Samurai Warriors 4 is coming to PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in Japan in spring 2014, a new Famitsu.com preview reveals.
The series—in which players control military commanders overflowing with personality, and mow down swarming enemies on the stage of Japan’s Warring States period—adds a “great number” of new characters for the fourth game.
All the commanders who previously appeared in the series will be playable in Samurai Warriors 4, and completely new commanders are being added, as well. Over 50 characters will be playable in total.
Newly revealed characters include Nobuyuki Sanada and Yoshitsugu Otani. Sanada, voiced by Daisuke Ono, uses a sword in battle and can clean sweep his opponents with a high-speed rotation. Otani, voiced by Satoshi Hino, uses a baton that fires shock waves and beams when you swing it.
Other confirmed characters include Yukimura Sanada, Inahime, Mitsunari Ishida, Hanbei Takenaka, and Kanbei Kuroda.
Samurai Warriors 4 is currently 70 percent complete.