Samurai Warriors V

Samurai Warriors V (Sengoku Musou 5 in Japan) is the upcoming Hack and Slash title sequel of the Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) series which is a spinoff to the Dynasty Warriors (Shin Sangoku Musou) Series, will be available for the Playstation 4 and the PS Vita. As with previous Samurai Warriors titles, Samurai Warriors V takes place during historical events of the Sengoku Era period in medieval Japan.

5 characters from the previous title Samurai Warriors 4 (Sengoku Musou 4 in Japan) are cut from the game, instead 9 new characters will make their debut, totalling the character roster to 60. There are officially 52 battlfields (2 of them fictional) to participate in, spanning from the year 1545 A.D. to 1615 A.D. when the remaining Toyotomi forces fell at Osaka Castle.

Game Options and Gameplay
GAME OPTIONS

Samurai Warriors V has a selection of menus and options to open, from the main menu:

Story Musou - (See Story Musou section below)

Free Battle - Free Battle is where you can freely choose to partake in a battle and character of your choice.

Survival Tower - A survival mode where you need go up as many floors as you can with the difficulty raised as progress further.

Sugoroku - Japan's version to the Monopoly game returns from Samurai Warriors 2. In Samurai Warriors V, Suguroku is a mini-game which allows four players to participate with a character. The goal is to collect the requested amount of gold chosen by the player's predetermined settings. At the beginning of the game, three flags for each player will be divided in the map, and players earn gold and raise their ranks by collecting their respective flags and returning to their home base. Players can buy territories on the map or challenge other players for the control of a territory. Within the game, there are six different challenges:
 * Annihilate - players defeat as many enemies as possible
 * Chase - players defeat as many fleeing Fire Ninjas as possible
 * Destroy - players destroy as many boulders as possible
 * Race - players break through the castle doors and reach the end before the opponent does
 * Reveal - players uncover as many Sky Ninjas as possible
 * Steal - players collect as much gold as possible

Battle Creator -  Battle Creator Mode is a much more advanced version of what Musou Battlefield Mode in Warriors Orochi 3 (Musou Orochi 2) should've been, giving you full reign of what battlefield you like to use (as well as what officers to use), how the battle should go and make comments of your own for any officer you chose.

Gallery - Here is where you can view the artwork, voice samples, cutcenes and listen to the soundtrack in Samurai Warriors V.

Options - Where you can change your difficulty, sound, color, TV settings, as well as load and save your progress.

GAMEPLAY

For Samurai Warriors V, there has been a change of gameplay for many of the characters, some of their weapons used in previous titles have been replaced with new weapons as a way of being more 'realistic' for the characters. Some have only had a slight or complete change of movelists.


 * Hanzo Hattori has been given the Long Spear as his weapon instead of the Chained Sickle (now Kotaro Fuma's weapon) since he did wield a spear in real life. He's been given a new movelist as a result.
 * Kotarto Fuma no longer has the Clawed Gauntlets, instead he's been given the Chained Sickle (previously used by Kotaro's rival Hanzo) and a Ninja Sword, they were chosen to make his ninja image stand out more.
 * Ieyasu Tokugawa's Cannon Spear is replaced with a Decorated Katana. The reasons for this is because the Cannon Spear seems too fictional for Ieyasu to have and that Ieyasu historically liked swords for decorative purposes rather than ones that kill, such as Muramasa made katanas which he despised.
 * Musashi Miyamoto has been given Wooden Katanas rather than actual katanas, but movelist remains the same.
 * Kojiro Sasaki still has his nodachi but not 'hidden demon sword thing', thus his movelist has slightly changed.
 * Masamune Date's sword is now a katana rather than a western sword to go with his pistols, he has also been given a new musou attack.
 * Ranmaru Mori now has the Heavy Katana as his weapon, but his movelist remains the same.
 * Muneshige Tachibana has been given a new musou attack, expert game testers complained that his previous musou attack in older games was pretty weak and hard to control.

Playable Characters
60 playable characters to choose from to partake in battles of Feudal Japan.

Battle List
Here is the complete list of battles from the Sengoku period that you can choose to partake in Free Mode, there are 52 in total.

Story Musou
Story Musou is where you go through events of the warring states of Japan from the point of view of one the playable characters. At the beginning, only 7 warriors are playable: Yukimura Sanada, Ginchiyo Tachibana, Kiyomasa Kato, Motonari Mori, Kagekatsu Uesugi and new characters Sasuke Sarutobi and Nagahide Niwa. Each playable character partakes in 6 chapters in their story, while the Three Unifiers: Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa have 12 chapters each. The only characters that do not have a story modes but appear in other characters stories are Noh, Okuni, Kennyo Honganji, Musashi Miyamoto, Kojiro Sasaki, Aya Gozen and Munenori Yagyu.

New Character Biographies
SASUKE SARUTOBI - The Legendary Shinobi who was Unrivaled (15?? A.D. - 16?? A.D.)

Faction: Takeda, Sanada

Weapon: Shuriken

 Historical Profile : Historically named as Sasuke Kozuki. He was the leader of the Sanada Ten Braves, a group of ninja dedicated to serve under Yukimura Sanada. He aided to Sanada leader in the defense of Ueda Castle and fought alongside his master at the Summer Siege of Osaka Castle to the very end. Sasuke's skill and expertise in ninjitsu made him become one of the greatest ninja of all time, surpassing even Hanzo Hattori. It is unknown if he survived the events of Osaka Castle or died along with his master

 Musou Bio : Serves as the leading ninja loyal only to the Sanada. Sasuke is reputed to be the strongest assassin known and has many accomplishments, something he is well proud of. Although sarcastic at times and looks down on other ninja as beneath him (Only Chiyome and their own ninjas are an exception), Sasuke has a carefree, easy going nature towards those he gets on with. He sees Ieyasu Tokugawa as a biggest threat in the war to the land and intends to prevent him from ruling the land, but his goal eventually conflicts his friendship and loyalty to his masters Yukimura and Nobuyuki.

YOSHIHISA SHIMAZU - The White Devil of Kagoshima (1533 A.D. - 1611 A.D.)

Faction: Shimazu

Weapon: Bladed Nunchaku

 Historical Profile : The eldest son of Takahisa Shimazu. He was known to be a great leader, well versed in the martial arts and tactics, his leadership skills so admired, Ieyasu once said that "Shimazu leads how a great general should be". Yoshihisa used the best of his brother's abilities in his conquest for Kyushu, scoring many victories at Kigasakihara and Mimigawa against neighbouring clans. He was close to unifying Kyushu but when Hideyoshi Toyotomi arrived and drove the Shimazu clan back to Kagoshima, Yohsihisa had no choice but step down as Daimyo in favour of his brother Yoshihiro Shimazu.

 Musou Bio : Yoshihisa is the eldest of a group of talented brothers and although he isn't as strong as them, he is exceptionally clever at handling affairs with relative ease. He is suddenly thrust into leading as head of the Shimazu clan, which at that point they're currently the weakest in Kyushu, but Yoshihisa is determined to turn it all over. With his brother Yoshihiro and others, Yoshihisa initiates his planning to bring all of Kyushu under the Shimazu.

MATSU MAEDA - A Devoted Wife and Warrior of the Battlefied (1547 A.D. - 1617 A.D.)

Faction: Oda, Shibata, Toyotomi, Maeda

Weapon: Heavy Polearm

 Historical Profile : The wife of Toshiie Maeda, sometimes known as Matsu-no-kata. Matsu was known to be a beautiful woman possessing brilliant intelligence, literary skills and a love for martial arts. She and Lady Nene (Hideyoshi's wife) were very good friends. After her husband's death, Matsu ensured the survival of the Maeda clan by herself a hostage to Ieyasu Tokugawa, whom she loathed throughout her life.

 Musou Bio : Matsu is the loving wife of Toshiie. She is known to be well versed in combat and is able to dish out punishment with her heavy polearm. While she doesn't agree with some of her husband's decisions, she is willing to make sure her family survive whatever the cost. She and Nene are the very best of friends and are known to be quite the fighting duo in battle.

CHIYOME MOCHIZUKI - Kunoichi of Wisdom (???? - ????)

Faction: Takeda

Weapon: Short Katana

 Historical Profile : Rumoured as a member of the Koga Ninja clan, Chiyome Mochizuki was a secret advisor to Shingen Takeda who established a network of Kunoichi (female ninjas) to serve her. She was said to have been an encouraging, compassionate woman who treated every member of her clan like a caring mother, which earned her the loyalty and respect of her girls. It is unknown what became of her after Shingen died.

 Musou Bio : Chiyome is the leader of a kunoichi clan serving directly under Shingen Takeda, she is very dedicated in following Shingen and his dream to unite the land under Takeda rule. Chiyome cares a great deal about the ninja serving under her, and they in turn follow Chiyome wherever she goes, though at times she can give off an aura of a parent that demands authority, immediatly ending arguments. She's also the only person who can keep both Sasuke Sarutobi and Kotaro Fuma in line.

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