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One Piece: Grand Battle! 2^[a] is a Japan-exclusive fighting game for the PlayStation developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai in 2002. It is the second game in the One Piece: Grand Battle! series and the seventh game to be based on the One Piece manga and anime. Similar to the first game, this game uses the song "We Are!" from the One Piece anime, but with different lyrics, which is known as "We Are! Super-EX ver.".

One Piece: Grand Battle! 2
Developer(s)	Ganbarion
Publisher(s)	Bandai
Series	One Piece One Piece: Grand Battle!
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release	JP: March 20, 2002[1]
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Plot

After Luffy and his crew make it to the grand line, they are faced by an organization of bounty hunters called Baroque Works. This game covers the Alabasta Saga.

Gameplay

Similar to the first game, two characters will duke it out in a 3D arena with items and obstacles. However, more characters, stages and features are added.

Returning characters

• Monkey D. Luffy
• Roronoa Zoro
• Nami
• Usopp
• Vinsmoke Sanji (written as "Sanji")
• Kuro
• Don Krieg
• Arlong
• Buggy
• Alvida
• Chaser
• Tashigi
• Nefertari Vivi (written as "Vivi")
• Pandaman
• Mihawk
• Shanks

New characters

• Tony Tony Chopper
• Nico Robin (written as Miss All Sunday)
• Wapol
• Karoo
• Portgas D. Ace
• Crocodile (written as "Mr. 0 Crocodile")
• Bentham (written as "Mr. 2 Bon Clay")
• Galdino (written as "Mr. 3")

Support characters

Yasopp Benn Beckman Lucky Roo Jango Butchie and Siam Mr. 4

Miss Merry Christmas Hatchan Kuroobi Chew Miss Doublefinger Mr. 1

Kuromarimo Chess Chessmarimo Chaka Pell Gin

Soundtrack

A CD featuring the game's music was released under the title, "One Piece Grand Battle! 2 Music and Song Collection."

PocketStation

Another One Piece game was available with this game using the PocketStation portable device, it was a role-playing game taking place during the Alabasta arc with a new original character.

Reception

The game sold 247,345 in its first week, with its lifetime sales, as of December 29, 2002, totaling at 545,506 copies in Japan, making it the best-selling original PlayStation game of the year.^[2]

Notes

1. Japanese: ONE PIECE(ワンピース) グランドバトル！2, Hepburn: Wan Pīsu: Gurando Batoru! Tsu