Samurai Warriors 3 coming to Wii as proper sequel (not a spin-off). American release this Spring 2010
Samurai Warriors 3 has been announced for Wii in a partnership between Nintendo and Tecmo Koei and will be released in North America this Spring.
Unlike their previous Samurai Warriors game on the console, entitled Samurai Warriors: Kitana, this game will be a proper Dynasty Warriors-esque title and not a first-person on-rails action spin-off like Katana was. Which is good news for Samurai Warrior-owning Wii fans.
Since Kitana was such a flop, Koei is instead concentrating on what they do best, and that’s making another Samurai Warriors game in the same vein that fans know and love without changing much.
To that end, Samurai Warriors 3 will be getting rid of motion controls ENTIRELY. Seems like a somewhat drastic move, but then again does anyone really like Motion Controls in these type of games? Instead, players can use the Wii Remote & Nunchuck combo and simply play with the buttons, you can use a Classic Controller and you can even use a GameCube controller.
One new features to the Samurai Warriors series in this third installment include “Kaiden” special moves that you can pull off which are a step above the normal “Musou” attacks.
The biggest draw however may be the two-player online coopeative mode (which can also be played offline), which is a first for the series. There will also be a new gameplay mode that has it’s origins in a NES game that was never released outside of Japan called “Nazo no Murasamejo” (The Mysterious Murasame Castle).
Here is a video that showcases the new controller options and mechanics of the game.
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