November 3rd, 2011

The announcement of King of Pirates

35 Comments

King of Pirates, which is made by Keiji Inafune (the guy behind Mega Man) was announced a while back, so we’ve already seen a trailer and screenshots. But in case you want to see the original announcement event, and perhaps grab some details I may have overlooked, there’s a video after the break with English subtitles.

  • Eragon Fowl

    This is my chance! Hi I’m Eragon Fowl and I represent… who am I kidding. FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • 3DS Pwns

      Eragon with Artemis Fowl…I see what you did there

  • esespark

    nice,]

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      ………nice….

    • http://www.en.gravatar.com GameManiac

      That “………nice….” is from South Park, isn’t it.

      The episode where Ike dates a teacher?

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      Yes sir!

      MINT BERRY CRUNCH!

    • Belinni

      Actually it’s from Kaizar after he crit hit Lance’s Dragonite with his Typhlosion’s flamethrower which had only 42 hp left.

  • Thefranny1995

    This game looks promising :D

  • rulerofyourface

    This game looked good from the first trailer I saw. I hope it does well, we all know the 3DS needs it. BTW, what happened to Operation Moonfall, did it die?

    • WarioTime

      i think Nintendo is keeping zelda mm for next summer just to release somthing at tht time again

    • Belinni

      Was Operation Moonfall even alive to begin with?

      Maybe the leader went up the snowy peaks of Nintendo HQ but then died due to some sort of mechanical bull accident.

    • Waluigi

      Or they just have him locked up. Like all the other people who tried…

  • Thefranny1995

    Hey David would mind putting links in the description because my iPod can’t play the video on this site. Plz and thank you!

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

      no and sorry?

      cuz he didn’t

  • Brett

    Not at all

  • Atomsk

    “Inspire Children around the world”

    So…. is it gonna be localized hopefully?
    Was that even a worry? I am not sure…

    • DavidW

      I didn’t notice that. I hope so, but we all know how this normally turns out.

  • Brett

    Sorry. I’m not usually a troll. It’s just late, and I need to pull an all-nighter.

  • Roxas2011

    Wait…..King of Pirates? isn’t this familiar?

    • Money Bee

      Gum Gum RIP-OFF!

  • Robin

    am i the only one who thinks this is ripped off from One piece? similarities: 1. king of pirates. In one piece, the “one peice” itself is the treasure left behind by the most famous pirates, gold roger. whoever finds it, becomes “king of pirates”. 2. the fact the pirates are animals. the creator of one piece, eiichiro oda loves animals. in between chapters from the one piece mangas, he always places pictures he drew of the “straw hat” pirate crew interacting with animals, who are very often human like and dressed up, similarly like here. 3. the eagle pirate. in one piece there is a character called “mihawk hawkeye” who is the worlds greatest swordsman. in this game, the hawk dude has got a sword too. and dresses the same. 4. the overall look of the world and ships. almost identical to one piece. if you read the manga and watch the episodes, you will agree with me. lol

    • BigBadPollack

      actually, as he says in the video, this is based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is a chinese epic from the 14th century.

      except with animal pirates, because why not?

      The concept of a Pirate King has been around long before One Piece, using animals for characters has been around forever, and the aesthetic is only coincidentally similar.

      As for the Hawk swordsman, perhaps it’s a little nod.

      But I think you should give this game a chance, instead of dismissing it as a One Piece rip-off because, because it certainly isn’t.

    • Kazuki10101

      Even if it is a ripoff, which I highly doubt (no matter how popular One Piece is), I still want this game SO BAD.

    • Robin

      dont get me wrong mate im definately giving it a chance, i was just pointing out the similarities. perhaps sounded a bit harsh, seeing as i am a huge one piece fan. if this game can back up its screenshots and concept art with good gameplay i see no reason why this game wouldnt be good

  • http://Lol daniel

    This game doesn’t look all that great. I don’t understand if it was announced a while back why its not realeseing soon

    • Kazuki10101

      It takes a lot of work to get a game developed and ready for release. It’s actually a miracle they’re even considering releasing it next year…

  • Lord Spazmonkey

    If this isn’t a One Piece game then i’m sensing a LOT of lawsuits…

    • Kiryu

      a lot of lawsuit but all of them will not be successful. Why? He mixed it Pirates with the Romance of the little kingdom into this game.

    • BigBadPollack

      holy fuck. Did people try to sue Oda for writing One Piece when the Pirates of Penzance already featured a Pirate King and he “stole” their idea?

      did anyone flip a bitch when Disney made their Pirates movies? No, because there are allowed to me multiple pirate-themed licences in the world.

      there will be no lawsuits, and you are obviously 12 years old for thinking something as moronic and juvenile as that will happen.

  • yoyo

    i’m getting this nya!

    • Kazuki10101

      Same here! (It better be an internationally released game!)

  • http://passid.ca/186686 jay

    CG looks good, but i would like to see some GAMEPLAY!

  • http://passid.ca/paulio LazyKite

    great video and this game looks great!
    The artstyle looks cool!!

  • Xarreno

    2:20 looks like Majora’s Mask

    Other than that, this was very intriguing. Still looking forward to more details.

  • Vigia

    This will be THE GAME!