However, he is the only non-playable Straw. He is the 10th member of the Straw Hat Pirates crew. There have been instances in the past of content being cut from video game adaptations when it would involve upcoming ideas for the manga or anime, such as how developers cut Super Saiyan Gohan from a Dragon Ball Z title on the Super Nintendo. Jinbe is another playable guest One Piece Odyssey character. It's likely that development was already underway on One Piece Odyssey when Jimbei officially joined the crew. Oda mentions creating the designs for the game three years ago, suggesting that it started production in 2019.

The official trailer for One Piece Odyssey on the Bandai Namco YouTube channel opens with a message from One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, who has created different character and monster designs for the game. The real reason is likely due to the production schedule for the game.

Related: Bandai Namco Registers Trademark For New One Piece Game The One Piece video games have ignored the timeline in the past, so it wouldn't be out of place to include Jimbei in the crew and just treat it as happening in an alternate reality. Jimbei only joined the Straw Hats in the most recent arc of the anime, which is still ongoing with no end in sight. One could argue that the timeline is the reason that Jimbei isn't in One Piece Odyssey.

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