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The game features a tag team system, which allows the player to take three characters and have them fight on the battlefield. The characters are divided into three different types: Power, Speed and Technique, which affect their fighting styles so far.
There is also a ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' style expansion called ''Warriors Orochi Z'', for the Sony Playstation 3, which features more extra costumes, additional scenarios as well as new characters, including a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] Sanzang from the ''[[Journey to the West]]'', and Yoshitsune's buddy Benkei. Alas, also in the vein of minor expansion packs, ''Warriors Orochi Z'' has been deemed [[No Export for You|unworthy of being brought over the pond]]. A crumb of comfort, though, is that all of the new goodies made for ''Warriors Orochi Z'' has been brought over to the [[Updated Rerelease|PSP port]] of ''Warriors Orochi 2''.
''Musou Orochi 2/Warriors Orochi 3'' was released on December 2011. It combines the cast of ''Dynasty Warriors 7'' with ''Samurai Warriors 3'', as well as a slew new characters from various folk tales/mythologies: Kaguya the Moon Princess from ''Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', Shuten Douji the lord of all [[Youkai|oni]], [[Chinese Mythology|Nezha]] the Heavenly General and friend of Sun Wukong, and finally, [[Japanese Mythology|Susano-O]], the original slayer of Orochi. Aside of that, Koei included '[[Crossover|Collaboration Characters]]' from their other franchises, including, Ryu Hayabusa and Ayane of ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' and ''[[Dead or Alive]]'', [[Joan of Arc|Jeanne D'Arc]] of ''Bladestorm: Hundred Years War'', Achilles of ''[[Warriors: Legends of Troy]]'' and Nemea of Zill O'll. The English version was released March 2012. However there is no dubbing, only Japanese with English subtitles. A PSP version is also announced, which adds a mysterious Japanese character (a possible mystic/ancient general like Yoshitsune) as well as Rachel from ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''.
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Most of the tropes provided in the previous game also follow here. Ones that stand out are:
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
{{quote|'''Okuni''': *reguarding Nobunaga* Those eyes... such depth, such evil... How exciting!}}
* [[Anachronism Stew]] - Yoshitsune with a [[Star Wars|Lightsaber]].
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* [[Bald of Evil]] - Kiyomori
* [[Beam Spam]] - Himiko's mode of attack.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]:
* [[Bishonen Line]] - Orochi. You would think he looks like that eight-headed snake monster, wouldn't you? And let us not speak of Orochi X...
* [[Bittersweet Ending]] - {{spoiler|The "true" ending of the third game which also counts as [[Victory-Guided Amnesia]] for the humans involved.}}
* [[Blood Knight]] - Orochi
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]] - Fu Xi and Nuwa, who can probably get away with it, being gods and all. Nuwa needn't point it out though...
** Aya takes up another notch with her bond quotes to her "cute" brother Kenshin.
* [[Cat Fight]] - Zhenji and No.
* [[Continuity Nod]] - At Komaki-Nagakute in the second game, Cao Cao tells Pang Tong - who caused a massive fire attack on Orochi's forces - that he was thankful that the hooded strategist was an ally, otherwise it'd be Cao Cao, and not Orochi, who would be "drowning in a sea of flame". Pang Tong was one of the Shu officers responsible for his historic defeat at Chi Bi.
** Liu Bei's defeat at the hands of Orochi is basically a repeat of the Battle of Chang Ban bridge, only this time Liu Bei lost.
* [[Cool Big Sis]] - Da Ji is pretty much this to Himiko.
* [[Culture Clash]] - Ancient Chinese warriors and Sengoku Era Japanese daimyo fighting together or against one another. Then there's the use of firearms! And then there's the Frenchwoman and the Greek warrior...
** It's slightly downplayed in the first game, as they've had a bit of time to get used to each other and have bigger concerns to deal with, though in the Orochi prequel campaign in the second game we get see some more of the culture clash, especially Cao Cao being blindsided by the introduction of cannon weapons. {{spoiler|Though he quickly figures out their weakness and adapts}}.
* [[Cutting Off the Branches]]: The second game is a bit vague who landed the kill shot on Orochi the first time, with the implication all the rebel forces met up at Koshi Castle and all had their parts to play in taking Orochi down, but still leaving who actually took him down vague. The third game repeats this trend, with the implication that, again, all the various forces joined up to take down Orochi again.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]] - Sun Shangxiang befriends Ina after defeating her in combat.
** In the third game, a number of characters initially start off as [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]. After defeating them they come to their senses and join the heroes.
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** Third game: Dong Zhuo once again kidnaps girls, this time Oichi, Nene and Xingcai, [[Forced Into Evil|forcing Nagamasa, Kiyomasa and Liu Shan into the Demon Army]] ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and]] [[Camp Gay|Zhang He]] [[My Friends and Zoidberg|is kidnapped too]]. Ina is also kidnapped by the Demon Army in the middle of her training when you try to unlock her. Also, one of the DLC is called 'Dong Zhuo's Ambition' in which he tries to fulfill his paradise of beautiful women... [[Captain Obvious|Yep...]]
* [[Double Agent]] - Zhuge Liang in the first game.
* [[Downer Beginning]] - In the first stage of 3, we are presented in a situation where there's just Ma Chao, Sima Zhao and Takenaka Hanbei (and some generics) against the 9 heads of Hydra, and none of the siege weapons work against it, and they're being pursued by the massive Demon Army under Kiyomori.
* [[Everything Is Better With Monkeys]] - Sun Wukong is extremely broken at high levels. Granted, he ''was'' broken in the original source material.
* [[Extreme Doormat]] - Diaochan is like this towards Lu Bu in the second game. However, she will rebel against him if she feels that he's straying far from his own ideals in the first game (which is apparently non [[Canon]] in the second).
* [[Eyes of Gold]] - Nuwa.
* [[Fake Difficulty]] - Chaos difficulty is no different from Hard, for the most part. Enemies have the same HP (more or less), AI is the same, they deal the same amount of damage... the only difference is that their attacks completely ignore defense. A regular [[Mook]] can now kill you in four hits. Did we mention you will often be surrounded by a few hundred mooks, with a few officers in the middle to spice things up? Enjoy.
* [[Fan Service]] - This is pretty much the singular purpose of this game. Not that the fans mind for the most part...
** Many of the females characters have cute, fetishy outfits, most blatantly Da Ji and Nuwa.
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* [[Gender Flip]] - Sanzang.
** This may be a nod to Saiyuki, a Tactical RPG produced by Koei for the [[PlayStation]] where you could choose the gender of San Zang.
* [[Girls' Night Out Episode]] - A handful of the Dream Stages focus solely on the girls.
* [[Hard Mode Perks]]: Like in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''.
* [[Heel Face Turn]] ({{spoiler|LU BU, of all people, changes sides in Wu's scenario during the second game, though it's presented less as a heroic thing and more of Lu Bu's [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] flaring up again.}})
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** Also in the third game, Keiji and Masamune, after two titles being unrepentant servants of Orochi, eventually defect for good after one Hydra head is down and they realize that this is not the Orochi they used to trust. This is before the reveal about Shuten Doji (See above)
** Subverted with Dong Zhuo, though. He did join the resistance, but that's because Zhuge Liang forces him to so he doesn't bother the resistance with his petty ambitions and dreams.
Earlier on in the first game, he was induced to defect due to the Oda forces playing on his [[Greed]] to get him to join them instead, though since he's a villain again by the second game, this was a temporary defection at best.
* [[Historical Beauty Update]] - Wasn't Taigong Wang supposed to be an old man? (Then again, those times are [[Shrouded in Myth]] and Taigong Wang's name is actually a reference to how the future King of Zhou's ''father'' had told him to keep an eye out for a good strategist, so his name means "the one hoped for by my honored father".)
* [[Homage]] - Benkei collects a lot of weapons and has [[Junichi Suwabe]] for Japanese voice. Now say it with me: ''[[Fate/stay night|I am the bone of my sword...]]''
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** Of course, you kinda of have to mention the characters from the two base games. Easy ones to point out are a flute, an ass kicking flute, feather fans surprisingly good at smacking people, and then you have a spear that houses a MASSIVE LASER CANNON in it's slightly engorged head.
* [[It's Personal]] - When you first encounter Lu Bu in 3, he is singularly obsessed with killing {{spoiler|Nezha}}. The reason for this? Not because {{spoiler|Nezha}} beat him, though he did, but because {{spoiler|he then proceeded to casually kill Diao Chan in front of Lu Bu.}} Lu Bu has been out for his blood since before the Hydra even appeared.
* [[James Bondage]] - Liu Bei in the first game. Sun Jian in the Wu campaign.
* [[La Résistance]] - Eventually. However, [[Oda Nobunaga]] is the one who jump-started it.
** It's a tad complicated, but here's a summarized version of how it turns out by the end of the first game: {{spoiler|If you play through all the game routes, Nobunaga was the one to get the ball rolling, sending Yoshishiro to help bust Zhao Yun out to aid the Shu. Sakon is implied to have been asked by him to aid Sun Ce in recovering Sun Jian, which is why he never becomes a formal part of the Oda forces despite joining after being defeated. Cao Pi is mostly winging it on his own, though his and Nobunaga's path cross briefly, and Nobunaga figures this out and lets him do his thing}}.
* [[Large Ham]] - Too many to list. It would probably be easier to try to list those who were actually playing their role straight.
** Though a shining example of this trope is Zhang Jiao and his 'Wrrrrrrath of the HEAVENS!!'
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] - One hundred and thirty two as of Warriors Orochi 3.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] - Between [[Dynasty Warriors]] and [[Samurai Warriors]], obviously.
** Warriors Orochi 3 adds BladeStorm, Warriors: Legend of Troy,
* [[Master of Illusion]] - Da Ji, Kiyomori, and most of the new characters are capable of creating harmful illusions.
* [[My Grandma Can Do Better Than You]] - Variant: [[Badass Grandpa]] Shibata Katsuie occasionally taunts "You can't outfight ''my corpse''!"
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* [[Old Save Bonus]] - For the PSP versions. Allows characters in the sequel to gain their first ability immediately.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]] - Nuwa has a halo. She's also a [[Stripperific]] [[Hot Chick with a Sword]] who allies herself primarily with Cao Cao.
* [[Plot Hole]]: The PSP adaptation of the second game has no less than four in the Orochi campaign, with characters who either were never on the Orochi team or who are introduced before they properly show up in the plot in cutscenes, while the PS2 version of the same cutscenes has no such issues.
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]] - Orochi's main motivation, as his story mode reveals.
* [[Relationship Values]]: A major part of the third game. Each character has a group of other characters with whom they share a bond to. Increasing it via fighting together or holding feasts will lead to unlocking various passive bonuses and even special stages to unlock new characters.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Wang Yi appears to be controlled by Orochi, but when she broke free of it, she's still vengeful on Ma Chao and attempts to kill him until Noh and Oichi stops her.
* [[Running Gag]]; Sakon Shima, who can't seem to get people to follow his instructions unless he's working for someone who makes sure they do, with every time he tries to make this happen on his own ending in [[Epic Fail]].
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: The entire storyline of the third game. Also, most stages may involve a character dying outside of your control, after which a few characters will try to help them out in a stage that will result in a Redux version of the previous stage where the character can end up surviving and join the Resistance.
* [[Sinister Scythe]] - Orochi uses a large scythe as his weapon.
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** Averted with Kaguya, who was designed to reflect Heian era sensibilities for the most part - the only made her skirt shorter so she could "move" more easily, but it still has 12 layers!
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]] - Dong Zhuo is hilariously blustery when his minions lose a stronghold. "What were you doing! Drag your sorry carcass back up there and '''reclaim that mountain!'''"
** Sakon in the Battle of Kyushu.
{{quote|'''Mitsunari''': "You got yourself some... interesting followers there, Sakon."
'''Sakon''': "So interesting I feel like tearing out my hair." }}
* [[Talking to Himself]] - Happens constantly with some of the characters who both share the same voice actor and have a bond with one another. Exemplified in the Japanese dub by Daqiao and Xiaoqiao, Jia Xu and Motonari Mori (who got a scenario where they interact a lot), Nene and Ayane, Motochika Chosokabe and Sima Shi, Nuwa and Kaguya, etc.
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]] - With both Lu Bu AND Honda Tadakatsu in the crossover, naturally they would carry over their theme tunes (The former has a remix specifically for this game). It wouldn't be until Musou Orochi Z, when Orochi himself would finally have his own. Played with in the new DLC for Warriors Orochi 3 "Fight for a Theme Song" {{spoiler|this is where Keiji Maeda wants a theme song for his own. note this is the only DLC scenario where you CANNOT change the bgm.}} In the third game, Ryu, Ayane, Achilles and Susano's introductions result in their themes replacing the stage music.
* [[The Rival]] - Yoshitsune gets this, naturally, with Kiyomori. More surprisingly, he gets another... in Lu Bu. The latter however, isn't a clear cut rivalry in the traditional sense. The third game adds Shuten Doji to a minor extent.
** Also, just about every pair of rivals from their respective games, still retain that sense regardless of what side they're on.
* [[The Strategist]] - from the second game onwards Taigong Wang takes it upon himself to plan most of the battle against Orochi. Hanbei takes this role in the third game.
* [[The Vamp]] - Zhenji, No, and Da Ji. The three of them can even perform a special triple attack together in the second game.
* [[Time Travel]]: Courtesy of Kaguya in
* [[Took a Level In Badass]] - For the first time ever, Xiahou Yuan is both competent and has a few significant story moments in the second game.
** Back in ''Bladestorm'', Jeanne was a mere [[Hero Unit]]. Now, she picks up a [[Blade on a Stick|spear]] and has her chance to rack up multitudes of KOs ''all by herself''.
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