<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
game	O
by	O
Koei	O
Tecmo	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
reboot	O
of	O
the	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
long-running	O
Warriors	O
series	O
of	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
games	O
published	O
by	O
Koei	O
Tecmo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
June	O
2021	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
worldwide	O
release	O
in	O
July	O
2021	O
for	O
those	O
platforms	O
and	O
PC	O
via	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
faces	O
against	O
hundreds	O
of	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
in	O
a	O
battlefield	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
objective	O
usually	O
being	O
the	O
defeat	O
of	O
an	O
enemy	O
commander	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
5	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
events	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
Honnō-ji	O
Incident	O
,	O
with	O
Nobunaga	O
Oda	O
and	O
Mitsuhide	O
Akechi	O
being	O
the	O
prominent	O
figures	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entire	O
cast	O
of	O
characters	O
has	O
been	O
vastly	O
redesigned	O
from	O
previous	O
incarnations	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
Katsuyori	O
Takeda	O
,	O
who	O
retains	O
his	O
original	O
design	O
from	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	I-Application
Spirit	I-Application
of	I-Application
Sanada	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
amount	O
of	O
playable	O
characters	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
cut	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
mainline	O
game	O
,	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
which	O
featured	O
55	O
playable	O
characters	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
37	O
playable	O
characters	O
being	O
featured	O
,	O
21	O
returning	O
and	O
16	O
new	O
(	O
10	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
are	O
Supporting	O
Characters	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
playable	O
in	O
Story	O
Mode	O
,	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
unique	O
Power	O
Attacks	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
unique	O
Ultimate	O
Skill	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
electronic	O
and	O
traditional	O
Japanese	O
music	O
collaborations	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
games	O
,	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
5	I-Application
largely	O
replaces	O
the	O
electronic	O
music	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
rock	O
and	O
orchestral	O
music	O
,	O
while	O
keeping	O
the	O
traditional	O
Japanese	O
music	O
entirely	O
intact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
94,366	O
physical	O
copies	O
during	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
(	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
:	O
55,675	O
/Switch	O
:	O
38,691	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
version	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
best-selling	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Switch	O
version	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
best-selling	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
