Samurai Warriors 5

Samurai Warriors 5 (戦国無双5, Sengoku Musou 5) is the fifth main entry in the Samurai Warriors series. Announced on the February 17th Nintendo Direct of 2021, the game is slated for a summer 2021 release. This installment is designed to be a revamp of the Samurai Warriors series, with character designs, visuals, and interactions vastly overhauled from previous incarnations.

Gameplay
As this is a re-imagining of the franchise, character movesets and gameplay has been vastly overhauled. Most characters have been given different weapons, with some even being assigned the same weapon (e.g. Ieyasu and Shikanosuke both wield dual swords). This has led to a system reminiscent of Dynasty Warriors 7 and it's sequel, where weapons are shared among the cast and be switched out at will, although characters preferring the weapon such as Ieyasu and Shikanosuke for the dual swords, will have unique EX attacks to differentiate themselves from other characters using that same weapon.

Also, unique skills similar to One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 are implemented into the game, most of these are area-of-effect attacks but some also include stuns and other non-damaging abilities. Some skills are unique to a character, e.g. Toshiie Maeda and his Ultimate Storm attack. Hyper attacks also make a comeback and musous now have a unique finish with a rendered portrait effect.

Story Mode
The story mode this time around will have a heavy focus on Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi. The story is heavily inspired by the original title and takes it a step further as it will end at Honnōji instead of covering the Toyotomi and Tokugawa reigns like the rest of the series has.

Characters
It was confirmed that Samurai Warriors 5 will have 27 playable characters.

Returning

 * Nobunaga Oda
 * Nō
 * Mitsuhide Akechi
 * Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * Hideyoshi Hashiba
 * Yoshimoto Imagawa
 * Katsuie Shibata
 * Oichi
 * Nagamasa Azai
 * Toshiie Maeda
 * Tadakatsu Honda
 * Hanbei Takenaka
 * Kanbei Kuroda
 * Takakage Kobayakawa
 * Motonari Mōri
 * Hisahide Matsunaga
 * Shingen Takeda
 * Kenshin Uesugi

New Characters

 * Toshimitsu Saitō
 * Mitsuki
 * Sena
 * Kazuuji Nakamura
 * Shikanosuke Yamanaka

Affiliated weapons
- Nodachi (Nobunaga Oda)

- Katana (Mitsuhide Akechi, Kenshin Uesugi)

- Twin swords (Ieyasu Tokugawa, Shikanosuke Yamanaka)

- Bow (Noh, Motonari Mori)

- Naginata (Hideyoshi, Sena)

- Scimitar (Takakage Kobayakawa, Nagamasa Azai)

- Spear (Toshimitsu Saito, Katsuie Shibata)

- Great Spear (Toshiie Maeda, Tadakatsu Honda)

- Paper Charms (Oichi, Kanbei Kuroda)

- Arm Cannon (Hisahide Matsunaga, Kazuuji Nakamura)

- Sword and hammer (Yoshimoto Imagawa)

- Fist gauntlets (Mitsuki)

- War drum (Hanbei Takenaka)