Tecmo Koei in collaboration with Australian distributor Mindscape, have confirmed that Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate will be hitting retail and digital shelves on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita platforms from September 4th, 2014 across Australia and New Zealand (5th September for EU regions).
The publisher has also confirmed that they will be making a number of special pre-order crossover incentives, with a Halloween costume set for Zhao Yun from Dynasty Warriors, Mitsunari Ishida from Samurai Warriors, along with Kaguya and Toukiden costumes for Kaguya, Nuwa and Taigong Wang.
For those curious about this game, some of the new features promoted from the series’ previous releases include:
“One Warrior against a Thousand” Battles
Densely populated battlefields with up to 100 enemies on screen, each with progressive AI add to the exhilarating battle. New moves are available, including Aerial Special attacks, Triple Rush (a system which allows the player the ability to switch between individual characters or unleash attacks as a party of 3) and True Musou Burst, the powerful finishing move executable by up to 6 characters.
New and Crossover characters
The legion of warriors is larger than ever with 145 playable characters including the introduction of Tamamo and Yinglong, just 2 of 9 that are new to the series, cameos include Xu Shu from the DYNASTY WARRIORS franchise and Kasumi from DEAD OR ALIVE 5 with more to be announced including the Atelier and SAMURAI WARRIORS series.
Captivating Lands and Stages
Lands and battlefields are dramatically rendered drawing from the dark, sinister imagery in the OROCHI series totaling 51 distinct stages with cross-over stages melding universes including Atelier, DYNASTY WARRIORS, NINJA GAIDEN Sigma 2 and SAMURAI WARRIORS, furthermore, Musou Battlefields allow for customisation including character models and battle cries.
The mythology of the OROCHI universe expands
A new main storyline brings the heroes together again after the death of the Demon Snake as they are called upon by a mysterious stone to return to the chaotic din of battle. Additionally, new side stories provide a multitude of new scenarios and uncover secrets, the story extends with the ability to battle from a different point of view or even “what if” hypothetical stages that exist in a parallel world.
Gameplay modes
New modes include Duel Mode, a fusion of team battles (up to 3 vs 3) and card battles, Craft Weapons function to alchemy even more powerful weapons, Officer Requesting and Summoning, Formation Skills and Dragon Portals that can be used to escape the battlefields, weaken enemies or recover party members Life Gauge.
Share experiences Online
PS4 system players will be able to capture screenshots and live stream, share and see live comments which can impact either players’ games or co-op in Story mode, Free Mode and the new Gauntlet Mode
Cross-Play and Cross Save functionality
Co-op, data sharing and saving, and save data is now possible between PS3 system, PS4 system and PS Vita system versions, including save data importing of the original WARRIORS OROCHI 3 on PlayStation 3.
