
Xtreme Legends also has him participate in the Strategist Tournament of the Wu scenarios. Once this is done, a cutscene is triggered in which Xun Yu thanks Xiahou Dun and his comrades for rescuing him. He is besieged at Juan castle and has to be rescued. In Dynasty Warriors 8, he has his most prominent role at Puyang in Wei's story and serves as the commander. His other appearances are restricted to Xu Province and Changban, but Xtreme Legends has him further aid Guo Jia in his quest to defeat the Yuan family. His role is reduced in the following installment, albeit he reprises his role as the commander at Xuchang for most of the battle until Xiahou Dun arrives. He may further serve as the allied commander at Xia Pi, if the player chooses to play as Xiahou Dun. During Sun Ce's invasion of Xu Chang, he noted the Little Conqueror's commanding prowess and doubted his ability to stop him. In Dynasty Warriors 6, Xun Yu is placed in charge of Xu Chang while Cao Cao is engaged in battle against Yuan Shao at Guan Du. Defeating Xun Yu before Cao Cao's main force arrives will end the stage, but taking too long will relegate the role of commander to Cao Cao. He holes himself up in Puyang castle, but surrounding the castle will lead to Chen Gong's surrender and the opening of the gates. Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends has Xun Yu appear at Yan Province as the commander of Cao Cao's forces. Throughout the Dynasty Warriors series, Xun Yu is a constant general for Cao Cao in numerous battles as a generic officer since the third title. The height for his Kessen II counterpart is 165 cm (5'5"). His name in the English localization of the first Romance of the Three Kingdoms game is misspelled as Gou Yu. This counterpart has a character image song called Ends-Ways-Means. He won eighth place in the Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate popularity poll. The character poll for overseas fans puts him in eleventh place for the Wei division. The latest poll for the eighth installment puts him in sixteenth. He placed fifth in Gamecity's Shin Sangoku Musou Blast first card promotion poll. Fans voted him to second place in the second most wanted poll with 278 votes. In Famitsu's first most wanted character poll, he ranked fourth with fans.

He is the winning vote for the Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires Strategist edit character.

Xun Yu at some point fell ill which made Cao Cao worry for his well-being, but soon the said illness claimed his life Romance of the Three Kingdoms instead had Cao Cao supposedly shame Xun Yu to death on his loyalty to the Han when the latter openly opposed the former's decision to crown himself as a duke.īefore his playable appearance, he was a generic officer since Dynasty Warriors 3. His greatest achievement was when he advised Cao Cao to protect Emperor Xian to "control the rebellious in the name of the emperor". Despite serving under Cao Cao, Xun Yu is known for his loyalty to the Han Dynasty. Historical records indicate that Xun You, though older, is Xun Yu's second-cousin nephew. Xun Yu (onyomi: Jun Iku) is an advisor to Cao Cao whose talents as a strategist were compared to those of Sima Yi.
