The Last Samurai public and asks him to commit Seppuku to redeem his honor. Algren refuses Omura's offer to lead the new army to crush the rebels. Omura sends assassins to kill Algren, but Algren kills them. Algren assists the Samurai in freeing Katsumoto; in the process, Katsumoto's son Nobutada is mortally wounded, and he sacrifices himself to allow the others to escape. As the Imperial Army marches to crush the rebellion, a grieving Katsumoto contemplates Seppuku, but Algren convinces him to fight until the end, and joins the Samurai in battle. The Samurai use the Imperial Army's overconfidence to lure them into
Samurai Warriors 2 series. However, Sasaki Kojirō and Shibata Katsuie, who were unplayable special bodyguards in the original "Samurai Warriors 2", are now playable characters in "Samurai Warriors 2 Empires" with special movesets. Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (戦国無双2 猛将伝: Sengoku Musou 2 Moushouden) was first released on August 23, 2007 in Japan for the PlayStation 2. It is the fifth "Xtreme Legends" expansion by Koei, and also the first and only "Xtreme Legends" expansion since "" to be released after "Empires" (Other "Xtreme Legends" expansions are released shortly after the release of the original game). It shares the same achievements with the