Additions Of Playable Characters

The Characters in Dynasty Warriors 1:

• Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Diao Chan, Guan Yu, Lu Bu, Lu Xun, Nobunaga Oda, Sun Shang Xiang, Taishi Ci, Toukichi
• Xiahou Dun, Xu Zhu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang

Featuring only 16 playable characters, with an addition of Nobunago Oda and Touckichi, which does not belong in Dynasty Warriors.

New Characters in Dynasty Warriors 2:

• Zhang Jiao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo, Sun Quan, Gan Ning, Sima Yi, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao,
• Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, Jiang Wei, Sun Jian, Lu Meng

As you can see, 14 new characters were added, which made the game much more interesting, with a total of 28 playable characters, since Nobunaga Oda and Touchiki were removed(they should be).

New Characters in Dynasty Warriors 3:

• Xu Huang, Zhang He, Zhen Ji, Wei Yan, Pang Tong, Sun Ce, Huang Gai, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Meng Huo
• Zhu Rong, Fu Xi, Nu Wa

13 characters were added now, which made the gameplay much nicer with Zhang He, Pang Tong, Sun Ce and the Qiao sisters, making a total of 41 playable chracters. Fu Xi and Nu Wa came from a Chinese legend and also do not belong in Dynasty Warriors, still, Nu Wa was quite a good character to use, although without musou mode.

New Characters in Dynasty Warriors 4:

For this game, only 3 new characters have been added, taking the total playable characters to 42(removing Fu Xi and Nu Wa). One new character has been added to each of the three kingdoms: Cao Ren from Wei, Zhou Tai from Wu and Yue Ying from Shu. All of the above characters have average attacks, movesets and stats but still, it is worth playing due to its other improvements.

New Characters in Dynasty Warriors 5:

• Guan Ping, Xing Cai, Cao Pi, Pang De, Ling Tong, Zuo Ci

There's also just 6 new characters added to this game, together with all the characters in Dynasty Warriors 4, adding up to 48 playable characters, making the game to have the largest cast of playable characters. Zuo Ci was a rather good character, in terms of attack damage and moveset. Ling Tong was very fast in moving and attacks. Guan Ping and Xing Cai were average, but Pang De was rather bad- Hes speed is horribly slow(slower than Xu Zhu!) and his attacks were very weak, although his War Picks looks powerful.

Removed Characters in Dynasty Warriors 6:

Yes, NO characters are added and 7 were removed from the game( I hope they will add them in the next sequel). At least 41 playable characters return from the previous game. Jiang Wei, Xing Cai, Pang De, Da Qiao, Zuo Ci, Meng Huo and Zhu Rong are completely cut. These characters are non-playable and they are not mentioned at all, through-out the entire game, with the exception of Xing Cai, who is mentioned in Lu Bu's last cut scene (as "the daughter of Zhang Fei"), Da Qiao who is mentioned in Xiao Qiao's biography in the encyclopedia, and Jiang Wei who is mentioned in the "Collapse of Shu" in the encyclopedia. I hope Jiang wei returns, because he is known to be the 'successor' of Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang find him good in strategies after all.

Yeah I just hope that the 7 characters would return(Meng Huo and Zhu Rong returned in Empires after all :)) and more characters would be made playable.