Samurai Warriors 2

=Overview= Gameplay of Samurai Warriors 2 builds on the first Samurai Warriors by adding new characters and new features such as the removal of the range attacks in favor of the addition of two unique special abilities that differ from character to character. Also, characters movesets can evolve in a larger variety as they level up, elaborating on either their combo, charge or special attacks, with the progression of each character being different from the next.

Returning

 * Mori Ranmaru
 * Okuni
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Ishida Mitsunari
 * Yukimura Sanada
 * Mitsuhide Akechi
 * Nobunaga Oda
 * Hideyoshi Toyotomi
 * Honda Tadakatsu
 * Magoichi Saika
 * Keiji Maeda
 * Masamune Date
 * Hanzō Hattori
 * Kenshin Uesugi
 * Shingen Takeda
 * Nohime (Nō)
 * Oichi

New

 * Inahime (Ina)
 * Yoshimoto Imagawa
 * Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * Azai Nagamasa
 * Musashi Miyamoto
 * Shimazu Yoshihiro
 * Fūma Kōtarō
 * Naoe Kanetsugu
 * Shima Sakon
 * Ishida Mitsunari
 * Tachibana Ginchiyo
 * Nene
 * Shibata Katsuie (Playable only in SW2: Empires and SW2: Xtreme Legends)
 * Sasaki Kojirō (Playable only in SW2: Empires and SW2: Xtreme Legends)
 * Maeda Toshiie (Playable only in SW2: Xtreme Legends)
 * Chosokabe Motochika (Playable only in SW2: Xtreme Legends)
 * Hosokawa Gracia (Playable only in SW2: Xtreme Legends)