Pokmon Conquest, known in Japan as Pokmon + Nobunaga's Ambition[1] (????+??????? P okemon Purasu Nobunaga no Yabo?

) is a role-playing strategy video game developed by Tecmo Koei and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game is a cros sover between the Pokmon and Nobunaga's Ambition video game series. The game was released in Japan on 17 March 2012,[2] in North America on June 18, 2012[3] and in Europe (partly, i.e. in UK, Italy and Benelux) on 27 July 2012. Gameplay The player, accompanied by an Eevee, travels throughout the Ransei Region (????? Ranse-chiho?) befriending Pokmon and battling Warriors (???? Busho?) and Warlord s (???????? Busho Rida?) to conquer the region and unite it as one nation; Warlo rds and Warlord Leaders can join the player's party once defeated, allowing the player access to more Pokmon. The gameplay is turn-based strategy and is a tactic al RPG unlike the main-series Pokmon games, with different Pokmon capable of using different attacks and means of movement. Warlords also have unique battle-chang ing powers that boost their Pokmon's abilities but may only be used once per batt le. These effects range from increased attacking power, health restoration, or e ven temporary invincibility. Unlike in the main-series Pokmon games, each Pokmon is capable of using only one m ove. This move is determined by the Pokmon's species and is usually picked to rep resent that species; for example, Excadrill uses its trademark move Drill Run. A dditionally, only a select fraction of the 649 Pokmon that exist at that time are available in the game. The main-series capture system is replaced by a minigame where a Warrior attempts to form a link with a wild Pokmon by coordinating butto n presses with a display, reminiscent of Dance Dance Revolution. The main-series leveling system is replaced by a concept called "link", a percentage which incr eases to a certain maximum, and reflects that Pokmon's battling statistics. Each Warrior has a natural affinity to certain types, which grants an increased maxim um link with Pokmon of those types. In addition, each Warrior has one species of Pokmon with which they may form a 100%, or perfect, link. A Warlord Leader's cost ume almost always resembles the appearance of their "perfect link" species. The various Warriors and Warlords are named after figures in Japanese history, w ith the game's Nobunaga (?????) being a take on the real historical figure Oda N obunaga. After defeating Nobunaga and completing the main story line, players ar e able to take on 32 special episodes, each featuring one of the other warlords and having different objectives (such as taking over a portion of Ransei rather than the whole region). They feature smarter AI (with the opposing nations attac king your countries more often), the ability to upgrade the locations within the regions through a bank to find more Pokmon or get better items, and to evolve th e rest of the Warlords. After the episodes of the 16 senior warlords are complet ed, a final episode will be unlocked, which is essentially a new game with the m ain playable character, but including the added features of the post-game episod es. Plot A legend is foretold that the one who unifies all the 17 kingdoms of the Ransei Region (????? Ranse-chiho?), will have a chance to encounter the Legendary Pokmon who created the Ransei Region. Warriors and Warlords all over the region sought to fulfill the foretold legend, thus bringing Ransei's peaceful era to an end i n battles. The game initiates off with the player just becoming the Warlord of t he Aurora (??? Hajime?) kingdom and is met by Oichi. Hideyoshi of the nearby kin gdom of Ignis (??? Kaen?) sends his warriors to ambush Aurora, only for them to be defeated by player and Oichi. Oichi explains to the player that all of the ot her kingdoms of Ransei had become aggressive and hostile towards one another, in their own destiny of fulfilling the Ransei Legend. This initiates the player's harrowing journey of unifying other nations, starting with Ingis, hoping to rest ore peace upon Ransei. After conquering the kingdoms of Greenleaf (??? Aoba?), a nd Fountaine (??? Izumi?), Oichi explains that Nobunaga, who dwells at the north

ern part of Ransei, is the main threat of the Ransei Region. After conquering th e kingdoms of Violight (??? Shiden?), Chrysalia (??? Sanagi?), and Pugilis (??? Kobushi?), Oichi explains that Nobunaga's ambition is to fulfill the Ransei Lege nd and use Arceus's power to demolish Ransei. After conquering the two kingdoms of Terrera (??? Daichi?) and Illusio (??? Genm u?), Oichi hosts a celebration of Shingen and Kenshin's recruitment to the playe r's army. During the celebration, the player is confronted by Nobunaga, who hold s the kingdoms of Avia (??? Tsubasa?), Cragspur (??? Kigan?), Yaksha (??? Yasha? ), Viperia (??? Dokuga?), Valora (??? Fukushi?), Nixtorm (??? Fubuki?), and Spec tra (??? Mitama?) under his command. Nobunaga informs the player and Oichi of th eir foolishness of opposing him and returns to his own kingdom of Dragnor (??? R yu?). Though his servant Ranmaru pleads with Oichi not to oppose him, Nobunaga s tates he will annihilate anyone who gets in his way. With Nobunaga and his Zekro m defeated, the player had united Ransei as the Infinity Tower is revealed. Insi de, the player's party finds Legendary Pokmon Arceus appears. After linking with Arceus, the player is confronted again with Nobunaga, now partnered with a shiny Rayquaza, along with Mitsuhide, No (???? Nouhime?), Ieyasu, Ranmaru, Hideyoshi into a final battle. After being defeated, Nobunaga reveals his true intentions to bring peace to Ransei by destroying Arceus as it is the cause of the conflict . However, seeing the player unaffected by being linked to Arceus and as the Pokm on takes its leave, Nobunaga relents as Ransei's kingdoms are restored to their proper owners and a system in the region is established. Development Pokmon + Nobunaga's Ambition was first revealed at the Shueisha's "Jump Festa" an ime and manga event on December 17, 2011. Nintendo and Tecmo Koei announced the game during the event and announced its 2012 release.[2] The Pokmon Company annou nced a live streaming event that would be used to reveal information to consumer s in Japan, and it took place on January 19, 2012.[citation needed] Part of the character designs on the humans also worked on Samurai Warriors 3, with touch-up s from Ken Sugimori.[citation needed] On April 4, 2012, it was announced on Poke mon.com that Pokmon + Nobunaga's Ambition would be released in the United States on June 18, 2012, as Pokmon Conquest. Reception Pokmon Conquest received positive reviews, possessing a score of 80/100 on Metacr itic.[5] Famitsu gave the game a score of 34/40, with reviewers praising the gam e's accessibility for young players, high replay value, and ability to mix Pokmon with a traditional Japanese historical setting.[6] IGN gave the game a score of 9.0 and an Editor's Choice award, praising its deep gameplay and calling it "on e of the greatest, most fully realized Pokmon spinoffs in existence".[7] Destruct oid gave the game 8/10.[8] Game Informer gave the game a 7.0/10.[5] The game sold 341,000 copies in Japan in 2012