Dynasty Warriors - Spin-offs

Spin-offs

Following the success of Dynasty Warriors, Koei released Dynasty Tactics in 2002 and its sequel in the following year, focusing on strategy and tactics in the same Three Kingdoms setting.

Probably the third most recognized franchise of Koei, Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou in Japan) series, was introduced in 2004. Instead of the Three Kingdoms era, the series uses Japan's Warring States period. As a result, the game's roster consists of characters from that era, while having a similar gameplay of Dynasty Warriors. The game would be followed by Samurai Warriors 2 in 2006 and Samurai Warriors 3 in 2009 as well as numerous other spin-off titles. The fourth game had been recently announced to be released on 2014 to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary. As with the original series, Samurai Warriors also has the Xtreme Legends and Empires expansion, with the former beginning on the first game and the latter on the second game.

Other related titles include:

• Dynasty Warriors Mahjong (Jan Sangoku Musou in Japan), which is completely different from the rest of the series, as it has the same characters play the game of mahjong, rather than having the gameplay of the original games.
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Gundam Musou in Japan) was released in 2007, combining the popular Gundam franchise with Dynasty Warriors gameplay.
• Warriors Orochi (Musou Orochi in Japan), released on 2007 crosses the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series to create a fictional crossover. The game introduces the three-man team and have a modified gameplay from both series. The game was followed by a direct sequel Warriors Orochi 2 (called Musou Orochi: Mao Sairin in Japan) which reuses the same gameplay of the original game with the focus on adding new stories. A compilation of the two games, Musou Orochi Z was released on 2009, thus far has not been brought overseas. The third game, Warriors Orochi 3, was released on 2011. The game had a different engine and gameplay than the first two games, and noticeably titled Musou Orochi 2 in Japan (as the second game is considered as an expansion to the first game).
• Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, based on the Hundred Years' War between England and France in the 14th and 15th century was also released in 2007, using gameplay similar to Koei's earlier Kessen series.
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage Hokuto Musō (北斗無双?), a spin-off based on the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star, was released in 2010.
• Warriors: Legends of Troy, the second game in the series to receive an M rating by the ESRB, released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011.
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors, a game inspired by the anime and manga series One Piece was released in 2012.