I’d limit this roster to just characters from the first One Piece saga. What about the roster? Let’s use Dragon Ball FighterZ, with its 24-strong launch roster, as the benchmark. The series is full of diverse characters, each of which boasts unique powers granted by eating the devil fruit Arc System Works developed a Fist of the North Star arcade game all the way back in 2005. Before Dragon Ball, the most popular anime leaping from the pages of Weekly Shōnen Jump to TV was Fist of the North Star: an awesome mix of Mad Max and every single Bruce Lee film ever made, and the source of that ‘ Nani’ meme. It’s also not the first time that Arc System Works has had its hand in developing a 2D fighting game based on an anime. And the numbers don’t lie: Dragon Ball FighterZ has sold over six million copies worldwide across all platforms.

It’s a difficult balance to strike but it looks fantastic in DBFZ, making it one of the best fighting games available to this day. Dragon Ball FighterZ is a highly popular team-based fighting game similar to the Marvel vs Capcom series that uses the art from Akira Toriyama as a base style, while at the same time ensuring the visuals look great in 2D despite actually being full 3D models. That’s seriously good going, and it’s that kind of critical and commercial success that suggests a team is ready to step its ambitions up.Īrc System Works is no stranger to turning popular anime into 2D slugfests.

But GGS has already set Steam records for the most number of players playing a fighting game, and sold over 300,000 copies worldwide in a little under a month. To say that the team should begin working on One Piece right this second would be absurd. Arc System Works has only just finished and launched Guilty Gear Strive, the latest in its flagship fighting game series. Right now, no manga is bigger than One Piece, so who better to make that 2D fighting game a reality than the team behind FighterZ and Guilty Gear Strive?

And what worked for Dragon Ball FighterZ can work for other Weekly Shōnen Jump manga. For many, Dragon Ball FighterZ was that game, scoring universal praise on its release and garnering a massive audience both on Steam and at worldwide fighting game tournaments. Anime fans have long put up with games of widely varying quality, but occasionally one comes along that defies the cautious expectations they’re generally wise to adopt.

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