Despite both One Piece: Gigant Battle for Nintendo DS and One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP for the Nintendo 3DS having a confirmed PAL localisation for the European market, neither game will be officially released in Australia, according to a Namco-Bandai representative at the EB Games Expo last weekend.

The two games which are based on the immensely popular anime One Piece have been confirmed for an English release, but unfortunately the series is considered to have too much of a niche following as opposed to other series like Dragon Ball Z, and the games are just not expected to sell.

Gigant Battle was actually released in Europe on July 1st but mysteriously vanished a few weeks later, with all online stores changing the game's status from "in stock" to "available to pre-order". The EU version of Unlimited Cruise SP has been announced for release this year, and is estimated to be launching in November.