Shonen Jump's One Piece Pirates' Carnival

Received the game fast and it's good playing in single mode,to truly enjoy this game invite friends over for four player fun!

Imagine playing Mario Party but all the voices are 4kids voices. The gameplay isn't very hard to grasp, and the multiplayer mode is essentially othello. My one complaint is that you can't change the voice settings to Japanese. Obviously, this game was made before Franky and Brook, so they are not playable characters. However, every character before Skypeia is featured and the first 7 straw hats are included.

This is a super-addictive game that easily bests the Mario Party series.Fans of One Piece will love this game and even if you haven't heard of One Piece, you can't help but enjoy it.There will be times when the laughter hurts...Get this for your Wii now! Be sure to get some wireless Gamecube controllers as well!

well all in all it was a good game and if you like mario party you would probably like this. it did have a few problems though. unlocking the latter boards can be extemly difficult because you have to beat the computers on very hard mode. also theres a password you need to look up if you want the last 3 boards. another thing is that some of the mini game rules wont explain certain things like what gauge means in octopus ballon chicken race. or that in robins mini game the treasures closer to her have more gold. however all in all if you like mp and have freinds welling to play a old gamecube game i recommend this game.

Excellent

If you enjoy mini-game multiplayer fun like the Mario Party series, then One Piece Pirates' Carnival will be right up your alley.Where Mario Party has a main board with a "path" like Life or CandyLand, in Pirates' Carnival your main board is a grid, more like Othello. You're trying to turn squares to your color and capture as many as you can.In order to win a given square, you have to play a mini-game. This is quite fun in a situation where other people are around to play with, or you can play against the computer to hone your skills. You can choose to play as a variety of male or female characters.If you're playing against the computer, you can even set the difficulty level of each of the 3 other players. So you can start with them all on easy, and slowly work your way up with some easy and some harder.The mini-games are pretty fun, and involve the One Piece crew. You can slide around in a ring trying to bash each other out, sort of a cross between Sumo rules and sliding samurai sensibilities. Other games involve dodging missiles, racing, and other traditional mini-game tasks.The graphics are reasonably good here, with rippling water, cel shaded graphics and characters from the series. The sounds match up well with the series, which depending on how fond you are of the US version, could be a good or bad thing.Because the game is fun multiplayer, and because you can ramp up the difficulty based on your own skills, the game can be played pretty much forever. There's always a new challenge in the game. Unlike the path-based games like Mario Party, the strategic challenges of the main board here are great for building up logic skills.Now, there's the caveat that if you don't enjoy Mario Party style mini-games, you probably won't enjoy this either. It's not a long, epic story. It doesn't involve complex keystrokes to trounce an enemy. However, if you're up for light arcadey fun, and have friends you can hang out with for a few hours, definitely give Pirates' Carnival a try.

Early reviews from the major gaming sites seem to be trashing this game, and I think it's a bit unfair. One Piece: Pirates' Carnival is your basic Mario Party-style board game. Pick your character and participate in a bunch of button-mashing mini games. There is a decent strategic element, as the rules play kind of like "Othello" where you can steal your opponents squares and winnings. And the One Piece license is put to good use here: it's fun to see how they've reimagined scenes from the manga to fit the party game format, and its a kick seeing your favourite characters in deformed/chibi/cel-shaded style. And there's lots of voiceovers from the cast (which may or may not be a good thing if you don't like the 4Kids dub).Where I felt the game came up short was that the mini-games aren't as diverse as in Mario party. There are some innovative ones, but mostly it's a 1 vs 3 scenario where one player controls a powerful boss character while the other 3 try to foil him. After awhile, these type of games start to feel the same. And like all American releases, some of the content has been removed from the Japanese version because the series isn't as far ahead here. But we've come to expect that by now.If you like One Piece, I really do recommend this (or the Japanese version) as a purchase. It's amusing, and it's fun to come back to with friends every so often. Just be aware that it doesn't offer anything new from Mario Party, and you should be fine.

Very fun game i am happy