Koei Tecmo has announced that Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition is headed to Nintendo Switch in the west this December.
Originally confirmed for Japanese players just last week, this game is - perhaps unsurprisingly - a 'definitive edition' of the 2014 release, Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends - which was incidentally an already expanded release of the much more simply named Dynasty Warriors 8. With over 82 characters and a focus on more content for the sake of replayability, this entry tried to spice up the hack 'n' slash franchise when it first arrived on the scene.
The game follows the stories of the kingdoms of Wei, Wu, Shu, and Jin through the actions of historical military and political figures as they fight for control over the Three Kingdoms of China. The game smushes all of the original game and the Xtreme Legends expansion into one juicy package, providing players with all of the tactical action fans have come to expect and a whole lot of DLC to go with it.
Interestingly, those who already own the recently released Warriors Orochi 4 will also receive some 'save data bonus costumes' should they pick up this new release, which could be a nice extra incentive for anyone on the fence about picking this one up.
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition will be available digitally from the Switch's eShop for $39.99, releasing on 27th in both North America and Europe. If you grab the game in its first week on sale, you'll also be able to take advantage of a 10% discount.
Are you excited for this one? Have you played any of the original versions of the game? Let us know with a comment below.
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That's the greatest name of any video game ever. Also it's a much better game than 9 so that's something.
Digital only? Ehhhh I'll have to pass.
Cool!... I guess? I enjoy the games well enough, but I think Hyrule Warriors will be the last one I buy. They really need to spice this genre up.
I'm actually super into this. I'm a much bigger fan of the Three Kingdoms theme than I am Zelda or Fire Emblem and so - even though I already played this back in the day - will more than likely double-dip. It's a great title to thrash away at whilst watching something absentmindedly in the background.
December 27th is a weird release date for a PS3 re-re-release but at least it's here.
I hope this means we'll get the other Japan-only re-re-releases (DW8 Empires, SW Spirit of Sanada and WO3 Ultimate) soon.
Inb4, someone have complained the Switch version of this game due to Ports.
but where is DQ Heroes?
Does it have all dlc like the japanese release on switch? Or are the dlc a seperate purchase worth of €300 like ps4/psvita/ps3?
Waiting for the Physical version with extras.
Yeah, no. 60 FPS or bust, but it's probably just going to be 30 again.
Good news if there is a physical release, even if that means importing the Japanese release (however, none of the musou games have yet had multilingual support in any of the Japanese releases). For a game that is expected to be over 10GB in size (if not 20GB) a physical release is absolutely essential.
@Wanjia : For what it's worth, Warriors Orochi 4, which was released last week, is sub only.
@darkswabber Koei said it had "almost" all the DLC without details (yet). My guess is the missing DLCs are probably the collaboration set, like the 7up armor. source: https://twitter.com/koeitecmoeurope/status/1054356704748625920
@Mando44646 If they didn't manage to fix the framerate, it's possible they won't bother to release it in the west
Yikes those screenshots look pretty rough. Hopefully the game gets polished up before release. That said, it's great to see a mainline Warriors game finally come to Switch.
Oooo man, there's so many choices for Musou these days. Even if they didn't bring 3 of them over to the west for no apparent reason.
"Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition"
Is this the current Super Street Fighter II Turbo X Champion Edition Gold?
@link3710 : Brand fatigue? Those three games were released simultaneously in Japan, and I can only guess that they would have sold really badly if they had released them at retail in the West.
@Silly_G oh agreed, I'd been thinking as download only releases.
Is it really complete this time or will sell scenarios as DLC again like in the "Complete Edition"?
This is probably the first main Dynasty Warriors game Koei finally delivers to a Nintendo platform. Past releases of the DW series on Nintendo platforms had always being spinoffs like Dynasty Warriors Advance and the crappy Dynasty Warriors VS and Fighter's Battle which are just inferior experience of the franchise. Anyways I'm still waiting for a proper Samurai Warriors game for Switch, not touching any of those Warrior's Orochi crap.
@Dalarrun ya but there is only so much they can do when they don't want to risk hurting but they tried spicing it up with 9 and that became a disaster for them.
I do want to get this, but physical if possible.
We got a lot of Warriors games on Switch now, and I hope we’ll also get a port of Samurai Warriors 4.
I wonder why they don't collaborate with Nintendo to include a character from Hyrule or Fire Emblem Warriors as playable in the Switch versions of standard DW games.
I wonder why they don't collaborate with Nintendo to include a character from Hyrule or Fire Emblem Warriors as playable in the Switch versions of standard DW games.
I wonder why they don't collaborate with Nintendo to include a character from Hyrule or Fire Emblem Warriors as playable in the Switch versions of standard DW games.
I wonder why they don't collaborate with Nintendo to include a character from Hyrule or Fire Emblem Warriors as playable in the Switch versions of standard DW games.
I wonder why they don't collaborate with Nintendo to include a character from Hyrule or Fire Emblem Warriors as playable in the Switch versions of standard DW games.
@nukatha They were asked that in an interview. They felt it would not be fair to those with the game on other systems.
Interestingly, the director of the Warriors games said they'd love to do a Xenoblade Warriors.
Day one purchase guaranteed. <3
@Angelic_Lapras_King
That didn't stop them from neglecting to add the additional story and adventure levels from Legends to the Wii U version of Hyrule Warriors, despite clearly having all the HD assets required to do so.
Any news on if there will be a physical European release?
@Wanjia : That remains to be seen, I guess. I see no reason why they would exclude it.
I can't wait for Splatoon Warriors!
I am sure fans of the series will be excited for this. But I imagine they are the only ones.
@cfgk24 we need Animal Crossing first, before splatoon.
I would/should be one of the excited people about this, DW8 was great when released so the chance to give it another whack with all the lovely bits added on is a great thing hoooowever, having bought WO4 for switch I’m going to have to see some concrete info regarding performance before I shell out; WO4 isn’t unplayable but the frame rate is certainly less than stellar at times - posted this in the ‘Orochi game thread but will repost here (performance analysis of WO4 on switch & ps4) in case anyone is interested; https://youtu.be/PyOrtkqSp-w
Now we need Samurai Warriors 4.
Hahahaa no chance - I jus can’t see me grabbing this til some point I’m reminded it was released - A shame as I hoped after seeing Warriors Orochi recently Some version from DW8 would follow but December!? Why so late and more to my point; DynastyWarriors8.. or SuperSmashBros.Ultimate with my family over festivity’s... Theres no question
Why 8 and not 9?
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