of The Pirate King Gold Roger. To prove their worth and to acquire shipmates, players sail from port to port battling characters from the One Piece world, demonstrating they have the skills to lead them on daring pirate adventures. Once recruited, players will be able to take any of their shipmates into battle, upgrade them, or select them as trusty companions through the newly added Support Character System to help in the fight against enemies old and new.
The engrossing Adventure Mode, with its additional mini-game side quests, is enhanced with a wide range of gameplay variations including one-on-one battles, mob battles, sports, shooting and races all in the colourful tradition of One Piece. To really spice up the battles, not only has the Support Character System been added, but the all new Accel-Heat System lets players pull off amazing special attacks taken straight from the anime.
Published by NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe and distributed by Atari, One Piece: Grand Adventure for PlayStation 2 is scheduled for release at Christmas 2006.
® 1999 EIICHIRO ODA/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION ® 2006 NBGI
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About NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. is an interactive entertainment software publisher and developer with head offices in Tokyo, Japan.
On March 31, 2006, Bandai Co., Ltd. and NAMCO LIMITED implemented a management integration to form NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. This step was taken to compete more effectively on the global stage in the fast-changing entertainment industry and to deliver further growth.
The resulting NAMCO BANDAI Group is a global entertainment group involved in business fields ranging from toys, amusement facilities, video game software and visual software, to apparel, sundries and network content.
As previous separate entities (Namco Ltd. and Bandai Co., Ltd.) the companies were each known for creating some of the industry's top video game franchises including: Tamagotchi, TEKKEN, SOULCALIBUR, Pac-Man, Digimon, RIDGE RACER, Time Crisis and ACE COMBAT.
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