Samurai Warriors 3
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| Developer(s) |
Omega Force Nintendo EAD (Murasame Castle mode) |
| Publisher(s) |
Koei Tecmo Nintendo (Wii US and Europe) |
| Series | Samurai Warriors |
| Platform(s) | Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable |
| Release date(s) |
Wii
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| Genre(s) | Hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 58.73% |
| Metacritic | 55/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 8/10 |
| Game Revolution | D+ |
| GameSpot | 4.5/10 |
| IGN | 3/10 |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo Power | 6/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 4.5/10 |
| ONM | 61% |
| VideoGamer.com | 5/10 |
Samurai Warriors 3 (戦国無双3 Sengoku Musō 3?, Sengoku Musou 3 in Japan) is the third installment in the Samurai Warriors series, created by Tecmo Koei and Omega Force. The game was released in Japan on December 3, 2009, in Europe on May 28, 2010, in Australia on June 10, 2010, and in North America on September 28, 2010 for the Wii.
Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo attended the game's Press Conference on August 5, 2009, to present a new mode in the game based on the Famicom Disk System game The Mysterious Murasame Castle. Nintendo published and distributed the game outside Japan for the Wii.
A sequel, Samurai Warriors 4, was announced at a SCEJ press conference in September 2013.
Like other games in the series, the game reinvents the story based on the Sengoku period of Japan, a period where Japan was ruled by powerful daimyos and where constant military conflict and much political intrigue happened that lasted from the middle of 16th century to the beginning of 17th century. However, the game has a slightly extended time frame compared to the previous game; while Samurai Warriors 2 is mostly focused on the events leading to the great battle of Sekigahara, this game also covers the events beforehand.
The game features many gameplay improvements over previous games in the series, the most notable being the addition of the Spirit Gauge, a gauge which allows for characters to cancel certain attacks to perform more powerful ones. These occur depending on the level of the gauge. It can also be combined with Musou attacks to perform an "Ultimate Musou". Certain combinations of attacks from the Xtreme Legends expansions also make a comeback. Each of the character's weapons are categorized under Normal, Speed, and Power types similar to Dynasty Warriors 6, except that each character still has unique weapons assigned to them.
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