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. Discarding the branching storylines from the first title, Samurai Warriors 2 also introduces "Dream Stages", which are proverbial "what if" situations that can be unlocked after completing a character's story.

Survival Mode from the original Samurai Warriors returns in this mode but offers four random missions to choose from, some you must pay, some you do not. The Create-A-Warrior mode from the original however, does not return in this installment.

This game also contains a mini-game named Suguroku. Up to four players can participate in this mode, and each player has to choose a character. The goal is to collect the requested amount of gold chosen by the player's predetermined settings. At the beginning of the game, three flags for each player will be divided in the map, and players earn gold and raise their ranks by collecting their respective flags and returning to their home base. Players can buy territories on the map, or challenge other players for the control of a territory. Within the game, there are six different challenges:


 * Annihilate - players defeat as many enemies as possible
 * Chase - players defeat as many fleeing Fire Ninjas as possible
 * Destroy - players destroy as many boulders as possible
 * Race - players break through the castle doors and reach the end before the opponent does
 * Reveal - players uncover as many Sky Ninjas as possible
 * Steal - players collect as much gold as possible

Returning

 * Ranmaru Mori (Hidden, playable only in Free Mode))
 * Okuni (Hidden, playable only in Free Mode)
 * Yukimura Sanada
 * Mitsuhide Akechi
 * Nobunaga Oda
 * Hideyoshi Toyotomi
 * Tadakatsu Honda
 * Magoichi Saika
 * Keiji Maeda
 * Masamune Date
 * Hanzō Hattori
 * Kenshin Uesugi
 * Shingen Takeda
 * Nohime (Nō)
 * Oichi
 * Inahime (Ina)
 * Yoshimoto Imagawa (Playable only in SW2: Xtreme Legends)

New

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

Cut

 * Yoshimoto Imagawa
 * Goemon Ishikawa
 * Kunoichi

Free Mode Stages

 * Kawanakajima (4th) [Takeda vs. Uesugi, October 1561]
 * Kanegasaki [Azai/Asakura vs. Oda/Tokugawa, April 1570]
 * Anegawa [Oda/Tokugawa vs. Azai/Asakura, 30 July 1570]
 * Mikatagahara [Takeda vs. Tokugawa, 6 January 1573]
 * Odani Castle [Oda vs. Azai, August-September 1573]
 * Nagashino [Oda-Tokugawa vs. Takeda, 29 June 1575]
 * Tedorigawa [Oda vs. Uesugi, November 1577]
 * Osaka Bay [Oda vs. Honganji, Summer 1578]
 * Assault on the Saika [Oda vs. Saika Renegades]
 * Honnoji [Akechi vs. Oda, 21 June 1582]
 * Yamazaki [Hashiba vs. Akechi, 2 July 1582]
 * Shizugatake [Hashiba vs. Shibata, May 1583]
 * Komaki-Nagakute [Hashiba vs. Tokugawa, March-April 1584]
 * Kyushu[Shimazu vs. Ootomo-Chousokabe-Toyotomi, December 1586]
 * Odawara Castle (2 sections, East and West) [Toyotomi vs. Hojo, June-August 1590]
 * Hasedo [Date-Mogami vs. Uesugi, September 1600]
 * Ueda Castle [Sanada vs. Tokugawa, 12 October 1600]
 * Sekigahara [West vs. East, 21 October 1600]
 * Osaka Campaign [Tokugawa vs. Toyotomi, Winter 1614 - Summer 1615]
 * Edo Castle [West vs. East,imagined and Uesugi Colation vs. Tokugawa,imagined]