Conquest:Nixtorm

Nixtorm (Japanese: フブキの国) is the Ice-type Kingdom in Nintendo DS Pokémon Conquest. Nixstorm is a fun arena that causes the player to use the environment to plan attacks and movement carefully.

Combat

Attacking

Due to the non-Ice-type Pokémon sliding all over the place, players have to select their movements carefully. Pokémon such as Staravia, Luxray, and Rhyperior actually shine here. Staravia can move freely over the ice, and sending in a Pokémon such as Eevee (direct attack), Litwik (one-tile gap), and Rhyperior (2-tile gap) can allow the player to assault the front lines 3 times in one attack, while the latter gets to sit back and bear the brunt of the damage.

Unfortunately, due to the arena, some Pokémon, such as the aforementioned Rhyperior, can be a struggle to get from place to place due to the limited movement. There are a few ice tiles that crack and break when stood on, and a couple of moving platforms, though in many cases they offer little of value and act as more of a funnel or hindrance to proper movement in the arena.

Spawns

Location 1: Snowy Mountain

Name	Sprite	Level 1 - 3
Zubat
Snorunt		Unavailable in: Ninja stories
Spheal		Unavailable in: Ninja stories
Scraggy
Name	Sprite	Level 2 - 3
Sealeo		Unavailable in: Ninja stories
Pawniard
Cubchoo		Unavailable in: Ninja stories
Name	Sprite	Level 3
Beartic		Unavailable in: Ninja stories
Lapras		Unavailable in: Unite Ransei, Collect 100 Pokémon, Recruit 40 Warriors, Ninja, and Two Heroes of Ransei stories. Available only in certain story types: Kenshin versus Shingen Defeat Nobunaga

Location 2: Sky Garden

Name	Sprite	Level 1 - 3
Zubat
Snorunt
Spheal
Gastly
Name	Sprite	Level 2 - 3
Sealeo
Sealeo
Cubchoo
Name	Sprite	Level 3
Beartic
Lapras
Glalie

Special Pokémon

On rare occasions, the following Pokémon will appear in the kingdom's regular wild Pokémon locations and stay there for a month. When this happens, the player is notified by a Messenger at the start of the month. These swarms cannot appear during The Legend of Ransei.

Sneasel

Icy Peak

The Icy Peak temporarily appears in the kingdom as a venue for facing Articuno when the story Tragic Determination has been completed, and the Snowy Mountain and Sky Garden are at level 3.

Articuno