Dynasty Warriors is ten years old today! Tecmo Koei is celebrating the tenth anniversary of a game that has single-handedly sold systems in Japan, and single-handedly done very little everywhere else.
The Dynasty Warriors series is still one of my favorite franchises, despite the fact that everybody hates it, so I thought I'd celebrate a decade of hacking and slashing in the only way I know how -- a top ten list!
Celebrate the past ten years of medieval Chinese button mashing as we look at the top ten Dynasty Warriors games of all time!
10: Dynasty Warriors 2
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
9: Dynasty Warriors 4
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
8: Dynasty Warriors 6
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Square or Triangle + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
7: Dynasty Warriors Advance
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Several small icons go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as X + Y or X + X + Y.
Featuring a deep leveling system, a few playable characters and small battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
6: Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
5: Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
4: Warriors Orochi
In this game, you battle endless hordes of demons by frantically bashing buttons in a unique demon scenario. Two huge armies with demons go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy demons with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless demons and flamboyant enemy demons, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
3: Dynasty Warriors 5
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
2: Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
In this game, you battle endless rooms of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario broken up into rooms. No huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them some magicians n' shit with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling rooms half-full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got a giant unicorn in it!
1: Dynasty Warriors 3
In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
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4:00 PM on 09.29.2010 | 
Other than that, that was hilarious, nice article!
Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to the Dynasty Warriors series. It's got Lu Bu in it!
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Thanks, Jim.
Great memories of hours upon hours of wasting thousands of enemies with a mate of mine in our student-appartement :-)
It's more likely than you'd think.
8 BODY GUARDS WITH CROSSBOWS. SHIT WAS GREAT.
Lui Bei's SWORD LENGTH WAS MAXED.
ATE THAT SHIT FOR BRUNCH.
Unrelated question, what happened to that top 10 NES games article? Did it die or did I miss it?
:D
Somebody give this man an award.
I get it. I am almost 30 too.