Samurai Warriors 3 review

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:42:00 +1200

The Sengoku period of Japanese history was a time of civil war that saw rival Daimyo battling for dominance in their attempts to re-unite Japan. Some major historical figures emerged from this period, although most Westerners wouldn’t have heard of them. The likes of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are real-life Japanese super-heroes.

Techmo Koei have produced several strategy games based in or around this period but the Samurai Warriors series is the only one that places you in control of these heroic leaders as you take them directly into battle.

Nintendo have scored a bit of a coup with Samurai Warriors 3 as its Wii exclusivity is a dramatic change from the PlayStation and Xbox releases of the first two in the series. Nintendo obviously realises this, and have handled all the worldwide publishing of the title itself.

Samurai Warriors 3 at Gameplanet NZ

Samurai Warriors 3 review