Koei Tecmo's long running Samurai Warriors series has just smashed through 8 million sales thanks to the recent release of Samurai Warriors 5. The franchise started life on the PlayStation 2 in 2004, and has spawned 19 hack and slash Samurai Warriors games since — most of which have been spinoffs or typical Koei Tecmo upgrades.
When series sales were last reported in early 2021, Samurai Warriors had apparently hit around 7.7 million units. It's suggested, then, that Samurai Warriors 5 has sold around 300,000 copies since its launch last month.
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[source twitter.com]
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This is my first non-licensed musou game (I played the Zelda ones) and I’m loving it so far! Would love to hear any recs for other ones, licensed or not.
I completely misread the headline and thought that number 5 had reached 8million sales by itself.
@Hoodie718 If you're loving this one, you have to try Samurai Warriors 4. It's better in almost every way.
@Hoodie718 One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is a really great one, even if you don't know the anime. Fully recommend that.
And it's not a Koei Tecmo Warriors game, but Fate/Extella: Link is a rock solid hack and slasher as well. Really good fun, loads of cool characters. Quick review plug for more info: https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/fateextella_link
@ShogunRok Thanks! Neither of these were on my radar.
@Hoodie718 Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate is cheap the first one i could Platinum.
The game was fun but with so much DLC added weeks after the release makes me wait for the complete edition. And as much as i love their games i stay away from their horrible DLC practices.
@Hoodie718 Persona 5 strikers is pretty awesome.
And I loved Samurai Warriors 4.
@Athrum I actually have Strikers but got kind of overwhelmed by the weird combat mechanics and didn’t make it past like the second mission. But I definitely want to give it another try!
That's awesome! good for KT and the Samurai Warriors franchise! I wonder if KT will ever release Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 for other platforms...or better yet, make a Marvel (comics, not cinematic universe) Musou game.
@Hoodie718 My favorites are Fire Emblem Warriors, and Warriors Orochi.
@everynowandben I was thinking about picking up the FE one bc it’s on sale. Thanks for the rec!
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