The game adds one new character, Naomasa Ii, to the character roster. Dream Castle Mode, first introduced in Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3 is also present in the game. Players choose a character as their protagonist for a selected scenario, which has a different progression depending on the character selected. It is described as neither a continuation nor an Xtreme Legends expansion like previous games instead, it provides a 'different' focus of the same game. The game received a revision, titled Samurai Warriors 4-II ( 戦国無双4-II, Sengoku Musō 4-II), which was released in Japan on February 11, 2015, North America on September 29, 2015, and in Europe on October 2, 2015. Unlike the previous games there are no hypothetical routes, as a result the fates of the characters are played out as history stated.īold denotes characters who are available by default Many figures with little relevancy to the period, particularly the female figures who for the most part participated in only few of the battles, have larger roles Koshōshō, notable for being Motochika Chōsokabe's wife in real life, becomes his primary rival in his conquest of Shikoku and is the representative of the Miyoshi clan in-game. The events depicted, however, are romanticized, and may or may not be factual for example, Nobuyuki Sanada and his brother, Yukimura Sanada, are shown to participate in the battle of Kawanakajima, even though both of them were not yet been born at that time. Like previous games in the series, the setting and story of Samurai Warriors 4 is centered on the Sengoku period of Japan, a period of much military conflict and political warfare where Japan was divided between regions ruled by daimyōs that lasted from the middle of the 16th century to the early 17th century.