Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends Release Date(s): - (JP) September 29, 11 (NA) November 15, 11 (EU) November 18, 11 Official Site: JP | EU Player(s): 1 or 2 Player(s) Platform(s): PS3

Newly Added Characters
3 more characters will be added here, making the total DW7 roster into 65 characters
(This is the First DW: XL that actually added new characters)


郭嘉(奉孝)
Guo Jia (Fengxiao)
[Winner of Famitsu's DW new character poll]
Cao Cao's advisor. Was deemed as a genius strategist, however he died young shortly after the Guandu campaign. Cao Cao lamented wishing he was still alive after the defeat at Chi Bi.
Main Weapon: Batting Stick
Seiyuu: Junichi Miyake


王異
Wang Yi 
A lady who actually fought in history. She fought against a rampaging Ma Chao after the latter suffered defeat at Tong Gate.
Main Weapon: Sai
Seiyuu: Houko Kuwashima (aka. Yuria in Hokuto Musou and Stella Loussier in Gundam SEED Destiny)


龐德 (令明)
Pang De (Lingming)
[Gloriously Returning from DW5]
Main Weapon: Twin Halberds

New Weapons
These include new weapon types for the new characters, as well as for decloning some characters

• 打球棍 Batting Stick - looks like billiard stick with its ball (Guo Jia's EX)
  Normal attacks swing the stick to hit enemies. The ball can be placed on the ground and be used to damage enemies further
  
• 朴刀 Scimitar (New decloned EX weapon for Xiahou Dun)
  Variable attack can be launched even when being hit
• 筆架又 Giant Fork/Sai (originally planned to be DLC -> Wang Yi's EX)
  Able to guard from enemy attacks even when attacking
  
• 龍槍 Dragon Spear (New decloned EX weapon for Zhao Yun)
  Excels in combo hits; enemies can be easily juggled for more combo
  Charge attacks can also be canceled to C1 sweep
• 偃月刀 Crescent Blade (Decloned EX weapon for Guan Yu)
  Executing C1 will imbue normal attacks with fire element temporarily
  
• 双矛 Double Pike (Decloned EX weapon for Zhang Fei)
  C1 can blow away many enemies
  

Treasure Weapons

• Very powerful weapons that are obtainable in Legend mode; they have high attack power and lots of slots
  
• Requirements for getting them can be checked inside the stage descriptions
  
• Example: The treasure weapon for Crescent Halberd, 剛覇方天戟, can be gotten by playing Lu Bu's scenario in Chaos difficulty, then defeating Zhang Fei and other generals before Liu Bei retreats
• There are over 80 treasure weapons available to unlock

Residence Castle

• Legend Mode has a residence castle which acts as a hub for the mode and also reflects the player's progress status
  
• The player can walk around the castle just like the base camps and cities in DW7's Story and Chronicle modes
  
• By clearing more stages, the castle will be developed further, adding more buildings and people around it
  
• The currently selected playable character will act as the viceroy of the castle
  
• Another character can be selected as the adjutant, which will manage the residence castle. The castle's atmosphere will gradually change depending on the newly selected adjutant
  
• The adjutant also has other perks depending on the character chosen, such as making prices cheaper or giving out items
  
• The viceroy (player character) and adjutant can be changed anytime
  
• Access to battles is done by speaking to the city official inside the castle

New Modes
Legend Mode

• There are two kinds of stages in this new mode: Hero Scenario and Legend Scenario
  
• 英 傑伝シナリオ Hero Scenario that shows story which focused on the characters rather than kingdoms. Specific focus will also be placed on the new characters
  Hero Scenario also has the Seamless event-to-play transition that was present in DW7's Story Mode
  
• レジェンドシナリオ Legend Scenario allows players to play past stage maps that had been remade for this game
• Confirmed past stages so far:
  DW3 - Fan Castle
  DW5 - Wu Territory (seen in 2nd PV)
  DW5 - Guan Yu's 1000-li Escape
  DW5 - Mt. Dingjun (seen in 2nd PV)
  
• There is a residence castle that will act as the hub of the entire mode (details explained above this section)
  
• Treasure Weapons can be obtained by clearing certain requirements (details explained above this section)
  
• When the residence castle has been vastly developed, a special event battle may take place, which if cleared will lead to the ending
  
• Some treasure weapons will be also available to unlock only after getting this ending

Challenge Mode
There are 4 types of challenges here. 2 of them have been confirmed as of current

• 彗星 Comet: Defeat enemy by blasting them outside the area
  
• 暴風 Windstorm: Defeat as many people as possible within a time limit
• 迅雷 Thunderclap: Reach the goal as quickly as possible
  
• 百花 Gathering: Defeat generals that keep entering the arena
  

Online ranking will also be available
2-player tag mode is also available here; The scores will be combined and they have a different ranking table from the single-player one

New Gameplay Features
New Actions

These are added as the new max-proficiency actions

• 無影脚 'shadowless feet' - Attacking while moving at high speed
  
• 転身 'turnover' - Evasive maneuvers when being attacked
  

General Rank

• As characters grow up in strength, they will also improve their general ranks
• In order to get general rank promotions, specific objectives will have to be done, which get gradually harder as the player advances to higher ranks
  
• Increment on general rank will bestow things from special ability to additional equipment on the character's costume
  
• Military books can be bought to instantly power up characters. So players can use their most powerful characters to farm the money and then power up other characters with that
  

Tactic Scrolls

• Tactic scrolls can be bought to instantly power up characters. So players can use their most powerful characters to farm the money and then power up other characters by using the money to buy tactic scrolls
  
• It seems that you can not only increase the basic stats (Health, Attack, Defense), but you can also buy instant deeds and even increase stats that determine weapon proficiencies (Power & Speed) as well

Mixjoy

• Mixjoy is done by swapping with the DW7 disc back and forth. As with all previous XLs, Mixjoy needs to be done every time the game is restarted
• Mixjoy is required in order to play Story and Chronicle modes
• Story and Chronicle mode will be playable using any characters and co-op
  
• Of course, DW7XL's new elements will be reflected in the DW7 content (such as Guo Jia getting unique)
• Additional character conversations are also confirmed to be added in Chronicle mode
• The amount of money acquired, Weapons that are acquirable etc. will be adjusted based on the currently selected difficulty level
  

Others

• A new difficulty level harder than Chaos, 究極 Ultimate, is newly added
• Changing costumes will now be reflected on in-game cutscenes as well
• Moveset attacks are being re-evaluated and will be rebalanced accordingly
  
• Character stats and skills can be reset to starting values
  
• There is no Edit Mode (aka Create-A-Warrior)
• There are no Opening & Ending Edits here either
• EX weapons are not to be changed by the DLC weapons
• Online co-op will be also available in Legend Mode and the now co-opable Story Mode
• Progress made from the DW7 save data can be imported to XL. Details on this are coming later
  
• XL will have its own trophy set from the main DW7 game
• XL's trophy set can be completed by itself without having to Mixjoy with DW7
• Playing the Mixjoyed Story and Chronicle modes will not unlock the original DW7 trophies
  
• XL will not have its own DLC. However, the DLC for DW7 are also usable in XL. Some of the DLC are also only accessible through Mixjoy (probably like stages)
• New characters will also have original costumes. It is unknown though whether their costumes will be added by getting the respective kingdom's costume set or if there will be a brand-new DLC pack dedicated for them

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(Last Modified: September 21, 2011)

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New Character: Guo Jia

New Character: Wang Yi

Returning Character: Pang De