In recent months we have collected information on One Piece Odysseythe new title based on the work of Eiichiro Oda, like your story, your release date y latest trailers. To all this is added a new trailer for One Piece Odysseyin which the Straw Hats again visit Alabasta, or Alabasta.
In the original story, the Straw Hats arrive in Alabasta shortly after first entering the Grand Line. They are accompanied by Vivi, the princess of the kingdom that is controlled by the Baroque Works agents, commanded by Crocodile. Although she is considered her ‘nakama’, she knows that she has an obligation to her kingdom.
However, even though the situation is very similar, One Piece Odyssey it does not exactly recreate the crew’s first arrival in Alabasta. After all, its members have the outfits from after the ‘time skip’. This is justified by living everything as a “memory” of when they were there.
While we know that most of the Straw Hats will be available in the game, in the trailer for One Piece Odyssey on Alabasta neither Franky nor Brook appeared. In the story these came later, so it makes sense that only those who had memories in the place appear. Another detail is that Robin is part of the crew, despite working for Crocodile at the time.
This last one is important, because it seems that the Straw Hats will fight against Baroque Works again. With this, the question arises as to whether we will see “two Robins” at that time and whether other old parts of the story will also be recreated in the title.
Pre-orders of the game can be placed through the Bandai Namco page. Its release will be on January 13, 2023 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Source: Bandai Namco statement