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One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Game Adds Shanks, Coby as DLC Characters

Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed in a new video on Monday that Shanks and Coby will join Uta as playable characters in the One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 game in the “One Piece Film Red Pack”, which goes on sale on January 11.

The company shared a video highlighting Uta's abilities as a DLC character. The video also reveals "Additional Episode 2", the second bonus story out of three.

"Kobi Funtō Nikki" (Coby's Diary of Struggles) will be launch on the same day as the "One Piece Film Red Pack”. The DLC also includes "Tamashii no Kaizu 2" (Soul Sea Chart 2). The game added "Yamato no Manyūki" (Yamato's Logbook) and "Tamashii no Kaizu 1" (Soul Sea Chart 1) on September 14.

The game will also have a "Character Pack 6." Previous character videos have teased Gold Roger as an upcoming character. Those who purchase the Character Pass 2 (including Character Packs 4-6) will also get Onigashima Battle Law as a bonus.

The game's "Character Pack 1" DLC launched in July 2020 with three characters: Charlotte Smoothie, Charlotte Cracker, and Vinsmoke Judge. The game's "Character Pack 2" DLC includes X Drake, Killer, and Urouge, and launched in September 2020. "Character Pack 3" came out in December 2020 and includes Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, and Okiku. The game's "Character Pack 4" launched in September and includes Kaido, Yamato, and Onigashima Battle Luffy.

The game debuted for the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch in Japan in March 2020, and then debuted in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas for the same consoles plus PC later that month.

Playable characters in the game include: Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, Crocodile, Ace, Boa Hancock, Jinbe, Buggy, Dracule Mihawk, Emporio Ivankov, Rob Lucci, Trafalgar Law, Smoker, Tashigi, Sabo, Bartolomeo, Cavendish, Katakuri, Carrot, Vinsmoke Reiju, Vinsmoke Ichiji, Vinsmoke Niji, Vinsmoke Yonji, Marco, Whitebeard, Eustass Kid, Basil Hawkins, Capone Bege, Big Mom, Kaido, Akainu (Sakazuki), Kizaru (Borsalino), Aokiji (Kuzan), Issho (Fujitora), Shanks, Doflamingo, and Blackbeard. The game has an original story that takes place in the Land of Wano.

Namco Bandai Games released the first One Piece Pirate Warriors game in Japan on the PlayStation 3 and later in Europe and America in 2012. The second game shipped in Japan for the PS3 and PlayStation Vita, and in Europe and North America for the PS3 in 2013. Bandai Namco Entertainment released One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 for the PS4, PS3, PS Vita, and on PC via Steam in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australasia in August 2015. The game shipped in Japan in March 2015 for the PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. The game launched on the Switch in Japan in December 2017.

Sources: Bandai Namco Entertainment's YouTube channel, (link 2) via Gematsu

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