While J-Stars only dabbled in the world of One Piece and explored a handful of its bizarre and colourful characters, Burning Blood takes an unprecedented deep dive into the One Piece universe, visually upping the ante on several fronts. The similarities mostly end there, however. Luffy was prominently featured in one of the game’s four campaign story arcs. One could even argue that J-Stars served as the perfect “audition” for Spike Chunsoft to prove they could make a worthy One Piece game since the series’ main protagonist Monkey D. It also borrows several gameplay elements from its predecessor including its two-tiered level-up system for unlocking advanced moves and unleashing powerful ultimate attacks in battle. person, team-based, 3-D-arena-style fighting.
