Kotaku: dynasty warriors

You've Got Ninja Gaiden In My Dynasty Warriors

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:40:00 MDT

Hey, Tecmo and Koei merged. And now their games are merging. Hooray!

Ninja Gaiden character Ryu Hayabusa will be appearing in Koei's PS3 version of Sangoku Musou Multi-Raid as an unlockable costumed character in armor, while Warrior Orochi's Nu Wa on the Xbox 360 version of Multi Raid. And costumes of Multi-Raid characters Sun Shang Xiang and Zhao Yun are going to pop up on the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

We look forward to seeing Dynasty Warrior character relaxing on the beach with the girls from Dead or Alive Xtreme. Make it happen, Koei Tecmo!

Koei Makes Subsidiary In Vietnam

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:00:00 MDT

Best know for the hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors, Koei is setting up a Koei branch in Hanoi, Vietnam.

According to Koei, the sudden jump in development costs has lead the company to look for ways to be profitable. Enter this Vietnamese studio with aims to optimize efficiency and productivity for Koei — all at lower costs.

The reason for picking Vietnam is that the country not only has the infrastructure but also a familiarity with Japanese pop culture.

コーエーがベトナムに子会社設立開発効率と収益性向上のため [Dengeki Online] [Pic]

Koei Credit Card Hacks And Slashes Into Wallets

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:00:00 MDT

Koei, makers of Dynasty Warriors, has released, you guessed it, a Dynasty Warriors-style credit card in Japan.

There are other game-themed plastic, but not necessarily ones that make you want to swing them around and slay baddies.

DO WANT these Koei Visa Cards: Someone get them for me [Dtoid]

Koei Tecmo Working On Corporate Cross Over Game

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:00:00 MDT

Japanese game makers Koei and Tecmo have merged, officially forming Koei Tecmo Holdings as of this April. But does that mean their games will merge as well?

According to the summer issue of industry publication Nikkei Corporate Information: "Tecmo and Koei are combining titles to launch a new game. The aim is to bring in fans of both."

There is no information about possible titles or a release window.

While Tecmo's most popular franchises are action game Ninja Gaiden and fighter Dead or Alive, Koei is best known for its hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors series.

Koei does have experience with cross-branding: Back in 2007, it developed Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, which featured the Namco Bandai's popular mecha. Dynasty Warriors: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, anyone?

ついに「DEAD OR ALIVE無双」誕生？コーエーテクモが両社のタイトルを合体させた作品を発売へ [Gigazine]

Buy John Woo Movie, Get Video Game Armour

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:00 MST

Red Cliff, the latest from Hong Kong action director John Woo (Hard Boiled, The Killer), is coming to DVD in Japan this March. What's that got to do with gaming?

Buy either Red Cliff Part I Standard Edition or Red Cliff Part I Collector's Edition and get a bundled Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi-Raid (Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce) flier that includes a password players can use to unlock in-game armor for their characters.

Both Red Cliff and Dynasty Warriors are based on Ancient China's Three Kingdoms period.

真・三國無双 MULTI RAID [GameSpot via PSPHyper]

Dynasty Warriors PSP Getting Carnival Color PSP Bundle

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:30:00 MST

New PSP carnival color "Radiant Red" is getting bundled with Shin Sangoku Musou MULTI RAID, the PSP version of Koei's popular Dynasty Warriors franchise.

The pack will consist of the game, a MULTI RAID pouch on the Radiant Red pouch. The color was selected as "image color" for this bundle because it best captures the spirit of hack-and-slash Shin Sangoku Musou.

On sale March 3 in Japan.

PSP-3000の新色がいち早く！『真・三國無双MULTI RAID』の本体同梱版が発売決定 [Famitsu]

The Art Of War Vs. Dynasty Warriors

Mike Fahey — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:40:00 MST

One of the Chris-es over at Hardcasual passes along this little bit of brilliance, which compares the teachings of Sun Tzu's The Art of War to the teachings of Koei's Dynasty Warriors.

So how does the Chinese history-delving hack and slash action series hold up in the face of Sun Tzu's immensely influential book of military strategy? There are several parallels, and several not-so-parallels.

“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!”
Regard your soldiers as competition. On rare occasions, they will steal kills from you.

See? Almost exactly the same! Hit the link below for several other excellent examples of Sun Tzu's teachings put nearly to use in Dynasty Warriors.

SUN TZU’S THE ART OF WAR VS. DYNASTY WARRIORS [Hardcasual]

Dynasty Warrors: Strike Force Striking PSPs

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:00 MDT

This isn't just Dynasty Warriors. Oh no, it's Dynasty Warriors: Strike Force, Koei's PSP title that has up to four buddies link up through ad-hoc wifi and kick arse. Take a look at these screenshots. That's why there here.

Recorder Girl Plays Into Our Hearts

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:40:21 MST

YouTuber shizuhohattori is recorder girl. She specializes in playing retro game tunes on her recorder. For that, and that alone, we adore her. Above, she tackles the IKARUGA theme for the first level, "Ideal." Think about that: This person liked IKARUGA enough to do a version on a recorder. So cool.

Might want to turn down the volume on your computer as YouTube's sound quality is rather shrill. Hit the jump for her renditions of Takeshi no Chousenjou, Mega-Man 3 and Dynasty Warriors 3. Keep the comments clean. Or else.

Mega-Man 3 Mega-Man 4 Dynasty Warriors 3. Takeshi's Challenge

Thanks, 108!

Koei Wants More Western Gamer Love

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:40:21 MST

Koei is thinking about you Western gaming people! For a while now, the Dynasty Warriors has been trying look outside Japan and morph into a more international company. Admirable! Koei exec Naoki Katashima hopes to make that happen. He's just been promoted to VP of Koei UK, Koei France and Koei North America — all very different markets. Says Katashima:

This new mid-term plan is a very significant development for Koei... The plan demonstrates our renewed commitment to our western businesses and the importance with which Koei views the markets outside of Japan. This plan establishes an entirely new division that unifies all of Koei's western territories, and represents a substantial part of the company overall... Now more than ever, Koei's development studios, and sales and marketing teams around the world are working more closely together to develop remarkable entertainment experiences for video gamers across the globe.

It's always nice to see companies try to grow. Hopefully, this new plan will consist of less Dynasty Warriors and more other stuff.
Koei's Plan [Next Generation]

Dynasty Warriors Remade as Dirty Movie

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:00:56 MST

Three things that Dynasty Warriors the game has in common with Cosplay Musou: Fancy costumes, third person point-of-view and repetitive scenes. Well that, and players say both relieve stress. This adult film stars Aika Miyazaki, Ai Katsuki, Rika Nagasawa and newcomer Tomoka Nozawa. Yes, that was a pun, a very embarrassing pun.
Dynasty Warriors Dirty Movie [Not Safe For Work via Danny Choo]

Dynasty Warriors 6 Hands-on Impressions

Matt Buchanan — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:00:46 MDT

As one would guess, any title marked as the sixth in a series probably isn't going to offer a whole new ballgame, despite Dynasty Warriors 6 adding swimming, climbing and destroying walls to the well-worn mix. In the demo level no swimming was to be had, but I did get to break a wall, which was sort of not that thrilling. Killing hundreds of guys with a combo that stretched across most of the stage was fairly engaging, on the other hand—but aside from the endlessness of the combo, that's the series' admittedly formulaic bread and butter in the first place. Graphics-wise, it's definitely easy on the eyes, even if it's not the prettiest game out there (I played the 360 version, for the record). Overall, it's fun—definitely familiar, but definitely fun.

Warriors Orochi Trailer

Mike Fahey — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:00:53 MDT

Nobody has done more for the beating up hundreds of people at a time genre than Koei, and it's all coming to a head. 48 dynasty warriors meet 28 samurai warriors in Warriors Orochi for the Xbox 360 and PS3, due out this September. It features 3 character tag-team fighting and four original storylines, but I don't care. I just want to beat up a whole hell of a lot of ancient Oriental peoples with a whole hell of a lot of other ancient Oriental peoples. This should do nicely.

Gallery: Dynasty Warrior Gundam

Mike Fahey — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:20:44 MDT

I swore after the first PS3 Gundam game I would never buy another Gundam video game again as long as I lived. But Dynasty Warriors: Gundam...well that's completely different, now isn't it? It's a Dynasty Warriors game, and I never said I wouldn't buy another of those. Just trying to figure out if I should get this one or wait for the inevitable DW: Gundam Xtreme. Honestly still confused as to how I went from dreading a game to bitching about it not coming out for another two months in such a short period of time.

This latest batch of screenshots focuses on giant robots fighting each other, as did their Gundam video game screenshot ancestors before them. Michael Fahey

Gundam Musou Sets PS3 Sales Record

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00:24 MST

Take a culture institution like Gundam and sprinkle the hugely popular Dynasty Warriors. What do you get? Over a 100,000 copies of Gundam Musou sold. That makes the game the first PS3 title to sell over 100k on its first day according to the Game Tsutaya Blog. What's more, Japanese blog Shinobi no Enmachou reports that the game sold about 70 percent of its 170,000-180,000 launch day shipments, making it the 3rd ranked PS3 in overall sales — Ridge Racer 7 is number one at 130,000 total sales and Gundam: Target In Sight is close behind at 120,000. Word has it that this title was not enough to create a significant bump in PS3 sales as most copies were sold individually and not with consoles. Brian Ashcraft

Gundam Musou Sales [Gunota Headlines via AnimeNewsNetwork]
Image Here [Akiba OS]

Clip: Another PS3 Gundam Game

Mike Fahey — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:40:11 MST

After the last Gundam PS3 game I purchased, you couldn't sell me another Gundam game if you infected me with bird flu and sealed the antidote inside the game case, but I'm sure those of you who enjoyed the last one might get a kick out of this footage of Gundam Musou for the PS3.

Well at least it looks like a next-gen title this time. And the cut scenes look pretty tight. Gameplay looks kind of like a Dynasty Warrior clone using giant robots. Hordes of giant...shiny...robots.

Okay, I'll buy the damn thing if it comes to the states, but if it sucks I am never buying another Gundam game again until the next one comes out. Michael Fahey

Gundam Musou (Japan) [GameBrink]

Gundam Dynasty Warriors Style For PS3

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:22:42 MST

For those still with the bad taste of Gundam: Crossfire for the PS3 in their mouths, guess what? There's another PS3 Gundam game on the way. And after that, there will be another and another and another after that! The console's first effort was shoddy— Insert Credit's Ollie calls it one of the worse Gundam games ever made. But! Fret not! Bandai Namco look like they've got something interesting in store. Next year, the 3D Gundam Musou will hit the PS3. In short, it's literally Koei's San Goku Musou (Dynasty Warriors in the West) for Gundam. Koei and Bandai-Namco have teamed up because, even if this game is utter rubbish, San Goku plus Gundam equals Japanese smash hit. Brian Ashcraft

Dynasty Warriors Gundam Style [Dengeki Online]

Ninety-Nine Nights Wakes Up in American Stores

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:22:08 MDT

The Xbox 360-only RPG Ninety-Nine Nights will drop in American stores this August reports AOL Joystiq's sweet-smelling Alan Rose. The game is the spawn of Lumines luminary Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Kingdom Under Fire dude Sang Youn Lee. EB Games is listing the title for August 15th, so go ahead and pre-order your copy of repackaged Dynasty Warriors today! Brian Ashcraft

More Here [AOL Joystiq]

Koei's E3 Line-Up Revealed

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:08:22 MDT

The house that Dynasty Warriors built released its preliminary list of what will be available (but not necessarily playable) on the E3 show floor. Few surprises here, as Koei announced both Fatal Inertia and Blade Storm for the PS3 many moons ago, and as the line-up is dominated by tried and true Samurai/Dynasty Warriors titles.

Obviously, the most exciting thing on the list is the Gitaroo Man port, which I will be playing all day Friday until security pries my claws from the analog nub.

PlayStation 3: Fatal Inertia, Blade Storm: Hundred Years War

Xbox 360: Samurai Warriors 2

PlayStation 2: Samurai Warriors 2

PSP: Gitaroo Man Lives!, Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2

Nintendo DS: Dynasty Warriors DS

PC: Uncharted Waters Online, Dynasty Warriors BB