Remake Dynasty Warriors 2-5 and Remake Samurai Warriors 1 and 2
Remake Dynasty Warriors 2-5 and Remake Samurai Warriors 1 and 2
The Issue
Dynasty Warriors (known in Japan as Shin Sangoku Musou, meaning "True Three Kingdoms Unrivaled") is a series of crowd-combat tactical action hack and slash games created by Omega Force and Koei (now Koei Tecmo), and a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on the historical Chinese novel of the same name, which is a romanticized retelling of the Three Kingdoms Era of China, written by Luo Guanzhong. One of the series' most-known features is its rock-influenced soundtrack.
The first game in the series, titled Dynasty Warriors in English and Sangoku Musou in Japanese, was a traditional one-on-one fighting game, a different genre from the rest of the series, released for the PlayStation in 1997. Its gameplay style was intended to be similar to that of Samurai Shodown, The Last Blade, Virtua Fighter, and Soul Edge (renamed Soul Blade for the PlayStation in the West) Koei later sought out to create a new game as a spin-off and added the word shin (meaning "true" or "genuine" in Japanese) to the beginning of the title to try and differentiate it from its predecessor. When it was localized for Western markets (particularly North America), the name of the game became Dynasty Warriors 2.
Dynasty Warriors 2 was released as a launch title for the PlayStation 2 in 2000. From this game onward, you play through a certain number of levels that represent particular conflicts in the times of the Three Kingdoms, eventually defeating both of the other kingdoms and becoming the ruler of a unified China. This game was the first to introduce two modes, Musou Mode and Free Mode, to the series. In Musou Mode, you choose a playable character general from one of the three kingdoms, Wu, Shu or Wei, and you play as that officer until the kingdom you're fighting for has unified China. Free Mode allows you to replay any of the missions you've already completed in Musou Mode. The scale of the game was pretty small, which meant many important battles were missing. This was fixed in Dynasty Warriors 3 by adding many of those missing battles.
Dynasty Warriors 3 added a two-player mode as well as other numerous improvements over Dynasty Warriors 2, some may consider it to be either a remake or a semi-sequel to it. It was released for the PS2 in 2001 in Japan and North America, and in 2002 in Europe. It was then released for the Xbox in 2002. There was only one expansion released for the game called Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (which required you to use the disc of the original game to access all of its features), the first in the Xtreme Legends series, and from that game onward, independent generals were given their own full stories as well.
As the series has progressed, starting with Dynasty Warriors 4, it's strayed further from the actual plot of Romance of the Three Kingdoms but has instead given the player some more input on how the storyline actually progresses.
In Dynasty Warriors 4 (and other certain games), each of the Three Kingdoms has its own Musou Mode in which all characters from a specific kingdom will play. It was originally released for the PS2 in 2003, then ported to the Xbox in the same year, then ported to PC in 2005 as Dynasty Warriors 4 Hyper. Two expansions were released only for the PS2 version of the game, Xtreme Legends and Empires. While Xtreme Legends requires you to use the original disc to access all of its features, Empires is a stand-alone game that can be played without the original disc. This game was the first to introduce an Empires expansion and the second to include an Xtreme Legends expansion. From this game onward, the soundtrack combined traditional Chinese instrumentals with rock and metal music.
After Dynasty Warriors 4, Koei and Omega Force decided to make a sister series that's based closely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japan called Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou in Japan). Unlike Dynasty Warriors' collaboration of traditional Chinese instrumentals and rock/metal music, Samurai Warriors uses a mix of traditional Japanese instrumentals and techno music. The first game in the series was released for the PS2 and Xbox in 2004. An Xtreme Legends expansion was released in 2004 in Japan and North America and in 2005 in Europe, only for the PS2. A PlayStation Portable port of the game, Samurai Warriors: State of War, was released in 2005 in Japan and in 2006 in the West.
Dynasty Warriors 5 was released for the PS2 and Xbox in 2005, then ported for the Xbox 360 in 2006, then ported to PC in 2006 (but only in Japan), and also had Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions.
Samurai Warriors 2 was released for the PS2 and Xbox 360 in 2006, then for the PC in 2008. Of course, like previous games, there were also Empires and Xtreme Legends expansions.
We need Koei Tecmo and Omega Force to remake Dynasty Warriors 2-5, and remake Samurai Warriors 1 and 2 (including the Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions), for PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC, with the characters from every game after them (and Kennyo Honganji as a playable character), re-recorded music, and new music. I think they should give these remakes both Japanese and English Voice Acting. They should bring back the English Voice Actors from Dynasty Warriors 4-8 and Samurai Warriors 1, especially Terrence Stone as Zhao Yun, Kirk Thornton as Xiahou Dun, Meng Huo and Kennyo Honganji, Jamieson Price as Lu Bu, David Beron as Ma Chao and Yukimura Sanada, Douglas Rye as Cao Cao, Nobunaga Oda and Tadakatsu Honda, and Skip Stellrecht as Lu Xun, Masamune Date and Nagamasa Azai. I also think these remakes need online multiplayer for Musou Mode/Story Mode, Free Mode, VS Mode, etc. Oh! And hopefully, they can keep the end credits themes from the original games, including the following; Can't Quit This (Knock'Em Out) for Dynasty Warriors 2, Circuit for Dynasty Warriors 3, Cross Colors for Dynasty Warriors 4, and Be The One for Samurai Warriors 1.
Oh, and they should also remake Warriors Orochi 1 and 2, and remake Dynasty Tactics 1 and 2.
Or they should at least re-release these games.
Oh, and they should also remaster the Dynasty Warriors Gundam series in association with Bandai Namco, remaster Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 1 and 2, and remake Warriors: Legends of Troy and make a sequel.
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The Issue
Dynasty Warriors (known in Japan as Shin Sangoku Musou, meaning "True Three Kingdoms Unrivaled") is a series of crowd-combat tactical action hack and slash games created by Omega Force and Koei (now Koei Tecmo), and a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on the historical Chinese novel of the same name, which is a romanticized retelling of the Three Kingdoms Era of China, written by Luo Guanzhong. One of the series' most-known features is its rock-influenced soundtrack.
The first game in the series, titled Dynasty Warriors in English and Sangoku Musou in Japanese, was a traditional one-on-one fighting game, a different genre from the rest of the series, released for the PlayStation in 1997. Its gameplay style was intended to be similar to that of Samurai Shodown, The Last Blade, Virtua Fighter, and Soul Edge (renamed Soul Blade for the PlayStation in the West) Koei later sought out to create a new game as a spin-off and added the word shin (meaning "true" or "genuine" in Japanese) to the beginning of the title to try and differentiate it from its predecessor. When it was localized for Western markets (particularly North America), the name of the game became Dynasty Warriors 2.
Dynasty Warriors 2 was released as a launch title for the PlayStation 2 in 2000. From this game onward, you play through a certain number of levels that represent particular conflicts in the times of the Three Kingdoms, eventually defeating both of the other kingdoms and becoming the ruler of a unified China. This game was the first to introduce two modes, Musou Mode and Free Mode, to the series. In Musou Mode, you choose a playable character general from one of the three kingdoms, Wu, Shu or Wei, and you play as that officer until the kingdom you're fighting for has unified China. Free Mode allows you to replay any of the missions you've already completed in Musou Mode. The scale of the game was pretty small, which meant many important battles were missing. This was fixed in Dynasty Warriors 3 by adding many of those missing battles.
Dynasty Warriors 3 added a two-player mode as well as other numerous improvements over Dynasty Warriors 2, some may consider it to be either a remake or a semi-sequel to it. It was released for the PS2 in 2001 in Japan and North America, and in 2002 in Europe. It was then released for the Xbox in 2002. There was only one expansion released for the game called Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (which required you to use the disc of the original game to access all of its features), the first in the Xtreme Legends series, and from that game onward, independent generals were given their own full stories as well.
As the series has progressed, starting with Dynasty Warriors 4, it's strayed further from the actual plot of Romance of the Three Kingdoms but has instead given the player some more input on how the storyline actually progresses.
In Dynasty Warriors 4 (and other certain games), each of the Three Kingdoms has its own Musou Mode in which all characters from a specific kingdom will play. It was originally released for the PS2 in 2003, then ported to the Xbox in the same year, then ported to PC in 2005 as Dynasty Warriors 4 Hyper. Two expansions were released only for the PS2 version of the game, Xtreme Legends and Empires. While Xtreme Legends requires you to use the original disc to access all of its features, Empires is a stand-alone game that can be played without the original disc. This game was the first to introduce an Empires expansion and the second to include an Xtreme Legends expansion. From this game onward, the soundtrack combined traditional Chinese instrumentals with rock and metal music.
After Dynasty Warriors 4, Koei and Omega Force decided to make a sister series that's based closely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japan called Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou in Japan). Unlike Dynasty Warriors' collaboration of traditional Chinese instrumentals and rock/metal music, Samurai Warriors uses a mix of traditional Japanese instrumentals and techno music. The first game in the series was released for the PS2 and Xbox in 2004. An Xtreme Legends expansion was released in 2004 in Japan and North America and in 2005 in Europe, only for the PS2. A PlayStation Portable port of the game, Samurai Warriors: State of War, was released in 2005 in Japan and in 2006 in the West.
Dynasty Warriors 5 was released for the PS2 and Xbox in 2005, then ported for the Xbox 360 in 2006, then ported to PC in 2006 (but only in Japan), and also had Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions.
Samurai Warriors 2 was released for the PS2 and Xbox 360 in 2006, then for the PC in 2008. Of course, like previous games, there were also Empires and Xtreme Legends expansions.
We need Koei Tecmo and Omega Force to remake Dynasty Warriors 2-5, and remake Samurai Warriors 1 and 2 (including the Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions), for PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC, with the characters from every game after them (and Kennyo Honganji as a playable character), re-recorded music, and new music. I think they should give these remakes both Japanese and English Voice Acting. They should bring back the English Voice Actors from Dynasty Warriors 4-8 and Samurai Warriors 1, especially Terrence Stone as Zhao Yun, Kirk Thornton as Xiahou Dun, Meng Huo and Kennyo Honganji, Jamieson Price as Lu Bu, David Beron as Ma Chao and Yukimura Sanada, Douglas Rye as Cao Cao, Nobunaga Oda and Tadakatsu Honda, and Skip Stellrecht as Lu Xun, Masamune Date and Nagamasa Azai. I also think these remakes need online multiplayer for Musou Mode/Story Mode, Free Mode, VS Mode, etc. Oh! And hopefully, they can keep the end credits themes from the original games, including the following; Can't Quit This (Knock'Em Out) for Dynasty Warriors 2, Circuit for Dynasty Warriors 3, Cross Colors for Dynasty Warriors 4, and Be The One for Samurai Warriors 1.
Oh, and they should also remake Warriors Orochi 1 and 2, and remake Dynasty Tactics 1 and 2.
Or they should at least re-release these games.
Oh, and they should also remaster the Dynasty Warriors Gundam series in association with Bandai Namco, remaster Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 1 and 2, and remake Warriors: Legends of Troy and make a sequel.
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Petition created on April 28, 2019