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3	''Warriors All-Stars (無双☆スターズ Musō ☆ Sutāzu in Japanese)'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover HackAndSlash video game developed and published by Creator/KoeiTecmo, in the same vein as ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' before it. Unlike ''Warriors Orochi'', which focused specifically (and, at first, exclusively) on ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', ''Warriors All-Stars'' encompasses more than ten of Koei Tecmo's non-licensed titles. It was released on the Sony Platform/PlayStation4 and Sony Platform/PlayStationVita in Japan and Taiwan on March 30, 2017, in North America on August 29, 2017 and in Europe on September 3, 2017, for the PC and the [=PlayStation 4=].
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5	There exists a MagicalLand that has long prospered thanks to a miraculous spring. However, the king who controls the spring has died, sending the world onto the path of destruction. To save it, Queen Sayo tells her daughter Princess Tamaki of a legend of a hero from another world that will grant his power to his guide, to help him/her become the new ruler. If the guide is coronated the new ruler of this land, he/she will have the power to revive the spring. Tamaki attempts a ritual to summon this hero, but her spell goes haywire, instead summoning multiple heroes from various worlds, scattering them across their land. To make matters worse, Tamaki's older brother Shiki and cousin Setsuna also have their sights set on the crown, dividing all of the summoned heroes into three opposing factions.
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7	The playable roster consists of the following characters:
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9	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Zhao Yun, Wang Yuanji, Zhou Cang, Lu Bu
10	* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': Yukimura Sanada, Mitsunari Ishida, Naotora Ii
11	* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'': Ryu Hayabusa
12	* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'': Kasumi, Marie Rose, Honoka, Ayane[[note]]Although Ayane originates from ''Dead of Alive'', ''Warriors All-Stars'' uses her ''Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge'' appearance[[/note]]
13	* ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}'': Oka, Horo, Tokitsugu
14	* ''VideoGame/AtelierSophieTheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousBook'': Sophie Neuenmuller, Plachta
15	* ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 6]]'': Hajime Arima, Darius
16	* ''VideoGame/{{Deception}}'': Millennia, Laegrinna
17	* ''VideoGame/{{Opoona}}'': Opoona
18	* ''[[Anime/RioRainbowGate Super Black Jack]]'': Rio Rollins Tachibana
19	* ''Nobunyaga's Ambition/Samurai Cats'': Oda Nobunyaga
20	* ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure'': Arnice, Christophorus
21	* ''Videogame/{{Nioh}}'': William Adams
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23	!!''Warriors All-Stars'' has the following tropes:
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25	* AccidentalPervert: In Oka's recruitement mission as Tamaki's team, Zhao Yun is accused of looking at her while she was bathing. In truth he was searching for bandits and was blamed instead of the bandit who was peeking on her. Zhao Yun being [[OfficerAndAGentleman Zhao Yun]], keeps telling her that he has no perverted thoughts.
26	* AdaptationalBadass
27	** William, coming from a game inspired by ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', usually struggles against more than one enemy at a time. Here, he's as much a OneManArmy as a typical ''Warriors'' player character.
28	** Rio's the star of a series of ''pachinko'' machines; that said, she wrecks all kinds of havoc with oversized poker chips, dice, and the like.
29	* AlreadyMetEveryone: {{Zigzagged}}; some members of the roster should already be familiar with each other due to prior {{Crossover}}s.
30	** Thanks to [[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi Orochi]], the ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Samurai Warriors'' characters have already met, as well as Ryu, Ayane and Kasumi. There's also a casual tie to the ''Atelier'' series thanks to Sterk (who appeared in ''Warriors Orochi 3''), but he does not belong to the same {{Continuity}} as Sophie and Plachta (the representatives here). Worth noting is that due to [[TimeyWimeyBall continuum-imploding time-travel abuse]] [[spoiler:culminating in a borderline TimeCrash, nobody from ''Orochi'' remembers the events that took place]].
31	** Rio made a cameo in ''Dead or Alive: Paradise'', a Sony Platform/PlayStationPortable SpinOff of the ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' games, where she dealt at the casino and can be used to play games with as a non-combatant. Meanwhile, Naotora became a GuestFighter in ''Dead or Alive 5: Last Round''.
32	** Played with in regards to the ''Samurai Warriors'' cast, Nobunyaga and William: all existed, and at times, interacted with each other during the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod in RealLife. However, in ''Warriors All-Stars'', all exist in different iterations of the time period.
33	* BadassAdorable: [[VideoGame/AtelierSophieTheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousBook Sophie, Plachta,]] [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Honoka, Marie Rose,]] [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Naotora Ii,]] [[VideoGame/{{Toukiden}} Horo]] and [[VideoGame/NightsOfAzure Christophorus]] to name a few.
34	* BeastMan: The OriginalGeneration are anthropomorphic beings, specifically of the fox variety. Oddly enough, they refer to THEIR species as [[OurHumansAreDifferent "human."]]
35	* BeefGate: Any enemy with higher Bravery than you functions as this.
36	* BigBad: Yomi [[spoiler:with Sayo serving as her [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling]] [[TheDragon dragon]]]].
37	* BilingualDialogue: Any battle with William in it, since he's the only character who actively speaks English. Justified because ''All-Stars'' keeps his portrayal in ''Nioh'', where TranslatorMicrobes allows him to understand the Japanese language easily.
38	* BittersweetEnding: Some of the endings that aren't the TrueEnding. [[spoiler:The Tamaki is Ruler ending has Tamaki becoming ruler knowing that doing this is a sacrifice (while also allowing Yomi to use her massive magic to weaken the seal later on, Setsuna's ending ends with him dying to become the eternal ruler and strengthen the seal, Shiki's ending ends with him destroying the spring hoping it would stop Yomi while also condemning the world to its death. And then, there is some characters ending like Horo and Plachta's ending which ends with them losing their memories trying to stop Sayo and Laegrinna and Millenia's ending which ends with Shiki and Tamaki sacrificing their lives to sent the two {{Villain Protagonist}}s back to their world (or rather, Laegrinna's world with Millenia stuck here far from Yocal and the Timenoids)]].
39	* ButThouMust: The Bravery System inadvertently lends itself to this on side-maps; rendering enemies otherwise easily contained into [[BeefGate Beef Gates]] simply due to the unique benefits enemies stronger than you receive, thus forcing you to LevelGrind to complete what would otherwise be a mundane objective.
40	** Most of the Hero recruitment maps will result in the Hero joining you no matter how many of their potential requests you squander or ignore. Special mention goes to Kasumi's map, in which you can power through all of the enemies her careful planning tries to help you avoid and the only indicator you'll get is a DeathGlare.
41	** The map "A Formidable Threat" in the True Ending Path results in this. You defeat [[spoiler: Yomi]], only to discover it [[spoiler: was a BodyDouble they can clone at-will]]. The other [[spoiler: doubles]] attack you and ''have complete invincibility to anything you've got''. Your victory objective becomes ScrewThisImOuttaHere.
42	* CallASmeerpARabbit: The residents of the OriginalGeneration world ''All-Stars'' takes place in call themselves "humans", except audiences explicitly see them as fox-like {{Beast M\|an}}en.
43	* CastFromLifespan: As a ruler, they must sacrifice their life energy to make sure the spring still provides life. [[spoiler:Justified because the spring is inhabited by a demon who drains the life of the ruler. This also explains why Shiki acted harshly towards Tamaki since he wanted to not have her large magic energy to fall into the demon's hands]].
44	* CherryTapping: The game goes out of its way to avert this. If you attack an enemy that trumps your Bravery by 3 or more, they'll have the added effect of a shield that ends your combo if it hits you.
45	* ChivalrousPervert: Setsuna; if one of the Heroes is a beautiful woman, he will aim to drop everything to help her out before doing anything else. Shiki {{Lampshades}} this when the option to recruit Honoka opens up in his path.
46	--> "If she's a beautiful woman, then Setsuna will be looking for her. We'll find her first."
47	* CrisisCrossover: Is one towards Koei Tecmo works, featuring their characters from a bunch of their intellectual properties. However, only first-party Koei Tecmo characters were eligible for the ballot when guests were being decided, thus characters from licensed HackAndSlash games were exempted (no ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', etc.)
48	* DownloadableContent: Transformation costumes dresses up one character as another member of the roster - for example, Yukimura as Ryu, Wang Yuanji as Kasumi, Hajime as Yukimura, Millennia as Plachta and Marie Rose as Opoona.
49	* EvilIsNotAToy: Depending on player choices, Millenia and Laegrinna can end up taking rather poorly to the game's LighterAndSofter nature, [[spoiler:leading to the pair defecting and going on a rampage. Shiki and Tamaki end up pulling an apparent HeroicSacrifice just to send the pair back, reasoning that even if the loss of two "Heroes" lowers the chance of saving the world, there will at least be a world left to save]].
50	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Laegrinna and Millenia in one ending, Sophie, Wang Yuanji and Oka betrays Tamaki in one ending (though they are doing it for Tamaki's sake), so is Nobunyaga, Arnice, Kasumi and Chris who betray Setsuna in their ending and Lu Bu in his ending]].
51	* GenderEqualEnsemble: The roster is nearly split equally between men and women, with 14 males and 16 females.
52	* HailfirePeaks: As a result of the CrisisCrossover, elements of each series' worlds have merged with the OriginalGeneration setting. This results in the various battlefields encompassing the various themes taken from the various games, ranging from traditional Chinese and Japanese environments seen in previous ''Warriors'' games to the CelShaded {{Animesque}} fields from ''Atelier'' and even, thanks to Rio, a casino. Some of the themes even merge together, especially some of the original ''Warriors'' being re-themed for the game's world.
53	* {{Irony}}: Laegrinna ends up fighting enemy armies and {{Brainwashed}} victims to stop an ancient evil from breaking its seal and making the entire land suffer. Back home, she's murdering innocent people to ''cause'' exactly that.
54	* LauncherMove: The second Strong Attack in every character's arsenal, no exceptions, is one of these. It is shockingly effective against enemy commanders.
55	* LaserBlade: Setsuna's Sacred Weapon is a dagger that turns into this.
56	* LevelCap: Enforced. The natural Level Cap is 50; though any of the game's final battles can be beaten at 20 or under.
57	** While a character can most certainly be ahead of the pack in terms of hard levels gained, Gold spent at the Practice Arena can only bring another character's Level up to that of the former and no more. [[note]]If Character A is at Level 20 and Characters B through G are at Level 15, they cannot exceed Level 20 monetarily.[[/note]]
58	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Warriors Orochi'' - while there is a war, it's for less malevolent reasons. The characters are summoned to restore order to the OriginalGeneration kingdom and the conflict is waged by three heirs to the throne, unlike the world-destroying plots caused by Orochi. [[spoiler:Subverted when ''All-Stars'' reveal its dark moments - the villain wants to have Tamaki as a ruler for her magical energy to weaken the seal and she's using Sayo as a vessel for her actions, the factions endings are {{bittersweet\|Ending}}, many of the characters' endings are borderline {{Downer Ending}}s like Horo and Plachta losing their memories while confronting Sayo, Sophie, Wang Yuanji and Oka betray Tamaki to join Shiki even though they are doing it to save her, Laegrinna and Millenia go on a killing spree to return home quicker and Ryu, William and Yukimura keeping Sayo under control knowing they will never meet Shiki ever again]].
59	* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler: Yomi]] is revealed to be the result of this in the True Ending Route, once the Dawn Tablet is assembled. Yomi [[spoiler: was originally am ally to this world's kingdom, which only thrived due to her purifying what was essentially a CrapsackWorld that only monsters inhabited so said kingdom could prosper. Over time however, she showed signs of TheCorruption from all the negative energy she was absorbing and asked to be sealed away. She was then split into Light and Dark sides; the latter of which becoming the game's final antagonist]].
60	* MagicMirror: Tamaki's Sacred Weapon is a mirror that can fire off [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]].
61	** [[spoiler: Sayo]] uses one as well.
62	* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Laegrinna and Millenia don't attack directly, instead using strings of traps to deal damage, meaning their attacks will either be a mostly-harmless poke or a devastating, inescapable combo depending on their spacing. Additionally, Laegrinna's charged attacks lay down hidden traps that have to be activated manually, but if they do land, they do significantly more damage than the setup version.
63	* MeleeATrois: Each of the heroes align with Tamaki, Shiki and Setsuna competing to be king, based on the series they hail from.
64	** Tamaki has Zhao Yun, Wang Yuanji, Zhou Cang, Lu Bu, Oka, Horo, Tokitsugu, Opoona, Sophie and Plachta.
65	** Shiki has Yukimura, Mitsunari, Naotara, Hajime, Darius, William, Hayabusa and Ayane.
66	** Setsuna has Kasumi, Marie Rose, Honoka, Nobunyaga, Millenia, Laegrinna, Rio, Arnice and Christophus.
67	* MultipleEndings: Depending on who is chosen to start a play-through, which battles are fought, and who is recruited in what order, the story branches significantly. Often times, the main plot can fall by the wayside in pursuit of a character's personal ending.
68	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Laegrinna is a starter option and mandatory for Setsuna's story to transition into the true story. If she appears in cut-scenes at all, it's in the background. When addressed, she displays complete disinterest in what's going on and asks who they want her to kill next, usually in [[MoodWhiplash jarring contrast]] to Kasumi and Arnice's optimism.
69	* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: The Player's forces are utterly shackled to the Bravery system, which serves as a game-wide BeefGate to prevent you from finishing maps too quickly. Attacking an enemy three-or-more Bravery tiers than you grants them a shield that kicks in at random intervals when damaged to stun-lock you out of your combo and encourage you to disengage. (These enemies can still be taken down; though the time consumed and [[CurbStompBattle difference in power]] makes it less than worth it.) Of course, neither you or your forces have that same advantage.
70	* MythologyGag: The Three Rulers' Sacred Weapons are all based on the Imperial Regalia of Japan.
71	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Due to the developers trying to keep every characters' original design (if not, outright use the models), all character appearances fit on a sliding scale of "realistic vs. stylized" - for the former, the nearly photo-realistic William tops that end, followed by the "semi-realistic" designs from most of Koei Tecmo's games, like Zhao Yun, Yukimura and Ryu. CelShaded {{Animesque}} people (primarly from Creator/GustCorporation) like the OriginalGeneration furry people, Sophie, Hajime and Rio start veering towards the other side, and on the "stylized" end are Nobunyaga and Opoona, the complete oddballs.
72	* NoSell: Oka's "Barrier" Hero Skill encompasses her (or you) in an orb that invalidates all damage for ten seconds; twenty if Awakened.
73	** Naotora Ii's "Conviction" ability drops her defense to practically nothing, but quadruples her attack power and gives her a LastChanceHitPoint as long as it's active, rendering her functionally invincible until it wears off.
74	* OffTheRails: Some story paths end up like this; in particular, [[spoiler:one path has Laegrinna and Millennia get sick of a world neither wants to be in and start causing wanton destruction in an effort to get home, which is bad for everyone else since [[VillainProtagonist neither has a functioning conscience]] and they can't be reasoned with. The Heroes' overall plan is sunk and two of them have to perform a HeroicSacrifice to un-summon them so there's a world left to save, which gives the ''Deception'' pair [[TheBadGuyWins exactly what they want]]]].
75	* OriginalGeneration: Tamaki, Shiki, Setsuna and other characters debut specifically for this {{Crossover}}.
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77	* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Naturally upon bringing in so many guests into one overall game-play style. In particular, Lu Bu loses a lot of his stage presence due to everyone else being badass enough to keep up with him.
78	* {{Railroading}}: The Bravery System becomes this on repeat playthroughs; as enemies' BeefGate stauses when you're of lower Bravery renders LevelGrinding completely irrelevant and forces you to always complete a map in one very specific, often tedious, way.
79	* RelationshipValues: Everyone has them with every other playable character they could ever share a team with, which unlocks passive skills as they increase from "Associate" to "Confidante".
80	* SchizoTech: Outside of the ''Ninja Gaiden'' and ''Dead or Alive'' themed battlefields (a whole city and a beach party, respectively), at the HubLevel, players can find a lounging room with massage chairs and arcade machines of what appears to be the original ''Ninja Gaiden'' in what is supposedly an overgrown South Asian-styled temple.
81	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:The spring contains a demon named Yomi who sucks the lifespan of the ruler which explains why the latter have such short lives]].
82	* ShoutOut: In the localization, Setsuna always introduces himself to characters he just met with the phrase "Videogame/{{I am Setsuna}}".
83	* SupportPartyMember: Up to four team members can accompany the player's primary fighter. These characters can be called upon to perform special "Hero Skills" or temporarily swapped to for a coordinated assault.
84	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Warriors Orochi''; in particular, the third game's inclusion of "Collaboration Characters" (such as ''Ninja Gaiden'', ''VideoGame/BladeStormTheHundredYearsWar'' and ''VideoGame/WarriorsLegendsOfTroy'') can be taken as a predecessor to ''Warriors All-Stars'', a full-blown CrisisCrossover.
85	* SpotlightStealingSquad:
86	** ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Dead or Alive'', two famous franchises made by Koei Tecmo, have four representatives. This doesn't add in representatives from ''Samurai Warriors'' and ''Ninja Gaiden'', who are closely associated with both of those series.
87	** Looking within the game itself, one can be forgiven for assuming Sophie and, to a lesser extent, Plachta of ''Atelier Sophie'' to be the intended main characters of the game, being the chosen and supporting characters in nearly every tutorial.
88	* TokenEvilTeammate: [[VideoGame/{{Deception}} Millenia and Laegrinna]] in Setsuna's team; [[BloodKnight Lu Bu]] for Tamaki's faction.
89	* TookALevelInBadass: Naotora starts off her Hero Battle as TheLoad and has to be saved from traps or ambushes several times. After being given one last chance and declaring LetsGetDangerous, she fulfills her task and becomes a much greater force to be reckoned with.
90	* WakeUpCallBoss: More like Wake-Up Call '''Level'''. The second battle of the True Ending Path will pit you against an entrenched enemy leader that can spawn high-Bravery enemies indefinitely. The only way to win is to survive until the beginning of the wave, then book it for the enemy commander before your plot-important Generals croak. The battles only ease off a modicum from here on out.
91	* WeaponizedBall: Shiki's Sacred Weapon is this, with a bit of FlechetteStorm thrown in.
92	* WindsOfDestinyChange: What the card-dealer [[spoiler: Rio]]'s worth as a Hero appears to manifest as during her recruitment mission. Once she gets her Casino back, she manages to basically force victory by making good things happen at places the Player is urged to go.
93	* WrongGenreSavvy: Setsuna and his allies seem to assume the ''Deception'' pair are just [[AntiHero dour with vicious abilities]], cheerfully oblivious to the fact both of them consider the [[VillainProtagonist cold-blooded and needlessly painful murder of completely innocent adventurers]] to be [[ButForMeItWasTuesday casual]]. [[spoiler:This can lead to him being completely blindsided when they eventually conclude that killing everyone is the quickest way home and commit to that path without warning or remorse; see EvilIsNotAToy]].

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