Samurai Warriors Crossroads

Samurai Warriors Crossroads (戦国無双Kōsaten, Sengoku Musou Kōsaten) is the fifth main entry in the Samurai Warriors series and the second game in the Alternate Reality series. It was released on September 25th, 2020 on the PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and Steam.
 * WARNING: Contains blood and graphic violence.

Development
Crossroads was the second game in development by Yuya Teruhashi, one of the producers behind Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines. The creation of the Alternate Reality came to be when he proposed about the potential alternate reality of the Warring States to Hisashi Koinuma while the latter was busy coming up with ideas for

This time, it was developed by the team behind the Yakuza series (The Ryu Ga Gotoku studio) with the producer serving as the supervisor. He stated that it was to make sure they capture the essence of the Warriors series while giving it a re-haul. The story script for both Haru and Hiroie are done by Naruhisa Arakawa, who is known as the head writer for Kamen Rider Kuuga. Arakawa himself also did the English Dub script, for the rest of the writing team to translate what he had written.

Despite rumors, it was confirmed to be taken place in an alternate reality separate from the actual Sengoku period, which explains why the entire landscape is based off of modern cities.

Corona Virus Pandemic
Originally planned to be released in January 2020, due to the Corona Virus Pandemic, Crossroads was delayed for six additional months in order to add polishing and fixing bugs. The producer stated that this was done because the team felt that they would be unfair on players with the game's release, especially due to the Corona Virus, which forced them to give six more months in game development time. As a result, the game was stuck in development for the time being considering that the Covid-19 pandemic messed up their plans. And then, the game was soon delayed until September 2020, to make way for

Possibility of Crossroads being SW5
When asked about if Crossroads is the long awaited fifth game in the series, the producer said that it depends on what people think of the overall product. However, he did say that Crossroads is not the fifth SW game they were hoping for due to it being in a separate reality from the actual Warring States, to the disappointment of veteran fans. In response, he stated that Crossroads is a game set in an alternate reality separate from the actual games, confirming it to be a Spin-Off, which made a lot of people swore off the game since it wasn't the fifth Samurai Warriors game they wanted.

In addition, due to the actual reveal of Samurai Warriors 5, the producer confirmed that Crossroads serves as a spin-off.

A Balanced Approach
Crossroads is lighter and softer than Bloodlines, as confirmed by the team. The producer revealed that Crossroads will serve as a calming experience for those that were not happy at how the latter turned out. He also confirmed that there will be some dark moments, but it won't be as much as Bloodlines in order to make players feel relaxed and comforted at the overall tone, to the disappointment of a lot of fans (Who, ironically, wanted grimdark).

Relationships
The reason why Haru and Shinjo were confirmed to be in a relationship was because of the actual history between the two.

Gameplay
Even though the Ryu Ga Gotoku studio is responsible for development, and Koei Tecmo being the publishers, the AR team brought in Koichi Sakamoto, of Tokusatsu fame, to help with the combat system. The producer admitted that Samurai Warriors 4 was plagued by the hyper attacks, which many find that concept too simple and easy, even by Warriors standards. Koichi Sakamoto was brought in to help the team capture the craziness of the Crossroads reality while changing up the combat system.

That also meant having to refresh the entire combat system again, making it similar to the Yakuza mechanics, along with making both Haru and Yukimura completely different from each other.

Weapon Variety
Unlike previous games, it was confirmed that Crossroads will have weapon variety as a result of changing the formula.

Here are the confirmed weapons, at around 24 weapons in total, 21 of them are in the base game. Although, players can still use other weapons to better


 * 1) Katana (Unique to some of the characters)
 * 2) Spear (Unique to Naomasa li and Motonaga Kikkawa)
 * 3) Omi Yari (Unique to Tadakatsu and Tadatomo Honda)
 * 4) Naginata (Unique to Lady Goryu)
 * 5) Dual Katana (Unique to Chacha)
 * 6) Sword (Unique to Mitsuhide Akechi and Nagamsa Azai)
 * 7) Longsword and Rifle (Unique to Muneshige Tachibana)
 * 8) Twin Element Swords (Unique to Kunoichi)
 * 9) Staff (Unique to Hideyoshi Toyotomi)
 * 10) Hammer (Unique to Yoshihiro Shimazu and Ieyasu Tokugawa)
 * 11) Nodachi (Unique to Ranmaru Mori and the Older version of Hiroie Kikkawa)
 * 12) Sword and Gun (Unique to Takakage Kobayakawa and Hidemune Date)
 * 13) Bladed Bow (Unique to Motonari Mori, Ina and No)
 * 14) Musket Cannon (Unique to Takamoto Mori)
 * 15) Strategist Fan (Unique to Oichi, Mitsunari Ishida and Shingen Takeda)
 * 16) Longsword (Unique to Sakon Shima, Nobuyuki Sanada and Kenshin Uesugi)
 * 17) Spade Spear (Unique to the older version of Haru Kikkawa)
 * 18) Cross Spear (Unique to Yukimura Sanada in all versions)
 * 19) Lance (Unique to Nagamasa Azai)
 * 20) Twin Sabres (Unique to Masamune Date)
 * 21) Scythe (Unique to some characters)
 * 22) Gauntlet (Unique to Lady Shinjo)
 * 23) Dual Axes (Unique to Matabei Goto)
 * 24) Book Blade (Unique to Terumoto Mori)

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Nathan Grigg, who is the composer of various games, including Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.

Creation of Haru
For the concept of the titular protagonist: Haru Kikkawa (Who is an alternate version of Motoharu Kikkawa), they had to create her entirely from scratch.

Voice Acting
For the choice of Haru, the localization team chose Rachael MacFarlane in the English Dub, likely because of her role as Hayley Smith. (Note: It's worth remembering that the studios behind Family Guy and Simpsons decided to put non-white voice actors to voice non-white roles despite American Dad being part of TBS.)

When asked about why they chose Rachael MacFarlane (Especially since it's at the time where people are preferring non-white voice actors to voice non-white characters), the producer admitted that she was the only one that managed to capture the charm of Aki Toyosaki (Who is the voice actress of Haru Kikkawa in the Japanese Dub).

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they had to record their lines from home, of which they had to send it to the voice acting director to put the lines in.

Free Season Pass
According to the producer, the Free Season Pass was done in response to the complaints from the Season Pass in the brother game.

Expansions
The idea of creating expansions was put into use with Shinjo, due to the team wanting to test her out.

Story Mode
Unlike previous games, Crossroads has a brand new story

Legacy Mode
Akin to Musou Mode in previous games, this mode is for those that are not involved in the main story.

Journey Mode
Similar to

Plot
Unlike other games, Crossroads is a different. However, the rest of the roster, including the 4 DLC characters, will have their own stories, with the 4 DLC characters mentioned receiving their own cinematic stories.

Main Story (Haru Kikkawa)
TBA

Characters
It was confirmed that Crossroads will have 32 playable characters in order to focus on the Mori clan and certain characters that play a role in their creation, with Haru Kikkawa being the main focus. In addition, the game itself will have at least 10 more characters to be featured as supporting, making it a total of 42 playable characters. However, with 6 additional DLC characters, the roster itself is a total of 48, 36 if you exclude the supporting characters or 50 if you include the Older variants of both Haru and Hiroie Kikkawa.

Returning Characters

 * 1) Motonari Mori (Weapon: Bladed Bow)
 * 2) Takakage Kobayakawa (Weapon: Katana)
 * 3) Yukimura Sanada (Weapon: Cross Spear)
 * 4) Nobuyuki Sanada (Weapon: Longsword)
 * 5) Ina (Weapon: Bladed Bow)
 * 6) Kunoichi (Weapon: Twin Element Swords)
 * 7) Tadakatsu Honda (Weapon: Omi Yari)
 * 8) Hideyoshi Toyotomi (Weapon: Staff)
 * 9) Mitsunari Ishida (Weapon: Paper Fan)
 * 10) Sakon Shima (Weapon: Longsword)
 * 11) Ranmaru Mori (Weapon: Nodachi)
 * 12) Naomasa li (Weapon: Spear)
 * 13) Nobunaga Oda (Weapon: Katana)
 * 14) Mitsuhide Akechi (Weapon: Sword)
 * 15) No (Weapon: Bladed Bow)
 * 16) Gracia (Weapon: Naginata)
 * 17) Yoshihiro Shimazu (Weapon: Hammer)
 * 18) Oichi (Weapon: Paper Fan)
 * 19) Nagamasa Azai (Weapon: Sword)
 * 20) Ieyasu Tokugawa (Weapon: Hammer)
 * 21) Shingen Takeda (Weapon: Paper Fan)
 * 22) Kenshin Uesugi (Weapon: Longsword)
 * 23) Chacha (Weapon: Twin Katana)
 * 24) Masamune Date (Weapon: Longsword and Rifle)
 * 25) Katsuie Shibata (Weapon: Omi Yari)
 * 26) Katsuyori Takeda (Weapon: Spear)

New Characters

 * 1) Haru Kikkawa (in both age variations. Younger; Spear/Older: Spade Spear)
 * 2) Hiroie Kikkawa (in both age variations. Younger: Katana/Older: Nodachi)
 * 3) Tadatomo Honda (Weapon: Omi Yari)
 * 4) Takamoto Mori (Weapon: Musket Cannon)
 * 5) Lady Goryu (Weapon: Naginata)
 * 6) Yoshihisa Amago (Weapon: Dual Katana)
 * 7) Matabei Goto (DLC Weapon: Twin Axes)
 * 8) Lady Shinjo (DLC Weapon: Gauntlet)
 * 9) Terumoto Mori (DLC Weapon: Bookblade)
 * 10) Hidemune Date (DLC Weapon: Nodachi)

Supporting Characters
These characters can also be playable, but the only difference is that they are only playable through free battles and Journey mode despite being created uniquely. In addition, they also don't have their own unique attacks since they're sharing, along with them being voiced by different actors, similar to 5. On the other hand, they are unique enough to be playable in Journey Mode. Aftermath Justice includes 2 more characters that are involved in the main side-story


 * 1) Motonaga Kikkawa (Weapon: Naginata, Voice Actor: Takayuki Nakatsukasa, Scott McNeil)
 * 2) Tsunachika Kaiho (Weapon: Staff, Voice Actor: Yuma Uchida, Greg Cipes)
 * 3) Nagamasa Kuroda (Weapon: Dual Katana, Voice Actor: Hiroaki Iwanaga, Rob Paulsen)
 * 4) Naiki Takanashi (Weapon: Spear, Voice Actor: Takahiro Fujimoto, Rodger Bumpass)
 * 5) Masakage Rusu (Weapon: Sword, Voice Actor: Yusuke Tomioka, T.J Rotolo)
 * 6) Ekei Ankokuji (Weapon: Katana, Voice Actor: Go Shinomiya, Jeff Schine)
 * 7) Kageie Kakizaki (Weapon: Omi Yari, Voice Actor: Yuuya Hoizumi, Neil Newbon)
 * 8) Kansuke Yamamoto (Weapon: Paper Fan, Voice Actor: Shuki Imagawa, Tom Kenny)
 * 9) Lady Toida (Weapon: Sword and Gun, Voice Actor: Makiko Ohmoto, Carolyn Lawrence)
 * 10) Hideyori Toyotomi (Weapon: Sword, Voice Actor: Juyna Enoki, Dylan Taylor)
 * 1) Lady Toida (Weapon: Sword and Gun, Voice Actor: Makiko Ohmoto, Carolyn Lawrence)
 * 2) Hideyori Toyotomi (Weapon: Sword, Voice Actor: Juyna Enoki, Dylan Taylor)

UNPCS
Aside from the ones carried from Samurai Warriors 4: Empires and Spirit of Sanada, Crossroads has a couple of Non-Playable Characters that were given the unique look. One of them, for example, is Lady Toida, who is Takakage's wife. These UNPC's were created exclusively for the game alone. Aside from Lady Muramatsu, these Non-Playable Characters were designed by the team, with some were given a similar treatment like Muramatsu.


 * Lady Toida (Becomes a supporting character in Lady Shinjo's story)
 * Yoshihime
 * Bokuden Tsukuhara
 * Hidetaka Kawajiri
 * Tsuneoki Ikeda
 * Hidemoto Mori
 * Nobunao Kumagai
 * Naoyasu Akaza
 * Ujinaga Narita
 * Ekei Ankokuji
 * Takaie Shishido
 * Naotaka il
 * Ujinao Hojo
 * Lady Toku
 * Maria Konishi
 * Kagetsuna Naoe
 * Tadamasa Honda
 * Ria Kikkawa (Implied to be the second oldest child of Haru's six children)

Smiling Happiness Edition
Contains


 * The Game, along with it's DLC content (The first two season passes, and all of the bonuses in one)
 * A map containing the city of Sagami and it's places
 * A small statue of Haru.

DLC
It was confirmed that Crossroads will have a Season Pass. The Season Pass will have four additional stories, new challenge modes, a set of DLC costumes and more. Unlike Bloodlines, Crossroads will have a free Seasonal Pass that will last through the 2021 year. The four-character packs will also be available as a free separate pack for those that didn't get the Season Pass.

There will also be a free Upgrade pack containing Chapter 2, which adds a lot of new features.

Season Pass 1 (Free, September 2020 - 2021)

 * 4 New Characters (Matabei Goto, Lady Shinjo, Terumoto Mori and Hidemune Date)
 * Notorious Difficulty (A mode that is Dark Souls levels of Hard)
 * 3 new edit voices (In both languages)
 * Two new challenge modes (Escape and Swim to Safety)
 * Haru Costume Pack (Yusuke Godai, Zhang Chunhua,
 * SW1 BGM Pack
 * Aftermath Justice (A brand new story that lets players become Lady Shinjo for the duration of the story. Contains over 30 hours of content)
 * All of the Bonuses (Mafia Legacy, Dynasty Warriors and more/Fire Emblem bonuses on the Nintendo Switch)
 * Yakuza DLC Pack (Contains the likes of Pocket Circut Fighter, Sosuke Komaki and ? as additional sub-stories for Haru to complete, with Yuki from 0 serving as a DLC Hostess. In addition, both Haru and Hiroie will receive costumes of Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga respectively, along with a special Kazuma Kiryu fighting style for the former)

Season 2 Pass (Free: September 2021 - 2022)
This pass, while having a bit less than the first, will have some returning features


 * Pinnacle Mode (A mode similar to Endless Castle in the fourth game.) is included
 * Judgement DLC Pack (Contains the likes of
 * Genndy Tartakosvky BGM Pack (A set of music from
 * Transition to Chapter 2.
 * Takakage and Goryu's stories.
 * Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown DLC Pack (Contains, and also, an extra Sarah Bryant fighting style for Haru Kikkawa)

Takakage Kobayakawa Story Pack (September 2021)

 * His own story

Lady Goryu Story Pack (September 2021)

 * Her own story

Bonuses
These exclusive outfits will be available weeks after the game's release. However, these bonuses will be automatically unlocked through certain actions or if you're able to buy them for free.

Pre-Order Bonus

 * 100-nin Sengoku costume for Haru Kikkawa



Mafia Legacy
Haru will receive outfits based on Tommy Angelo, Vito Scaletta, and Lincoln Clay (Mafia) as an automatic additional costumes if people either own Mafia Trilogy or the definitive editions of the three Mafia games. Players will also receive new weapons and skills based on the three mentioned characters. In response, the three Mafia protagonists will receive Haru's outfit for them to use in the three Definitive Editions. These costumes and such are also available as free DLC for those that didn't pre-order or buy the entire trilogy in time.


 * Tommy Angelo's Outfit (For those that Pre-Ordered Mafia: Definitive Edition or is automatically unlocked through buying Mafia Trilogy)
 * Vito Scaletta's Outfit (For those that already owned Mafia 2: Definitive Edition or is automatically unlocked through buying Mafia Trilogy)
 * Lincoln Clay's Outfit (For those that already owned Mafia 3: Definitive Edition or is automatically unlocked through buying Mafia Trilogy)
 * Tommy Angelo Skill Pack
 * Vito Scaletta Skill Pack
 * Lincoln Clay Skill Pack

Dynasty Warriors
Haru and Hiroie will receive Dynasty Warriors crossover costumes based on the latter game's recent appearance. These can only be available for people that have a save data on either Dynasty Warriors 9 or Bloodlines.


 * Cao Pi (Dynasty Warriors 9) costume for Haru Kikkawa
 * Lu Su (Dynasty Warriors 9: Hypothetical) costume for Hiroie Kikkawa

Fire Emblem (Nintendo Switch only)
The six newcomers will receive Fire Emblem costumes. The catch is that it's only available on the Nintendo Switch due to the Fire Emblem license belonging to Nintendo


 * Marianne (Haru Kikkawa)
 * Ryoma (Hiroie Kikkawa)
 * Frederick (Tadatomo Honda)
 * (Takamoto Mori)
 * Dorothea (Lady Goryu)
 * Felix (Yoshihisa Amago)
 * Ike (Matabei Goto)
 * Shamir (Lady Shinjo)
 * Hubert (Terumoto Mori)
 * Navarre (Hidemune Date)

Tales
If players have save data of the three Tales games on the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, they will receive costumes based on the protagonists of the Tales series.


 * Milla Maxwell costume (For Haru)

Mashin Sentai Kiramager
Players will receive costumes based on Mashin Sentai Kiramager. This is carried through Chapter 2, due to Terumasa Ikeda being playable.


 * Kiramai Red and Juru costume set (Haru Kikkawa)
 * (Yukimura Sanada)
 * (Terumasa Ikeda)
 * (Lady Shinjo)



MetaCritic

 * PS4: 84
 * Xbox One: 85
 * Nintendo Switch: 84
 * PS5: 83
 * Xbox Series X: 83
 * PC: 86
 * Steam: 87

Publications

 * IGN: 8/10
 * Destructoid: 8/10
 * Eurogamer: 8/10
 * Game Informer: 8/10

Crossroads was well-received by fans and critics. Praise was directed at the voice acting, graphics, gameplay mechanics and the story. However, like Bloodlines, it was criticized for the alternate reality, Haru being a girl in similarities to Re-Do Deng and Jun, and for it's lighter tone in opposed to it's brother game as well as the over-reliance on the costumes. Criticisms continue

On the other hand, it was well-received for it's take on serious issues.

The decision not to include PC and Steam in favor of Google Stadia was heavily criticized for favoring the latter instead of the former. Reception worsened when it was revealed that PC and Steam uses will have to wait for a whole year to get it.

The Season Pass, however, was praised for being a free seasonal take on post launch content.

In terms of characters, Haru has been overwhelmingly positive.

Sequel
The producer revealed that if Crossroads is successful, then they may be considering of doing a spin-off series based on the Crossroads Alternate reality, along with making sequels based on a representing clan of their choice. so far, only the Akechi and Hojo clans were confirmed to have a game of their own though being done by two separate companies.

On June 6th, 2021, it was confirmed that Crossroads will be getting a sequel, focused on another character, notably from the Akechi clan.

A spin-off, focused on Lady Shinjo, is currently in development.

During ChinaJoy 2021, a third game was confirmed to be in development, with the main focus heavily considered to be the Hojo clan.

Anime Adaption
An anime adaption has been confirmed in development.

Voice Cast
The entire voice cast comprises of voice actors from a mix of Western Animation, Anime, from Canada, celebrities, and a couple of YouTubers making it a mixed bag of people lending their voices to the game, at least in the English Dub. It was also confirmed that almost all of the characters will be given new voices in opposed to the ones from Samurai Warriors 3, likely due to budget reasons.

Despite the characters mentioned being unplayable, they are still uniquely voiced. And also, due to the aged up variations, certain characters will receive brand new voice actors to fit their older appearances.

Crossroads

 * Haru Kikkawa - Aki Toyosaki (Japanese, Younger), Masumi Asano (Japanese, Older), Rachel MacFarlane (English, Older and Younger)
 * Hiroie Kikkawa - Yuta Kasuya (Japanese, Younger), Hiroki Tochi (Japanese, Older), Dante Basco (English, Younger), Andrew Bowen (English, Older)
 * Takamoto Mori - HIdenari Ugaki (JP), Seth MacFarlane (English, Younger and Older)
 * Motonari Mori (Crossroads) - Hideo Ishikawa (JP), Curtis Armstrong (ENG)
 * Takakage Kobayakawa (Crossroads) - Hiroshi Okamoto (JP), Jeff Fischer (ENG)
 * Lady Myokyu - Yuriko Yamaguchi (JP), Wendy Schaal (ENG)
 * Terumoto Mori - Yudai Chiba (JP), Seth Green (ENG)
 * Hidemoto Mori - Miyu Irino (JP), Matthew Lillard (English)
 * Lady Goryu - Mao Kawasaki (JP), Hynden Walch (ENG)
 * Lady Toida - Makiko Ohmoto (JP), Carolyn Lawrence (ENG)
 * Lady Shinjo - Mao Ichimichi (Japanese and Likeness), Mila Kunis (English)
 * Hideaki Kobayakawa - Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese), Doug Lawrence (ENG)
 * Motonaga Kikkawa - Takayuki Nakatsukasa (Japanese), Scott McNeil (ENG)
 * Tadatomo Honda - Takahiro Kawachi (JP), Chris Hackney (ENG)
 * Yoshihisa Amago - Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese), Brandon McInnes (English)
 * Matabei Goto - Hidenori Takahashi (JP), Kaiji Tang (ENG)
 * Hidemune Date - Kenta Miyake (JP), Vincent Martella (ENG)
 * Hideie Ukita - Hiroshi Okamoto (JP), John DiMaggio (English)
 * Terumasa Ikeda - Yoshimasa Hosoya (JP), Carter Hayden (English)
 * Narrator - Hideo Ishikawa (JP, Haru's Story), Clancy Brown (ENG, Haru's Story)/Mariko Suzuki (JP, Yukimura's Story), Cindy Robinson (ENG, Yukimura's story)/Yasuhiro Masutani (JP, Main Game), (ENG, Main Game)/

Spirit of Sanada

 * Masayuki Sanada - Kenta Miyake (JP), Dan Castellaneta (ENG)
 * Katsuyori Takeda - Hiroshi Okamoto (JP), Mark Whitten (English)
 * Hidetada Tokugawa - Yusuke Handa (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)
 * Chacha - Marika Kouno (JP), Julie Nathanson (ENG)
 * Sasuke - Yohei Azakami (JP), Ben Diskin (ENG)
 * Lady Muramatsu - Ayaka Maeda (JP), Carolyn Lawrence (ENG)
 * Naiki Takanashi - Takahiro Fujimoto (JP), Rodger Bumpass (ENG)

Samurai Warriors 4

 * Nobuyuki Sanada - Daisuke Ono (Japanese, Both age variations), Tom Kenny (English, both age variations)
 * Yoshitsugu Otani - Satoshi Hino (JP), Robbie Daymond (ENG)
 * Hisahide Matsunaga - Kouji Ishii (JP), Scott McNeil (ENG)
 * Lady Hayakawa - Satomi Sato (JP), Abby Trott (ENG)
 * Kojuro Katakura - Ryota Takeuchi (JP), Ian Sinclair (ENG)
 * Toyohisa Shimazu - Shunzo Miyasaka (JP), Tom Kenny (ENG)
 * Koshosho - Ryoko Shiraishi (JP), Faye Mata (ENG)
 * Kagekatsu Uesugi - Ryota Takeuchi (JP), Daran Norris (ENG)
 * Naomasa li - Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), John Burgmeier (ENG)

Samurai Warriors 3

 * Kiyomasa Kato - Tomokazu Sugita (JP), Seth Green (ENG)
 * Kai - Masami Suzuki (JP), Erica Lindbeck (ENG)
 * Kanbei Kuroda - Masaya Takatsuka (JP), Robin Atkin Downes (ENG)
 * Ujiyasu Hojo - Masashi Ebara (JP), Kyle Hebert (ENG)
 * Muneshige Tachibana - Hiroki Tochi (JP), Roger Craig Smith (ENG)
 * Hanbei Takenaka - Umeka Shoji (JP), Kenn Michael (ENG)
 * Aya Gozen - Umeka Shoji (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
 * Masanori Fukushima - Takahiro Fujimoto (JP), Dan Woren (ENG)
 * Takatora Todo - Masaya Matsuzake (JP), Brad Swaile (ENG)
 * Naotora li - Yuka Saitou (JP), Erica Mendez (ENG)
 * Muneyori Yagyu - Hiromu Miyazaki (JP), Scott McNeil (ENG)

Samurai Warriors 2

 * Ieyasu Tokugawa - Akio Otsuka (JP), Paul Dobson (ENG)
 * Mitsunari Ishida - Eiji Takemoto (JP), Khary Payton (ENG)
 * Nagamasa Azai - Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese, Younger and Older), Zach Aguilar (English, Younger), Matthew Mercer (English, Older)
 * Sakon Shima - Shinichi Yamada (JP), Steve Kramer (ENG)
 * Yoshihiro Shimazu - Hisao Egawa (JP), Clancy Brown (ENG)
 * Ginchiyo Tachibana - Naomi Shindo (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
 * Kanetsugu Naoe - Masaya Takatsuka (JP), Bill Farmer (ENG)
 * Nene - Wakana Yamazaki (JP), Apphia Yu (ENG)
 * Kotaro Fuma - Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP), Michael Adamthwaite (ENG)
 * Musashi Miyamoto - Hidehiko Kaneko (JP), Sam Riegel (ENG)
 * Katsuie Shibata - Eiji Takemoto (JP), David Lodge (ENG)
 * Kojiro Sasaki - Yuji Ueda (JP), Greg Ellis (ENG)
 * Toshiie Maeda - Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Cle Bennett (ENG)
 * Motochika Chosokabe - Ryotaro Okiayu (JP), Vincent Tong (ENG)
 * Gracia - Jun Shikano (JP), Kira Buckland (ENG)

Samurai Warriors (Original)

 * Yukimura Sanada - Takeshi Kusao (JP), Billy West (ENG)
 * Keiji Maeda - Yuji Ueda (JP), Jamieson Price (ENG)
 * Nobunaga Oda - Jurota Kosugi (JP), Keith Silverstein (ENG)
 * Mitsuhide Akechi - Hikaru Midorikawa (JP), David Vincent (ENG)
 * Goemon Ishikawa - Hisao Egawa (JP), Scott McNeil (ENG)
 * Kenshin Uesugi - Joji Nakata (JP), Phillip Hersh (ENG)
 * Oichi - Ai Maeda (JP), Marisha Ray (ENG)
 * Okuni - Wakana Yamazaki (JP), Megan Fahlenbock (ENG)
 * Kunoichi - Yuko Nagashima (JP), Gina Bowes (ENG)
 * Magoichi Saika - Hiroshi Isobe (JP), Andrew Morgado (ENG)
 * Shingen Takeda - Ryuzaburo Otomo (JP), Paul Eiding (ENG)
 * Masamune Date - Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP), Lucien Dodge (ENG)
 * Noh - Mariko Suzuki (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
 * Hanzō Hattori - Takaya Kuroda (JP), Darryl Kurlo (ENG)
 * Ranmaru Mori - Naomi Shindo (JP), Trina Nishimura (ENG)
 * Tadakatsu Honda - Akio Ohtsuka (JP), Paul Dobson (ENG)
 * Ina (Inahime) - Makiko Ohmoto (JP), Carolyn Lawrence (ENG)
 * Yoshimoto Imagawa - Takahiro Kawachi (JP), Justin Roiland (ENG)
 * Hideyoshi Toyotomi/Hashiba - Hideo Ishikawa (JP), Dave Wittenburg (ENG)

Troop Voices



 * Ryouske Kanemoto, Masami Suzuki, Takahiro Fujimoto, Yohei Azakami, Takeshi Kusao, Yusuke Handa, Hiromu Miyazaki - (Japanese)
 * Scott Grimes, Emily Neves, John DeMitta, David Lodge, Kirk Thornton, Bill Fagerbakke, Scott McNeil - (English)

Edit Voices

 * Daisuke Kishio, Koji Haramaki, Jun Shikano, Tomokazu Sugita, Junichi Suwabe (Japanese, Male)
 * Yuri Lowenthal, Chris Hackney, Abby Trott, Matt Stone, Paul Dobson (English, Male)
 * Jun Shikano, Yu Shimamura, Marina Inoue, Masumi Asano, Tomoe Tamiyasu (Japanese, Female)
 * Julie Ann Taylor, Stacey DePass, Cristina Valenzuela, Erica Lindbeck, Wendee Lee (English, Female)



Trivia

 * Crossroads, setting and story wise, is similar to the Mafia series, most notably The City of Lost Heaven.
 * The writer for Samurai Warriors Crossroads, at least in the Japanese Dub, is Naruhisa Arakawa, who's known as the main writer for various Toku shows including Kamen Rider Kuuga.
 * Crossroads actually received a MA15+ Rating in Australia, probably because it was inspired by the Mafia series.
 * Like Bloodlines, Crossroads was confirmed to be set in a separate reality from the official Sengoku period, despite the roster (The characters from 1 to Spirit of Sanada) reusing their latest appearance. This means that there won't be anyone from this game alone to return for Samurai Warriors 5.