Pokemon Conquest

This is a lengthy mission style game. To my tastes it's fun and well worth the play. It has all the elements you normally look for in a Pokemon game, but with the added twists of conquering kingdoms. If you love RPGs and mission style games this is the game for you. If you like the more traditional Pokemon (conquer gyms, earn badges & catch Pokemon) style this game might be too lengthy for you. Still, if you're a Pokemon fan I'd say give this one a try.

Horribly, sickeningly addictive. Love this game, a great addition to the long pokemon franchise. I love the concept of linking pokemon the Conquest series, with historical figures playing key roles and battling it out to conquer the world, or save the world from being conquered, and the gameplay is simple enough. For inexperienced gamers like me, I found it helps to do some background research online to understand the finer points of the mechanics of the game, especially in the later mini-episodes, as the game goes up to a higher level.

If you like Poke'mon and Strategy RPGs (e.g., Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics) then you will love this game. The chess-like environment will excite your inner tactician, and the inclusion of various Poke'mon and their moves is just enough customization to make the game feel fresh and exciting. I was a bit wary of this departure from Poke'mon's standard monster collection RPG style, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this game. Even after beating it thoroughly, I still pick it up to play again when my other games start to bore me.

I've been a Pokemon fan since the very beginning, having received my first copy of Pokemon Red as a present from my parents back in elementary school. Nearly 15 years and as many games later, the concepts of Pokemon have been repurposed to make a lot of different kinds of games, be it the classic RPG elements of the main Pokemon games, the dungeon crawling of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, or the wind-up toy battling of Pokemon Rumble.Pokemon Conquest, however, is the one iteration I never expected to see release in America, primarily because of its deep roots in Japanese history and peculiar play style, which is typically more popular in Japanese markets. I even made a bet that this game would never see an English release, and I still owe someone an Ash Ketchum hat over it. Still, I'm glad I was wrong, because this game was definitely worth my time.WHAT I LIKED:- The gameplay: Pokemon Conquest is, appropriately, a game about conquering. You'll manage armies of Warriors and their accompanying Pokemon, as you attempt to conquer the Ransei region. Between battles, you'll move units around the map to fortify your positions, get into fights with wild Pokemon to add them to your arsenal, purchase items like potions or evolutionary stones, and carefully battle your way from from kingdom to kingdom in order to conquer the entire region.Combat shares a lot of common ties with the main Pokemon series - you select up to six Pokemon to bring into battle with you. Each one has a 'type', which grants it strengths and weaknesses against other types, as well as an ability that can change the way it interacts with the playing field or with other Pokemon. Each Pokemon only knows a single attack, and it seems like nearly all these attack draw from existing attacks in other Pokemon games, even having identical functionality in some cases. Pokemon can also evolve if certain conditions are met, making them more powerful and often replacing their existing attack with a new, more powerful one.There are some large differences, though. Combat takes place on large grid-based maps, each with unique features such as trap doors or pools of lava that lead to constantly-evolving strategies. Rather than two opposing Pokemon taking shots at each other one at time, all the Pokemon on a team act in tandem, so planning how two Pokemon will work together is essential to victory. Especially since each Pokemon only has a single attack, and the range/area of the attack can affect both your Pokemon and your opponent's, coordinating the different members of your team to work efficiently together can be a rewarding challenge. If you've played games like Advance Wars, Final Fantasy Tactics, or Fire Emblem, you can expect a similar experience.The game's storytelling is split up into over 30 different episodes, each starting you off with a different warlord and giving you an objective, like 'Conquer all of Ransei' or 'Link with 100 Pokemon', and your objective is to beat all these episodes to access the game's true ending. Because you're constantly changing which characters you control, and because the link percentages of all the Pokemon reset with each episode, the traditional Pokemon concept of having 'your own team' that you've been training and leveling is out the window here. For some, this may be a turnoff, but I ultimately find that it helps make each new campaign challenging.- The universe: As a region, Ransei is great. Each of the Warlords (main characters) in the game has their own personality, motivations, and relationships, many of them based off of the very historical figures they're named after, though sometimes in more exaggerated or fictional forms. For example, Hideyoshi, the fire warlord, is a loyal lieutenant to dragon warlord and primary protagonist Nobunaga, just as his namesake historically was. The character's costumes are also very vibrant and eye-catching - their outfits are based both on traditional Japanese garb and the Pokemon with which each character has a 'best link,' giving them a unique sense of flair.Each of the different episodes in the game offers a brief amount of insight into each characters' motivations and personality, though admittedly if you're looking for a deep and complex story, you might want more than the game is willing to give. For the most part, the characters are all motivated by the desire to conquer Ransei, which is pretty two-dimensional, but taking into consideration that these games are largely for children, I didn't expect anything all that complex. Mostly these episodes serve to remix the gameplay and keep it fresh, and to that extent I think they succeed.WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:- Lack of guidance: In the interest of full disclosure, I had stopped playing this game for a long time after I first got it, and here's why. When you start the game, you're put onto a world map with kingdoms on it, and these kingdoms have a lot of elements to them - item shops, Ponigiri stands (rice balls for Pokemon), gold mines, etc., all with the ability to be upgraded. Especially when you're doing the first episode of the game, which is pretty easy, these features seem largely unnecessary, and because they weren't well explained in-game, they only serve to confuse you when you're just starting out, so you just ignore them and move on. Eventually, thinking there wasn't much depth to the experience, I put the game down.Then I started playing again, and discovered that these various little shops and locations actually add a fair amount of depth to the gameplay, as they help you link with more Pokemon, but if you don't sit down and actually take the time to figure them out, it's easy to undervalue them or just write them off altogether. I would've preferred that perhaps the game had 3 introductory episodes rather than just, with each slowly acclimating you to the idea that managing your kingdoms is an important part of progressing and ultimately winning the game.- Minor balance issues: This I feel is a lesser issue with the game, but one worth bringing up because it caused me a fair amount of frustration. There's one character in particular, named Ranmaru, who is a dragon warlord and one of Nobunaga's lieutenants. This warlord, as an NPC, always starts with a Dratini, which knows the Dragon Rage attack. Much like in the main Pokemon games, Dragon Rage always does 40 damage, regardless of Dratini's level. I came to hate Ranmaru and his Dratini with a burning passion.The reason for my frustration was that, at the very start of the game when everyone's link percentage is very low and Pokemon don't have much health to speak of, Dratini's Dragon Rage can usually obliterate your Pokemon in a single hit, making it incredibly difficult to deal with early on, doubly so because the kinds of Pokemon you usually start with aren't very effective against a Dragon-type. There's a whole series of shorter episodes that involve Ranmaru as an opponent, and I dreaded doing each one, all because of that Dratini. The frustration I experienced at the receiving end of that one attack is one of the most prominent experiences that comes to mind when I think about this game. Aside from Dragon Rage, I think most of the game is pretty fair, and because of the insane challenge I found that my victories over Ranmaru were all the more satisfying.FINAL THOUGHTS:Pokemon Conquest is a good game. It's not a five-star game for certain - I can't imagine myself being willing to put down a 5-star game like I did with this one - but it still has a lot of merits and is worth the dozens of hours I put into it. I feel like the game could've gotten a lot more play time out of me if I'd had someone to have multiplayer battles with, but the lack of online play or other people with copies of the game made that impossible for me. Overall, any complaints I have about the game can't outweigh the overall positive experience I had, so I definitely recommend this one for Pokemon fans and turn-based tactics fans alike.

I had to jump thru hoops, to get thru the application process:-i was asked for my account number, during the process. even provided with the last 4- digit number. I was unable to verify info. because I did not have that info(it was not provided to me). I applied for the simple reason....a promo/gift card of $10. I did not need to. I could have paid it via cc or debit card. The item is also offered for just the same price with the $10 promo by one of your competitors, Unfortunately they did not have in stock. It was a little difficult to explain to my son. After checking it on the phone, we proceeded to go thru the application. What a tedious process. "Your $10 gift card or promo balance is less than your order total of $26.87 (?). I tried to pay it using another credit card/debit card. What a mess. Try to explain that to a child, who wants the game at the latest RIGHT NOW!I will have a second thought in my future dealing with Amazon.No thanks to the headache.

If you like conquesting and pokemoning then youll like this!

Pokemon Conquest is a lot more than a Nobunaga’s Ambition game with a Pokemon skin. It is a perfect mix of tactics and rpg that takes players through a yet classic but enjoyable quest across the kingdom. The levels are brilliantly designed and -gosh!- it feels great to play a pokemon game a tiny bit more challenging that the other pokemon games. Although, copies are hard to come by and pricy, you should totally get this game.

Jeu reçu dans les délais, excellent spin off de pokemon, avec un gameplay innovant, je recommande pour les fans mais ne pas s'attendre a un rpg! c'est un jeu de plateau style advance wars.

I had the original but lost it, thanks to this, I'm playing it again!

très bon bon jeu facile a prendre en main et l'anglais n'est pas dérangent, ce jeu est tout simplement génial

Product came as requested. Had to clean the cartridge and case though because I could tell they came from a smoking envorinment, but that wasn't that much of a problem as I am now in possession of the new game, I am happy.