Consoles: PlayStation 3 exclusive (JP)
Release Date: March 2011 (JP)
Official Site:
www.gamecity.ne.jp/smusou6Story Updates
The storyline surpasses 234's Wuzhang -one of the oft-complained points-, and now properly ends in 280: Jin's unification of China and end of the ROTK period
The 晋 Jin Kingdom faction is newly added
Story Mode is apparently kingdom-based, and will focus on the 4 kingdoms of Wei, Wu, Shu and Jin. You will be playing as different characters as you choose other stages, thus seeing the overall kingdom stories from different character perspectives
The story events will be seamlessly incorporated into gameplay, similar to God of War 3
Chronicle Mode
This seems to be an individual, free-roam-China and create-your-own-story story mode
In-between battles, you can visit cities to buy and upgrade weapons
You can also interact with other unique characters, and depending on how you interact, you can unlock more playable characters from this mode
When you join a faction you will be able to play in their specific stages
There are also stages that are based on ROTK
Characters
New Characters
Note: Seiyuu = Japanese VA. They are mostly consistent throughout the series unless there are major circumstances
司馬師 (子元)
Sima Shi (Ziyuan)
First son of Sima Yi. Assumed authority in Wei after his father's death. Died early in 255 due to complications of a swollen eye.
Main Weapon: Rapier
Seiyuu: Ryotaro Okiayu (aka. Orochi in Warriors Orochi, Chosokabe Motochika in Samurai Warriors, and Treize Khushrenada in Gundam Wing)
司馬昭 (子上)
Sima Zhao (Zishang)
Second son of Sima Yi. Assumed authority after his brother Shi's death. Father of Sima Yan, the first emperor of Jin who would finally unify China.
Main Weapon: Dao Blade
Seiyuu: Daisuke Kishio (aka. Taigong Wang in Warriors Orochi)
鮑三娘
Bao Sanniang
Fictional female warrior who would eventually get married to Guan Suo, fictional youngest son of Guan Yu, and would fight together with him in the battlefield.
Main Weapon: Bladed Yo-yo
Seiyuu: Ai Nonaka (aka. Fuko Ibuki in Clannad)
There will be even more new characters added here, with emphasis on the Later Three Kingdoms Era, thus this game will have the highest number of playable characters in the series so far (safely assumed over 50)
Returning Characters
So far the confirmed ones are:
劉備 (玄德) Liu Bei (Xuande)
關羽 (雲長) Guan Yu (Yunchang)
張飛 (益德) Zhang Fei (Yide)
趙雲 (子龍) Zhao Yun (Zilong)
(張)星彩 (Zhang) Xing Cai
曹操 (孟德) Cao Cao (Mengde)
夏侯惇 (元讓) Xiahou Dun (Yuanrang)
夏侯淵 (妙才) Xiahou Yuan (Miaocai)
甄姫 Zhen Ji
陸遜 (伯言) Lu Xun (Boyan)
周泰 (幼平) Zhou Tai (Youping)
Many if not all returning characters are retaining their old weapons from DW5 back due to the gameplay system reversal (eg. Zhen Ji's flute, Xiahou Dun's scimitar)
Gameplay Changes
Secondary Weapons, Variable Attack
The moveset system is back to the good old Charge-based system (DW5 and before)
Characters now equip two weapons at once. Both of them can be changed
There will be about 360 different varieties of weapons
Some weapons will have gender limitations (eg. high probability that Qiao's folding fans will be exclusive to females)
Called the Variable Attack system (aka. Real Time Weapon Change), player can switch between the two weapons anytime. The weapons can even be switched during a combo with a weapon without cutting the combo itself. To switch weapons, press R1
Some characters will have special expertise in certain weapon types. When such weapons are equipped, they will be able to unleash EX attacks
(Speculation: For new characters, probably it's the 'main weapons' listed above, while for returning characters it's their 'default old weapons')
Musou attack upgrades
Musou bar is now stackable to 2 bars, allowing you to launch Musou attack twice consecutively
It is said there will be different kinds of Musou attacks. The first one is weapon-based and the second one will be unique to character (perhaps related to main weapon / weapon type expertise?)
Other Known Informations
The game supports stereoscopic 3D mode, though this is optional and can be turned off
Some characters will have different facial features depending on the storyline progress, like two-eyed Xiahou Dun or non-masked Sima Shi
Character portraits in battle messages have emotion changes just like other recent Warriors games
