Dynasty Warriors Fighter's Battle review for Nintendo DS

The latest in the Dynasty Warriors series, Fighter's Battle, promises a bit of a departure from its predecessors as it hits the Nintendo DS. With its mix of card collecting and base capture, you'll race against your AI opponent to defeat all the army leaders. If you've played Dynasty Warriors before - or indeed if you haven't, check out our Dynasty Warriors Fighter's Battle review for Nintendo DS to find out more now!

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Dynasty Warriors Fighter's Battle review for Nintendo DS
Dynasty Warriors is huge in Japan, but its feudal face-offs have never been popular in Europe. It's never stopped Koei releasing a slew of them across a range of formats though – all featuring similar hacking and slashing up of huge armies.

But at last we have a Dynasty Warriors game that does something a bit differently. There's not only a card collecting aspect to this game, but it's also not just a hunt-down-the-armyleader- then-kill-him prospect. There are bases to find and capture, and it's a race to defeat them all before your AI opponent does the same to yours.

Dungeons and doldrums
Each area's map looks similar to one you'd find in a Zelda dungeon. It's also (possibly deliberately) hard to follow and exits aren't easily found. In many areas, gates and bridges don't appear until you've killed the quota of enemies shown in the top right of the screen.