In truth, they don’t appear to look dramatically different compared to their previous appearances in other Samurai Warriors games. However, they’ve both undergone a wardrobe change while also being redesigned to suit SW5’s new brushstroke art style.
Koei have confirmed that Samurai Warriors 5 will launch with a rebooted roster of 27 characters, mostly comprised of returning favourite though reportedly with some new additions too. That’s half the size of Samurai Warrior 4’s playable roster (55) and considerably smaller than Dynasty Warrior 9 (90). While part of the appeal of these games has been the number of different heroes you can play as, we’re interested to see what developer Omega Force can do when focusing on a smaller roster, hopefully making each of them feel more unique.