One Piece: Grand Battle! - Removed Features

Removed Features

Several features were removed in the American version of the game because the American anime dub had not progressed as far as the Japanese version. At the time, the dub was only up to Alabasta arc (the game is set one saga (Skypiea) and an arc (Davy Back Fight) after Alabasta). The Marine HQ stage was altered to have no one but guards watching the players battle; originally the stage had characters such as Bartholomew Kuma and Don Quixote Doflamingo standing around the stage. Two of the fighting arenas were omitted, the Maxim (from the Skypiea arc) and the Groggy Ring (from the Davy Back Fight arc). The Davy Back game mode was changed to feature Usopp and the Usopp Pirates and renamed as Mini-Game Mode. However, Foxy's crew still can be seen in the background of some of the mini games, and Davy Back Fight rules still apply. Many of the attacks that were introduced after the Alabasta arc were omitted completely, such as Usopp's Impact Dial attack and Afro Luffy's Gum-Gum Cannon.

Some features that were altered and changed were not due to the American progression of the dub. The game had all of 4Kids Entertainment's dub editing practices performed on it, such as Mihawk's crosses being edited out; Smoker and Zoro's names being changed to Chaser and Zolo, respectively; and all traces of smoking being removed. Another strange dubbing edit was that all of the support characters except for the Kung Fu Dugongs and Lasso were mute. The omission of support character battle cries was made up for in the American version. In the American version, when both players have picked a character, the selected characters say something before the level select screen appears. In the Japanese version, the characters are silent after being selected. The reason for this is unknown. In the original version, the support characters would shout a battle cry when added to the battle. Also, instead of random pictures for rewards, the game offered many different series of the TCG games cards, and three could be unlocked every time the player had a victory in any match. In the American version, they can only be unlocked by playing the Mini-Game Mode.