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• Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper. New “Duel Mode”: An all new “Duel Mode” fuses elements of player versus player battles and card battles into intense combat for player vs. COM battles, or online battles against your friends. Wii U™ GamePad compatible: Choose from two ways to play local two player co-op.

Koei Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game publisher, developer, and distributor founded in 1978. The company is known for its historical simulation games based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as simulation games based on pseudo-historical events.

The company has also found mainstream success in a series of loosely historical action games, the flagship titles of which are the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series, also known as the Musō series. Koei also owns a division known as Ruby Party, which focuses on otome games.^[1]

Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (無双OROCHI2 アルティメット, Musou OROCHI 2 Ultimate) is a third re-release and sequel of Warriors Orochi 3 which continues from the original game's good ending. Akihiro Suzuki returns as the producer and Yōji Noda is the director.

On April 1, 2009, Koei merged with Tecmo to form the Tecmo Koei Holdings holding company.^[2] Koei changed its name to Tecmo Koei Games on April 1, 2010 by absorbing Tecmo, and again on July 1, 2014 to Koei Tecmo Games.^[2][3]

• 2Games by Koei

History[edit]

Koei was established in July 1978 by Yōichi Erikawa (also known as Kou Shibusawa) and Keiko Erikawa. Yoichi was a student at Keio University, and when his family's rural dyestuffs business failed he decided to pursue his interest in programming. The company has remained located in the Hiyoshi area of Yokohama.

The company initially focused on personal computer sales and made-to-order business software. In 1983 it released Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望Nobunaga no Yabō), a historical strategy game set during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. The game went on to receive numerous awards, and Koei produced several more such games set against the backdrop of world history, including Romance of the Three Kingdoms, set during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, and Uncharted Waters (大航海時代Dai Kōkai Jidai, lit. Great Navigation Era), set in Portugal during the Age of Exploration.

In 1988, Koei established a North Americansubsidiary, Koei America Corporation, in California. This subsidiary localized Koei games for export to all territories outside Japan, as well as producing original games and concepts with the leadership of designer Stieg Hedlund, like Liberty or Death, Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye, Gemfire and Saiyuki: Journey West. After Hedlund's departure, this subsidiary ceased game development in 1995, focusing instead on localization, sales and marketing.

Though none of Koei's historical simulations achieved mass market success, they acquired a loyal cult following. This following allowed Koei to remain profitable, since they could reliably predict how many copies of their games would sell^[4] (especially important during the cartridge era, when a surplus of unsold cartridges on a single game was often enough to bankrupt a company).^[5]

A Canadian subsidiary, Koei Canada, Inc. was established in early 2001, and a European subsidiary, Koei Limited was established in early 2003 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Koei also maintains subsidiaries in mainland China, Korea, Taiwan and Lithuania. Recently, Koei created a Singapore branch for game development such as Sangokushi Online.

All Koei operations in English in turn ceased in 2012, with the previously unannounced closing of Koei's North American support forums and website. They resumed in 2016, with the English language PC release of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII.

Koei's Ruby Party division specializes on games labeled as Neoromance: GxB dating sims, usually with extra side-quests. Out of the three Neoromance series, the best known is Angelique, which has been in production since 1994. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de is a newer Neoromance hit, with many sequels and an anime television series based on it. The newest game in the series, Kin'iro no Corda, is gaining popularity partially because the manga series it was based on, has been recently licensed by Viz for English language publishing. It gaining more popularity though, and an anime television series based on it began airing in October 2006. A sequel was also released on the PlayStation 2 in March 2007.^[6]

On September 4, 2008, Koei announced that it was in talks to purchase ailing competitor Tecmo.^[7][8] They agreed in November 2008 to merge on April 1, 2009 to form Tecmo Koei Holdings.^[9] On January 26, 2009 the two companies approved the merger, the holding company formed on April 1, 2009 as planned.^[10]

On April 1, 2010, Koei absorbed Tecmo and renamed itself Tecmo Koei Games.^[2] Koei's subsidiaries in the United States, Europe and Korea already had their names changed months before the Japanese parent.^[11] On March 15, 2010, the developing operations of Koei and Tecmo were spun off as new companies under the names of Koei Co, Ltd and Tecmo Co, Ltd respectively, but they were integrated into Tecmo Koei Games the following year, on April 1, 2011.^[12][13]

Games by Koei[edit]

Koei has built a large base of franchises, and has developed on various consoles and computers. Below is a list of game series developed by Koei.

Action games[edit]

• Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, an action/strategy game based on the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Released for PlayStation 3, Playstation 4 and Xbox 360.
• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The Japanese version of the Croc games distributed by Koei were released for the PlayStation.
• Crimson Sea was released for Xbox in 2002, whereas its sequel was released for PlayStation 2 in 2004.
• Destrega, a 1 vs 1 fighter game for the PlayStation.
• Dynasty Warriors 1–9 (as well as expansions Xtreme Legends for 3–8, Empires for 4–8, plus a Game Boy Advance, a Nintendo DS and three PlayStation Portable games) (真・三國無双 Shin-Sangoku Musō; spin-off of Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it is based on the mechanics of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, only using the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise as its base. (ガンダム無双 Gundam Musō).
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U
• Hyrule Warriors for Wii U, a Dynasty Warriors style game for The Legend of Zelda franchise.
• Mystic Heroes for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.
• Ni-Oh for PlayStation 4 .
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors for the PlayStation 3.
• Prey the Stars, released for the Nintendo DS.
• Samurai Warriors, Samurai Warriors 2, Samurai Warriors 3, and Samurai Warriors 4 (as well as an Xtreme Legends expansion to both, and Empires expansion to 2, a PSP game, Samurai Warriors: State of War, and Samurai Warriors: Katana for the Wii.) (戦国無双 Sengoku Musō). Many spinoffs of this have been created including Derby Musou and Samurai Warriors Chronicles series.
• Stop That Roach!, an action/puzzle game released in 1994 for Game Boy.
• Toukiden: The Age of Demons, a monster-hunting action role-playing game.
• Trinity: Zill O'll Zero, for the PlayStation 3.
• Warriors: Legends of Troy is a Koei Canada game which was announced at E3 2009.
• Warriors Orochi for the PlayStation 2, PSP, PC and Xbox 360, it is the first Koei crossover title, featuring characters from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors games. (無双OROCHI).
• WinBack, a third-person shooter game for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation 2.
• Warriors All-Stars for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, a Dynasty Warriors style game mixing characters from Koei's various franchises, similar to Warriors Orochi.
• Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper, for the Wii U

History Simulation[edit]

• Bandit Kings of Ancient China – Released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS, Amiga & Macintosh.^[14]
• BoBoiBoy Galactic Heroes – In association with Koei, and based on the Malaysian TV series, BoBoiBoy Galaxy, released soon in Google Play.
• Genghis Khan series.^[15][16]
• Liberty or Death – Based on the American Revolutionary war.
• Nobunaga's Ambition series – published on various platforms.
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms I to XI released on the MSX, MSX2, NES, SNES, Genesis, Amiga, PC-Engine CD-ROM, Sega Saturn, PS1, PS2 and PC – turn based strategy games
• Rise of the Phoenix – Based on the wars of the early Han and Chu dynasties in China, released on the SNES.

Strategy games[edit]

• Aerobiz Supersonic – Airline simulator
• BoBoiBoy Galactic Heroes – From In Association With Koei and Based on the BoBoiBoy go to Galaxy released in Google Play
• Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye – Medieval fantasy simulator.^[17]
• Gemfire – Medieval fantasy simulator.
• L'Empereur – Turn-based strategy game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nobunaga's Ambition series – published on various platforms
• Operation Europe: Path to Victory – A strategy game set in Europe during World War II
• Teitoku no Ketsudan (PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations in North America) – Pacific War strategy games

Executive Series[edit]

• Aerobiz and Aerobiz Supersonic – Airline business simulator series
• Top Management – Business simulator series
• Top Management II – Released on the Super Famicom, Microsoft Windows PC and NEC PC-9801
• Winning Post – Thoroughbred horse racing management and horse breeding simulator series
• Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation – fashion design and business management simulation
• Leading Company – Video cassette recorder business simulator

Neo-romance games[edit]

RPGs[edit]

• Brandish (Super NES port)
• Inindo: Way of the Ninja (for Super NES) Also part of Rekoeition series
• Sangokushi Eiketsuden, Sangokushi Koumeiden, Sangokushi Sousouden (as Tactical RPG)

Sports games[edit]

Music games[edit]

• Gitaroo Man (As well as a PlayStation Portable version called Gitaroo Man Lives!)

Rekoeition[edit]

• Ishin no Arashi – First game of Rekoeition series.
• Inindo: Way of the Ninja 伊忍道 打倒信長
• Uncharted Waters (大航海時代 Dai Kōkai Jidai; lit. Great Navigation Era) – Based on the Age of Discovery.
• Taikō Risshiden (太閤立志伝)

Adventure games[edit]

• Saihai no Yukue (采配のゆくえ)

Erotic games[edit]

Games published by Koei in Europe[edit]

• Disgaea series
• Atelier Iris series
• Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES

References[edit]

1. ^https://www.koeitecmo.co.jp/e/business/entertainment/#ruby_party
2. ^ ^abc'Official report of Tecmo Koei Holdings for the dissolution of Tecmo and Koei development studios'(PDF). Tecmo Koei Holdings. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
3. ^https://www.koeitecmo.co.jp/php/pdf/news_20140526_01.pdf
4. ^'NG Alphas: Sangoku Musou'. Next Generation. No. 25. Imagine Media. January 1997. p. 89.
5. ^'1996: The Year of the Videogame'. Next Generation. No. 13. Imagine Media. January 1996. p. 71.
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7. ^Thorsen, Tor (2008-09-04). 'Tecmo, Koei in merger talks'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
8. ^Ashcraft, Brian (2008-09-04). 'Report: Tecmo And Koei In Talks To Merge'. Kotaku. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
9. ^Tecmo and Koei to Merge in April 2009
10. ^Koei Tecmo Reveals Its New Company Logo (Looks Familiar)
11. ^'Tecmo Koei Company History'. Tecmo Koei Holdings. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
12. ^'Official report of Tecmo Keoi Holdings for the dissolution of Tecmo and Keoi development studios'(PDF). Tecmo Koei Holdings. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
13. ^'TECMO KOEI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. Announces Merger between Subsidiary and Sub-subsidiaries; Announces Business Transition between Subsidiaries'. Reuters. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
14. ^'Bandit Kings of Ancient China – MobyGames'. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
15. ^'Genghis Khan – MobyGames'. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
16. ^'Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Grey Wolf – MobyGames'. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
17. ^Dembo, Arinn; Aye, 'Tis a Bonny Land Indeed: Koei explores the Emerald Isle's Myth and Magic in CELTIC TALES, p. 214. Computer Gaming World, Issue 134, September 1995

External links[edit]

• Official website(in Japanese)

Warriors Orochi 4, released as Musō Orochi 3 (無双オロチ 3Musō Orochi Surī) in Japan, is a 2018 hack and slash video game developed by Koei Tecmo and Omega Force for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. First announced on March 2018, it is the fifth installment of the crossover series Warriors Orochi, a combination of the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series. The game was released in Japan on September 27, 2018, in North America on October 16, 2018, and in Europe on October 19, 2018.^[1][2]

Gameplay[edit]

As with the previous iterations, the player is given control of a three-man team consisting of characters from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series. Each character has a class type that determines their ability: Power, Speed, and Technique; the Wonder type introduced in Warriors Orochi 3 has been removed.^[3] New to the series is the concept of magic and Sacred Treasures, techniques that allow characters to perform special feats to overcome enemies. These depend on a specific category that is separate from the class system, and are performed by holding down the right shoulder button and pressing either the normal, charge, or musou attack buttons, the latter two requiring a special magic gauge, and the last also requiring half of a player's musou gauge. As such, these replace the type actions from the previous games. Because of this, characters from the Dynasty Warriors series lack their second musou attack, but retain the ability to perform an aerial musou attack, and characters from the Samurai Warriors series lack their special attacks, but retain the ability to perform hyper attacks. The ability to mount a horse remains in Warriors Orochi 4, and is performed by holding down the right shoulder button and pressing the jump button.

The Awakening mechanic from Dynasty Warriors 8 and Musou Gokui mechanic from Samurai Warriors 4 are unified in Warriors Orochi 4, and may only be activated by obtaining a rare powerup during gameplay and pressing the left analog stick; when playing with only a single Joy-Con on the Nintendo Switch, this is instead activated by pressing both SL and SR, as the left analog stick alone is normally mapped to the character switch functionality. Only one character from a team may use this at a given time, though the character activating it need not be the character that obtained the powerup, and players may still switch characters while the mode is active. Once activated, the character may perform their Rage attack, consistent with both Dynasty Warriors 8 and Samurai Warriors 4. Characters central to the story are, once the relevant portions of the story are cleared, be given a 'deification' form based on figures from Greek or Norse mythology, which will be in effect while Awakening or Musou Gokui is in effect, strengthening their various other actions in the process.^[3][4]

As with previous games, most stages in Warriors Orochi 4 are taken from either earlier installments of the Warriors Orochi series, or the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors source games, with a minimal amount of original stages, reskinned to suit the theme of Warriors Orochi 4. However, new to this game are mashup stages where one part of a stage is taken from Dynasty Warriors and another part is taken from Samurai Warriors; for example, the Baidi Castle stage from Dynasty Warriors 8 has the upper portion taken from the Oshu Castle stage from Samurai Warriors 4.

The game features several multiplayer options, including a three-versus-three competitive multiplayer mode.^[5]

Plot[edit]

The story of Warriors Orochi 4 is depicted in a set of 70 missions, spread out over 5 chapters. Players with a demo version of the game (only available for PlayStation 4) may play the first 10 missions (encompassing the entirety of the first chapter and four missions of the second), and have access to 30 characters. As in Samurai Warriors 4, each mission has optional objectives that may be completed for greater rewards, with the highest rewards being given to those who complete all of the objectives on the highest difficulty level.

Picking up from the ending of Warriors Orochi 3, the heroes of the Three Kingdoms and Sengoku periods go about their lives after their return to their respective time periods, having forgotten all of their exploits in Orochi's dimensional world. However, Zeus, the Greek god of thunder, has a goal in mind and decides to bring all of them back into the dimensional world.

The story then unfolds from the perspective of Tokugawa forces, led by Tadakatsu Honda, Naomasa Ii, and Naotora Ii: while en route to fighting the Hashiba forces at the Komaki campaign, the three sense a mild disturbance caused by a mysterious purple fog, and find themselves in a strange and unknown world, and mysterious hostile enemies, later revealed to be the forces of Lü Bu. Although Tadakatsu is able to hold his own against Lü Bu, when Lü Bu uses the power of the Ouroboros Bracelet on his arm, the Tokugawa forces decide to make a hasty retreat. Later, they meet additional hostile forces, this time led by Sun Quan, who initially mistakes the Tokugawa forces as hostile forces sent from the Kingdom of Wei. As it turns out, these forces from the Kingdom of Wu were also transported into this world through a mysterious purple mist. The Tokugawa and Wu forces decide to ally with each other to determine their shared situation, with both Tadakatsu and Sun Quan noting that despite only having just met, that this is not the first time they had worked together before.

The Tokugawa and Wu forces, after a serendipitous encounter, meet up with a force, known as the Rebel Army, led by Liu Bei, Kenshin Uesugi, and Shingen Takeda, who are battling the Coalition Army (the Oda and Jin forces), led by Nobunaga Oda. Like Lü Bu, Nobunaga also has one of these Ouroboros Bracelets in his possession. Liu Bei invites the Tokugawa and Wu forces into the Rebel Army as they seek out Nobunaga's intent, the meaning of the Ouroboros bracelets and why Nobunaga is after them, and the reason why they are in the dimensional world in the first place. Some answers are provided by the demigod Perseus, who the Rebel Army had encountered while battling Nobunaga: according to Perseus, the Ouroboros Bracelets were created by Zeus from the hair of Medusa and the scythe of Orochi, and dropped in his water mirror for the humans to find. Offended that the gods of Olympus would treat humans as mere playthings, Perseus had taken as many of the remaining bracelets as he could find, and escaped to the dimensional world, with Athena, daughter of Zeus, in pursuit; in his haste he had lost the bracelets that he had taken. As the son of Zeus, though not close to any of his siblings, Perseus feels responsible for his father's vices, and thus aligns himself with the Rebel Army; the Rebel Army, in turn, agrees to help Perseus secure the Ouroboros Bracelets that were lost.

At this point, the warriors of the dimensional world is divided into four separate factions: the Rebel Army, the Coalition Army, the Olympian Army, led by Athena and her brother Ares, and the Demon Army, led by Da Ji, of which Lü Bu is a member. The story continues to be told from the perspective of the Rebel Army, as they attempt to confront Nobunaga by causing the defections of the various members of his army. While in separate combat with the Demon Army, the Rebel Army learns that the Ouroboros Bracelets are activated by the resolve and feelings of its wielder, with each bracelet holding the power of a god. By chance, the Rebel Army secures its first bracelet when Naotora discovers one lying in the grass; she would later use it to wield the power of Aphrodite while fending off Lü Bu and the power of Thor in his bracelet. Yukimura Sanada would secure a second bracelet for the Rebel Army, using it to wield the power of Tyr, but lose out on a third to Zhao Yun, serving the Olympian Army and wielding the power of Apollo. After facing Nobunaga head-on, it is discovered that he was, in fact, working on behalf of the Mystics who had helped the humans defeat Orochi and the God of Destruction in previous Warriors Orochi games; the mystics had found an Ouroboros Bracelet in the Mystic Realm, who in turn imbued it with the power of Izanagi and entrusted it to Nobunaga.

As the Rebel and Coalition Armies merge following the defeat of Nobunaga, Ares secures two additional bracelets, and entrusted them to Cao Pi (who would later wield the power of Poseidon) and Mitsunari Ishida (who would later wield the power of Hermes), separately promising each that they could become the 'King of Men' and rule over the dimensional world, much like Zeus reigns as king of Olympus. The unified Coalition Army bolsters its ranks, while learning that Zhao Yun is only serving the Olympians due to the fact that they are holding Liu Shan hostage to force their cooperation; once Liu Shan is freed by the Coalition Army, Zhao Yun and the remainder of Liu Shan's contingent from the Kingdom of Shu defect to the Coalition. During the process, the Coalition secures an additional Ouroboros Bracelet, which Guan Yinping uses to wield the power of Freyja.

The continued use of the Ouroboros Bracelets, as explained by the mystics, is what allows mortals, mystics, and gods alike to be summoned to the dimensional world; additionally, their continued presence will eventually restore the humans' memories of their past in the dimensional world. But even though the Coalition sought to retrain themselves from using it excessively, lest even more dangerous foes appear, the existing use of the bracelets was enough to summon Shuten Doji, the being holding the consciousness of Orochi, into the dimensional world. The Demon Army, intent on reviving Orochi using the power of the bracelets, are able to locate and subdue him. Furthermore, while on a mission to locate and recruit new allies summoned to the dimensional world, the Demon Army manages to abduct Perseus from the Coalition Army, reducing their morale.

During another battle to recruit new allies who have appeared in the dimensional world, the Coalition Army learn that Da Ji and the Demon Army had allied herself with Odin and the forces of Asgard. It was said that some time ago, there was a war amongst the gods of Asgard for which Odin was prophesied to die; instead, Odin had survived and managed to defeat all who stood in his way. To Yukimura's shock and horror, after attempting another attempt to rescue Perseus, Perseus reveals himself to be Odin's subordinate general Loki, who had tricked the Coalition into using the bracelets he had stolen and made the humans fight over, in order to both spread the fear of Zeus and make it so that Odin could be summoned to the dimensional world. Left with no other choice, the Coalition decide to seek out the truth, and attempt to summon Zeus into the dimensional world by waging war on both Olympus and Asgard. Meanwhile, Odin manages to use his power to transform the comatose Shuten Doji back to the God of Destruction, Orochi X. Separately, the original Serpent King, Orochi, was also revived, and the two Orochis proceed to engage each other in combat.

The continuing victories over the Olympians by the Coalition Army continue to frustrate Ares, and is further compounded by the sudden defection of the Toyotomi forces to the Coalition Army once Ares' duplicity is exposed. Cao Pi and his forces would also later defect, after leaking of the Olympians' plans to his father, Cao Cao, allowing the Coalition Army to confront Zeus head-on. When the Coalition Army overcome him, Zeus explains that he had been interested in the accomplishments of the warriors who had previously defeated Orochi, Hydra, and the God of Destruction, and wanted to test their strength, but before he could finish, Ares turns on Zeus, mortally wounding him. Ares, having been unaware of Zeus' motives, had made a secret deal with Odin and Loki to kill Zeus and gain his power for their cause.

Although the Coalition Army faces a faction consisting of Odin, Loki, Lü Bu, Ares, and the God of Destruction, they are undeterred, and are able to hold their own against incredible odds. Having failed to take on these forces alone and being forced to be saved by the Coalition Army on different occasions, Athena, feeling responsible for the events that have transpired, ultimately decides to join the Coalition Army in order to set things right. As the battles between the two remaining forces unfold, the Coalition Army learns that Odin intends to destroy all worlds - the mortal world, the Mystic Realm, Olympus, and Asgard alike, by summoning the world tree Yggdrasil and channeling the powers of the God of Destruction into it. He is motivated to do so out of self-preservation: having survived a war that he was destined to die, he fears that the prophecy may come true in other ways. After Ares suffers another defeat at the hands of the Coalition, Odin decides to take the power of Zeus from him, having never intended to hold his end of the deal. Before Ares is killed, however, he is saved by the Coalition Army. Given a second chance by the Coalition Army, Ares leads them to find a way to revive Zeus, whose body had been taken by Odin.

The location of Zeus' body is divulged to Yukimura through an unexpected source: Loki, who believes that the Coalition has no chance of success even with the help of Zeus. After saving the body from a raging fire, Ares uses his own life force in place of the force that Odin now possesses to revive Zeus, though Athena and the mystics also contribute some of their life force so that Ares would not bear the burden of his mistakes alone. Zeus is revived, and reveals that it was his plan all along to lure Odin into the dimensional world in order to destroy him, though Odin's destruction was always intended to be at the hands of the mortals who defeated Orochi, the Hydra, and the God of Destruction. He had anticipated the revival of Orochi; as such, he was the one who had briefly 'borrowed' the scythe of Orochi to create the Ouroboros Bracelets; in return, he had left the bracelet now in Nobunaga's possession in gratitude in the Mystic Realm for them to find. He did not, however, anticipate Ares' betrayal, or the fact that the Coalition Army already had a plan to defeat Odin and foil his plan. In order for their plan to work, they must find and defeat Orochi, and then channel his powers to the Ouroboros bracelets in order to destroy Yggdrasil. Zeus is willing to go along with the plan, but in order to do his part, he will need his staff, which the Coalition promptly win from Loki.

The Coalition Army's plans are a success, and Fu Xi and Susano'o ensure that the corrupted Yinglong can rest once more. With both forms of Orochi defeated, the Coalition Army is joined by the Demon Army for a final stand against Odin and Loki, as they too have a vested interest in not allowing Odin's plans to succeed. However, the defeat of Orochi meant that the dimensional world is also threatening to tear itself apart. Nevertheless, the Coalition Army is unable to prevent Odin from activating the power of Yggdrasil. However, before his plans come to fruition, he is suddenly betrayed by Loki.

In the battles prior to the final confrontation, the Coalition had learned that Loki is not entirely loyal to Odin: Loki had also survived the war of the gods, but at the cost of losing most of his powers and seeing all of his friends die by Odin's hand. Since then, Loki had been secretly plotting revenge on Odin, and manipulating the Coalition Army and fulfilling Odin's ambition is a means to that end: once Yggdrasil had been activated, Loki had planned to seal Odin within the dimensional world. Odin, in his injured state, is able to overpower Loki, and Loki is then forced to serve as a mindless puppet. Nevertheless, Odin is defeated and killed by Coalition Army forces, but as Yggdrasil crumbles without its power, the dimensional world teeters on collapse. Zeus, having regained his full powers, decides to send the humans back to their own worlds, once again with no memories of the adventure that they had. Before they leave, Zeus wishes all of them to have a happy and fruitful life, knowing that the gods and mystics will always smile over them in their adventures to come.

Characters[edit]

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The game features 170 playable characters.^[6] With the exception of the collaboration characters from other franchises, all playable characters from Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate return. Characters are based on their appearances from Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires and Samurai Warriors 4-II; as a consequence, the game also marks the debut of characters introduced in those games into the Warriors Orochi series.^[3] The game adds five new original characters:

• Zeus (Power): The Greek god of the sky and thunder, he takes an interest in Orochi's dimensional world and brings the heroes back to realize his ambitions. Zeus wields a scepter, Keraunos, as his weapon. His voice actor is Takashi Matsuyama.
• Athena (Technique): The Greek goddess of wisdom and Zeus' daughter. Loyal to her father, she escorts him in the dimensional world while they are searching for a traitor of their kind. Athena wields a mechanical shield, Aegis, as her weapon. Her voice actor is Suzuko Mimori.
• Loki (Technique): The Norse god of mischief and shapeshifting. Throughout the game, he disguises himself as Perseus, a Greek hero, intending to mislead the warriors into helping Odin; as such, he is solely referred to as Perseus in all promotional material. He is the person Athena is looking for in the dimensional world. Loki wields a tree spear, Mistilteinn, as his weapon. His voice actor is Hiro Shimono.
• Ares (Speed): The Greek god of war and Zeus' son. Prideful and arrogant, he loathes humans and detests his father's tendency to live among them. He wields Typhon spears as his weapon. His voice actor is Makoto Furukawa.
• Odin (Power): The Norse god of wisdom and magic. Following his survival at Ragnarok, Odin is eager to search for and accumulate power. He wields Gungnir as his weapon. His voice actor is Sohta Arai.

All remaining characters are voiced by their voice actors from their last playable appearance, with the exception of Ujiyasu Hōjō, who is now voiced by Masashi Ebara after the passing of previous voice actor Unsho Ishizuka.

• Asterisk (*) denotes new characters to the series.
• Bold denotes default characters. Additionally, players who pre-ordered the game also have Tamamo (Nintendo Switch), Kyubi (PlayStation 4), or Yinglong (Xbox One X) unlocked from the start of the game, in addition to those denoted.

Music[edit]

The theme song is 'Kakumei No Masquarade Musou OROCHI ver.' (革命のマスカレード 無双 OROCHI ver., lit. 'Masquarade of Revolution Warriors Orochi ver.') by Suzuko Mimori,^[7] a remixed version of a track from her fourth album 'tone.', made specifically for this game.

Reception[edit]

The PlayStation 4 and Switch ports of the game sold 124,836 and 30,682 physical retail copies, respectively, within their first two weeks of release in Japan.^[8] The game received a score of 35 out of 40 from the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu.^[9]

References[edit]

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2. ^'Warriors Orochi 4 Official Site'. Tecmo Koei. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
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External links[edit]

• Official Japanese site(in Japanese)