It's been a busy time for Musou fans on Switch. With the last few months giving us Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Persona 5 Strikers, we also got the surprise reveal of Samurai Warriors 5 during the recent Nintendo Direct, launching this July.
It's left some fans wondering when we'd finally see the spin-off Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires on Switch, having originally been scheduled for an "Early 2021" release.
Announced last September at the Tokyo Game Show, sadly, Empires has now been delayed to an unknown date. Taking to Twitter, Koei Tecmo issued this statement:
Although DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires was initially announced as an Early 2021 release, the team is still working hard on delivering the best game possible so we wanted to let out fans know the current situation and will announce the new launch window in future updates. We apologize for the delay and appreciate your continued support. In the meantime, checkout this first look at a scene from our opening movie. Just a taste of what's to come as we get closer to finishing the game.
For the unaware, the Empires sub-series has been going since Dynasty Warriors 4, offering a more strategy-focused experience than main entries. In Dynasty Warriors 9's case, Empires discards the open-world format for a stage-like approach, focusing on castle sieges. 8: Empires previously made its way to Switch back in 2018 but, unfortunately, that version remains a Japanese exclusive.
For now, it's disappointing news, but we're certainly looking forward to seeing the finished game when it arrives. In the meantime, Musou fans got plenty of other Switch options to pick from.
Will you be picking up Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires when it releases? Let us know down below.
[source gonintendo.com]
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Hint for Switch Pro then.. oh my
That's alright there are 500 alternatives already available on Switch.
Dynasty Warriors Empires 7 is still one of my personal favorite experiences in this series, had a ton of fun playing that one with my friend. 8 Empires sadly enough just went out of its way to make it as inconvenient and annoying as possible to play it in multilplayer.
Fast forward to now and Warriors games are so dime a dozen that I'm very much tired of the entire series, but I'm going to keep an eye on this one when it releases nevertheless, maybe if they do it right I would consider it.
"A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is patched forever."
...or something like that
I always imagine that Koei Tecmo have some giant squid employed, working on no less than 5 musou games at once.
Animal Crossing: Warriors Horizons will be announced at the next direct.
I'm busy enough with both Hyrule Warriors games. Kinda interested in getting Persona though
@Ichiban
i would buy a animal crossing warriors game, day one purchase!
Give me Dynasty Warios or give me death
That people keep on buying these games baffles me.
Always wanted to try a DW game. Think I played one in the series way back.
Will it at least be optimized for the Switch?
@Ichiban Dude I would totally buy that
@LEGEND_MARIOID
DW8 on switch runs like a dream, and this is coming from someone who is very critical of such things. One of the best in the series, great place to start.
@Pixel-Jockey19 Thanks. I am actually seriously considering it. I also got a 1TB SD card as a present a few months ago which helps. Lol
@TheBigK there is samurai warriors tho
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