Since the Dressrosa arc is still ongoing in the one piece browser game manga Bandai Namco had to go beyond the source material and create an original story for the game. "We waited until the very end of development so the manga could go as long as it could until we needed to work on it. After that date, the story was created by the development team."
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"Although, we do not have direct communication with Oda-san, we worked closely with Toei and Shueisha. All of the planning documents were submitted to Toei and Shueisha who approved the story we created. These decisions go to Oda-san for his approval too," Nakajima explained.
In fact, One Piece has become so popular that there have been a number of exhibits and events created exclusively to celebrate the pirate-based series. One of these exhibits is the One Piece 3D Art Exhibit in Hong Kong. "Only Oda-san actually knows what Shanks can do so there were restrictions when we created Shanks for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3. But, we tried our best show Shanks and to create his actions for one piece browser game."
Shanks joins One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 as one of the new playable characters. We asked Nakajima his thoughts about adding the red-haired pirate into the game. Comic Book Resources reports that Oda’s manga has sold over 310 million copies in Japan alone since its debut in 1997. Another manga, Attack on Titan, is gaining on One Piece, but the Oda manga held the top spot, selling 11.9 million copies last year.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 includes the Dressrosa arc and adds Shanks as a playable character. "Yes, we came up with an original storyline for the Dressrosa arc. We came to this decision because rather than not having the Dressrosa arc in the game, we think fans would be excited to see the storyline even if parts of it were original for the game," Hisashi Koinuma, Koei Tecmo’s general director and One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 producer added.
"one piece browser game know Shanks is a popular character for fans, but we chose not to include Shanks in earlier One Piece games because some of the moves Shanks does were not fully described in the manga," Nakajima replied.
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