It’s really fun! And yeah, you don’t really need a map for it in the same way the NES game might be better with a map. I played it for the first time around 2011 and was surprised at how approachable and fun it was.

I still need to play AM2R, but I didn’t care for the official remake at all.

They should release Castle of Cagliostro again.

Neat! I still need a good Goemon figure to have the whole crew.

Mine is arriving this week while I am out of town as well! But at least I’ve got something to be excited about when I get home.

Hell yeah, love Porco Rosso ❤️

I did!

I love Picross and would love to help test these out! I only just saw this though, so if you’ve already got it all covered, no worries.

It’s tough to follow up a perfect video game (WLK), but I think this one is pretty good. Definitely worth picking up for $40, and I’m already enjoying it more than Beautiful and Forever.

I played about six stages last night, and it feels the most like a direct follow-up to WLK of any Katamari since. The opening is a little too busy and tutorial heavy, and the writing isn’t *quite* as snappy, but the charm is there and the game is fun.

Visually speaking, this is my favorite one. I love the circle motif, I love seeing all the scenes from the arc coming together, and I love the little Gear 5 Luffy running through the logo at the end.

Thank you!

Impel Down and Marineford are miserable to watch, partially because the adaptation was not great at the time, but also because focusing solely on Luffy for over 100 episodes was *rough*. I love Luffy, but he can’t carry this story on his back.

OP works best when more members of the crew are present

I love this ending so much. It’s so perfect for its place in the show, and I love her sharing that moment of joy with everyone at the end.

Thank you!

For me personally, it also marks a shift in how I watched the show. Up through Skypeia, I had watched the Funimation dub, but back in 2011, none of the episodes from LRLL-Sabaody were available officially in English. So I watched fansubs. Thankfully, the subs I had for this arc were very good.

I love the OP starting with the crew falling from Skypeia. That, plus the widescreen shift and cold opens really makes it feel like the show is entering a new era. This is when OP as a show started feeling like it was truly something *big* for me.

Thank you for posting my favorite song from One Piece on my birthday. Clearly this was planned from the start, and not just a happy coincidence. 🎊