I always felt like Koei had trouble with Ma Chao when it came to Wang Yi. He wants revenge and tries to kill Cao Cao a number of times claiming its justice, but acts like Wang is unreasonable in her desire for vengeance to kill him. Did they really want him to seem like an egotistical villian???

Love your content! I always felt like Lu Bu against the three brothers should be on here somewhere. I know it’s too much to ask but I always wished Koei would flesh out more of these like they did with the number 1, 2, and 3 on your list. But I know nowadays that’s impossible. There’s way too many characters in the series now. Now it’s pretty much kingdom based. I liked having new characters but I always was disappointed that it came at the cost of fleshing out more characters. I’d love to see Ma Chao having a conversation with Zhao Yun about Wang Yi. In earlier games they did a lot of that.

NightOwl I love the work that you do because it connects me to my childhood. The music, the characters, the stories; thank you for bringing my past back with your videos!

One rivalry that I believe a lot of people tend to overlook was Cao Pi vs. Sun Quan, maybe not as much in the early DW games but after they made Cao Pi playable in DW5. You get to see how similar in status they are within their kingdoms, mostly during the last series of battles for Wu. They attempt to lead their home kingdom with very different ideals. Sun Quan values and shows appreciation for his dad’s motivation and ideology, while Cao Pi disregards Cao Cao’s, with him stating so right off the bat. Plus their wives Zhenji and Lianshi also duel one another throughout the games. Wouldn’t say that this is the most significant rivalry but Cao Pi basically became the “final boss” for Wu’s story in battles like Dongkou (222) and sometimes He Fei Castle (234).

Great list again dude! There are two (friendly) rivalries I kinda wish the games touch on more though. And they basically haven't touch on them at all since DW4. (I'm not sure if it was in DW9 or not cause I've played and watched very little of it) And those are Huang Zhong vs Guan Yu and Ma Chao vs Zhang Fei. Both these duos dueled eachother and was the reason for both Huang Zhong and Ma Chao joining Liu Bei in the end. I love that in DW4 some battles have some kind of unique dialogue for these two pairs interacting. I recall playing Ma Chao at Tong Gate once and Zhang Fei (for some reason) showed up as reinforcements with Pang Tong (which is pretty weird in context but anyways) and Zhang Fei would say something like "What's wrong Ma Chao? You're tired already?" or something like that LOL. The games also don't touch on Zhang Fei's duel with Ma Chao anymore, in DW4 at Liu Bei's campaign for Chengdu if you play as someone else and let the AIs of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fight for a while(and yes, they are scripted to meet eachother in battle) there were lines of them acknowledging eachother as great fighters as well. Even in some of the made up stages for the Others characters like in "Campaign against Liu Bei, once you beat Guan Yu, Huang Zhong shows up for revenge and if you beat Zhang Fei, Ma Chao shows up. Which is honestly pretty darn cool. There are a few cutscenes with Guan Yu and Huang Zhong in DW7 but outside of those they don't really interact very often. I hope they bring these up more in future games, it would give even more of a sense bond and respect between these Shu officers and really make them feel like they're actually a team. Comparing these characters to ones in Wei and Wu and they feel very weak and pretty unrelated. I mean in DW8XL Yu Jin and Pang De have unique dialogues praising eachother despite they don't even have that much to do with eachother outside of Fan Castle. Yet we get basically nothing for those Shu officers and I've always find that pretty funny. XD

Impressive work, I think you can put everyone who dueled at the end of the DW7 like Zhang Fei/Lu Bu, Taishi Ci/Sun Ce, Jiang Wei/Deng Ai along with others in honorable mentions.

Wow it's crazy that this was recommended to me. I've never played a Dynasty Warriors game before, but I'm considering it. As someone who is recently becoming more interested in historical Chinese wars and the historical fantasy genre in general, but isn't a fan of the more simple minded hack and slash gameplay of DW, is it worth getting into this series?

I agree with these! Great video once again my guy🔥🔥

The Top Three Rivalries in the Dynasty Warriors Series Cao Cao vs Liu Bei- these two guys have different ideologies which made them go against each other every time they face off in the battlefield. Even though Wu is part of the Three Kingdoms, it’s Wei and Shu Han who always try to beat the living crap out of each other and their respective hypothetical routes in Dynasty Warriors 8 depict the final battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao Zhuge Liang vs Sima Yi- a clash of brilliance between two men who are intellectualy dominant with both of them trying to outsmart each other and neither man wants to be overshadowed by the other Guan Yu vs Xiahou Dun- the two of them are always at each other’s throats with Xiahou Dun showing jealousy towards Guan Yu due to Cao Cao’s obsession towards him and despite not being involved in Guan Yu’s fall at Fan Castle in both real life and in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xiahou Dun doesn’t give a crap, all he wants is to kill Guan Yu, period!

Such a good video 🔥

Amazing video and my favorites rivals in dynasty warriors are sima yi the sleeping dragon the battle they with insight is so famous

i can only imagined if zhuge liang and sima yi or zhou yu playing chess with each other😂

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I’m making a prediction before I even watch this whole thing. If it’s not Simi Yi & Zhuge Liang or Guan Yu & Dun this list is a lie & flawed

I really like your videos XD So yeah ofc my the rivals are funny Cao and Yuan Zhang and Gan Dun and Guan ( he really hates guan yu) XD

This one was pretty meh in the first half but I like the top 5. I would've reordered it a bit, but I like them.

Xu You and Zhang He vs the rest of Yuan Shao's incompetent officers xD Lu Bu and whoever he was serving xD There's some kind of mutual dislike between Gao Shun and Chen Gong. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, actually might be one sided on Cao Pi's side.

Some of my favourite rivalries not mentioned in the video. Sun Ce vs Taishi Ci = even though it's more of a one time moment, it's one of my favourite rivalries because of the mutual respect they have for one another. Deng Ai vs Jiang Wei = I always enjoyed that one

Wang Yi vs MA Chao should be number 1..just off the basis of Wang Yi's pure hatred for the guy 😂

Another good rivalry that is shared within a single kingdom is Deng Ai vs Zhong Hui. I don’t know that it is more prominent than anything on your list, as it doesn’t get fleshed out quite as well. Probably an honorable mention at best.

Lu Bu vs Zhao Yun

I agree with you

On Mata Nui, I learned that no one stood alone. On Metru Nui, I learned that actions, not fate, defined a hero. On Voya Nui, I learned what it means to be determined, to face your fears. On Mahri Nui, I learned what sacrifice truly means. On Karda Nui, I learned to never give up, even in the darkest hour. On Bara Magna, I learned that anyone, anywhere, can be a hero. United in Duty, Bound in Destiny. That is the way of the Bionicle.

here is 2 interesting things, first one xiahou dun was not even soldier, he was politician and second one xiahou dun is favorite character of DW game creator, imagine that

My fav is ling ton vs ganing And I respect Sima yi vs zhuge liang Zhu ran vs lu xun

For a few friendly ones from the book Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang both studied with Sima hui and the tv series implies Pang Tong got himself killed to prove he was better Huang Zhong and Guan Yu they duel and earn each others respect

With the new Dynasty Warriors Origins we might see character development and characteristics change. The new game looks like a revive for the game.

Taishi Ci VS Sun Ce deserve a shout

Cao Pi VS Sun Quan

I apologize in advance but am I crazy or did Koei deliberately make a few of Wang Yi lines sound like she's straddling the line between wanting to kill him and wanting to F**k him. I genuinely don't mean to sound creepy, but some of her lines straight up sound like she's getting off on the idea of kill him. I'm not crazy am i? Someone else hears it too, right?

Do an armies video

The books go into more detail about Zhou Yu and Kongming. Kongming makes him look pathetic many times over.

Lubu and Dong Bai

I dig your stuff but man does "I think it's a solid choice for the spot." get old after hearing it on each and every entry.

Kinda shocked they didnt ship Ma Chao and Wang Yi, when it first popped up, i thought thats where it was going but nope. Disappointed sadly

#1 should be Guan Yu VS life

OK, I’m just starting the video. If Gan Ning and Ling Tong ain’t #1 this entire ranking is invalid.

ma chao vs cao cao should not be on the list because of how one sided it is.

No I don’t agree