Talk:Dynasty Warriors

Soundtrack/music
I really think there should be a section or at least a mention of the music of the series, which is notable for being making extensive use of hard rock, which is fairly unsual for a video game series. Shaolin Samurai 18:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Transfer Option
The new section, I have 2 problems with it. 1) Where's the source? If it is a rumor at some forum, be it official or fan, it doesn't count. 2)Shouldn't this section be at the article of this supposedly new entry to the series instead of this page?Suredeath 01:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

1)It is supposedly on the official site now. 2)The Dynasty Warriors 6 forum has been deleted and protected. so there is your answers. Whateverisclever 5:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Where is it then? Link and quote in question please.Suredeath 03:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Stage Infomations
It would be really great if someone who owns DW5 to help me edit this section, I can provide Japanese names for the stages but I can't give more info due to the fact i still don't own DW5 :-<   -User:Mouselmm

Whopper 22:53, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Battle of Xi Liang (180)
 * Battle of Ji Province (180)
 * Battle of Liang Province (181)
 * Struggle for Nan Zhong (182)
 * Battle of Nan Zhong (183)
 * Yellow Turban Rebellion (184)
 * Battle of Si Shui Gate (191)
 * Battle of Hu Lao Gate (191)
 * Battle of Chang Shan (192)
 * Battle of Jing Province (192)
 * Battle of Wu Territory (197)
 * Battle of Wan Castle (197)
 * Battle of Xia Pi (198)
 * Battle of Guan Du (200)
 * Guan Yu's Escape (200)
 * The Trials of Sun Ce (200)
 * Battle of Xia Kou (208)
 * Battle of Chang Ban (208)
 * Battle of Chi Bi (208)
 * Escape from Chi Bi (208)
 * Battle of Tong Gate (211)
 * Battle of Cheng Du (214)
 * Battle of He Fei (215-217)
 * The Invasion of Nan Zhong (215)
 * Battle of Mt. Ding Jun (218-219)
 * Battle of Fan Castle (219)
 * Battle of Yi Ling (222)
 * Conquest of Nan Zhong (225)
 * Battle of Tian Shui (227)
 * Battle of Jie Ting (228)
 * Battle of Chen Cang (229)
 * Battle of He Fei Castle (234)
 * Battle of Bai Di Castle (234)
 * Battle of Wu Zhang Plains (234)

Anachronisms
I wonder if this series presents to us, the audience (gamers) an anachronistic portrait of the Three Kingdoms era? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.231.20.58 (talk • contribs) 18:10, 25 December 2005

- Well for one thing, Diao Chan definitely wouldn't have been such a kick ass martial artist outside this game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.226.207.140 (talk • contribs) 06:19, 1 January 2006


 * Comparing to the Sangokushi Series, Dynasty Warriors has always been on the anachronistic side of the Three Kingdoms. Most proofs are mentioned in the article such as Zhou Tai's Katana and Ling Tong's Nunchaku. Most battles never existed such as the invasion attempts of Nan Zhong with forces other than Zhuge Liang's Shu. Most people have argued the historic + novel contents have been washed down since Dynasty Warriors 4. mouselmm 01:01, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Individual Game Pages
Should there not be seperate game pages for each game? For almost all other game series, each game has its own page.Viper Viper 06:12, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Most games have so much in common.. other than small changes, DW3 introduced more characters and stages, DW4 added new charges, new item levels and weapon upgrades, DW5 puts a new Musou rage and evolution attacks.. if they seperate i doubt they will ever get out of sub status mouselmm 03:36, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I do think they should start having their own page. Keep this one as a DW(Series) or something similiar, but it should be broken up, especially for the handheld/PC versions (no matter what small alterations there is). Keero 09:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. There were some notable changes between most of the games (some that actually made a difference to the gameplay!) and besides, if I want to find information about Dynasty Warriors 4, I don't want to sift through a whole page about the other games in the series. It's not like Wikipedia's running out of space, guys... (1,500,000 article milestone recently) Dragonfly888 17:23, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

While some of them have articles, I say we should take out the links that redirect to this page, specifically dynasty warriors 2, 4, 4 empires, 5, and DS until we either merge it all or give each one it's own article as the redirects are unnecessary. If no one has any complaints I will go ahead and take them out. Da Big Bozz 00:14, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Zhou Tai
Zhou Tai's weapon is an "Eastern Sword", not a katana. Zhou Tai is Chinese, not Japanese; as such he wields a bastardized katana like blade added into the game by the developers. Someone should edit this. (I would personally, but my browser is a bit odd and I can't get it to post.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.156.244.85 (talk • contribs) 05:56, 8 March 2006


 * Actually, Zhou Tai's weapon is a katana, wielded, as far as I know, in a form similar to iaijutsu. His second tier weapon bears this out, as it is indeed called Katana.  Straightforward, no?  --Dal 13:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, not all the weapons are in proper times or realistic, so I don't think it's a problem.


 * Actually, it's erroneously called a katana. The weapon's actually a tachi, which is much longer and curved than a standard katana. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.220.153.99 (talk) 07:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC).

Anti-Feminist Chicas
Hey, I made a comment in the Qiao's character descriptions about people thinking they're anti-feminist, and it was suggested that all the chicks are anti-feminist and husband-oriented. I think this comment belongs either in the individual female character's sections, or in a section of their own. However, I don't even think it's true. I mean, Zhen Ji can't be all caught up on Cao Pi, he wasn't even playable in most of them. And Zhu Rong doesn't fight for her husband, in her musou mode she just for for the thrill of it, both of them do. Diao Chan does her own thing, and Sun Shang Xiang doesn't even fight on her husband's kingdom (Liu Bei), and Xing Cai has no husband, so this makes no sense. The only ones I've ever heard criticized for being specifically anti-feminist are the Qiaos and Yue Ying, so I'm reverting. Karwynn 14:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Character listing
I'm going to go ahead and be bold by splitting the character listing off from this article into List of Dynasty Warriors characters, as the main article right now is *way* huge (82 KB). UOSSReiska 18:44, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * And done. I left a brief character listing on this page (sorted by the order they're listed on DW5's character select screen). UOSSReiska 21:15, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Zhong Hui
I know he's not a playable character, nor do I think he was even mentioned in this article. I just thought I'd point out the fact that he appears in the Battle at Wu Zhang Plains in DW5, and according to his biography he would be nine years old at that time. Just noticed.. Cao Wei 02:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Criticism for English Dub?
Cao Cao, should be pronounced as "Tsao Tsao," but it is spelled as Cao Cao, so blame the Pin-Yin system?! Kenimaru 09:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't matter. Pronunciation is always the same, be it Wade-Giles or Pin Yin system. So in this case, it is an incredibly stupid mistake on the dubbing part (poor research). If it must be read Cow Cow, the Pin Yin would have been Kao Kao. Suredeath 18:33, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes I agree with Suredeath. Either way, the English dubs are done poorly. I wonder why they have not corrected the pronunciations. Is it so that the English speaking audiences can remember the names easier? It's hopelessly hilarious to me, rather than offending. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yktan9 (talk • contribs) 10:25, 31 July 2006

I don't think these criticisms have any place in an article that strictly seeks to inform, not ridicule. Not only is the criticism misplaced (the mispronounciations are not faults of the voice actors themselves -- as a matter of fact Koei employs veterans and top names of the business, these are the same names you see in leading animation voice-over work), it is unwarranted also. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.230.35 (talk • contribs) (04:41, 4 August 2007)

Uh, this is informing. People should be informed that Cow Cow is not the way to pronounced Cao Cao. And where in this article did it blame the voice actors.Suredeath 17:38, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

This has since been rectified; the voice actors now pronounce it tsao-tsao as of DW6. Maybe someone should edit the articel to compensate for this? I would do it, but I'm not sure how to word it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.22.123.12 (talk) 03:20, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Grammar style
Because some of the names, battles, and other phrases contained in this article are unfamiliar to many Westerners, I recommend we use commas after the penultimate items in series to aid the readers' eyes and provide swifter assimilation. I know people are picky about their commas, so I figured I'd ask first. Thoughts? TEPutnam 11:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Criticisms
This page reads less like a wiki article and more like a fan page. Criticisms are not uncommon for this series. Including the fact that it has changed very little if at all since its started, which is mentioned by thousands of reviewers and gamers alike. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.37.59.149 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 28 February 2007


 * Agreed. On top of that. the article is confusing to read because it provides heaps of detailed in-game information but never really explains what kind of game it is. 213.126.132.70 (talk) 09:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Rename
Shouldn't this be renamed to "Dyansty Warriors (series)" to avoid confusion with the article for the first game in the series? Crimsonfox 12:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Release Date For BB?
Where's the source on the release date for BB in North America? Last I read it is unknown as to whether or not the game would see US soil.Cadwal 02:15, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Physical Characteristics
Shouldn't there be some mention of the blatant physical inaccuracy of the historical characters depicted? I mean come on, blue-eyed, notably brunette people? Lady Zhurhong even has blonde hair... if the name mispellings are notable, the huge liberties taken with the appearance of once-living Three Kingdoms-era Chinese people have to be, as well. 129.119.21.96 08:53, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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The article lacks the most important thing
The list of games. --Niemti (talk) 14:52, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Character list should point to the character list not the legendaries
The articles in this franchise need to be swept so that the characters mentioned should link to List of Dynasty Warriors characters. For example, Cao Cao should refer to List_of_Dynasty_Warriors_characters as depicted in the franchise, not the Cao Cao of history. Within that list is already a "further information" to the historical Cao Cao. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 21:50, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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Dragon Quest Heroes
Any reason not to mention them in the list of spinoffs? Just wondering since I noticed they were missing, yet they are made in collaboration with Koei as well. FranckKnight (talk) 18:32, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

English/Japanese numbering
I've reworded much of the intro, including the second paragraph discussing the naming irregularity between the English and Japanese version. I fear I have made it too detailed for the intro, and I'm unsure if it should even be mentioned in the intro at all. I plan to rework the information—perhaps move it to the body of the article—but if anyone has any thoughts on the matter, let me know. ~ JDCAce (talk) 08:25, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

I think it’s a valuable addition as a topic! I do agree it’s a little bit long/detailed and the wording makes it sound like something that is in dispute, which afaik it is not. Something much shorter in the intro and then moving the longer explanation to its own heading in the body sounds like a good move. Griffinmills (talk) 13:02, 2 October 2021 (UTC)Griffinmills

Persona 5 Scramble, Dragon Quest Heroes
Join the talk at WT:VG, where we discuss about whether titles Koei does not define as Warriors games should be listed as part of the Warriors series regardless.  ☰ Kyo  ►Talk  20:43, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

sengoku sangoku
I know these are Japanese games, but being able to speak Mandarin san is 3. KOEI uses both sengoku and sangoku - in both cases are they supposed to be the same word or different words? 157.211.154.31 (talk) 18:07, 25 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Koei Tecmo - and by extension in Japan - "Sangoku" is refers to the Three Kingdoms period in what is now China, while "Sengoku" refers to the Warring States period in what is now Japan.
 * Sangoku = 三國 and 戦国 = Sengoku. 三國無双 Sangoku Musou (Dynasty Warriors) 戦国無双 Sengoku Musou (Samurai Warriors)  ►Kyo  ►Talk  03:26, 26 July 2023 (UTC)