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. 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. Introduced in Samurai Warriors 2 is the option of "Dream Stages" that ask the proverbial "what if" situation. The Create-A-Warrior mode from the original however, does not return in this installment.

This game also contains a mini-game included. 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 doors to reach the end before the opponent does), Reveal (players uncover as many Sky Ninjas as possible), and 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

 * Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Nagamasa Azai
 * Miyamoto Musashi
 * Yoshihiro Shimazu
 * Kōtarō Fūma
 * 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 Hosokawa (Playable only in SW2: Xtreme Legends)

Cut

 * Yoshimoto Imagawa
 * Goemon Ishikawa
 * Kunoichi