History YMMV / WarriorsOrochi

* HarsherInHindsight: Let's just say that 2018 is the year [[spoiler:Loki died. However, this version of Loki succeeded in helping the heroes defeat the BigBad at the cost of his life while MCU!Loki died trying to stop Thanos but failed which [[TheBadGuyWins goes downhill from there]] if you've seen ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].

** Himiko. Some people love her personality, while some wish she was more akin to her ''Kessen II'' portrayal. This mainly due to her ''very deadly'' Musou Attack as a CPU and her possibly irritating and questionable devotion to Da Ji leading to the fact that she's technically part of the "bad guy's team"; which leads to possible awkward reception towards her when she has more "peaceful" scenarios with the resistance army in ''Warriors Orochi 3'' (as some people may not [[EasilyForgiven "easily forgive her"]]). A select amount of those who have hatred towards Da Ji would not enjoy Himiko any one bit because of this. Even moreso, there's always contrivances that made Himiko hostile to your party, and yet be a fangirl to Da Ji; as shown in ''4''. Unlike Masamune and Keiji who ended up vindicated due to Orochi being revealed to be more of an AntiVillain and it's directly Orochi that they trusted, not Da Ji; Himiko is dedicated more on Da Ji than Orochi, and Da Ji is more blatantly evil, so Himiko's fangirling over Da Ji ends up making her look like an irritating HorribleJudgeOfCharacter to her detractors. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And being a]] ThatOneBoss [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking whenever encountered as an enemy does not do her any favors.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[AdaptationalVillainy Odin]], from the fourth game, is a [[MadGod ruthless god]] who is terrified of dying ever since he survived [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]. Lured into Zeus's new world with an attempt to dominate it, Odin starts a war and tricks Ares into murdering his own father Zeus, slowly gaining more power with the intention of using the world tree Yggdrasil. Odin's intention is to [[MultiversalConqueror conquer everything in the realms]] by [[OmnicidalManiac exterminating all life]] to leave himself the one being left, gleefully trying to destroy the heroes and their armies so he can reign supreme as the [[ItsAllAboutMe one master of all existence]].

** The recent 1.05 patch for ''4'' gave a majority of the Chinese-based figures (particularly anyone with EX Attacks) extra elemental activation charge attacks, putting them all in proper line with the ''Samurai Warriors'' figures that can spam Hyper Attacks all-day.

** Some fans are not pleased with the eight characters chosen to have Deification forms for ''[=WO4=]'' as it tends to rely on PopularityPower. The most aggravating example would be Guan Yinping and Ii Naotora who are chosen because they're popular and [[WolverinePublicity had been used in so many promotional materials]]. And despite that these eight characters represent their faction,[[note]]Zhao Yun and Guan Yinping (Shu), Cao Pi (Wei), Lu Bu (Others), Naotora (Tokugawa), Nobunaga (Oda), Mitsunari (Toyotomi), Yukimura (Sanada)[[/note]] Shu has ''two'' characters who have Deification forms which infuriated many Wu and Jin fans, particularly with the former who felt that their favorite faction is being sidelined ''again'' by Koei, as well as those who felt other specific characters would've had a better chance (e.g. Guan Yu being actually worshiped as a god in real life, Sun Wukong achieving Buddhahood at the end of ''Journey to the West'', etc). It gets worse that WordOfGod mentioned that Lu Xun of Wu was supposed to have a Deification form but didn't made it in the final cut because he's a strategist not FrontlineGeneral. However, many Wu fans find that excuse hypocritical because Mitsunari, who is also a strategist, gets a Deification form.

** Some fans are not pleased with the eight characters chosen to have Deification forms for ''[=WO4=]'' as it tends to rely on PopularityPower. The most aggravating example would be Guan Yinping and Ii Naotora who are chosen because they're popular and [[WolverinePublicity had been used in so many promotional materials]]. And despite that these eight characters represent their faction,[[note]]Zhao Yun and Guan Yinping (Shu), Cao Pi (Wei), Lu Bu (Others), Naotora (Tokugawa), Nobunaga (Oda), Mitsunari (Toyotomi), Yukimura (Sanada)[[/note]] Shu has ''two'' characters who have Deification forms which infuriated many Wu and Jin fans, particularly with the former who felt that their favorite faction is being sidelined ''again'' by Koei, as well as those who felt other specific characters would've had a better chance (e.g. Guan Yu being actually worshiped as a god in real life, Sun Wukong achieving Buddhahood at the end of ''Journey to the West'', etc).

** Another issue in ''4'' happens to be each character only having a total of 2 different characers they bond with with only 2 camp conversations each one. While some unique conversations not done in other installments have been done (e.g. Guan Suo and [[spoiler:Kyubi]] of all things), it seemed to be another way for Koei to cut corners in accordance to the increased roster.

** Tamamo-no-Mae ([[spoiler:or by proxy, her true form]]) is either a well-written sinister villain, or is someone who happens to be a complete JerkAss that is denying people who thwart her deeds [[KickTheSonOfABitch have every right to retaliate at her for all the horrible shit she's done]] (on top of she herself also tending to harbor grudges like so).

** Cao Pi and Ares are paired together a lot on Pixiv, mainly because of the FoeYay and that they have a special dialogue to each other which is usually about their daddy issues. Ironically, Cao Pi is mostly portrayed in fanarts as [[{{Wimpification}} the bottom of the pairing]] in contrast to several of his slash pairings where he's the top.

** The opening cutscene of ''[=WO4=]'' has Zeus reviewing the events that transpired from the previous games which includes the Sun family defeating Orochi from ''[=WO1=]''. It's very weird that the ''[=WO1=]'' cutscene shows Sun Quan's [=DW5=] version who is bearded and yet, ''[=WO4=]'' uses ''[=DW8=]'' design's of Sun Quan who is clean shaven.

** Adding the ''Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce 2'' characters would be very interesting as they are the historical figures from the Zhou and Qin dynasties, considering that there were two Heian historical figures in ''Warriors Orochi''. Likewise for the ''Godseeker'' characters because one of them has magic powers which suits her as a Mystic character. It would bring a lot of interesting dynamics among the DW and SW characters.

** In the first two games, Sima Yi sided with Orochi just to boast his ego and intelligence and willingly made attempts to crush his former Wei colleagues only to be beaten by Shingen and joined him to once again boast his own ego and intelligence (since the first two games used the characterizations in ''Dynasty Warriors 5'', where Sima Yi was at the peak of his SmugSnake [[TheStarscream Starscream]] characterization). After being promoted as the patriarch of the Jin kingdom with his sons being playable in ''Dynasty Warriors 7'', Sima Yi has been rerailed into a dedicated Wei/Jin officer who fights for the coalition in the third game, almost similar to his portrayal at ''Dynasty Warriors 4''. [[EasilyForgiven None of the Wei officers nor his children mentioned his time as an Orochi lackey.]] His son, Sima Zhao, being the one of the leaders of the coalition may have an effect in his sudden shift.

** The game is rather awkward in its script for treating characters as they were from separate worlds when technically, they're all mainly from different timelines. This gets even more blatant when characters introduced in the third installment come from universes that are ''literally future-versions of their original land'' (e.g. Ayane, Ryuu and Kasumi coming from a future version of Japan). On that note, Ayane even knows who Yoshitsune is via him being a historical figure, and that part is never touched upon again.

** Despite how much effort and content the game has, even up to the third installment, some character interactions either make no sense, weren't included or could've been expanded upon outside of the final products. The characters who come from the modern day time period (e.g. the ''Dead or Alive'' characters) don't even realize they're fighting alongside historical people, nor do the said Three Kingdoms and Sengoku figures alike (along with a few others) realize their new companions are actually from the far-distant future (and not just another dimension). Ayane so far is the only one who catches on the fact that she's encountered Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune, and even said herself "I've read about you in my history books"; that point isn't ever touched upon onwards. Fortunately in the fourth game, this matter is touched upon by some characters in their camp conversation particularly with Motonari who is an avid historian and gushes upon meeting Dian Wei, Cao Cao, Lu Meng etc.

** Two ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 9'' characters, Zhou Cang and Xin Xianying, have gotten their [=DW9=] moveset converted into [=DW8=] moveset (via ''VideoGame/WarriorsAllStars'' and ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Unleashed'') and with ''[=DW8=] Empires'', there will be some weapons from ''8'' in general that will end up unused. Yet Koei sticked with their principles to not include anyone from [=DW9=] at all. Likewise, ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Spirit of Sanada'' used the same moveset as [=SW4=], but none of the characters from that game got involved. This is justified because ''[=WO4=]'' had been in development since 2016 which explains why the [=DW9=] and ''Spirit of Sanada'' characters are not going to be in the game ''yet''. Then, it gets weirder that their generic NPC counterparts don't show up in the game itself.

** The fact that generic Greek and Norse officers are named after famous heroes and minor gods such as Kratos and Forseti can either make any fan of mythology cringe or laugh on its ridiculousness. ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries Especially Kratos]]''[[labelnote:*]]The ''God of War'' protagonist have become more known than the actual minor God named Kratos in the Greek myth, so people would've thought of the GOW character more than the deity when someone said 'Kratos' in context of Greek mythology.[[/labelnote]]

** Achilles won't be coming back for ''Warriors Orochi 4'', despite the fact that he's a literal Greek demigod who fought in a long, costly war that lasted for far longer than it should have thanks to the Olympians [[JerkassGods being themselves.]] Dropping him into a conflict involving the Greek gods seems like a no-brainer. It would have also been interesting to see how Sophitia would have dealt with her patron deities, but she wasn't owned by KT in the first place, so her exclusion is not as surprising particularly with the release of ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' which rebooted her storyline.

** [[spoiler:With the reveal of Loki as one of the main antagonists of the fourth game, his backstory and characterization could have gone better. Except the Ragnarok storyline is shoehorned in the last chapter which is explained by one character. It would be interesting how Ragnarok went and how it affected Loki after being depowered by Odin. While it did explained Loki's motives of wanting revenge, it was never explained properly particularly with Odin killing his friends. Though he did mentioned that Freya, Tyr and possibly Thor are his comrades, his story of revenge would make more sense if they introduced his family members from Norse mythology such as his wife Sigyn who is said to be very loyal to him, his son Jormungandr who faces Thor during Ragnarok and his grandsons Hati and Skoll who are the major players of Ragnarok]].

** Some fans felt that the selection of the eight characters who have Deification forms are for marketing and popularity purposes. While some characters have these forms due to their impact and importance in the story (such as Nobunaga, Yukimura, Lu Bu and to the lesser extent, Cao Pi and Guan Yinping), others are shoehorned for the sake of having it. Mitsunari's case makes little sense because Hideyoshi is the one who made a deal with Ares which should make him a bracelet holder just like Cao Pi who is also offered the same deal. Naotora's role is reduced in the last three chapters regardless of being a bracelet holder and despite declaring herself as Perseus' friend, the game never shows her reaction [[spoiler:to the reveal of Perseus being Loki]] unlike Yinping and Yukimura who are also Perseus' friends and are distraught with the truth. Even Zhao Yun who only met the guy once after joining the coalition is saddened of this and at one point, asks him his true intent. And speaking of Zhao Yun, he's only a supporting role to Yinping's arc and doesn't do much after joining the coalition.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** ''3'' sure did a number on Goemon compared to the previous games. Since he's now a Technique-type character instead of Power, all he gains is a useless sidestep instead of SuperArmor he desperately needs to offset his slow attacks which are the only way to trigger his weapon attributes, which doesn't help him much considering his attacks are lacking in range and mobility, to begin with. His attack properties were also changed so that it's difficult to deal large amounts of damage to officers without knocking them away. His special attack is also extremely difficult to connect with and his [[AssKicksYou buttbounce]] has a tendency to make knocked down enemies stand up if it hits them, allowing them to resume attacking Goemon before he manages to recover, basically making it so that you're always an accidental button press away from a near-guaranteed suicide if you ever try to play as him on Chaos for reasons stated above.
*** However, they eventually gave him a great damage buff to his C1 in ''Ultimate'', and with the Heavenly Sash item on him with a proper setup, Goemon can spam his C1 with impunity while step-cancelling it for safety.
** Gyuuki is also this in 2, due to the fact that all his moves are so slow, on higher difficulties, it's almost impossible to finish off an officer before the surrounding mooks do it to you. You can try to equip skills that are normally considered [[GameBreaker Game Breakers]] on him, and it still wouldn't have helped much.
*** His attacks in 3 are still ridiculously slow, but it doesn't matter much thanks to his air charge attack which were introduced in the third game: it is by far his fastest attack, causes a huge shockwave and activates elements, allowing him to dive into large groups of enemies with reckless abandon and come out on top.
** Noh is seen as this for the first two games thanks a having little reach and large start-up times for her charge attacks. ''2'' damaged her even further by removing any stun effect from her 'Needle' Combination Art 1; her neutral R1 (via the universal projectile nerfs), the only move that stopped her from becoming unplayable on the hardest difficulties unless you had the proper elements attached. Thankfully she managed to get a speedboost in ''3'', helping her out of this position.
** Magoichi Saika, like Noh, is hurt badly by short-ranged moves and long start-up times. However his first charge attack in ''3'' saves him from the bottom-rank for having elemental attributes on every hit and being able to leech large amount of health/Musou with the right load-out, especially with the proper setup. While he's considered subpar in ''Ultimate'', having the right combo-attribute setup makes him pretty decent; being a Wonder-type with Echo attached to his weapon allows him to generate combo as much as any Wonder-type in that regard.
** Musashi Miyamoto in ''3'' sadly, was hit with this by a long-shot due to a rather buggy moveset. His C3 and normal string final blow (like a few other characters) don't activate elements, his C4 has a very tight execution, and all of his elemental-activation attacks have poor power in them in that his sustainability outright sucks. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap His new midair R1 Type Action in ''Ultimate'' especially when combined with his unique C2 (via the Typhoon and Echo attributes; Storm optional) allows him to general combo-based abilities with ease (it helps in that he gains Vigor as a second skill which boosts combo-based damage); having a free x2 attack with Aggression allows his midair R1 to one-shot everything]]; while this was something great for him, none of his other problems were fixed regardless, which still made him hard to use in those settings.
** Both Kenshin Uesugi and Mitsunari Ishida in ''3'' are at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to setting them up for a Chaos Mode Solo Run maximization, since they have very cumbersome kits that used to be effective but basically were nerfed hard during the transition to the third installment's engine. Mitsunari's case is particular in that his elemental activation is far too slow (on his C3) and weak (C4) to even matter.
** In ''4'', Jia Chong was apparently at the very bottom of E tier in the Japanese tier list. Also joining him are Sun Ce, Cao Cao and Sima Yi.
*** Echo/Explosive (or Induced Burst in Japanese) is now nerfed severely from its previous versions in that it causes quite a bit of knockback when triggered, preventing anyone from getting any meaningful combo generation out of it like in ''3'' and ''Dynasty Warriors 8''.
*** Anyone playing a character equipped with the Talaria Sacred Treasure will find the horrible inaccuracy plaguing their normal and charge magic spells are only practical against clearing crowds (as well as against certain single targets), but are nearly ineffective against Chaos Origins, especially with the charge spell being a multi-hitting target-carrying attack that has each hit do very little damage on its own with Chaos Origins being somewhat immovable units most of the time (and even then, single targets need to be kicked over to a wall in order to reliably combo off of the said charge spell). Which is a great pity because [[AwesomeButImpractical they mostly look cool.]] Fortunately, the DLC Sacred Treasure fixed this where the normal magic of the DLC Talaria (called Lumen Talaria) is nearly similar to a Hyper Attack and its charge magic can let you specify a position before you give a drop kick on a large radius.
** In ''4'' too the God characters and ''Samurai Warriors'' characters as a whole for the opposite reason. While the [[PurposefullyOverpowered gods]] are expected to be overpowered, the Samurai Warriors figures were a surprise. This mostly comes with their hyper attacks which can constantly activate elements, minor [[GameBreaker Game Breakers]] in their own rights. Compared to this the EX attacks of the ''Dynasty'' characters/figures seem very middling (not helping are the changes to the Dynasty figures as of ''8'' which neutered their elemental activation quite a bit, especially on their EX Attacks).
*** However, this got flipped around when the 1.05 patch hit, making a majority of EX Attack-users gain extra elemental activation on a majority of their EX Attacks (and may also apply to other charge attacks from other non-Hyper Attack-based users). As a result, characters like Jia Chong (who was low tier in the Japanese tier list as aforementioned) benefited from this massively, including others like Lu Su and Diaochan.

*** And speaking of [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Holy Grail Wars...]] Koei beat Type-Moon to a punch in about including [[Anime/FatePrototype Perseus]] in [[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi their respective]] [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder crossovers.]]

* TheyHaveWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:

** Also in the fourth game, Yukimura is very close to Perseus ever since the latter saved him from a deified Nobunaga. When Perseus goes missing in the middle of the story, Yukimura is very dedicated in searching for him. [[spoiler:But when it is revealed that he's Loki and has been using him and the others since the beginning, Yukimura is very devastated; however, he insists that there's still some goodness in him regardless of his actions. Near the end, Loki eventually helps Yukimura in stopping Odin and even begs him to kill him after Odin controls his body which the young warrior comply]].

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: In ''3 Ultimate'': Get a Scroll Of Enlightenment (makes every enemy drop an experience scroll for a limited time) go to a large group of enemies and unleash a Musou or a similar crowd clearing attack and just listen to the stream of level up "dings".

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot[=/=]TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Despite how much effort and content the game has, even up to the third installment, some character interactions either make no sense, weren't included or could've been expanded upon outside of the final products.
** Also the fact that as of the third installment, characters who come from the modern day time period (e.g. the ''Dead or Alive'' characters) don't even realize they're fighting alongside historical people, nor do the said Three Kingdoms and Sengoku figures alike (along with a few others) realize their new companions are actually from the far-distant future (and not just another dimension). Ayane so far is the only one who catches on the fact that she's encountered Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune, and even said herself "I've read about you in my history books"; that point isn't ever touched upon onwards. Fortunately in the fourth game, this matter is touched upon by some characters in their camp conversation particularly with Motonari who is an avid historian and gushes upon meeting Dian Wei, Cao Cao, Lu Meng etc.
** Achilles won't be coming back for ''Warriors Orochi 4'', despite the fact that he's a literal Greek demigod who fought in a long, costly war that lasted for far longer than it should have thanks to the Olympians [[JerkassGods being themselves.]] Dropping him into a conflict involving the Greek gods seems like a no-brainer. It would have also been interesting to see how Sophitia would have dealt with her patron deities, but she wasn't owned by KT in the first place, so her exclusion is not as surprising.

** We never go to see the rest of the Olympians and the Norse gods, not even a cameo or flashback. Thor? Tyr? Heimdall? Frigga? Freya? Baldur? Hel? Died before or during Ragnarok. Poseidon? Hades? Apollo? Hercules? Hera? Hermes? [[spoiler:The ''real'' Perseus?]] No debut for you. Outside of her hair being mentioned as the second ingredient used to create the Deification bangles, Medusa never showed up either.
** ''4'' initially appeared to be shaping up to be a three-way DivineConflict between the Greek, Norse and the Mystics (who were comprised of the Chinese/Shinto pantheons) with the human warriors caught up in middle to pick a side or form their own faction after the mess left by Orochi. Sadly when the game story was revealed, [[spoiler:Zeus was just the conflict starter and is on the side of humans while Odin is the BigBad, allowing the Greek and the Mystics to ally against him.]]

* GodDamnBats: Wolves in the 3rd game, mainly Gauntlet/Unlimited Mode. They cannot be flinched or sent flying by your attacks, unlike enemies such as tigers from ''Dynasty Warriors 8'' which, while still difficult to deal with, would at least respond to your attacks. They also come with a bite attack that acts as a grab/throw that mauls your face in with repeated damage ticks, making them a serious problem if you can't manage to take them out fast. In Gauntlet Mode, they are constantly leveling up from the Miasma, meaning that it's less likely for you to kill them quickly, and once they get powerful enough, you would be running the risk of having a pack of them hunting you down all over the map, and if you get locked into their grab, you're almost assured to die.

** ''[=WO4=]'' initially appeared to be shaping up to be a three-way DivineConflict between the Greek, Norse and the Mystics (who were comprised of the Chinese/Shinto pantheons) with the human warriors caught up in middle to pick a side or form their own faction after the mess left by Orochi. Sadly when the game story was revealed, [[spoiler:Zeus was just the conflict starter and is on the side of humans while Odin is the BigBad, allowing the Greek and the Mystics to ally against him.]]

** The lack of non-canonical Deification forms for the other characters. Seems to be justified in this case as designing for around '''''170''''' characters would be a colossal nightmare. For comparison, the reason the last time ''(Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce)'' the SuperMode trope was fully implemented was only due to the roster being limited to ''Dynasty Warriors 6's'' and several OriginalGeneration characters which totals only around '''''50'''''.
** We never go to see the rest of the Olympians and the Norse gods, not even a cameo. Thor? Tyr? Heimdall? Frigga? Freya? Baldur? Hel? Poseidon? Hades? Apollo? Hercules? Hera? Hermes? [[spoiler:The ''real'' Perseus?]] No debut for you. Outside of her hair being mentioned as the second ingredient used to create the Deification bangles, Medusa never showed up either.
** ''[=WO4=]'' initially appeared to be shaping up to be a three-way DivineConflict between the Greek, Norse and the Mystics (who were comprised of the Chinese/Shinto pantheons) with the human warriors caught up in middle to pick a side or form their own faction after the mess left by Orochi. Sadly, [[spoiler:Zeus was just the conflict starter and Perseus/Loki's machinations made Odin the BigBad and a ConflictKiller, allowing the Greek and the Mystics to ally against him.]]

* CommonKnowledge: In ''[=WO4=]'', a lot of players assume that [[spoiler:Loki is Odin's son]] due to the popular portrayal from Creator/{{MarvelComics}} regarding the Norse gods. However, it was never stated in his bio or mentioned in dialogue that the two are related. In Norse mythology, [[spoiler:Loki and Odin are actually BloodBrothers.]]

** ''Warriors Orochi 4'' was announced a month prior to the release of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' which also deals with Greek and Norse mythologies[[note]]Those who played the previous games know that the entire Olympians pantheon is dead because Kratos killed all of them[[/note]] and incorporates the HackAndSlash gameplay. And like ''[=WO4=]]'', Odin is the BigBad who also wants to escape Ragnarok but this version is a ruthless, tyrannical jerk who is a TortureTechnician and committed genocide on his enemies which makes WO!Odin look like a pansy. Likewise, the twist about [[spoiler:Loki posing as a Greek hero]] is already pulled by this game where [[spoiler:Kratos' young son, [[AssistCharacter Atreus]], will be Loki in the future because his late mother, who was also Kratos' second wife, was actually the giantess Laufrey. So yes, this Loki is half-Olympian and half-Giant]]. More hilariously, one of the random Olympian officers is named ''Kratos'' (though more likely named after the minor God that shared the same name, not the Ghost of Sparta)
* {{HoYay}}:

*** Anyone playing a character equipped with the Talaria Sacred Treasure will find the horrible inaccuracy plaguing their normal and charge magic spells are only practical against clearing crowds, but are nearly ineffective against Chaos Origins, especially with the charge spell being a multi-hitting target-carrying attack that has each hit do very little damage on its own with Chaos Origins being somewhat immovable units most of the time. Which is a great pity because [[AwesomeButImpractical they mostly look cool.]] Fortunately, the DLC Sacred Treasure fixed this where the normal magic of the DLC Talaria (called Lumen Talaria) is nearly similar to a Hyper Attack and its charge magic can let you specify a position before you give a drop kick on a large radius.

** In ''4'', Jia Chong was apparently at the very bottom of E tier. Also joining him are Sun Ce, Cao Cao and Sima Yi.

** In ''4'' too the God characters and Samurai Warriors characters as a whole for the opposite reason. While the [[PurposefullyOverpowered gods]] are expected to be overpowered, the Samurai Warriors figures were a surprise. This mostly comes with their hyper attacks which can constantly activate elements, minor [[GameBreaker Game Breakers]] in their own rights. Compared to this the EX attacks of the Dynasty characters seem very middling (not helping are the changes to the Dynasty figures as of ''8'' which neutered their elemental activation quite a bit, especially on their EX Attacks).

** Special mention goes to Himiko's musou; as a CPU it somehow does RIDICULOUS damage with DPS up one's ass in an instant (since it stunlocks you like crazy). If you're caught in it despite the rest of her awkward moveset, prepare to just give up.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCR6z9VY_CE Orochi's Theme]] from the Japan-only ''Z'' game, which is included in the PSP version of ''[=WO2=]'', is always played when you finally face him. The third game while officially bringing the said theme to the West for the first time (unless one played the PSP version of the second game) , also brings in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLDc0Ofuj8 another remix]] when you face him again in the last battle.