{"id":12419,"date":"2014-09-29T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12419"},"modified":"2014-09-21T02:07:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T02:07:20","slug":"other-games-that-would-make-good-dynasty-warriors-crossovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/29\/other-games-that-would-make-good-dynasty-warriors-crossovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Games that Would Make Good Dynasty Warriors Crossovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SWORDKIRBY\"<\/a>Well, Hyrule Warriors has been released, and it\u2019s a mix up of two different game series. It combines The Legend of Zelda\u2019s characters and settings with Dynasty Warriors\u2019 action and gameplay.\u00a0 So that got me to thinking: what other games would make good Dynasty Warriors crossovers?\u00a0 Here are my top five picks.<\/p>\n

Now, this isn\u2019t the first time that Nintendo and Tecmo-Koei have teamed up for a game series mix up. A couple of years ago, Nintendo and Tecmo-Koei released Pokemon Conquest for the Nintendo DS.\u00a0 It was a weird mix of Pokemon and a historical strategy game from Koei called Nobunaga\u2019s Ambition.\u00a0 In the game, various warlords set out to take over countries and empires, and use Pokemon to do battle!\u00a0 It was funny seeing these hardened anime warriors paired with cute Jigglypuffs and Eevees.\u00a0 The gameplay reminded me of Final Fantasy Tactics with Pokemon rules and aesthetics.\u00a0 It was actually a pretty decent game, and while I\u2019m not into tactical strategy RPGs, I would give this my seal of approval, especially for beginners.<\/p>\n

So now we have Hyrule Warriors. To be honest, I haven\u2019t played it yet because I\u2019ve been on vacation to Disney World for a week and a half, so instead of picking it up at a store, I pre-ordered it from Amazon.\u00a0 I\u2019m actually writing this blog even before I go on my trip, so who knows if it\u2019ll be even in the mail when I get back.\u00a0 The other reason why I pre-ordered it at Amazon is a minor one.\u00a0 When you pre-order your copy of Hyrule Warriors from Amazon, you get codes for costume packs from Twilight Princess.\u00a0 Even though Twilight Princess was one of my least favorite Zelda titles, two of my favorite Zelda characters come from that game, so I thought having Twilight Princess Zelda would be kind of neat.\u00a0 Plus Agitha is playable in that game, too, I hear.\u00a0 At any rate, I\u2019m looking forward to trying out a new kind of gameplay with this one.\u00a0 Will I like it?\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 But there\u2019s only one way to find out.\u00a0 I\u2019ll just have to dive in and give it a try!\u00a0 But in the meantime, I thought of five other games that might make good Dynasty Warriors crossovers besides Zelda.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look!<\/p>\n

5. Klonoa Warriors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Klonoa was originally a PSOne 2-D platformer, and was such an impactful game for me (with a surprising ending), that I oftentimes made my gamertag be Klonoa or have Klonoa in the name somehow. In the game, you play as a cat-like creature with flappy ears named Klonoa, and he inflates and picks up enemies with a giant magic ring he carries.\u00a0 There was a great sequel on the PS2 as well as a couple of decent GBA games.\u00a0 Some Klonoa titles never saw the light in the US, like one on the WonderSwan portable, a PSOne volleyball game, and an overhead action game called Klonoa Star Heroes.\u00a0 In that game, Klonoa used his ring with a long beam of light at the end like a sword, and that how I imagine he would mow down enemies in a Dynasty Warriors crossover.\u00a0 Klonoa games have a large and varied cast of characters that could act as friends in battle and fearsome enemies to defeat.\u00a0 And it would sure to be a bright and colorful game, too.\u00a0 Only problem is that Klonoa is not a very well-known game character.\u00a0 There was a remake of the first game on the Wii, but otherwise, it looks like Klonoa may fade into obscurity, which is unfortunate.<\/p>\n

4. Soul Calibur Warriors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Namco game, Soul Calibur may be a better fit for the Dynasty Warriors universe. Soul Calibur\u2019s characters and settings certainly look more of the time period.\u00a0 And the vast array of weapons each fighter wields would provide lots of attacks.\u00a0 I bet they could fit massive battles into Soul Calibur\u2019s storyline, too.\u00a0 Only problem is that past ventures outside the fighting game genre did not prove too successful for Soul Calibur.\u00a0 On the Wii there was Soul Calibur Legends, a 3-D hack and slash featuring Soul Calibur characters.\u00a0 While I didn\u2019t think the game was THAT bad, it certainly lacked the sheen and polish that the main fighting games had.<\/p>\n

3. Kingdom Hearts Warriors<\/strong><\/p>\n

While I\u2019m not a big fan of Kingdom Hearts\u2019 meandering storyline and overuse of anime Final Fantasy characters and Organization XIII, I did like the hack and slash gameplay and tromping around Disney themed worlds. And I think that would fit perfectly in a Dynasty Warriors crossover.\u00a0 In KH2, there was even a scene where you mowed down a sea of Heartless enemies.\u00a0 While it mostly used graphical tricks to make it look like you were fighting more of them, I could see that happening with a Dynasty Warriors style game.\u00a0 While there are plenty of Keyblade warriors that you could choose from (I\u2019d pick Aqua), I\u2019d also like to see them use more Disney characters and settings as much as possible.<\/p>\n

2. Final Fantasy Warriors<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my favorite games on the PSP was Dissidia Final Fantasy. It was a fighting game featuring various heroes and villains from the Final Fantasy series.\u00a0 But instead of making it a copy of a Capcom or SNK fighter, Square made this game their own with unique gameplay that was like a mix between Kingdom Hearts and DBZ brawlers.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to see them do that with Dynasty Warriors gameplay, too.\u00a0 How fun would it be to have Terra from FF6 mow down hordes of baddies with her powerful magic spells?\u00a0 And speaking of Square-Enix, I imagine a Dragon Quest Dynasty Warriors crossover would work well, too.\u00a0 It would be neat to see Akira Toriyama\u2019s monster designs \u2018En masse\u2019 at least.\u00a0 Actually I hear they are making a Dragon Quest action game that looks quite a bit like Hyrule Warriors.\u00a0 But if they really did make a crossover, would they call it Dragon Quest Warriors, or go for redundancy and use the original US title and call it Dragon Warrior Warriors!\u00a0 OK now I\u2019m just being silly!<\/p>\n

1. Kirby Warriors<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Hyrule Warriors was first announced, I imagined a funny scenario where Nintendo execs were discussing ideas in a room together. \u201cHow can we get Cary to try a Dynasty Warriors game?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cLet\u2019s put Kirby in it!\u201d\u00a0 \u201cGood idea, but let\u2019s make a Zelda Dynasty Warriors game instead.\u00a0 It\u2019ll sell better, and Cary will still try it anyway, he likes Zelda games, too.\u201d\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but think that with Kirby\u2019s vast array of copy abilities and attacks, he\u2019d also be a good Dynasty Warrior, too, mowing down waves of Waddle Dees or Dark Matter\u2019s minions.\u00a0 Kirby also has plenty of friends that could battle along with him, like MetaKnight and King Dedede.\u00a0 And like my Klonoa idea, the game would certainly be nice and colorful!<\/p>\n

Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n

And those are my ideas! In the comments section, let me know what you think of my ideas, and share with me your own Dynasty Warriors crossovers.\u00a0 Hopefully I\u2019ll get to try Hyrule Warriors soon and formulate my own opinion on it.\u00a0 Maybe even later on I could write a blog about the characters in the game or something?\u00a0 Next time on my blog, though, I plan on telling you all about what I did on my Disney World trip!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, Hyrule Warriors has been released, and it\u2019s a mix up of two different game series. It combines The Legend of Zelda\u2019s characters and settings with Dynasty Warriors\u2019 action and gameplay.\u00a0 So that got me to thinking: what other games would make good Dynasty Warriors crossovers?\u00a0 Here are my top five picks. Now, this isn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12422,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions\/12422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}