Samurai Warriors 3
| Samurai Warriors 3 | |
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| Developer(s) | Omega Force, Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Koei, Nintendo |
| Series | Samurai Warriors |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release date(s) | JP December 3, 2009 NA September 28, 2010 EU May 28, 2010 AUS June 10, 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer (2), Co-op (2), Online (2) |
| Input methods | Wii Remote + Nunchuk, Classic Controller, GameCube Controller |
| Compatibility | 5  Perfect |
| GameIDs | |
| See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Samurai Warriors 3, (戦国無双3, Sengoku Musō 3) is the third installment in the Samurai Warriors series, created by Koei and Omega Force. The player takes the role of a single officer in battle and must fend off hordes of enemy soldiers and defeat the enemy commander. The player has at their disposal a range of combo attacks and crowd-clearing special moves known as Musou attacks. The variety of attacks available increase as the character increases in level and gains new weapons.
Emulation Information
Controller Map Overlap
Samurai Warriors 3 is capable of using both GameCube controllers and Wii Remotes. If a physical controller is set to emulate both a GameCube Controller and a Wii Remote concurrently, it will operate both devices at the same time. To fix, migrate controls to use separate physical controllers.
Shut Down
This game's online functionality has been shut down as of May 20, 2014 and works in neither Dolphin or on Wii hardware.
Problems
There are no reported problems with this title.
Configuration
This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.
Enhancements
60 FPS
NA
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For any frame rate with VBI Frequency Override, replace 3C888889 with the desired value of 1/FPS.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Samurai Warriors 3 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
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| Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
| 3.0 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | Game glitches out during mission objective intervals with buzzy noise. Turning off the Audio Throttle appears to resolve the issue. Game runs smoothly at 60FPS otherwise. | xh42 |
| 5.0 | Windows 10 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | Game runs perfectly, no issues at all but gameplay locked at 30 fps. | Gdeeriya |
Gameplay Videos
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- Omega Force (Developer)
- Nintendo EAD (Developer)
- Koei (Publisher)
- Nintendo (Publisher)
- Samurai Warriors (Series)
- Japan (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- Australia (Release region)
- 2009 (Initial release year)
- Hack and slash (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Multiplayer (Game mode)
- 2 (Players supported)
- Co-op (Game mode)
- Online (Game mode)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- Nunchuk (Input supported)
- Classic Controller (Input supported)
- GameCube Controller (Input supported)
- 5 stars (Rating)
- Tested On (Release): 3.0
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (CPU): AMD
- Untested for 10000+ revisions
- Wii games
- Dual Layer Disc games
- Games with Dolby Pro Logic II support
- Supports VBI Frequency Override
- Games with RetroAchievements support