Nobunaga's Ambition - NES

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Release Date: 3-18-1988
Critic Score (1-100): 77
Genre(s): Strategy / tactics, Top-down, Historical events, Turn-based, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Media Type(s): Physical

KOEI, WE SUPPLY THE PAST, YOU MAKE THE HISTORY.

Nobunaga’s AmbitionTHE STRUGGLE TO BECOME SHOGUN

The Japan most people don’t know about. The warring States period of the sixteenth century. Central government was weak and ineffective as feudal lords called daimyos gained power. Each daimyo ruled a single fief, each wanted to become Shogun and rule the entire nation. One man, Nobunaga Oda, came close but failed. He paid the price for failure, death.

Nobunaga’s Ambition is a military, economic and diplomatic simulation for one to eight that puts you in Nobunaga’s place. You start with one fief and try to take the entire nation. A game of both strategy and tactics, success takes careful planning and opportunism.

Administer your fiefs during peace to increase their strength. Keep your peasants and army loyal or risk revolt. Use your resources effectively, not spending too much on either guns or butter. Negotiate with other daimyos, or perhaps you’d rather just send ninja.

On the battlefield, control your troops in close tactical detail. Take advantage of terrain, attack, retreat, fight a war of attrition or go directry after the enemy general. Just be sure your side is smarter, tougher and better prepared.

Nobunaga’s Ambition is fast moving and easy to play historically accurate. Characters and game events come from the reality of sixteen century Japan. Maps are almost entirely accurate, both geographically and politicaly. Advanced graphics and animation help give the game a feel of complete reality. One to eight may play either of two scenarios and five different levels of difficulty. Instruction manual and historical notes included.

In the 16th century, Japan's Sengoku ("Warring States") period divided the nation into numerous feudal states, each ruled by a daimyo. These daimyos would often go to war with each other. Many dreamt of conquering the land, becoming the Shogun and ruling the entire country. One of those daimyos was the ambitious Nobunaga Oda, a merciless ruler and a renowned strategist. Players take on the role of Nobunaga Oda or one of many other daimyos to try to conquer Japan.

Nobunaga's Ambition is a turn-based strategy game which can be played in different modes. Gameplay is similar to Koei's better known Romance of the Three Kingdoms game. Players begin by selecting either a 17 regions scenario or a larger 50 scenario. Then, the player must select a daimyo, each of which is rated attributes in several categories; Age, Health, Ambition, Luck, Charm and IQ. As the game progresses, these values change depending on events in the game. The age value represents a time limit of sorts, as an elderly daimyo becomes increasingly likely to die of old age or sickness.

During each of turn (one per season), players can issue one of several commands from a menu. They include: Recruiting new soldiers, Training the army, Buying Weapons, Increasing Peasant morale, Forming alliances or Hiring Ninjas to bribe & assassinate. When one player attacks another, there is a war fought over the defender's region. Battles are fought in an overhead-view hex battle map. Each player takes turn moving units and issuing orders, which include attack, move, bribe and surrender. The goal is to defeat all of the enemy units (or force them into surrender). Army units each have a certain weakness against other types of enemies, and are also affected by the terrain.

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