For those of you unfamiliar with the series, Samurai Warriors is a hack-and-slash game set in Japan’s Sengoku Era. The era is filled with historical figures and the latest game features 55 characters that are based on them. Now, obviously, many of them have been stylistically modernized and exaggerated to fit in a game world with insane action.
For example, the historical Nobunaga Oda was depicted in paintings like this:
The Samurai Warriors version is depicted like this:
He also flies around while attacking things with his darkness-infused sword.
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So obviously, historical accuracy is not high on the developer’s priority list. However, the appearances of the characters themselves, while bold and stylized, had a cohesive and of-its-time look to them. That all changed with Samurai Warriors 4 and its new character, Koshōshō.
Now I don’t have a huge problem with the outfit itself, since there are more offensive things elsewhere in the series. The problem is the hair.
Magic swords and capes and flying? Sure.
Combination perm(?) and dye job? Immersion lost.
No other characters in the series have hair as impossible as hers. She looks ridiculous by herself, but she looks even more outlandish when compared to the rest of the cast. Note: The guy with the giant fan is wearing a wig.
Thankfully, it looks like she has a DLC outfit that tames her improbable curls but doesn’t fix her improbable dye job:
So my one item makeover would be to go the extra mile and change her hair color to a more natural tone so that she doesn’t look quite so out of place in a game filled with traditional Japanese people:
10.6.2015
New Scenario Pack 1
The additional stage 'Ii Family Values' and 'Test of Loyalty' will be added.
New Scenario Pack 2
The additional stage 'Ninjas to the Rescue' and 'Bonds of Matrimony' will be added.
New Scenario Pack 3
The additional stage 'Men of Charm Return' and 'Arioka Castle Battle of Wits' will be added.
New Scenario Pack 4
The additional stage 'Return to Honnoji' and 'Final Showdown at Sekigahara' will be added.
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New Scenario Set
The complete set of additional stages. This set contains New Scenario Pack 1 ~ 4.
Weapon Pack 3
New weapons will be added.
NOTE: Added weapons are power-enhanced version of Weapon Pack 1 from SW4.
Select 'Receive DLC' at the Shop, and receive a powerful weapon for each of the below characters.
Characters for whom new weapons are available:
Yukimura Sanada, Keiji Maeda, Goemon Ishikawa, Okuni, Kunoichi, Nobunaga Oda, No, Ranmaru Mori, Katsuie Shibata, Toshiie Maeda, Hisahide Matsunaga, Oichi, Nagamasa Azai, Takatora Todo, Yoshitsugu Otani, Shingen Takeda, Nobuyuki Sanada, Kenshin Uesugi, Kanetsugu Naoe, Kagekatsu Uesugi, Aya, Kotaro Fuma, Kai, Ujiyasu Hojo, Lady Hayakawa, Custom Characters (Sword & Spear).
Weapon Pack 4
New weapons will be added.
NOTE: Added weapons are power-enhanced version of Weapon Pack 2 from SW4.
Select 'Receive DLC' at the Shop, and receive a powerful weapon for each of the below characters.
Characters for whom new weapons are available:
Hanzo Hattori, Tadakatsu Honda, Ina, Ieyasu Tokugawa, Naotora Ii, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Munenori Yagyu, Magoichi Saika, Masamune Date, Kojuro Katakura, Kanbei Kuroda, Hanbei Takenaka, Motonari Mori, Takakage Kobayakawa, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Mitsunari Ishida, Sakon Shima, Nene, Kiyomasa Kato, Masanori Fukushima, Ginchiyo Tachibana, Muneshige Tachibana, Toyohisa Shimazu, Yoshihiro Shimazu, Motochika Chosokabe, Gracia, Mitsuhide Akechi, Koshosho, Kojiro Sasaki, Musashi Miyamoto, Custom Characters (Twin swords, Naginata & Great Sword).
Weapon Set 2
Koshosho
This set contains Weapon Pack 3 and Weapon Pack 4.
Weapons will be added for all playable characters and all types of custom characters.
NOTE: Added weapons are power-enhanced version of Weapon Set from SW4.