Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle

Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle (真・三國無双DSファイターズバトル) is a cards-based battle game for the Nintendo DS. It has 108 cards to be used while also having Warrior cards to be used to summon the featured character on the card. Decks used are formed by the player however, the number of cards to be used depends on the player's defense points, ration stores and weapon stores in the map.

Card System

 * Blue - Provide a skill to be used in battle (Can be leveled up to 3 stars)
 * Red - Provide enhancements for the player's attack, defense, or health (Can be leveled up to 3 stars)
 * Yellow - Provide both stat and skill enhancements (Fixed level)
 * Green/Pink - Rare cards that provide various enhancements

Changes From Other Dynasty Warriors Games
Players progress to an adjacent point or into buildings housing the enemy general protecting the defense point in that particular map. However if the point contains a defense point, rations store or weapons store owned by the player, movement in and out of the point is unrestricted.

Ration stores and weapon stores begin as 'neutral' at the start of the battle, and can be claimed by either party. Claiming ownership of a rations store and weapon store increases the size and improves the fighting abilities of the owner's army respectively. Once claimed, an allied warrior in the deck will be summoned to protect the store, which can still be taken over by the other force.

Also featured is terrains with effects. For example, poisonous puddles reduce the HP of whoever steps on it, frozen grounds causes sliding, rocking ships disrupts normal movement and so on.

Characters
There are three playable characters in the game. As the player chooses his or her character, one of the two not chosen will become the rival throughout the whole game.


 * Phoenix (Suzaku / 朱雀): (Balanced Character) He wields a broadsword, accompanied by a fighting gauntlet. He fights under the Crimson Banner.
 * Dragon (Seiryu / 青龍): (Speed Character) He wields a sheathed sword and fights under the Azure Banner.
 * Chimera (Genbu / 玄武): (Strength Character) He wields a giant hammer and fights under the Golden Banner.

The main Dynasty Warriors characters often appear as bodyguards through the means of collecting cards. Some of the cards with the character's name often appear as generic officers, even if they have their own unique character design in the original console game. There are many generic officers in the cards as well in the appearance of "Commander", "Strategist", and "General" Cards.

The character designs are modeled after Dynasty Warriors 5 recreated in a cartoon-like style. Some were made generic

Shu
 * With Art: Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan
 * Generic: Pang Tong (S), Guan Ping (C), Jiang Wei (C), Xu Shu (S), Zhou Cang (G), Ma Dai (G)

Wei
 * With Art: Xiahou Dun, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Sima Yi, Zhang He
 * Generic: Cao Ren (C), Cao Pi (C), Yu Jin (G), Xu Huang (G), Xun Yu (S), Guo Jia (S)

Wu
 * With Art: Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Sun Shang Xiang, Sun Jian, Gan Ning, Sun Ce, Zhou Tai
 * Generic: Sun Quan (C), Lu Meng (C), Taishi Ci (C), Lu Su (S), Huang Gai (G), Zhuge Jin (S)

Other:
 * With Art: Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Zhang Jiao, Meng Huo
 * Generic: He Jin (G), Yuan Shu (C) , Ma Teng (G), Zhang Bao (S) , Zhang Liang (C)