Warriors Orochi

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This article is about the first game. For information on the direct sequel, see Warriors Orochi 2.

Warriors Orochi (無双OROCHI Musō Orochi), is a PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 hack and slash video game developed by Koei and Omega Force. It is a crossover of two of Koei's popular video game series, Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors (specifically Dynasty Warriors 5 and Samurai Warriors 2) and the first title in the Warriors Orochi series.
The game was released on March 21, 2007 in Japan, September 18 in the United States, September 21 in Europe, September 27 in Australia and September 28 in New Zealand. The game came out for the Xbox 360 in Japan on September 13, and the UK version came out on the same date as the PlayStation 2 version in the United States. The game was ported to the PlayStation Portable, released in Japan on February 2008, March 25 in the US, and March 28 in the UK A PC version was released in the US on March 25, 2008.

 

Characters

A total of 79 characters encompasses the roster of Warriors Orochi: 48 from Dynasty Warriors, 29 from Samurai Warriors (including Yoshimoto Imagawa, Kunoichi and Goemon Ishikawa from the first Samurai Warriors, left out in its sequel), and two new characters: the titular character and primary villain, Orochi (远吕智/八歧大蛇^?) the Serpent King and the mythological beast of Yamato; and Da Ji (妲己), the villainous concubine of King Zhou of Shang from
Fengshen Yanyi. Orochi wields a very large scythe, named "Eternal Agony", while Da Ji fights with two floating orbs, called "the Orbs of Ruin".
There are many generic, non-playable officers who are also part of the game, all taken from the Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors games. There are also exclusive non-playable officers that are in Orochi's forces.
* Denotes new characters to the series.
** Default characters.

Shu	Wei	Wu	Other	Samurai 1	Samurai 2
Guan Ping	Cao Cao	Da Qiao	Da Ji*	Goemon Ishikawa	Ginchiyo Tachibana
Guan Yu	Cao Pi**	Gan Ning	Diao Chan	Hanzō Hattori**	Hideyoshi Toyotomi**
Huang Zhong	Cao Ren	Huang Gai	Dong Zhuo	Kenshin Uesugi	Ieyasu Tokugawa**
Jiang Wei	Dian Wei	Ling Tong	Lu Bu	Keiji Maeda	Ina
Liu Bei	Pang De	Lu Meng	Meng Huo	Kunoichi	Kanetsugu Naoe
Ma Chao	Sima Yi	Lu Xun	Orochi*	Magoichi Saika	Kotarō Fūma
Pang Tong	Xiahou Dun	Sun Ce**	Yuan Shao	Mitsuhide Akechi**	Masamune Date
Wei Yan	Xiahou Yuan	Sun Jian	Zhang Jiao	Nobunaga Oda**	Mitsunari Ishida
Xing Cai**	Xu Huang**	Sun Quan	Zhu Rong	Nō	Musashi Miyamoto
Yue Ying	Xu Zhu	Sun Shang Xiang	Zuo Ci	Oichi	Nagamasa Azai
Zhang Fei	Zhang He	Taishi Ci		Okuni	Nene
Zhao Yun**	Zhang Liao**	Xiao Qiao		Ranmaru Mori	Sakon Shima
Zhuge Liang	Zhen Ji	Zhou Tai		Shingen Takeda	Tadakatsu Honda
		Zhou Yu		Yukimura Sanada	Yoshihiro Shimazu**
					Yoshimoto Imagawa