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is a series of tactical action games created by Omega Force and Koei. The award-winning series is a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' series, based loosely around the Chinese historical text ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'', from which it derives its name in Japanese''.'' The first game titled ''Dynasty Warriors'', ''Sangokumusō'' in Japan, is a fighting game and different from the rest of the series. All English titles are a number ahead of their Japanese counterparts due to the English localization of naming ''Shin Sangokumusō'', a spin-off of the previously mentioned ''Sangokumusō'' game, as ''Dynasty Warriors 2''. It is Koei's most successful franchise. Including its many spin-offs, 18 million copies of the ''Dynasty Warriors'' series have sold worldwide by 2011. ==Main series== The first ''Dynasty Warriors'' (''Sangokumusō'') is a traditional one-on-one fighting game, released in 1997 for the PlayStation. Its gameplay style is reminiscent of ''Virtua Fighter'' and ''Tekken'' with the addition of weapons and some exotic moves. The next game was released in Japan as ''Shin Sangokumusou''. This game was released in other countries as ''Dynasty Warriors 2'', leading to the discrepancy in title numbers. From this game onwards, the player chooses a playable character and plays a number of levels representing particular battles in the Three Kingdoms period, eventually defeating all other rival kingdoms and uniting China under a common ruler. In this game mode, known as "Musou Mode", the generals are usually chosen from one of the three kingdoms (Wu, Shu or Wei; however, from ''Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends'' onwards, independent generals were given full stories as well). ''Dynasty Warriors 3'' has two secret characters, Nü Wa and Fu Xi, that are not playable in Musou Mode. ''Dynasty Warriors 2'', ''Dynasty Warriors 3'', ''Dynasty Warriors 5'' and ''Dynasty Warriors 6'' have individual Musou Modes for each character. In ''Dynasty Warriors 4'', ''Dynasty Warriors 7'', and ''Dynasty Warriors 8'', each of the Three Kingdoms has its Musou Mode, in which all characters from a particular kingdom will play the same mode. The stages are presented in a third-person view, with the camera set behind the player as they engage the enemy forces. Each scenario can have different win/lose conditions, but the common losing conditions (defeat of the commander-in-chief, health bar reaching zero and maximum time limit reached) still hold. As for the other characters not from either of the Three Kingdoms, their Musou story modes are purely fictional since in ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', most or all of them were eliminated until only the Three Kingdoms were left. In ''Dynasty Warriors 5'', a relatively more realistic Musou Mode is introduced for each character. Instead of participating in the entire set of their kingdoms' events, the characters appear only in certain battles that they had fought in, as according to the novel or factual history. Therefore, characters will start at different points in time and they may never have opportunities to encounter some of the other characters (e.g.: Zhuge Liang will never meet Lü Bu or Dong Zhuo in his Musou Mode). In between stages there are some dramatic cutscenes, in which the character will express his/her thoughts on the situation, adding a more personal touch and keeping the player updated on the events. Besides, a character's Musou Mode may end before the unification of China at any point of time, stopping for most at their historical point of death. However, some characters such as the three founders may continue to participate in battles that occurred after their deaths (e.g.: Cao Cao appearing in Battle of Wuzhang Plains), representing an extended leadership under more successful circumstances. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dynasty Warriors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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