Samurai Warriors 4 is a hack and slash game and sequel to Samurai Warriors 3. The game was made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the series. The game features a character-switching feature similar to the spin-off Samurai Warriors: Chronicles with which players can take two characters into battles simultaneously and freely switch between the two. Two new moves "Hyper Attacks" and "Rage Mode" are featured in this game: Hyper Attacks is a secondary moveset available to all characters that allows the player to sweep through and clear out crowd of enemies with a dashing animation although it is useless against enemy officers as they will either deflect it or are otherwise immune against it. Rage Mode renders the player invincible for a period of time and also enhances the player's attacks as well as empowering their Musou attack by using the Spirit Gauge.