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...which makes it the perfect franchise to end the Fighter Pass onDynsasty Warriors would be an interesting series to add. It is a popular series in Japan. But outside of Japan, the series is just seen as a "repetitive button masher series" at least to critics. There would be A LOT of salt in that case.
ZhugeEX had an incredibly detailed write up on Dynasty Warriors sales from 2013: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/koeiwarriors/official-dynasty-warriors-8-sales-thread-t17436.htmlDespite that reputation, musou games still do get relatively big amounts of press outside Japan, so I don't think they're one of those "umm actually this game is very popular in Japan" series that seem to be all the rage sometimes. I'd appreciate sales data if someone (@Velveeta Dream) has them, but I'd be surprised if they weren't doing decent business around the globe.
In that thread, he also had this graph of DW sales (which given this is from 2013 it's probably a bit outdated):
Dynasty Warriors 9, despite the negative reception it received from fans and critics, sold over 730,000 copies worldwide according to dualshockers.
This isn't everything, but it's what I can gather for now. I can dig for more info at another time and probably bring up the spinoff titles/series as well like Samurai Warriors or One Piece Pirate Warriors.
I've tackled this argument before, so here's what I've said about the historical figures thing:I LOVE Dynasty Warriors, but I don't think it can (or should) get in, because its characters are all historical figures. It'd be like putting Hercules or Achilles in Smash.
-While everything in the games are relating to actual events (or exaggerated versions of such events), Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors are video game franchises. They have as much of a chance in Smash as many other video game franchises that exist.
-The characters are Koei-Tecmo's interpretation of them which would make them distinct enough from design and personality to be recognized as a video game character or at least a video game version of said character.
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