Warriors All-Stars

Musou ☆ Stars (無双☆スターズ) is a crossover game featuring several IPs owned by Koei and its subsidiaries. It is one of the projects that celebrates Omega Force's twentieth anniversary. Originally meant to be a new Warriors Orochi game, the developers decided to create something different to "evolve" the Warriors series. The general concept is to present "a hero battle starring all the protagonists", so the majority of the playable roster focuses on characters who are fan favorites or starring in one of the company's latest IPs.

The producer is Masaki Furusawa.

The Treasure Box edition includes a visual book, an original soundtrack, two scroll wall posters, and a postcard calendar. Buy the game new to receive downloadable serial codes for Wang Yuanji's Kasumi costume and an early Opoona unlock. Reserve the game from Gamecity or Amazon to receive a code for Arima in Yukimura's costume.

Plot
The story takes place in an alternate world that relies on a miraculous spring to sustain itself. The King who could control the spring's powers suddenly perished, leaving the world in turmoil. The Queen tasked her daughter with summoning otherworldly heroes to save their land, but the attempted summoning errs and scatters the heroes to different areas of their world. Other members of the royal family rise to claim the throne and divide the heroes into three warring factions.

Gameplay

 * The game will feature two main modes: Free Scenario and Multi Ending. The latter has around twenty different endings and multiple story paths. Certain endings are unlocked by recruiting more characters and obtaining special key items.
 * Battles, items, and information events are all marked on the world map. The player can freely access whatever event they want at their own pace.
 * The Holy Castle acts as the main hub for players to bolster characters or enjoy non-battle character interactions. There is only one of it on the main map, and it can be accessed at any point in the story. An in-game encyclopedia will provide IP terminology for people unfamiliar with a particular character background; entries are unlocked based on specific character conversations.
 * Players can form teams of five. One character acts as the leader while the others provide support.
 * Musou Fever involves every party member in a festive Musou switching sequence. After the leader starts the sequence with their attack, the action will switch to another one of their support characters. It will continue switching until every character has performed their attack. In between each character switch, support characters will cheer for the active character to boost their attack power. The sequence ends with all five characters performing the finisher.
 * Character quotes change depending on their bond levels with one another. The higher their bond, the stronger their Musou Fever.
 * Each character has a Hero Skill, a special ability that they use for when they act as support. Hero skills are divided into three types.
 * Stages taken from varying IPs will be present.
 * Downloadable content is so far costumes. Furusawa has stated consideration for a future multiplayer themed update.

Characters

 * Tamaki
 * Shiki
 * Setsuna
 * Zhao Yun (Dynasty Warriors)
 * Wang Yuanji (Dynasty Warriors)
 * Zhou Cang (Dynasty Warriors)
 * Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
 * Yukimura Sanada (Samurai Warriors)
 * Mitsunari Ishida (Samurai Warriors)
 * Naotora Ii (Samurai Warriors)
 * Ōka (Toukiden)
 * Horō (Toukiden)
 * Tokitsugu (Toukiden)
 * Opoona (Opoona)
 * Nobunyaga Oda (Samurai Cats)
 * Hajime Arima (Harukanaru Toki no Naka de)
 * Darius (Harukanaru Toki no Naka de)
 * Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
 * Ayane (Ninja Gaiden)
 * Kasumi (Dead or Alive)
 * Marie Rose (Dead or Alive)
 * Honoka (Dead or Alive)
 * Millennia (Deception)
 * Laegrinna (Deception)
 * Rio Tachibana (Rio)
 * Sophie Neuenmuller (Atelier)
 * Plachta (Atelier)
 * Arnice (Nights of Azure)
 * Christophorus (Nights of Azure)

Related Media
Famitsu held a poll for fans to make character requests until October 14, 2016. Up to five characters will be considered for inclusion; they will appear as downloadable characters with their own stories and endings.

Four fans who retweeted their favorite character(s) during the game's Twitter campaigns won autographed cards from the voice actors.

A video demonstration of the game was streamed live on January 26, 2017.

Allusions

 * The soundtrack contains many re-arranged musical motifs that originated from their previous IPs.
 * Dynasty Warriors - Arena, Welcome to China, Sacred Ground
 * Samurai Warriors - Ōsaka Castle, Okehazama, City of Flowers
 * Toukiden - Melodies of Nakatsukuni
 * Opoona -
 * Samurai Cats - Neko Bushou Sengoku Emaki
 * Haruka - Kokuchou
 * Ninja Gaiden - Ryu's Determination
 * Dead or Alive - Hitohira, Tropical Beat
 * Deception -
 * Rio - Jackpot
 * Atelier -
 * Nights of Azure - Lady Crimson