Samurai Warriors: Chronicles (???? ????? Sengoku Musou Kuronikuru) is a hack and slash video game developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released as a launch title in Japan on February 26 2011 in Europe on March 25 2011 in North America on March 27 2011 and Australia on March 31 2011. Samurai Warriors: Chronicles introduces several new features not included in prior Samurai Warriors games. While the top screen displays the main game the bottom screen is used to display maps KOs and mission data. A player can switch between four characters during battle switching the screen to their respective locations as well.