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Releases: : March 17, 2012 : June 18, 2012 : July 27, 2012 : June 21, 2012 |
Nintendo DS Pokémon Conquest Pokémon Conquest is a top-down, turn-based tactical RPG set in the Ransei region, which is based on feudal Japan. It's a crossover between the Nobunaga's Ambition Series and Pokémon. It features warriors based on historical figures from the Nobunaga's Ambition series, and 200 Pokémon from the Pokémon franchise.
The Ransei region features 17 kingdoms, each themed around a different Pokémon Type. Each kingdom has various Kingdom Locations such as a Gold Mine, Shop, two battle arenas to battle unaffiliated Warriors and Warlords, and to Link with wild Pokémon. Battlefields feature different obstacles and traps, ranging from moving platforms, bounce pads, pitfall traps, magma, and more.
Each Pokémon presents different opportunities and challenges. Pokémon that float or fly, such as Haunter or Emolga, can climb ledges, or won't set off pitfall traps. Pokémon that can knock opponents back, such as Conkeldurr or Gyarados, are great in arenas where the player can knock enemies back from flags, or into allied attack range. While Carnivine can float over water, and Magikarp can be healed from it, Charizard is incapable of traversing over it, while it can safely travel over magma tiles. In many cases, it's not just about building a strong team of 6 Warriors and Warlords, but building a team suited to the terrain of the arena players are going to battle in.
There are 200 total Pokémon and 200 Warriors (37 of which are Warlords) who all have a "Perfect Link" with a specific Pokémon species, or evolutionary family. The higher the link percentage, the higher their potential. While it's not required to link every warrior with their perfect link, it is generally ideal. As a random warrior has a max link of 47% with Staravia, it will never be able to surpass that limitation. While his perfect link Tyranitar can go all the way to 100%.
Pokémon Conquest is a very cryptic and unforgiving game. Gameplay can be very spreadsheet or note-heavy, as the methods provided by the game to track things, such as each warrior and their perfect link, leave something to be desired. Players may recruit a warrior whose perfect link is Drifloon, but that Pokémon won't even spawn in The Legend of Ransei, and only appears in post-credits stories in rare and unpredictable events. This can lead to players spending in-game years waiting to match a Warrior up with their perfect link, if they're even in the army when the Pokémon spawns.
Pokémon Conquest features 38 stories: the main story, which can be played once, and 37 post-credits stories for the various warlords, which can all be replayed. Their difficulty is variable. Each story has a difficulty rating, but the real difficulty stems from whether or not you register warriors with ideal Pokémon or their perfect links. A story may have a ★★★★★ difficulty rating, but if you recruit a warrior who has a Chandelure registered, and recruit Hideyoshi and his Reshiram, then it's going to be a walk in the park, gameplay-wise. If you have a bunch of warriors with their baseline Pokémon, and their perfect links can't be recruited in the respective story, the game is going to be much more difficult.
Mechanics such as this, and the swarms of rare Pokémon, can leave the player stuck in a single story for in-game years, increasing the link percentage up and Evolving Pokémon, or increasing Warlord's ranks, as their progress will be reset by the next story. While the grinding may be tedious or boring, it will ultimately make the game easier and more enjoyable. Starting the game with a 17% link out of 100% link is far superior to a 17% link out of 37% link. In many cases, imperfectly linked Pokémon may not even be able to evolve due to these limitations. The password system allows players to enter passwords to make certain Pokémon swarm, and as with all things, it's a system of checks and balances. It may be best to hold off on using a password until the correct warriors, or all of them who can link with a Pokémon, are in the army, to prevent further stalling down the line.
Aya • Ginchiyo • Gracia • Hanbei • Hanzō • Heroine • Hideyoshi • Ieyasu • Ina • Kai • Kanbei • Kanetsugu • Keiji • Kenshin • Kiyomasa • Kotarō • Kunoichi • Magoichi • Masamune • Masanori • Mitsuhide • Mitsunari • Motochika • Motonari • Muneshige • Nene • Nobunaga • Nō • Oichi • Okuni • Ranmaru • Shingen • Tadakatsu • Ujiyasu • Yoshihiro • Yoshimoto • Yukimura
Akizane • Asa • Asahi • Bokuden • Bokuzen • Chacha • Chikamasa • Chikayasu • Chiyo • Chiyome • Chōan • Danzō • Dōsan • Dōsetsu • Ekei • Fujitaka • Gen'an • Genba • Gotoku • Gō • Hana • Harunaga • Harutaka • Haruyuki • Hatsu • Hatsume • Hideaki • Hidemitsu • Hidenaga • Hidetada • Hideyori • Hiroko • Hisaaki • Hisahide • Iroha • Isa • Ise • Isuke • Ittetsu • Jinpachi • Jūbei • Jūzō • Kageie • Kagekatsu • Kagetsuna • Kamanosuke • Kame • Kanemori • Kashinkoji • Katsu • Katsuyori • Kazumasa • Kazumasu • Kazutoyo • Kei • Kitsuno • Kiyo • Koroku • Maa • Madoka • Masahide • Masakage • Masanobu • Masatoshi • Masatoyo • Masatsuna • Masayuki • Mishitada • Morichika • Morikiyo • Morinari • Motoharu • Motozane • Munenori • Munetoki • Munezane • Murashige • Nagahide • Nagayasu • Nagayoshi • Naka • Naoie • Naomasa • Naoshige • Narimasa • Nobuchika • Nobufusa • Nobutsuna • Norishige • Omi • Otsū • Rikyū • Sadamitsu • Sadatoshi • Saizō • Sandayū • Saneyori • Sasuke • Seikai • Seikurō • Sekisō • Sen • Sena • Sessai • Shigemoto • Shigezane • Shimoyama • Shizuka • Shōun • Sōrin • Sōun • Tadamoto • Tadaoki • Tadasumi • Tadatsugu • Tadatsune • Takahiro • Takahisa • Takakage • Takamoto • Takanobu • Takatane • Takatora • Takayori • Takeyoshi • Tatsuko • Tenkai • Terumoto • Tokitaka • Toku • Tomonobu • Tomonori • Toshimitsu • Tsunamoto • Tsunashige • Tsunehisa • Tsunenaga • Tsuru • Ujichika • Ujihiro • Ujikuni • Ujimasa • Ujinao • Ujisato • Ujiteru • Ujizane • Ume • Urakusai • Yasumasa • Yasunaga • Yasutomo • Yatarō • Yazaemon • Yoshi • Yoshiaki • Yoshikiyo • Yoshitaka • Yoshitatsu • Yoshiteru • Yoshitsugu • Yukimasa • Yukinaga • Yukitaka