Ueda Castle

The Siege of Ueda Castle (上田合戦) was a matter of two battles fought between the Tokugawa and the Sanada. Historically, both battles were won by the Sanada despite their inferior numbers. The games tend to focus more on the second encounter that took place during the Sekigahara campaign.

Samurai Warriors
In the first game, both Tokugawa's and Sanada's scenarios, in which the Sanada are lead by Masayuki Sanada and the Tokugawa is lead by Ieyasu Tokugawa.

The Sanada's scenario in Yukimura's upper path story shows Yukimura first told to defeat Tokugawa generals in the north, then lure them into the center into the castle. He is later told to wait for a signal to open the flood gates by his father in order to drown the Tokugawa forces by the rivers and turn the tide of the battle. Frustrated, Ieyasu orders Hanzo Hattori to assassinate Masayuki, where Yukimura must defend him by defeating Hanzo. He then charges Ieyasu's camp and defeats him, winning the battle. However, Yukimura feels that the victory is pointless and begins to lose faith in his resistance against the Tokugawa.

The Tokugawa's scenario in the edit characters' story shows the warrior fight with the Tokugawa against his former friend, Yukimura, and the Sanada after the Takeda's defeat at Nagashino. In the battle, the player must succeed in everything that failed in Yukimura's scenario. After winning the battle the player must enter the interior of Ueda Castle and proceed to the lowest floor where the player finds Yukimura and Hanzo dueling each other. The player may choose who to defeat, deciding which side the player will fight on in the next scenario, Siege of Osaka Castle.

In Kunoichi's story, Kunoichi must hurry to the bottom floor of Ueda Castle to rescue Yukimura from death by Hanzo. If she saves Yukimura from harm, she will fight along side him at Osaka Castle. If Yukimura comes to harm, Kunoichi will infiltrate Odawara Castle to prevent Ieyasu from reaching Osaka. Hanzo has a somewhat similar scenario where he infiltrates Ueda to steal a secret letter from the Toyotomi. During this scenario, Hanzo must not be discovered by Sanada troops while trying to reach the bottom floor of the castle in order to retrieve the letter.

In Samurai Warriors 2, The battle remains relatively the same except is more historically accurate. The Tokugawa's scenario is the 1585 battle with the Tokugawa lead by Ieyasu while the the Sanada's scenario is the 1600 battle and the Tokugawa is lead by Ieyasu's son, Hidetada Tokugawa.

The Sanada's, a segment of the Western Army, scenario in Yukimura's story has him work with his friends Keiji Maeda and Kanetsugu Naoe. Yukimura starts off by forcing Tokugawa generals towards the river. He then goes to defend the front gate of Ueda. Afterwards, he goes to defend Toishi Castle from his brother, Nobuyuki Sanada, who is fight in the Tokugawa ranks alongside his wife, Ina. he is then ordered to escort his ally to the flood gates once the Tokugawa forces are in place. Once this succeeds, a frustrated Hidetada orders Hanzo to kill Masayuki. Keiji defends Masayuki while Yukimura defeats the duplicates of Hanzo until he defeats the real one. All forces then charge the main camp and defeat Hidetada. Once victory is achieved, Yukimura and Kanetsugu briefly celebrate when a messenger tells them Mitsunari Ishida and the Western Army were defeated by Ieyasu and the Eastern Army.