Sengoku Musou - Samurai Warriors

Working with Omega Force once again, Koei is set to launch Sengoku Musou (Samurai Warriors, as it will be titled for the US release) for the PS2. This time around, it's not from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms era. They've taken the initiative and started a whole new potential series, focusing instead on feudal Japan (Age of Civil Wars). The game will not be strictly historical and true to actual events, however, which is somewhat of a change from the past RotK titles. Actual facts, characters and events are going to be twisted and altered to fit the new gameplay and storyline so the game will be less of a history lesson in motion.

At first I was expecting another rehash of the Shin Sangoku Musou releases, and initial screenshots seemed to confirm this. Koei didn't exactly make dramatic changes to anything following the first Shin Sangoku Musou. New characters, new stages... Same button-mashing. Sengoku Musou apparently has a few new elements that could spice up the rather bland mix. 'Active Missions', in-battle tasks you must complete, seem to be the biggest change. Multiple endings per battle are also offered as objectives are completed or missed. At least it's better than the continual cycle of find enemy group, eliminate, kill boss. The fighting itself looks to be about the same, with only a few new attacks and specials. I've yet to hear of any drastic changes to the fighting system.

http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/sengoku/to...pop/if07_2.jpg


Environments and characters (the entire roster has yet to be released) look dishearteningly similar to what I've seen far too many times already. The graphics have been given a very slight boost, and scenarios are a bit more complex and crisp, but it reeks of its predecessor's style.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images..._screen011.jpg

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Set for Japanese release on February 11th, I'm hoping Sengoku Musou will prove to be more than a direct offshoot of Shin Sangoku Musou with different characters and backgrounds.

I enjoyed the Shin Sangoku Musou games, but if there isn't something very new to liven this up a bit, I think I'll have to pass on it. Hitting circle a few thousand times per battle got old a few releases ago.

So has anyone heard of a single thing to confirm Koei's claim that this will be a fresh, new addition to their lineup?

This is the same company that has basaically rehashed DW 2 over and over and over again.

I didn't expect something new, except for the setting. It'll be good to not have to play the yellow turban battle AGAIN.

And I thought DW 4's missions were a breath of fresh air, they added alot more to do than just find the boss and end the level.

I wouldn't mind if it's a straight DW rip just as long as there's a draw distance this time.

I'll probably pass on it, After playing part 2 and 3 of Dynasty Warriors to death and hating 4 I can't see this making me come back for more. Infact every installment since DW2 has become worse. They need to stop until the next generation comes around.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images..._screen004.jpg

Ugh, as much as I loved Koei on the NES and SNES, this is just shoddy art. To make matters worse they only make the Uncharted waters series only the PC now and ONLY in CHINESE! Fucking port the damn thing to the Xbox if you need a freaking HD.

I actually fell asleep (literally) playing DW2 way back at PS2 launch, and as such, never played any of the other ones. But, I'm looking forward to this one.

Shame it's not online.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

The game will not be strictly historical and true to actual events, however, which is somewhat of a change from the past RotK titles. Actual facts, characters and events are going to be twisted and altered to fit the new gameplay and storyline so the game will be less of a history lesson in motion.

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Actually the RoTK games, Dynasty Warriors in particular, completely mangle both the actual history and the semi-fictional historical novel on which they're based. Things happen out of sequence, multiple events are condensed into single battles, and a ton of shit is just plain made up. This should be par for the course.

Anyway, I actually suggested this very idea in a DW thread about a year ago, so you'd better believe I'm there to see it in execution. The idea of demolishing legions of ashigaru with Masamune Date or Kosaka Masanobu greatly appeals. Heh, I can't wait to see Toyotomi Hideyoshi's musou attack.

I've got to say though, I'm hoping for an Xbox version. DW4 came out for it, so there's defintely hope.

If you don't like the Dynasty Warriors series, you are not going to like Samurai Warriors. Shin Sengoku Musou goes platinum instantly in Japan, and they are not going to change the core gameplay too much. It does fix a couple problems plaguing Dynasty Warriors though, different music and improved draw distances. Create a Warrior looks a lot better to now.

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Actually the RoTK games, Dynasty Warriors in particular, completely mangle both the actual history and the semi-fictional historical novel on which they're based. Things happen out of sequence, multiple events are condensed into single battles, and a ton of shit is just plain made up. This should be par for the course.

Anyway, I actually suggested this very idea in a DW thread about a year ago, so you'd better believe I'm there to see it in execution. The idea of demolishing legions of ashigaru with Masamune Date or Kosaka Masanobu greatly appeals. Heh, I can't wait to see Toyotomi Hideyoshi's musou attack.

I've got to say though, I'm hoping for an Xbox version. DW4 came out for it, so there's defintely hope.

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Hideyoshi and Masanobu aren't in the game.
15 characters and 15 CAW(looks much better then DW4 version) characters.
Character Screens
Character roster
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Initials
Sanada Yukimura(the Zhao Yun of the game)
Kunoichi(made up character, member of the Sanada 10 hereoes)
Hattori Hanzo(duh)
Maeda Keiji(LU BU)
Akechi Mitsuhide(Samanaosuke's Uncle, and the person who killed Nobunaga)
Unlockables
Takeda Shingen(the Wei Yanish dude, and my personal fave, the Tiger of Kai)
Uesugi Kenshin(looks like Xu Huang, and Shingen's rival)
Oichi(the Qiao of the game, looks way different than Oyu from Onimusha 2)
Okuni(fights with umbrella)
Magoichi(if you played oni 2 you know who he is)
Ishikawa Goemon(Xu chuish)
Date Masamune(I like the Kessen look so much better, looks too young now)
Mori Ranmaru(Nobunga's general, has a gender crisis)
Nouhime(Nobunaga's wife, think Zhen Ji)
Nobunaga(duh)

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Originally Posted by Tigana

It does fix a couple problems plaguing Dynasty Warriors though, different music and improved draw distances.

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Good. The draw-distance thing was my biggest dissappointment with DW4.

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Hideyoshi and Masanobu aren't in the game.

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Masanobu's relatively obscure, but no Hideoyoshi? I don't see Ieyasu, either. They'd better be in there as hidden characters or something; otherwise, that's pretty messed up. I was hoping for a roster like DW3's, which was reasonably comprehensive.


Sanada Yukimura(the Zhao Yun of the game)

-Holy Onimusha flashback.

Maeda Keiji(LU BU)

-What an odd choice to make into the powerhouse.

Akechi Mitsuhide(Samanaosuke's Uncle, and the person who killed Nobunaga)

-They added him, but no Hojo? Hmm...

Takeda Shingen(the Wei Yanish dude, and my personal fave, the Tiger of Kai)

-That character model is just so wrong for him.

Uesugi Kenshin(looks like Xu Huang, and Shingen's rival)

-Going by those shots, he's the coolest looking design.

Date Masamune(I like the Kessen look so much better, looks too young now)

-Well, he should look young. I'd have to check my dates, but I don't even think he was born before Nobunaga died. Possibly not even before Shingen died.

Hopefully there are more hidden characters, or they've got a sequel in the works that will expand the roster. There's plenty of Sengoku Jidai era characters they could/should toss in. Not a single Ashikaga? Not a single member of the Imagawa clan? No Shimazu or Mori? DW had Chinese gods - why not toss in Hachiman or Raiden or something? There's a ton they could do.

Oh well, I guess what they have will do for now - I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

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Good. The draw-distance thing was my biggest dissappointment with DW4.

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Ayup, the smaller amount of enemies made the draw distance even worse and less excuseable in DW4. They are doing it by making the maps much smaller, but who knows how successful they will be. They were a couple vids on ign, but I'm to lazy to look them up now.

Each characters has three musous now, and there are horses have lifebars. They have palanquins in the game now too.

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Masanobu's relatively obscure, but no Hideoyoshi? I don't see Ieyasu, either. They'd better be in there as hidden characters or something; otherwise, that's pretty messed up. I was hoping for a roster like DW3's, which was reasonably comprehensive.

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CAW, I beleive Omega Force wanted to emphasize CAW as you can have CAW characters as bodyguards now(and they fixed my biggest problem with CAW, they have portraits on the life bars now) I believe all the DW4 characters will be available as CAWs . Toyotomi and Tokugawa should have definitely been in the game though

Maeda Keiji(LU BU)

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What an odd choice to make into the powerhouse.

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Not so odd really, he is the battlefield Musashi, known for his colorful life and successful fights while fighting on losing sides.I know there is one successufl manga about his exploits, and I also believe Samurai Deeper Kyo is based on him.

Takeda Shingen

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-That character model is just so wrong for him.

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While I wouldn't use that model and use something representing his likeness in Heaven and Earth. It is actually accurate to drawings of him.

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Originally Posted by Tigana

Not so odd really, he is the battlefield Musashi, known for his colorful life and successful fights while fighting on losing sides.I know there is one successufl manga about his exploits, and I also believe Samurai Deeper Kyo is based on him.

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After reading the Keiji manga in Raijin Comics since it began its US run, the character design for him in this game doesn't sit too well with me, heh. Oh well. I have no clue what the actual guy looked like...

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Actually the RoTK games, Dynasty Warriors in particular, completely mangle both the actual history and the semi-fictional historical novel on which they're based. Things happen out of sequence, multiple events are condensed into single battles, and a ton of shit is just plain made up. This should be par for the course.

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This is in comparison to DW. I know that the actual RotK happenings were brutally rearranged and quite a bit of nonsense was thrown in. Fact is, however, the characters are somewhat true to their counterparts, and many of the locations were accurate. Sengoku Musou will be above and beyond the historical elaboration...

As far as characters go, I find Date Masamune (went by first name of Botenmaru, I believe) interesting. Any guy that plucks his own eye out (hence the name of the One-Eye Dragon) better be badass in the game. I don't know, but his exploits in actual history fascinate me.

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Originally Posted by Tigana

Ayup, the smaller amount of enemies made the draw distance even worse and less excuseable in DW4. They are doing it by making the maps much smaller, but who knows how successful they will be. They were a couple vids on ign, but I'm to lazy to look them up now.

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Smaller maps? They haven't even upgraded the engine? Yeesh, it's not like they have no money or anything. RoTK makes a small profit, Dynasty Tactics did well in Japan, and DW is a license to print money right now.

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Each characters has three musous now, and there are horses have lifebars. They have palanquins in the game now too.

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Palanquin? Like, guys carrying you around?

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CAW, I beleive Omega Force wanted to emphasize CAW as you can have CAW characters as bodyguards now(and they fixed my biggest problem with CAW, they have portraits on the life bars now) I believe all the DW4 characters will be available as CAWs . Toyotomi and Tokugawa should have definitely been in the game though

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Sorry, CAW?

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While I wouldn't use that model and use something representing his likeness in Heaven and Earth. It is actually accurate to drawings of him.

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Not any drawings that I've seen. I believe his armour has been preserved somewhere. When I think of Shingen, I think of how he looked in Kagemusha.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

This is in comparison to DW. I know that the actual RotK happenings were brutally rearranged and quite a bit of nonsense was thrown in. Fact is, however, the characters are somewhat true to their counterparts, and many of the locations were accurate. Sengoku Musou will be above and beyond the historical elaboration...

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Heh, well, to be honest this doesn't really sound much worse than the RoTK guys. Many are using different weapons than they traditionally do (Huang Gai used a spear and a steel whip; in the games they have him using a club, Liu Bei used two swords rather than one, etc.) and they pretty much all look different than they're described. They generally follow the way they have been depicted in Chinese opera, but even then there are major derivations.

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As far as characters go, I find Date Masamune (went by first name of Botenmaru, I believe) interesting. Any guy that plucks his own eye out (hence the name of the One-Eye Dragon) better be badass in the game. I don't know, but his exploits in actual history fascinate me.

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He's an individual whose reputation is built on wacky stunts like that. Politically and militarily he wasn't very important to the times, and only came along once everything had been pretty much decided.

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Smaller maps? They haven't even upgraded the engine? Yeesh, it's not like they have no money or anything. RoTK makes a small profit, Dynasty Tactics did well in Japan, and DW is a license to print money right now.

Palanquin? Like, guys carrying you around?

Sorry, CAW?

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CAW = Create a Warrior, most heavily anticipatated innovation about dw four, but dissapointing do to severe limitiations. I'm expecting they do it right this time. And yep you can have four characters carry you around a palanquin.

Everything about Samurai Warriors screams smaller but better. Too much character cloneage in dynasty warriors, so limit the characters in samurai warriors. Too much fog in dw, make the maps smaller and the terrain more closed to reduce the fog.

Official Trailer is here btw:
http://download7.gamecity.ne.jp/prod...ku/sengoku.mpg

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Originally Posted by Tigana

Everything about Samurai Warriors screams smaller but better. Too much character cloneage in dynasty warriors, so limit the characters in samurai warriors.

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This is the very first thing I noticed.... all 15 characters all look very different from one another, all have unique weapons, and generally all look badass.

Can't wait to try out this one now.

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Originally Posted by Tigana

Everything about Samurai Warriors screams smaller but better. Too much character cloneage in dynasty warriors, so limit the characters in samurai warriors.

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I would much rather have fewer characters with a greater amount of custom abilities and traits. If every character has the reported three musou attacks, unique powers and special distinguishing fighting styles... Much better than the over-cluttered mass of Shin Sangoku characters. Having five or so spear-wielders with the exact same attacks and similar appearance was incredibly dull and only cluttered the game.

I'm really impressed after seeing the trailer. So is the music going be like the techno stuff in the trailer?

Wow, it looks beautiful. I bet the voice acting will be shit.

I've always been slightly fond of the Dynasty Warriors games, though I haven't put any real time into it. This sounds pretty good, thankfully. I'll probably be forced to play it anyway, heh. :)

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Wow, it looks beautiful. I bet the voice acting will be shit.

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Hopefully Spike and Jet will return, heh.

I passed on DW4, so I'll pick up the xbox version of this if one ends up existing. I'm really looking foward to when this series finally moves onto better hardware though. The PS2 really limits the scope.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

I passed on DW4, so I'll pick up the xbox version of this if one ends up existing. I'm really looking foward to when this series finally moves onto better hardware though. The PS2 really limits the scope.

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Yeah, DW and GTA are definetly two games that need to be on better hardware.

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Originally Posted by Green

Yeah, DW and GTA are definetly two games that need to be on better hardware.

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The problem is that the better hardware is availble, but they start on the lowest common denominator and work up. They should MAKE the game on xbox, and scale down to ps2, instead of the other way around, but since ps2 gets the sales, this won't happen anytime soon.

This new Sengoku game will rock my ass, I can't get over how awesome the character designs are, and they all have some sort of unique weapon (one guys has a rifle!!!). Plus, there's a badass ninja. I've always loved the DW games, but it just got stale by part 4 playing the same battles over and over, even if alot of them did have a new spin on them.

At first I did think 15 characters was too small, but I think in all of DW 4 I used maybe about 10 characters total, because there was too much clonage as noted before. In this one, I want to play through as every one of these, secret badass characters would make it even more sweeter.

Is there a US release date yet?

I hardly know anything about ancient Japan's warlords outside of stuff from anime and games, but I wonder why Musashi Miyamoto isn't in this? Isn't he a really popular samurai?

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I hardly know anything about ancient Japan's warlords outside of stuff from anime and games, but I wonder why Musashi Miyamoto isn't in this? Isn't he a really popular samurai?

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The only thing I can think of, is that they have to save some stuff for a sequel.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

I passed on DW4, so I'll pick up the xbox version of this if one ends up existing. I'm really looking foward to when this series finally moves onto better hardware though. The PS2 really limits the scope.

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So far they said they have no plans on releasing it outside of the PS2. Meaning, you'll end up waiting a very long time for a crappy Xbox version that doesn't do much to help the game. I think we're stuck with PS2, sadly.

And in semi-related news, Koei announced another freaking expansion disc for Shin Sangoku Musou 3 (DW 4)

WHEN WILL THEY LET IT END?

I honestly hope Sengoku Musou isn't so brutally murdered in this fashion. It's getting old.

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I hardly know anything about ancient Japan's warlords outside of stuff from anime and games, but I wonder why Musashi Miyamoto isn't in this? Isn't he a really popular samurai?

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He wasn't really a part of this era, although I guess he could be wedged in there. The Sengoku Jidai was really over by around 1594 (although other historians will put that date at 1598, 1603 or 1615 depending on what event you want to consider its close), at which point Musashi was like 10 years old. He really didn't come to major public prominence until later in his life when he founded his Two Heavens (Ni Ten Ichi Ryu) school, although he was a noted duelist before that. Most of the famous stories around Musashi stem from Yoshikawa Eiji's much later novel about his life.

Btw - did I mention that this game's (Japanese) name cracks me up?

The Musashi explanation makes since,but becus i suck with Japanese history,even though i do love it..what about the Yagyu's,Yoshiyoka's,and Andersons.....oops sorry,had The Last Samurai on my mind(great movie by the way).

And really...i was not interested until i saw that Demon Hanzo was in the roster...cus you know....ninja's kick ass and junk.

JBNagis
Ninja's scailing your building,no time to grab the gun they already got your wife and children- RZA

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Originally Posted by Nomi

So far they said they have no plans on releasing it outside of the PS2. Meaning, you'll end up waiting a very long time for a crappy Xbox version that doesn't do much to help the game. I think we're stuck with PS2, sadly.

And in semi-related news, Koei announced another freaking expansion disc for Shin Sangoku Musou 3 (DW 4)

WHEN WILL THEY LET IT END?

I honestly hope Sengoku Musou isn't so brutally murdered in this fashion. It's getting old.

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It may be getting old to you, but it obviously makes a ton of money in Japan. And Koei usually announces an xbox port after the previous game sells well on the ps2. See: DW 3 and 4.

I like the expansion discs, obviously their target audience does to, so they'll keep making them because it's making them money. Hurray for Koei!

Bah I change my mind to probably gonna get it, the characters does look cool etc.
I just hated the way your role in DW went from crucial part of an army to one man army. I mean the generals could hold their own most times in DW2 (Zhang Fei could hold them at bay for a long time at Chang Ban) and I depended on them, morale system seemed to work and most of the stages where better designed than later on)
Maybe it's because it was one of my first PS2 games but it actually had some memorable moments to come back to (Hu Lao gate being it's finest). I appreciate the new characters of course and the new weapons and combos where nice but I need a return back to part two in many ways.

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Ugh, as much as I loved Koei on the NES and SNES, this is just shoddy art. To make matters worse they only make the Uncharted waters series only the PC now and ONLY in CHINESE! Fucking port the damn thing to the Xbox if you need a freaking HD.

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Personally, I say they're still doing alright, Crimson Sea was slightly above par.

I thought Destiny of the Emperor was awesome.

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Originally Posted by JBNagis

The Musashi explanation makes since,but becus i suck with Japanese history,even though i do love it..what about the Yagyu's,Yoshiyoka's,

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The Yagyuu family was quite active during this period, but not particularly famous - Yagyuu Munenori was the guy who really put that clan on the map, and he was still a fairly young man by the time a fair semblance of political stability had been achieved, being born in 1571. But he did participate in the battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and was made sword instructor to the Tokugawa clan, personally teaching both Hidetada and Iemitsu. He was known for his art of Mutodori - the ability to rip an opponent's sword right out of their hands, and take control of their minds (exactly what is meant by this is debatable - I don't know if Mutodori survives to the present day ) which he learned from his father Muneyoshi, founder of the Yagyuu Shinkageryu. So yeah, he's another one you could shoehorn into the game.

The Yoshioka clan for generations were sword instructors to the Ashikaga Shoguns, whose overthrow started the whole Sengoku Jidai period in the first place. The guy you're probably thinking of is Yoshioka Seijiro, whose main claim to fame was getting whupped by Musashi who was armed only with a bokken (wooden practice sword). Various members of his clan swore revenge and were embarrassed by Musashi in turn (a note of qualification - it's entirely possible these stories are somewhat apocryphal, particularly the Musashi-beating-80-guys thing in the Yoshiokas' final act of revenge). Personally, I wouldn't toss them in either this period or this game. I don't know of any Yoshiokas who accomplished anything major in the 16th century.

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Originally Posted by Korly

I thought Destiny of the Emperor was awesome.

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It was. Totally.

The game was just released in Hong Kong.

At least six secret characters are in the game. In order to obtain these characters you input their name in Create a Warrior Mode. Don't know how this will work in Samurai Warriors(with the 9 character limit in DW4, none of these name would work).

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Imagawa Yoshimoto(I forgot if Imagawa was the surname or not)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Yagyuu Jubei
Mushashi
Kojiro

So do they have their own seperate looks and unique weapons and musous, or are they just like how Fu Xi was in DW?

Um, was Destiny of an emperor made by koei?

And in case you didn't know, Destiny of an emperor 2 has been fan translated:
http://donut.parodius.com/?func=tran...es&gamekey=109

Also, in Samurai Warriors, it's been confirmed there's alternate costumes for everyone as well.

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Originally Posted by Roufuss

Also, in Samurai Warriors, it's been confirmed there's alternate costumes for everyone as well.

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Oh, surprise.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Oh, surprise.

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The surprise is that the alternates are actually really good looking, and are more than just a color swap, unlike most of the costumes in DW 4.

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And in case you didn't know, Destiny of an emperor 2 has been fan translated:
http://donut.parodius.com/?func=tran...es&gamekey=109

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:o Holy Crap!

Bless you for pointing me to this. Destiny of an Emperor is one of my all time favs on the NES and I've wanted to play the sequel for years now.

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Um, was Destiny of an emperor made by koei?

And in case you didn't know, Destiny of an emperor 2 has been fan translated:
http://donut.parodius.com/?func=tran...es&gamekey=109

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After reading through this thread I've reached two conclusions:

I'm looking forward to this game -AND-

Nomi isn't 15. No 15 year old writes like that. Not a damned one.

I did!....:| I still don't believe the Potter ordeal you claim nomi. :p

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After reading through this thread I've reached two conclusions:

I'm looking forward to this game -AND-

Nomi isn't 15. No 15 year old writes like that. Not a damned one.

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Oh, come on. So I happen to have the beginning of an intellect, that shouldn't be a crime. And it damn well shouldn't discredit my age.

Dammit. No one online believes me over how old I am. :( And it isn't as if I enjoy being fifteen...

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I did!....:| I still don't believe the Potter ordeal you claim nomi. :p

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The damn fanfiction I wrote?

Oh, hell, I'd send you the file but I 'm ashamed of the thing. It sucks and it's generic angsty garbage.

Found a site that has some pics of alternative costumes.

edit: check this out too.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Oh, come on. So I happen to have the beginning of an intellect, that shouldn't be a crime. And it damn well shouldn't discredit my age.

Dammit. No one online believes me over how old I am. :( And it isn't as if I enjoy being fifteen...

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Tell you what, why don't you take a picture of yourself with some kind of indicator that it's actually you in the pic, and not just some photo you stole (like hold a sign up with your board name on it or something), and then if the pic looks like a fifteen year old female, I'll concede. But otherwise, you were lying all along. ;)

J2d, that fox chick is weird, man.

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Tell you what, why don't you take a picture of yourself with some kind of indicator that it's actually you in the pic, and not just some photo you stole (like hold a sign up with your board name on it or something), and then if the pic looks like a fifteen year old female, I'll concede. But otherwise, you were lying all along. ;)

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Fine.

Does anyone think there's a chance Koei would make another Mystic Heroes-style game? (Or did anyone other than me like it for that matter?)

Nomi, something tells me CV just wanted to see another pic... :lol:

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Originally Posted by RedCoKid

Nomi, something tells me CV just wanted to see another pic... :lol:

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Oh well. I'm tried of the she's-not-15 deal.

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I'm looking forward to this game -AND-

Nomi isn't 15. No 15 year old writes like that. Not a damned one.

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How was my writing around here when I was 15? :P

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Fine.

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:lol: Greatest response ever. You're my new hero.

Those extra costumes look pretty cool, I can't wait to lay waste to my enemies in a tanooki suit.
btw, bravo, Nomi.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Fine.

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HAHAHAHAHA!!! :lol:


You win. And you're also my new favorite poster.

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Originally Posted by Tain

How was my writing around here when I was 15? :P

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Hmmm. Yeah. Well, I guess you two are an exception.

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Nomi, something tells me CV just wanted to see another pic... :lol:

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Another? I never saw the first one. :p

Just a week before the PS2 release, Magicbox says-
Koei announced they will release a Xbox version of Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) in US this summer.

If this is true, awesome.

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Just a week before the PS2 release, Magicbox says-
Koei announced they will release a Xbox version of Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) in US this summer.

If this is true, awesome.

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Indeed, IGN and GamerFeed also reported it.

I hope the Xbox version is more robust graphically:

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To deal with the large amount of people on screen, Samurai Warriors keeps people invisible until they reach a certain draw distance and they fade into view. The effect is a fog of war without the fog. It can be disconcerting at first, but once you get used to it, it makes sense even though it really shouldn't. The bigger problem is playing split-screen with two players where there's more slowdown and the draw distance drops to ten feet sometimes. This can make fighting an officer in a group of enemies almost impossible since they keep disappearing and reappearing during the fight.

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