One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!

One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush! is a fighting game based on One Piece manga and anime, released on the Sony Playstation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube.
The direct sequel to Grand Battle! 3, Grand Battle! Rush is the fourth and (to date) final game in the Grand Battle series. It loosely adapts events of the series up to the early portions of the Water 7 Arc, with particular emphasis on the Long Ring Long Land Arc.While no characters, items, or stages were specifically drawn from the Water 7 Arc, several techniques—such as Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Cannon—and cutscenes were. The game was developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai and Atari. It was released on March 17, 2005 in Japan, on September 6, 2005 in the United States and on September 29, 2005 in the European Union.
This was the first One Piece console game to be released in North America, under the name of One Piece: Grand Battle. However, since the English anime had not even completed the Arabasta Saga at the time of release, many features were changed or removed during localization. Nevertheless, reception was favorable enough that an American-produced sequel, One Piece: Grand Adventure, was released the following year.
==Gameplay==
Combat involves arcade-style fighting with complete freedom of movement in a three-dimensional environment. Player characters can walk, run, dash, jump, double-jump, block, and pick up (as well as long-throw, high-throw, and catch) items around the battlefield.
Fighting consists of standard button combinations. Every player character can access 19 standard techniques, in addition to a multi-tier that provides for three classes of techniques:
* : Summons a pre-chosen support character, who will attack for a set period before disappearing. Costs one food charge.
* : An attack preceded by a close-up on the character's sprite, typically stronger than most (if not all) standard attacks. Costs one food charge.
* : An attack that triggers a full cinematic, which may be one, two, or three phases long; if used as a finishing blow, a unique victory cinematic will play. Costs two food charges if successfully landed, nothing otherwise.
** The first phase occurs in all cases, inflicting damage equal to one-eighth a full health bar.
** The second phase occurs if the opponent has at least 50% more health, inflicting damage equal to one-fifth a full health bar.If the opponent has between 75% and 100% more health, a character-specific "misfire" cinematic will play.
** The third phase—generally drawn from the character's strongest canonical attack(s), and featuring a leitmotif unique to each character—occurs if the opponent has at least 100% more health, inflicting damage that ranges from half to nine-tenths a full health bar.
If a character with a completely full gauge receives what would otherwise be a finishing blow, will activate, raising attack power and speed while disabling the block mechanic.One Piece Heat will not activate if the finishing blow is a Secret Rush. Under One Piece Heat, the gauge steadily drains, and cannot be refilled. One Piece Heat will end with the gauge running out or with the next hit received, completely disabling the gauge for the rest of the battle.
Besides ordinary damage, the following status effects can be inflicted by various attacks, items, and conditions in the game:
* Burn: Inflicts steady damage over a set time. Can be transferred to opponents through grapple-based attacks.
* Poisoned: Inflicts damage whenever attacks are made.
* Greased: Reduces control over stops and turns. Also multiplies burn damage.
* Disoriented: Reverses directional controls.
* Stunned: Disables movement for three seconds. Immediately ended by any hit detection.
* Frozen: Disables movement while inflicting steady damage. Immediately ended by any hit detection.
Overall, gameplay and graphics remain largely identical to those of Grand Battle! 3, with the most significant changes being the addition of new characters, techniques, and stages (and the return of several from Grand Battle! 2).
===Characters===
There are a total of nineteen player characters, with—uniquely for the Grand Battle! series—at least one support option available to each. As with earlier games, each player character must choose one from their assigned support-pool before battle.
Color 	Type
Red 	Run
Blue 	Jump
Yellow	Stationary
Once summoned, a support character will follow one of three basic patterns: running after the opponent with ground attacks, jumping after the opponent with air attacks, or remaining stationary with projectile attacks. While support characters are not player-controllable, they also cannot be staggered or damaged (except by falls, which instantly eliminate them).
Below is a list of the player characters, and their assigned support characters. Please note that all character names follow in-game spellings, rather than manga or anime spellings.
Character 	Support Character(s) 	Support Character(s)	Support Character(s)
Character 	1 	2 	3
Monkey D. Luffy 	Kung Fu Dugongs 	 	
Roronoa Zoro 	Johnny 	Yosaku 	
Nami 	Genzo 	 	
Usopp 	Piiman 	Ninjin 	Tamanegi
Sanji 	Zeff 	 	
Tony Tony Chopper	Dr. Kureha 	 	
Nico Robin 	Hana Hana powers 	Mr. 3 	Miss Goldenweek
Buggy 	Mohji & Richie 	Cabaji 	
Kuro 	Jango 	Sham 	Buchi
Don Krieg 	Gin 	Pearl 	
Arlong 	Chew 	Hatchan 	Kuroobi
Mr. 2 Bon Clay 	Mr. 4 	Miss Merry Christmas	Lassoo
Sir Crocodile 	Mr. 1 	Miss Doublefinger 	
Smoker 	Tashigi 	 	
Enel 	60,000,000-Volt Jamboule	 	
Foxy 	Porche 	Hamburg 	
Aokiji 	Ice Bike 	 	
Dracule Mihawk 	Greatest Impact 	 	
Shanks 	Lucky Roux 	Benn Beckman 	Yasopp
All player characters can access an "A" and a "B" costume, usually consisting of their canon outfits and a recolor. Each of the Straw Hat Pirates can access up to four costumes with more elaborate themes:
* A: Long Ring Long Land Arc outfits, such as Luffy's "Afro Luffy" gear and Nami's "GOLD" tank top.
* B: Debut outfits, such as Usopp's brown overalls and Sanji's black suit.Zoro, who wore his debut outfit on Long Ring Long Land, has his Skypiea Arc outfit. Robin, who wore her debut outfit as an enemy rather than a (potential) Straw Hat, has her Jaya Arc outfit.
* C: Sports-themed outfits, drawn from a 2000 Olympics-based Shonen Jump cover (later collected in Color Walk 2).Nami, who wore a battle-impractical swimsuit on this cover, has her cheerleader uniform from Dream Soccer King. Robin, who was not included at all, has her Skypiea Arc outfit.
* D: Yakuza-themed outfits, drawn from a 1999 Shonen Jump cover (later reused for Volume 11).Robin, who was introduced after Volume 11, has her Whisky Peak Arc outfit. Chopper, who was introduced even later, has a Doskoi Panda shirt.
Costume choice generally does not affect gameplay (though Luffy's "A" costume, uniquely, defaults to an alternate Secret Rush cinematic).
===Items===
Combatants may be helped or hindered by a variety of items around the battlefield. Items fall under three general categories.
* Food: Fills portions of the Food Charge Gauge on contact.
* Power-Up: Alters various combat abilities on contact.
* Attack: Inflicts damage and/or various status effects when thrown or attacked.
Below is a table of items and their respective effects.
Item 	Type 	Effect
Fruit 	Food 	Fills a fraction of one Food Charge.
Drumstick 	Food 	Fills one Food Charge and restores a small amount of health.
Sword 	Power-Up	Raises attack power—and adds Guard Crash effects to all attacks—but disables blocking, for approximately ten seconds.
Shield 	Power-Up	Raises defense power—enough to negate most knockback effects—but reduces speed, for approximately ten seconds.
Shoes 	Power-Up	Raises speed—enough to give dashing a knockback effect—but reduces defense, for approximately ten seconds.
Diamond 	Power-Up	Allows the next Rush technique to be performed (at Sword-equipped strength) without cost.A Diamond-powered Support Rush will strengthen the support character's attacks accordingly; a Secret Rush will feature all three phases, with damage equal to half a full health bar. Carries no time limit.
Eternal Pose 	Attack 	Fills the Food Charge gauge if the red needle points up; empties the gauge if the needle points down. If grabbed and then dropped, the needle will reverse direction.
Oil 	Attack 	Inflicts grease effect for approximately ten seconds.
Bomb 	Attack 	Explodes to inflict damage (burn damage if combined with oil). If left alone, usually explodes after three seconds.
Bonfire 	Attack 	Releases a flame that inflicts burn damage. If held, up to five flames can be "shot" out by the high-throw command.
Poison Mushroom	Attack 	Releases spores that inflict poison damage for approximately five seconds.
Beehive 	Attack 	Releases bees that disorient while inflicting minor damage for approximately ten seconds; these can be transferred to the opponent through close-quarters attacks.
Gaimon 	Attack 	Retaliates with a pistol that inflicts unblockable damage. If held, his pistol can be fired at will by the high-throw command.
Items are generally found by breaking the containers—barrels, crates, and treasure chests—positioned around each stage. Once broken, a container will always release several pieces of fruit and one other item, which will usually fade if left untouched for 10 seconds. Barrels and crates can only release Attack items, while treasure chests can only release Power-Ups or drumsticks.
Containers can also be thrown for minor damage. Dashing against a container will send it a shorter distance but allow it to stun on impact.
===Battle Stages===
There are a total of nine stages, each with unique music, features, hazards, and background spectators.Some background spectators double as support or even player characters; if used in battle, they will disappear from their background positions.
List of Stages	
Foosha Village: Consists of grassland and a dirt path leading to a stone bridge, enclosed on one end by a cow and the other by a creek connected to the sea. Spectators include Makino, Woop Slap, Higuma's gang, and the Red Hair Pirates.Pandaman will occasionally appear in the well behind Makino and Woop Slap.
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* Higuma will periodically throw random items at the combatants.
* The grass can be picked up and thrown for minor damage.
** Very rarely, picking up grass will produce a cache of fruit or a swarm of bees.
* The cow will rampage across the stage and back if attacked.If left alone for 45 seconds, the cow will rampage anyways, provoked by the farmer NPC trying to move it.
** If struck by grass, it will produce fruit while rampaging.
* The signpost will spin if attacked, and launch the attacker in a random direction.
* The creek will instantly end any burn effect.	
Damage from stage hazards generally cannot be blocked. In addition, all stages—except Loguetown and Mary Geoise—contain bodies of water or other drops that serve as "ring out" zones, respawning combatants away after dealing a fixed amount of damage and removing any status effects. Water inflicts double damage on Devil Fruit users (quadruple on Crocodile)Uniquely, Arlong is completely immune to water damage, and will automatically emerge with a Shark on Darts attack. while "dry" drops inflict equal damage on all combatants.
==Game Modes==
Five modes may be accessed from the Top Menu.
===Grand Battle===
 mode allows players to participate in classic arcade-style battles against each other or against the CPU. CPU opponents may be set at four different difficulties. Time limits may be set at 60 seconds, at 99 seconds, or completely disabled. Victory conditions may be set at one, two, or three victories out of one, two, or three rounds. Stages may be preset or randomly selected.
===Davy Back Fight===
 mode adapts the canon concept into a series of mini-games hosted by Foxy and his crew. Per Foxy's challenge, the player selects three characters to compete in a three-coin game, with the first and second rounds drawing from six possible options:
* : The player character must prevent the Cutie Wagon from overtaking the Taru Tiger, by attacking the Foxy Pirates aiming bazookas at the latter. When attacked, the pirates will drop fruit (bombs if close to firing)
* : The player character must compete with a CPU-selected opponent in a 60-second match, scoring points by tossing Gaimon (the "ball") into the assigned goals. Extra points can be scored by knocking the opponent into their assigned goal.
* : The player character must battle a CPU-selected opponent in a 60-second match imposed with one of four possible conditions: higher jumps, higher speed, higher-damaging items, or a permanent grease effect.
* : The player character must destroy 300 item containers within 60 seconds. None of the containers will release items, but one food charge is provided at the start.
* : The player character must destroy a large pile of snow atop Drum Castle within 60 seconds.
* : The player character must battle Don Krieg on the Baratie stage and defeat him within 60 seconds. Krieg has an invisible (but otherwise standard) health bar, as well as an invisible and permanent Shield item; he will also not attempt to block any attack.
(Note that health automatically regenerates in all non-battle challenges. Additionally, Secret Rush techniques are disabled in all challenges except Custom Battle.)
At the end of the first and second rounds, the losing side must surrender one support character, which the winning side may use in one subsequent round.Ability-based support characters—Robin's Hana Hana powers, Enel's 60,000,000-Volt Jamboule, Aokiji's Ice Bike, and Mihawk's Greatest Impact—cannot be taken. The third and final round entails , setting the player character to battle Foxy on the Sexy Foxy stage; while the battle conditions are mostly standard, Foxy carries a backup health bar, and its activation will grant him a permanent state of One Piece Heat with infinite food charges.
The overall Davy Back Fight follows best-two-out-of-three conditions; winning enough times will make each of the mini-games (except Combat) independently playable from the main Davy Back Fight menu.
===Event Battle===
 mode puts the player character through five 99-second battles against five CPU opponents. As with Grand Battle mode, these opponents—as a whole—may be set at four different difficulties.
Each battle begins and ends with a cutscene, generally scripted after canon events if possible.Unlike those of Grand Battle! 3, these cutscenes are depicted with two-dimensional illustrations instead of sprites, so players are largely restricted to a character's default costume. The stage for each battle also generally follows canon; for instance, while Luffy may be fought on any stage except Mary Geoise, Krieg will always be fought on the Baratie.Kuro is always fought on the Drum Castle stage, since the game lacks a Syrup Village stage.All Government-affiliated characters—Mihawk, Smoker, Crocodile, and Aokiji—may be fought on the Mary Geoise stage, even though only Mihawk has been depicted at Mary Geoise in canon.
Once all five battles are cleared, a character-specific cinematic is played, followed by the game's development credits. If any battle is lost, the player will be presented with a continue option. Five continues—in total—are allowed before Event Battle automatically ends.
(A downsized version of the Crush Rush Box mini game is included as a halftime event between the third and fourth battles. Though unskippable, it has no effects on Event Battle as a whole.)
===Grand Tours===
 mode allows up to 16 different characters to participate in a bracketed tournament.
===Training===
 mode allows the player to test a character's controls and capabilities on the hazard-free Mary Geoise stage. Here, food charges and health regenerate automatically, and all damage output is visibly recorded.
In addition to standard difficulty settings, the player may program the opponent character to do nothing, run away, give chase (without attacking), or focus exclusively on one type of attack. A running timer is also available, so the player can measure long it takes to break all eight pillars.
==Bonus Features==
A number of bonus features can be unlocked by meeting various victory conditions, typically in Event Mode.
===Treasure===
 features:
* , which provides a data file for each player character, comprising a revolving model, combat attributes, voice clips, and a short profile.
* , which provides statistics on every battle fought so far, including breakdowns of how often each character has used each type of technique to win a battle.
* , which collects the game's opening cinematic and every character's Event Battle ending.
* , which collects every soundtrack in the game.
* , which collects every Event Battle illustration and unlock screen in the game.
===Cards===
 reproduces all 1,173 cards from the first 19 sets of the official One Piece collectible card game.
Three cards will be unlocked with victory in any battle or mini game.
==Translation and Alterations==
As with the anime at the time, Grand Battle! Rush! was localized and dubbed into English—as simply One Piece: Grand Battle!—by 4Kids Entertainment. While the gameplay mechanics were retained, many other aspects were changed or outright removed.
* 4Kids naming conventions (e.g. Zolo for Zoro, Chaser for Smoker) and censorship (e.g. the cross-like guards on Mihawk's swords being shortened) are generally followed where applicable.
** However, exceptions and inconsistencies exist. For instance, while the cigars in his mouth are removed, Smoker/Chaser retains his cigar bandoleers and kanji.
* Since the 4Kids anime had only begun the Drum Island Arc at the time, steps are taken against spoilers for Arabasta and beyond:
** The opening cinematic—which references canon events up to Aokiji's introduction—is replaced with the the 4Kids anime's rap opening.Some footage from the original cinematic is included in an "idle mode" trailer for the Press Start screen.
** All of the Straw Hat Pirates' post-Arabasta outfits are removed, leaving their debut outfits the defaults (recolors of these are used to make up the difference).
** Since Chopper and Robin had not joined the Straw Hats (indeed, the latter was known as nothing other than Ms. Sunday) at the time, their profiles and cutscenes are rewritten to remove all signs of familiarity with the Straw Hats.
*** All of Robin's costumes are removed, except her "Ms. Sunday" outfit (and its recolor); all her cutscene illustrations are redrawn accordingly.
** Usopp's Impact Dial technique is replaced with a new technique called Exploding Super Star.This new technique appears to be based off his Gunpowder Star Dance from Chapter 296.
** Enel, Foxy, and Aokiji—and their respective support characters—are removed.
** The Maxim and Sexy Foxy stages are removed, while the Mary Geoise stage—renamed Eden Rock—is reframed as a standard Navy training area with all spectators removed.
** Davy Back Fight mode—renamed Mini-Games—is changed to Usopp and his ragtag "pirates" issuing the Usopp Pirates' Challenge (though unedited Foxy Pirates still appear in several games).
*** The Donut Race—renamed Usopp Race—replaces the crews of the Taru Tiger (Nami, Usopp, and Robin) and the Cutie Wagon (Porche and Capote) with nondescript villagers and the Usopp Pirates, respectively. Monda remains, but is recolored to look like an ordinary shark.
*** Combat—renamed Usopp Duel—replaces Foxy with Usopp, and randomly selects its stage.
* Event Battle mode—renamed Story Mode—is given an extra screen depicting the player character's in-game profile.
* Support characters are only dubbed (when included) in cutscenes; during gameplay, they attack in silence. Stage-exclusive characters such as Alvida are likewise left silent.
* Several unlock conditions are changed or simplified; notably, Mihawk's no longer requires Zoro to survive a Secret Rush attack.
* The Cards feature—renamed One Piece Art—replaces its cards with 198 screenshots from the anime.Oddly, almost half of these screenshots depict material cut from (or not yet aired by) the 4Kids anime, including the Little Garden Arc and several Japanese openings and endings. These can only be unlocked through the Usopp Pirates' Challenge.
==Cast==
Grand Battle! Rush! features the largest cast of the Grand Battle! games, as it provides fully voiced support characters for almost every player character, in addition to a considerable number of voiced background spectators. Possibly due to this, it recasts more characters than any prior game, including several who had maintained steady casting in the TV anime.
The English localization mostly retains the 4Kids anime's standard cast; notably, it features several performances (such as Michael Alston Baley's Crocodile) months ahead of their televised debuts.
Role 	Voice Actor (Japanese) 	Voice Actor (English)
Monkey D. Luffy 	Mayumi Tanaka 	Bella Hudson
Nami 	Akemi Okamura 	Kerri Williams
Roronoa Zoro 	Kazuya Nakai 	Marc Diarison
Usopp 	Kappei Yamaguchi 	J. Griff
Sanji 	Hiroaki Hirata 	David Moo
Tony Tony Chopper 	Ikue Ōtani 	Lisa Ortiz
Nico Robin 	Yuriko Yamaguchi 	Veronica Taylor
Smoker 	Mahito Ōba 	Russell Velázquez (uncredited)
Shanks 	Shūichi Ikeda 	Tom Souhrada
Mr. 2 Bon Clay 	Kazuki Yao 	Kevin Kolack
Sir Crocodile 	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo 	Michael Alston Baley
Buggy 	Shigeru Chiba 	David Wills
Kuro 	Kōichi Hashimoto 	Gary Littman
Don Krieg 	Fumihiko Tachiki 	Marc Thompson
Dracule Mihawk 	Takeshi Aono 	Andrew Paull
Arlong 	Jūrōta Kosugi 	David Wills
Enel 	Toshiyuki Morikawa 	N/A
Foxy 	Bin Shimada 	N/A
Aokiji 	Takehito Koyasu 	N/A
Nefertari Cobra 	Iemasa Kayumi 	N/A
Kung-Fu Dugongs 	Koji Haramaki 	N/A
Genzo 	Kōzō Shioya 	Marc Diraison
Johnny 	Masaya Takatsuka 	Dan Green
Yosaku 	Yasuhiko Tokuyama 	Wayne Grayson
Piiman 	Haruhi Terada 	Kevin Kolack
Tamanegi 	Makiko Ohmoto 	Pete Zarustica
Ninjin 	Noriko Yoshitake 	Kevin Kolack
Zeff 	Kōji Yada 	Robert Gorman
Dr. Kureha 	Masako Nozawa 	Maddie Blaustein
Tashigi 	Junko Noda 	Priscilla Everett
Lucky Roux 	Jin Domon 	N/A
Benn Beckman 	Kenichi Ono 	Andrew Paull
Yasopp 	Sanshirō Nitta 	J. Griff
Mr. 4 	Masaya Takatsuka 	N/A
Lassoo 	Koji Haramaki 	N/A
Miss Merry Christmas	Mami Kingetsu 	N/A
Mr. 1 	Tetsu Inada 	Unknown
Miss Doublefinger 	Uko Tachibana 	Kathleen Delaney
Mr. 3 	Nobuyuki Hiyama 	N/A
Miss Goldenweek 	Akiko Nakagawa 	N/A
Richie 	Tetsu Inada 	N/A
Mohji 	Shigenori Sōya 	Tom Souhrada
Cabaji 	Moriya Endō 	J. Ward Regan
Jango 	Kazuki Yao 	Pete Zarustica
Sham 	Masaya Onosaka 	Eric Stuart
Buchi 	Yasuhiro Takato 	Carter Cathcart
Gin 	Kenichi Ono 	Peter Katana
Pearl 	Hiroyuki Kawamoto 	Brian Maillard
Chew 	Masaya Onosaka 	Thomas Wayland
Hatchan 	Toshiyuki Morikawa 	Sean Schemmel
Kuroobi 	Hisao Egawa 	Sean Schemmel
Porche 	Sara Nakayama 	N/A
Hamburg 	Hirohiko Kakegawa 	N/A
Wapol 	Bin Shimada 	N/A
ChessPickles 	Jin Domon 	N/A
Kuromarimo 	Hisao Egawa 	N/A
Dalton 	Kenichi Ono 	N/A
Nefertari Cobra 	Yasuhiko Tokuyama 	N/A
Nefertari Vivi 	Sara Nakayama 	N/A
Karoo 	"Rude Guy" 	Unknown
HigumaNezumi 	Yasuhiko Tokuyama 	N/A
Makino 	Makiko Ohmoto 	N/A
Momoo 	Koji Haramaki 	
Nojiko 	Noriko Yoshitake 	N/A
Patty 	Tetsu Inada 	N/A
Alvida 	Uko Tachibana 	N/A
CapoteItomimizu 	Kōzō Shioya 	N/A
Additional Voices 	Hisao EgawaHiroyuki KawamotoSanshirō NittaKenichi Ono	Corey JamesJim "Nappy" Napolitano
Narrator 	Mahito Ōba 	Eric Stuart
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*Unlike previous installments of the Grand Battle series, this game's opening cinematic references only canon events.
*Luffy will enter a unique "enraged" mode, with different voice clips, if battling Grand Line enemies such as Crocodile or Enel.
**If used against Foxy, Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Cannon Secret Rush will have unique dialogue, especially during the victory cinematic; instead of just screaming, Luffy will make his proclamation from Chapter 316.
*Sanji will enter a unique "Mellorine" mode, with different voice clips and remixed Secret Rush music, if battling Nami or Robin.
*Don Krieg's MH5 technique will be substituted by a shuriken bomb (as seen in Chapter 60) if the jump command is given while the shell is airborne.
*The English boxart of this game was repurposed for the English-exclusive One Piece.
*Translations for both the Japanese and American versions of this game were released in some European countries (such as Spain).
==References==
==External links==
*One Piece: Grand Battle RUSH! (Japanese)
*Hayate Hobby (Japanese fan-site)
*One Piece: Grand Battle (English)
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