Dynasty Warriors

''This article is about the first game, for the series, see Dynasty Warriors (Series)

Dynasty Warriors (三国無双, Sangoku Musou) is the beginning of the Dynasty Warriors series. Unlike the later games, the original game was a 3D one-to-one weapons-based fighting game similar to Tekken or Soul Edge. The tag line for the title is "You can't say you know the Three Kingdoms until you've played Dynasty Warriors!"

Starters

 * Xiahou Dun
 * Dian Wei
 * Xu Zhu
 * Guan Yu
 * Zhang Fei
 * Zhao Yun
 * Zhou Yu
 * Lu Xun
 * Taishi Ci
 * Diao Chan

Boss

 * Lu Bu

Hidden Characters

 * Cao Cao - beat the game with every starting character
 * Zhuge Liang - beat the game with the available Five Tiger Generals and press left on the character select screen
 * Lu Bu - beat the game with Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang

Bonus Characters
The following characters need a code in order to play them. These characters do not possess endings.
 * Sun Shang Xiang - same moveset as Zhou Yu
 * Nobunaga - same moveset as Lu Bu
 * Toukichi - same moveset as Cao Cao

Image Song

 * Sora no Kakera
 * Performed by Seirei Bishojotai Ceres

Trivia

 * Many of the characters' attacks in this game continue to influence their future incarnations in the Dynasty Warriors series. Certain characters, such as Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci and Dian Wei, kept several of the same animations until Dynasty Warriors 6.
 * The animations for their winposes also appear in other titles. A majority of them were changed by the series' fourth installment or fifth installment. As a likely homage, Zhao Yun's victory pose in Dynasty Warriors 6 replicates his winpose and his actions during the game's intro movie.