Tag: One Piece Odyssey

January 2023 game releases: Upcoming titles being released this month

There are some bangers already.

It’s a new month and a new year, and January is bringing quite a few great games to be excited about.

A game based on one of the most popular manga and anime series will kick off this month’s big releases in less than a week, while one of the best games on the Nintendo Switch is finally getting ported to all other  current- and previous-gen consoles. A long-awaited open-world RPG from Square Enix, where you talk to your wrist, is also on the menu.

Switch owners will be treated to the next installment in the Fire Emblem series, while survival horror fans are getting the highly-anticipated remake of one of the best games in the genre. At the very end of January, we’ll get another SpongeBob game and a new road trip adventure.

Plenty of titles to look forward to, so let’s go over the best games releasing in January 2023.

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One Piece Odyssey is a new JRPG coming to consoles and PC this year

Eiichiro Oda is onboard with the project.

Aspiring pirates would do wise to keep an eye on One Piece Odyssey, a new JRPG based on the hit manga coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

On Monday, Bandai Namco announced One Piece Odyssey, a big-budget JRPG set in the One Piece universe. In an interview on YouTube, producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki spoke briefly about the project, reassuring fans that One Piece Odyssey will live up to the franchise’s adventurous legacy, especially with series creator Eiichiro Oda’s involvement.

“I hope to deliver an epic drama adventure of the Straw Hats which both One Piece fans and JRPG fans can experience and enjoy,” Tsuzuki said. “It was necessary to expand accessible places for players, and we wanted to be as true as possible to the original work. So we asked Oda for his advice, and he designed the characters and monsters to vitalize the in-game One Piece world.”

The full interview is watchable below.

Bandai Namco’s blog went into some detail regarding the plot of One Piece Odyssey.

“During their voyage, the Straw Hats, led by Monkey D. Luffy are swallowed by a huge storm at sea,” the synopsis reads. “They end up on a mysterious island full of nature amidst the storm and become separated from each other. The crew set outs on a new adventurous journey filled with wonders of a raging nature, powerful enemies, and strange encounters with island locals.”

There’s no firm release date for One Piece Odyssey, but it’s apparently coming out this year.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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