I've been recently thinking about this, and it doesn't look like there's any discussion about it anymore. What would a One Piece inspired world in the Spiral look like? What kind of missions/quests could that world offer? What kind of enemies would there be? And many other questions are likely to come up.

Please note it would be preferred if you had some familiarity with One Piece, the Manga or Anime (preferably both, due to the differences that can be seen between mediums).


I think it would be interesting to see gear and equipment based off that of the main cast of One Piece. Things like slingshots inspired by those used by Usopp or the swords used by Zoro. Maybe some outfits inspired by the Strawhat Pirates over the course of the series's run.

Thoughts?

I'm pretty sure that won't happen. This game is based on cultural and religious history, and discreetly teaches youngsters their history. That's a really long shot. Even if it may contain sooomee history Kingsisle won't spin off a movie. Not only that, they could get sued for Copyright. But. I think it would be fun to come up with ideas of imaginary worlds based on movies. How about Indiana Jones World... Ahahaha Okay i'm done. Yeah! We should totally imagine spin-off worlds! :D

I get it; the devs probably don't want to do such a big reference to a series that they themselves probably don't have a whole lot of familiarity with. But the thing is, references and through lines will be made. One Piece is one of the longest-running manga in the world right now, it's been going strong for almost thirty years since my last check. And much like Pirate 101, One Piece draws on pirates in a prominent way. Most of the significant characters seen in one piece draw heavily on historical figures from around the world, a substantial number of those historical figures are pirates that are of varying familiarity and obscurity to the audience that is both reading and watching the series. Comparisons are bound to be made, and I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that numerous threads on One Piece are existing in some capacity on the Pirate 101 forums.

While a One Piece inspired world is fun to think about, I concede the likelihood of one existing in the Spiral is very low at this point. But little references to the series smattered throughout Pirate wouldn't hurt. I not expecting to see anyone with Devil Fruit abilities to suddenly pop up in the game, but little nods to One Piece like some pieces gear inspired by various characters in the series wouldn't hurt. Every game has homages to something someone on the dev team liked or was popular to some degree at the time. It's the nature of the industry.

It's an anime and manga; the anime has been going on since the early 2000s in the US while the manga has been running for the past 28 years or so. Why are we talking about on the Pirate forums, well because One Piece is a Pirate themed series! So several of us think that having a few references to One Piece in Pirate would be well within reason.