Samurai Warriors - Ranmaru's Tale 1 | Battle of Inabayama (Xbox 360)

Ranmaru has more story presence in this game than any other. A shame I can't stand hearing him speak. I kid, somewhat. I did hate him at first, but after so many years I'm pretty much used to it. After this game, they just go the same route with the JP voice where they just outright have a female voicing him. Here, it's a guy that is very clearly a guy voicing him. The same guy that voices Xiahou Yuan and Lu Meng from DW7-DW8, two VERY manly men. Ranmaru's moveset is mostly unchanged, though I think some moves were altered. He still remains a Charge type the whole series. -C1 charges up for a big horizontal shockwave slash. I think it's unblockable at max power, and being able to be used at a distance, it's not bad. -C2 launches an enemy, then dashes forward and backwards to slash them as they land. -C3 stuns the enemy, then follows up with a short combo. -C4 knocks the enemy away, then chases after them to slash them some more. Bit hard to aim, but mostly works. -Musou is one of the best, good rate of attack, damage, and range as he spins around slashing enemies. -S-String is a bit on the slow side, as are most of his attacks, but he has good range and power to make up for it. This stage is the same as Mitsuhide's, you just get dialogue from Ranmaru instead.