Samurai Warriors 5 is a step in an exciting new direction for the series, and a fascinating exploration of the legacy of Nobunaga Oda. Samurai Warriors has always excelled at drawing a distinction between historical accuracy and authenticity. Its retellings of the Sengoku era always stay true to key details …
Koei Tecmo’s stated aim with Samurai Warriors 5 is to reboot the franchise: keep the fundamental Warriors action-strategy game intact, but with a new art style, new character designs, and a greater emphasis on storytelling. A few chapters in, it seems this reboot has been remarkably successful in those goals: …
Koei Tecmo has four more combatants for the upcoming Samurai Warriors 5, with the legendary African samurai Yasuke among a handful of newcomers. Like everyone in Samurai Warriors, Yasuke is a larger-than-life depiction of a real-life figure—in this case, a man who was brought from Africa to Japan as part …
Earlier today, Nintendo held its first full Nintendo Direct in a long time. Nintendo’s coverage more recently has been focused on in-depth coverage of specific games (like last September’s Monster Hunter Direct) or “Nintendo Direct Minis” focusing on third-party games, Nintendo Direct February 2021 was a big one: almost an …
Over the years, Koei Tecmo’s Warriors series has made a name for itself as one of the foremost efforts to gamify history. Dynasty Warriors took inspiration from Romance of the Three Kingdoms – one of the most significant pieces of historical literature the world has ever known – and forged …
