The game features game play similar to the previous installments.[3] The game has its own original story that takes the Wano arc from One Piece and changes it.[4] It also features four new multiplayer modes called Giant Boss Battle, Total Bounty Battle, Timed Defense Battle, and Territory Battle.[5]
Original story
This story adapts numerous story arcs from the original manga series, but the plot of the Wano Country arc was modified significantly due to its incompletion at the time of its release. Cavendish, Bartolomeo, Sabo, Smoker, Tashigi and Kuzan appear in the arc to help the Straw Hats to free Luffy from his cell. As the battle intensifies between Big Mom and Kaido, a new enemy appears in the form of Blackbeard and his crew. Fighting Blackbeard, Big Mom, and Kaido's crew, players are met with a final battle against Kaido who turns into a dragon after defeating Big Mom, Blackbeard, and Kaido's underlings. Luffy defeats Kaido at the end, prompting him to flee the country in revenge while everyone cheers and celebrates Luffy's victory.[6]
Characters
61 characters are playable in the game, 43 of which are base-game characters, while 18 additional characters were added later via DLC.[7] Previously playable characters Bartholomew Kuma, Caesar Clown, Gecko Moria, Magellan, Perona and initially Enel were cut, while Monkey D. Garp was demoted to a non-player character, only to return as a DLC character, with Enel also returning as DLC.
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On July 5, 2019, the game was announced at Anime Expo 2019 with a reveal trailer.[8][9]
On February 11, 2025, in celebration of a successful 4 million sales, ports to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were announced, along with the announcement of additional downloadable content which will be decided by fan votes.[10] On August 9, it was announced that Enel, a returning character; King, a new character from the Wano Country Arc; and Z from One Piece Film: Z had the most votes and would be added as playable characters in a future update.[11]
IGN's Mitchell Saltzman gave the game a score of 8 out of 10, saying "Pirate Warriors 4 is a great One Piece-flavored spin on the Musou genre with a deep roster and simple but fun combat".[16]
Sales
The PlayStation 4 version of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 was the second best-selling retail game during its first week on sale in Japan, with 75,998 copies being sold. The Switch version was the third bestselling retail game during the same week, selling 61,571 copies.[20] By December 2020, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 had sold over 1 million copies, becoming the fastest entry in the Pirate Warriors series to achieve that milestone.[21] By August 2022, it had sold over 2 million copies.[22] By August 2023, it had sold 3 million copies.[23] By February 2025, it had sold 4 million copies.[24]
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