When did Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper come out?

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper was released on 18 November 2012 for Wii U.

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

Years after the battle against Orochi, the Serpent King, the heroes of the Three Kingdoms and the Warring States struggle to seize control of the new universe they were thrown into when a new threat arises. A…

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What Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper is

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper is a fighting game developed by Koei and released in 2012. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Wii U only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Years after the battle against Orochi, the Serpent King, the heroes of the Three Kingdoms and the Warring States struggle to seize control of the new universe they were thrown into when a new threat arises. A terrible and colossal monster, resembling a serpent with eight heads, casts its shadow across the land and defeats most of the brave warriors. The ones that survived, assisted by the mysterious Kaguya, travel back through time to save fallen warriors and forge new alliances, collect powerful weapons and build an army so they can have a chance to defeat the terrible Hydra. But that is not all the help they'll get this time, as the vortex created by Orochi drags a few more allies to…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper is the 36th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition in 2013. Its critic score of 70 is 4 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.

See all 58 Dynasty Warriors games in release order →

How it was received

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper launched on 18 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Official trailer