Musou Orochi 2 Confirmed

[light-the-light.livejournal.com]

(As a note, the game we call Warriors Orochi 2 was actually called Musou Orochi: Maou Sairen).

It's been a rumour for about a month or so, but "scans" are out that confirm its existence and more info.

what we do know is that there are (at least?) 120 characters appearing, including the ones from SW3 and DW7. No word on Guo Jia, Wang Yi and Pang De (though I would assume they are, since DW7XL's been released before this game will come out).
It's going to be released both on XBox and PS3.
Release date seems to be set for December.
Goemon doesn't appear to be coming back.

HD scans under the cut!







Information from KW

Producer is Mr. Suzuki, aka DW’s producer

Concept is “Hero Dramas in the Great Gathering”The storyline will feature things like Friendship, Romance and Betrayal.

Gameplay is still using the 3-man team format.
Co-op is still 2 players to avoid confusion.
New actions are added like the cooperational attack “True Combination Skill” and “Switch Combo” which launches continuous attack.

Main characters seem to be assembled from DW7 & SW3.
There will be a number of brand-new characters specifically for MO2.
There will be also characters from outside Musou series appearing.


Storyline: Generals that travel through time. The story begins with a decisive battle against a multi-headed serpent “Youja (Bewitching Serpent)”.

This serpent seems to be impossible to beat, but then Kaguya appears and uses her time travel ability to send the generals to the past in order to find a way to beat the serpent.

Character bonds can be increased by talking and holding banquets.
In the stronghold there is a weapon shop and a restaurant. Banquets are held in this restaurant.

Scenario-customizing “Musou Battlefield” mode.
Players can customize existing scenarios and then upload them to the server.
When the other players are downloading it, after playing the stage they can give impression comments on the edited stage.
Kaguya’s seiyuu is Makishima Yuki (aka. Nu Wa). Her weapon is that tree branch

Comments

[saberai.livejournal.com]

Soooo this is like Warriors Orochi 3?

But...120 CHARACTERS? O_o what, so, like, it's everybody VS Orochi?

Wait, so Kaguya-hime was in SW3 or is she like the "key" to Orochi like Himiko was?

[light-the-light.livejournal.com]

She's a new character in Warriors Orochi 3. We don't have exact details on her role in the game yet, though a friend translated enough to garner that she's going to take a few characters (it's not known who) into the past to fight... things.

[chikyu-star.livejournal.com]

Hm... most probably Orochi will count with the old Orochi faction. You know, Date Masamune, Lü Bu, Dong Zhuo...

[viajeras.livejournal.com]

Woke up to seeing this news on Facebook and I have to say that I'm ridiculously excited. I really enjoyed the Orochi games and seeing the new DW/SW characters in that environment will be awesome. I kind of wish they'd recycled the DW5/SW2 character designs again since I really prefer those appearances/portrayals to DW7's/SW3's. Either way, this game will probably be awesome so I find that I shouldn't complain too much.

[light-the-light.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, there's a possibility that characters will have costume changes:



One or two might be colours, but Sima Zhao has those little icons next to his name that denoted a costume change in the previous titles.

[rydain]

I hear you - I wanted a last hurrah with One True Ren to Buckler Smash Them All, even if he got nerfed from WO2/MOZ godhood. At least enough of my favorite DW and SW characters are still awesome - Lu Meng/Xiahou Yuan/Katsuie Shibata will be the new Gruff 'n Scruff Triumvirate - and a fresh story scenario has plenty of potential for lulz. WO was surprisingly good with bringing out nuances of personality and including a load of hidden interactions to discover. I hope the weapon customization is as enjoyable as it was in the original games, and I hope the scenario editor is fun to play with as well - I really want custom dialog, though obviously it would have to be silent. All my crack pairings in full glory... *Sima Yi cackle*

[fightingoutside.livejournal.com]

MY JOY CANNOT BE EXPRESSED FULLY. *_*

[chikyu-star.livejournal.com]

Lords, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT PUT GUAN SUO AND GUAN PING IN THE SAME FACTION. It was sad enough to see my favorite character kicked aside in order to make way for his useless younger brother. (T__T)

Other than that, I'm actually very pleased with the news (btw, thank you for sharing the scans). Hearing news about Jin being a new faction made me very happy, I'm looking forward to see the new division. I see... Ma Chao and Takenada Hanbei in Jin. Well, now THAT's going to be interesting.

[light-the-light.livejournal.com]

I think that's just the character select screen, and not necessarily what faction they'll be in.

[darksilverhawk]

"The storyline will feature things like Friendship, Romance and Betrayal."

This sounds like the most thrilling story ever. XD

*bounces around happily anyway*

[darksilverhawk]

Wait, since it's a new(ish) villian (10 bucks says he's actually some form of Orochi, Koei's not that creative), is there any indication as to whether the mystics will be returning?

(Also, if I lived in this universe, I would be so tried of saving the world by now I would MAKE the new guys do the work.)

Edit: OR I can stop being lazy and go READ THE KW THREAD. Ignore me.

[tehseto.livejournal.com]

Can't wait for this, man. *_*

[kunoichi-naoko.livejournal.com]

Wow There's even Kaguya the Moon Princess now in Musou Orochi ^^
+ Kingdom of Jin ^^
Yeah~~ That's sounds great!

Thanks for sharing the scans & info here~~