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  Pokemon Conquest, or Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan, is probably something you wouldn't expect, but this collaborative effort combines Pokemon with Samurai Warriors 3, which itself is based on a franchise based on the most famous period of Japan, the Sengoku Period. So you have people from that time period as characters in those games appearing in this game with their Pokemon partners on a fun DS adventure with mechanics from the 5th generation of Pokemon, as it was released in mid 2012. Cool, right? As a turn based tactical RPG, you control Warriors linked with Pokemon to do battle in various kingdoms across the region of Ransei. The one who can unite the region of Ransei will be able to encounter the region's creator. Sounds pretty spiffy. With great character design, excellent music and, uh, interesting overall gameplay, this is definitely a Pokemon game to play. So that's why I'm playing it, cause it's pretty great, even if there are some problems with it that we'll see later down the line. What I also want to dive into is the period of Japan's history this game is based on, the Warring States period, or Sengoku jidai. It's a crazy adventure of many prominent warlords and fiefdoms fighting for domination to control the capital of Japan and maybe being able to conquer the whole island for the first time in 50,000 years. And that's where you guys come in! See, I'm a nerd, but I'm not too knowledgable in this specific part of Japan's history (crazy I know), so I'd love to find out what really happened during this interesting time of love, honour and glory by people who know more about that time period and culture than I ever will. I will be delving into some history and backstory slightly during the LP, but I don't feel like poring through thousands of historical texts and websites to get my accurate info, I do want to have fun with this LP, so I'll be sticking with Wikipedia, much as that might make some of you wince. Also you might notice this LP is on this neat little offsite Rhematic in thanks to the rad Etrian Odyssey LPer Ragnar Homsar. Check out her LPs and give her site a read. Updates Part 1: Welcome to the World of Warlords! Part 2: Type Advantage Part 3: A Conquer North Part 4: Fighting Off Foes Part 5: Kenshin and Shingen Part 6: Yoshihiro's Grand Day Out Part 7: Super Effective Part 8: Cold, Hard and Unforgiving Part 9: The Enemy is in Dragnor! Part 10: Hanbei and Kanbei Part 11: Tolerable Postgame Part 11.5: When THIS Happens! Part 12: Fast Forward Part 13: Triple Story Time Part 14: Second Finale of Conquest Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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Just before we start, watch this video, it'll give you a quick lesson in the basic history of Japan. You could make a religion out of that. Useful Words Since this is an LP where I'll be talking about 16th century Japan, there's obviously going to be a few words that will be quite commonplace, but not exactly ones you'll know if you've only known English your whole life. So let's go over them: Daimyō: Powerful Japanese feudal lords in control of land, subordinates only to the Shōgun. From dai 大, large and myōden 名田, private land. Feudalism: A political system in medieval Europe that gave power to those with land in exchange for service or labour. Derived from the Latin feodum, fiefdom was a major element in Feudalism, as the land granted "in fee" could be returned for allegiance and service. Shōgun: Military dictator of Japan and the true ruler as opposed to the Emperor, though they appoint new Shōgun. Short form of Sei-i Taishōgun (征夷大将軍, "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), they held power over Japan through military means during 1185-1868, with exceptions. Emperor: Ancestral and current head of Japan after the Meiji restoration in 1867. From Tennō 天皇, heavenly sovereign, said to be direct descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu, they have spent most of the millenium controlled by other political forces, aside from the times they overthrew the shogunate. Samurai: Military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan, also referred to as bushi 武士, from the Chinese verb 侍, to wait upon or accompany persons, similar to the Japanese saburau 侍う, to wait for a chance, or to serve by one's side. They grew in greater number throughout the years and consolidated their power to became the political ruling class of Japan during the Ashikaga Shogunate. Vassal: One with mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of feudalism, for military support and mutual protection in exchange for land or fiefdoms. In Feudal Japan, the powerful relations of daimyō, shugo and jizamurai could be considered equivalent to western vassals. Retainer: A group of people in direct service of a lord or daimyō, the cornerstone of Feudalism. They wore heraldic badges to show their allegiance and would be supported by their lord in judicial processes, among other things. Shugo: From 守護, military governor, appointed by the Shogun to oversee provinces in Japan, though as they began claiming land and greater power themselves, the position gave way to daimyō in a similar role. Some shugo lost power to their subordinate shugodai, while others strengthened their territory, dividing the country between their power. Jizamurai: Smaller lords of rural domains as power became divided between a lord's sons, thus giving way to shugo to consolidate their power and take over the domains and oversee the provinces. Threatened by the shugo, the jizamurai banded together into leagues called ikki and uprisings occured when shugo attempted to seize control, also called ikki. Ōnin War: A large civil war lasting between 1467 and 1477. Starting as a dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto, a deputy to the Shogun and his father-in-law Yamana Sōzen, a powerful daimyō, Sōzen opposed the growing power of Katsumoto and supported the Shogun's newborn son, as opposed to the Shogun's brother, who should have been appointed as the new Shogun after the current one, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, was due to retire. Tensions grew as either side escalated the conflict and fighting broke out in the capital for control. While most conflict was defensive and political, there was much internal struggle to control the capital Kyoto, with different states vying for power in the vacuum. Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 11:31 on Sep 12, 2017 |
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   Part 1: Welcome to the World of Warlords!  Main Theme   Hello there, welcome to Pokemon Conquest, a neat Gen 5 side game that I've been looking to show off a lot. Boy we sure have some options right at the start of the game. Before we continue, I advise watching this game's intro video to get an idea of what to expect in this game. Also the game's music is amazing, you'll notice.  So we're gonna play as the girl like always?  This LP will be slightly different as we're gonna be talking about Japanese history. Starting right now with our main character, Azai Nagamasa, a daimyō (or fuedal lord, get used to seeing these words a lot) from the Sengoku period in Japan. That's the main focus of this LP, on the leadup to the unification of Japan to the start of isolationist Japan and the Edo period.Also in this LP, we'll be using Japanese names, so surname first, given name second. I would prefer our Hero be called Nagamasa, but because of the character limit, we're gonna be Azai. Uh, it can be a descendant, sure. Intrigue  A man of many words I see. Ahh! So, this is Aurora's new Warlord...? Hmm... Hey! Is that an Eevee?! That's a Pokémon you don't usually see around here... Hmm? Invasion   Hey, you! You're Azai, right? Aurora's new Warlord? We're from Ignis. That's the kingdom next to this one... And we've come to challenge you to a battle!  Five seconds in and we're already fighting to keep our house. VS Aurora   Some real powerful contenders over there.    We should be fine, right?  Please, wait!  ...?! Well, the more the merrier... Join forces if you like-it won't make a difference! They're only moving up one space.  Please, let me help you! Okay, first things first: movement! Like this, see?  Okay, now it's your turn, Lord Azai. We'll be going more in depth into how this all works in a bit, but let's just follow this through. Movement is simple though, every Pokemon has a certain amount of Range they can move each turn.  There's usually 2 options when you move to a given space, either use your move on an opponent in your move's range, or wait. You can press the B button at any time to rethink until you specifically click Wait, so take all the time you need to figure out your moves. drat tutorials stopping our fun.  But you're gonna have to leave that castle in Aurora before you can settle in!  All right! Leave this one to me!    I'll remember this, you know! Don't think I won't! You deal with that one, Lord Azai! Now's the time, Lord Azai! You have to fight! Please select a direction in which to attack. Every Pokemon in this game has one single attack they can use. You'll recognise them from the main series and they've been basically been ported over with some cool changes in certain cases. They also have an accuracy number that will vary from move to situation, as well as the expected damage the move will do. Usually it's lower, but sometimes it'll be slightly higher.    Our Hero isn't silent at least, he'll have some set phrases he'll say depending on the situation. So yeah, Quick Attack doesn't have the increased priority, since Speed doesn't determine attack order, nor does it hit one space away like in PMD, it's just Tackle with a different name. Y-You're strong... Much stronger than they said you'd be... What are we going to do now?! Lord Hideyoshi is gonna be mad... Never mind that! Let's just get out of here!  Important characters like this girl have different emotions with their Pokemon, I'll try and show them off, since they're pretty cool. Victory!   After battle our Link with our Pokemon increases, which also boosts our base strength, as well as showing what happens to the enemy warriors. Again, there's more to this later, such as those gold circles. Long Day  I've been on a journey with Jigglypuff here... B-But... Umm, i-if you don't mind... nah Ah, a thou must, that was quick.  But it is a worry... It seems the flames of conflict have finally reached Aurora as well... Main Theme  An area inhabited by Warriors, those privileged few capable of communicating wordlessly with Pokémon. In Ransei, there is a tale of yore, passed down from generation to generation: If any one Warlord can conquer all 17 kingdoms of Ransei, then the Pokémon that created Ransei shall reveal itself. The Warriors of the land all believe that this tale is true; indeed, it is what drives them all. And as a result, countless battles are fought for control of the kingdoms of Ransei. Long Day Then Jigglypuff and I are going to have to become much stronger! But first, let's take a look around the kingdom of Aurora!  When system messages pop up like this I'll just have Oichi say them if need be, since she's basically tutorial lady right now. Ransei  Here's the region map, but let's just enter Aurora for now.  Ooph! Move. You're in my way. I-I'm sorry... There's a Farm not far from here, Lord Azai. I'm sure there'll be some wild Pokémon there... Let's go do some training! We've got some wild Pokemon here. We can enter these areas with Warriors to train for experience and items and whatnot. There's usually more to do in a given area, but again, tutorial.  Let's pick our team and set off. Ravine   The scene is set, let us dance.  You're the Warlord of this kingdom, Lord Azai. Jigglypuff and I will follow your orders! So, what do you want us to do? Try to work together to claim victory! Now that we finally have control, let's go over what this game is all about. You know you love it. Victory conditions are usually laid out pretty clearly on a given map, while Defeat conditions are often the opposite of the Victory ones. You can view the info of your team and the opponents, run away from battle at the cost of your monthly turn, save at any point (very helpful) and head to the Title Screen (much more useful later on). Nice settings, we'll keep them as is to make my screenshot life much easier. Now for the Info. Like a Pokemon's status screen, there's lots of juicy stuff to go over, but this game emphasises a Pokemon's connection to a Warlord, represented by a Link at the top. Most Warriors can Link with most Pokemon, but will have different Link caps, so those with 100% links can make that Pokemon the strongest it can be. By pressing L or R from the center screen, we can view our Warrior or Pokemon respectively and then press Y to get more info. Warriors have their own stats that affect battle in the same way that a Pokemon's stats do, Power increases the Attack of a Pokemon, Wisdom affects your Warrior's skill effectiveness and Charisma increases your Pokemon's evasion. A Warrior's speciality will give you a hint as to what Pokemon they can 100% link with, but that's something to go over later. All Warriors have a skill that they can use once in battle to turn the tide, but they don't become too necessary as the game goes on. Finally, you can equip one item to use at any time, though some are simply passive. Pokemon also have stats that affect how much damage they'll do and take. Unlike the main games, a species of Pokemon has a set number for their base stats no matter what, so its how their linked Warriors stats affect that that make each individual Pokemon more unique. Also similar to Gen 1's Special, both Attack and Defense categories from the main games are rolled into one for simplicity's sake, though type effectiveness is still the same as is Gen 5, so no Fairy type and Steel has its resistances to Dark and Ghost still. Speed affects a Pokemon's evasion, much like Charisma. Since a Pokemon species only has the one move, status moves are very rare and are usually paired up with other Pokemon stratigically (sometimes). And also like the main series, Pokemon have abilities, though like in Gen 5, Conquest Pokemon have 3 abilities they can have in most cases, though the ones we get at the start are always the same.   When we meet a new Warrior or Pokemon I'll be showing them off like this so you can quickly see what they do, if I remember when I'm recording of course. Oichi has high Wisdom, so her Sweet Song skill will recover more HP than another Warrior with lower Wisdom using the same skill. All moves also have a power ranking from 1 to 5 stars, so don't rely on base powers from the main game. Eevee will definitely pack more of a punch than Jigglypuff, unless it gets lucky with its Doubleslap. You can hover over a Pokemon to get a lot of useful info, as well as its movement range. Its attacking range is not included in that, so be careful, as its best to get a first strike in this game. Not the best angle though is it?   Much better! By holding Y and then using the d-pad, you can rotate the camera or zoom in or out to get a better view of the map. It's useful, but the default view the game gives you is usually just fine, so I won't be messing with it too much.  You can also view your opponent's stats at any time during battle, if you want to know everything about them. Alright, enough info for now, let's get moving.  Ouch, critical hits do double damage, remember. But this is the first map, so we're not facing very dangerous enemies.  Way ahead of you there. This is the difference between Eevee and Jigglypuff. While Jigglypuff could do more damage, if the percentage chance of getting the different hits is the same as the main games (I don't know the exact details of everything to do with this game), then it has a 33% chance for 2 hits, 33% for 3, 17% for 4 and 17% for 5, meaning it'll hit 3 times on average.  A quick way to take out Pokemon is to gang up on them. The red number is the damage you do, the white number is their health. Sometimes I take screenshots midway through the white number dropping down, so if things don't add up sometimes, that's why.  Celebrate is a super good Ability that lets you chain kills and lets you have some nice mobility.  There are small events that happen in different maps, such as digging up items in the dirt patches.  One benefit of multi hit moves are the increased chances of getting criticals, but you want something a bit more consistent.Victory!   Fighting wild Pokemon isn't as lucrative as fighting other Warriors, but it has its benefits, the least of which being obtaining new items. Long Day  The more time they spend together, the stronger this link becomes. This will make the Pokémon more powerful as well.  I think we should take a break. A Warrior can only do battle with their Pokémon or take them to visit a location once in a month. When all the Warriors in your army have moved, select Next Month to advance to the next month. Ransei Yeah, like that. Losing against a complete beginner like that... They need to get their act together! I'm not letting them mess things up for me now! I've got to make the kingdom of Aurora mine!  New month! What should we do? Well, we've still got some stuff to go over now that we have more control. The menu is slightly different, can't do anything with passwords just yet, so let's check out the Gallery. If you save your game while that Warrior is in your army, all their Pokémon will be added to the Gallery. Go to the Gallery to check the information about the Warriors that have been added. Warriors added to the Gallery can be used in Wireless Play.  At any time we can check out Pokemon in the Gallery to get all the info about them. The gold circle denotes Pokemon you've used in battle and have their info registered.  You can view a Pokemon's habitat, their cry and see all their stats and abilities.  Pokemon that we haven't registered have limited info, but you can see where they live and their cool rear end art. Unlike Pokemon, you have to use a Warrior in battle to get any info on them. And yes, there's 200 individual warriors in this game, should be fun.  A Pokemon that has a 100% link with a Warrior is called a Perfect Link and will be displayed here. You can also see the cool emotion art, but alas not with the Pokemon included.  And Oichi's info. The in battle info we get will suffice, so I won't be showing off the Gallery entries of every Warrior and Pokemon. We'll be here all day.  From the map, we can equip items to our Warriors, or view their info like we can in battle. Pressing Y gives us the list of every Warrior currently on the map and lets us sort them in different ways, such as location, or gallery order. You might be wondering why this is a dedicated feature, but oh you'll see.  That place looks like it'd be full of wild Pokémon! It might be a good idea to do a little training.  Let's go! Ravine  If I recall correctly, Woopers have the Water Gun move. Some moves, like Water Gun, allow you to attack a wide area. Each Pokémon has a set move that they can use, so be sure to think about your tactics before entering battle! The ravine map has some water, different elevations and random treasure boxes that the enemy can pick up. These are all mechanics we'll delve into later, but obviously only Flying, levitating and Water Pokemon can go on water. There are other hazards we'll see later. Also, Oichi, the plural of Pokemon is Pokemon, so it's just Wooper, not Woopers.  Took out Meowth before we could even see what it could do.  Lord Azai, at times like this you should select the Warrior option. You see, battles aren't just about telling your Pokémon where to move and when to fight. It's a Warrior's job to help out their Pokémon on the battlefield. You can use items... And you can use Warrior Skills...  My Warrior Skill is Sweet Song. It can be really helpful when you're in a bind. Warriors can help their Pokémon in battle by using their various Warrior Skills. Warrior Skills can only be used once each in every battle or training session. I only took 1 damage from that Water Gun, Oichi, calm down...    Top Speed is pretty great, increasing Range by 2, not that we really need it in this situation.  But might as well show it off. Ransei  We've done our battle, so that's our turn over. Next month! Whimsical Time  You're Azai, right? Hey! Mitsunari! Masanori! Leave them alone. Come on, Kiyomasa! We need to have a word with these guys, or they won't know what they're doing! Yeah... We hear that you're training your Pokémon a lot... But what for? What can you two hope to achieve? I-I...! Well, they're right, you know. You have to do more than just train. Eventually, you need to challenge another kingdom to a battle. If you win that, you can get some more Warriors and Pokémon to join you. Strengthen your army, and win battles. Those are the tasks of a Warlord. But I'm sure you know that much, right? Uh... Well, I... Lord Azai... If we really want to become stronger, we're going to have to challenge other kingdoms to battle. I think the time have come for us to make our move. Ransei  Select Warrior to take into battle into Ignis. Hmm, who are we gonna take???  Time to turn the tables! Invasion  I never thought I'd see you over here... Well, two can play at that game! If it's a battle you want, I'm ready! Fine! Then a battle it is! But Lord Azai is going to win! Ho ho! Aren't you a cutie? I could do with someone like you in my army... Don't call me "cutie"! I would never fight for someone like you, anyway! Heh... Don't be so hasty... Once you see me in action, you might change your mind. All right! I think it's time for battle, don't you? VS Ignis  Let's start our first kingdom invasion.  That looks fun to get over.  This is the battlefield of Ignis! Pretty impressive, huh? The pillars of fire and magma will stop you from getting near me... But my Chimchar isn't bothered by things like that!  More hazards! Obviously the lava is something only Fire types can cross, along with Flying and levitating Pokemon. The pillars of fire block our movement for now.   Let's take a proper look at our opponents now that we know what all these words and numbers mean. Sure, it's 3 on 2, but those 2 previous guys haven't changed much.This is also a good opportunity to talk about the historical counterparts of these characters. We won't be going into too much detail about what they did, we'd be here all day, so we'll be going over their notable achivements in life, starting with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a servant to Oda Nobunaga (who's in this game, spoilers) and eventually grew to succeed him and finally unify the entire country and stop the warring states. He also made it so only samurai could bear arms. He passed away during his second campaign to Korea after the battle of Sancheon and was unsuccessful in completely conquering the area to start attacking China.    Here's the rest of them, since we've already seen what Bidoof can do. Also when I mean most Warriors in this game has a historical counterpart, I mean it. Hachisuka Masakatsu, also known as Hachisuka Koroku, was a daimyō and retainer of Hideyoshi. His clan was in control of water transport on the Kiso river and were useful to the Oda and Saitō clans. Maeno Nagayasu was a samurai and vassal under service of Hideyoshi. Obviously we have more info about certain people than others, but I want to give everyone their spotlight. Also I'm gonna be sticking with wikipedia for most of this info, so if I'm wrong, so be it, that's why you're more intelligent in this area than me :P This seems fine, can't do much aside from let them come to us.  Ah goddammit I need to get used to counting squares again.  "you can recover in a hot spring." These are very useful, but they're concentrated in the left side of the map, so if you wanna fight, do it over there. Aww, the Bidoof can't follow its Fire buddies.  ...It seems there are times when the pillars of fire disappear. Eevee and Jigglypuff can move across the area safely then. Not much else to do but move back and let them come to us. Before long, all the kingdoms will be mine!  Wuh-oh, we'll see what that means in a turn or so. Also it may look like that Ember only did 1 damage, but it's doing more than 10, the second number just hasn't appeared yet due to screenshot timing. Such is the curse of showing off move animations.  Here the increased range helps, since you want to start chipping away at the main Warlord as soon as possible. This won't come to bite me, not at all.  Just in case you felt bad conquering kingdoms, they're evil so it's fine!  Uh oh  Oh okay, never mind then. Because of all these Embers being thrown around, eventually we'll get Burned. Status effects are in this game, but some work slightly differently. Burn remains the same. You still take risidual damage at the end of your turn and your Attack goes to poo poo. Just what we need right now.   Rocks fall and Chimchar and Bidoof take Fire type damage. We'll be seeing more of these kinds of hazards later on.  Ooh, lucky. Lullaby causes one random Pokemon in a 2 tile range to fall asleep. While asleep you can't do anything, though you have a chance of waking up when you get attacked. You're right, it doesn't pair well with Doubleslap at all.  This Burn is really annoying, where's the nearest Hot Spring? poo poo. Guess we'll have to manage.    We're getting quite beat up here. Sometimes the AI will retreat slightly, but usually they still end up in range regardless. The AI's not too amazing in this game. Since we ended up in this little corner, most of the map's hazards don't affect us, that's just how some maps work, sometimes you use them to the fullest, other times you barely notice what they're about.    Bit of back and forth. We're getting real beat up, let's change that.  Sweet Song is suuuuuper useful and will get us out of a lot of tough jams throughout this LP.    This might be bad.  Or, uh, maybe not. Don't expect to see a load of large numbers flying around unless you have supereffective damage. Sometimes maps just turn into pretty slow slugfests. Hopefully we don't have too many of those.    Of course the Hot Spring replenishes right on the final turn. Bah. Victory!   Very nice. Moves become strengthened at every 20% interval, turning your moves into +1 and going up to +4 and then to +S, where some moves change slightly to have less negative effects, or so. Though, uh, unlike other Pokemon games, I don't have the exact formulas, so I dunno if it's just +5 to damage or it's a percentage. Someone dig through the code and find out! Long Day  But I have made a vow! I will be the one to find the Legendary Pokémon! And that means I will be back!  Congratulations, Lord Azai! Your second castle... I'm sure we'll start making allies before long. The only thing is...I don't know how...  Well, HELLO, what's your name gorgeous? I watched your battle in Ignis. You're impressive for one so young. But if you don't even know how to make allies... Then I guess you've got a way to go before you can be considered a real Warlord. ... Hey, don't be like that! I wasn't making fun of you. Tell you what, I'll teach you how to make new allies, all right? My name's Keiji, by the way. Just come to Ignis Castle when you're ready to learn!  We'll be doing that next time!
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Glazius posted:We're going to get 200 warriors? Do we have to manage each of them every month? Thankfully no. You don't even have space on the region map to keep 200 Warriors, it'll become more obvious what to do as we go along. Blaze Dragon posted:Don't think I missed how you didn't give Oichi's historical information. Well part of that was I was planning to do big write ups on important characters, but then realised I can just do that bit by bit over the course of the LP anyway and part because of that, yes. Part 5 should have that fine to talk about, thank goodness. Glad to hear not everyone has completely completed the game, I plan to show everything off, as I usually do.
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  Part 2: Type Advantage Ransei Oh, that's right! I was going to teach you how to make new allies. Well, it's pretty easy... Not all Warriors are part of an army, you see. There are plenty of free Warriors around as well, ones that are unattached. For example... Um... Ah, I know! Go and have a look in that Cave! Hm? Me? Nah. I'm a bit of a free spirit, so I'm not keen on staying in one place for too long. And anyway, I've got some things I need to buy in the Shop. See you later, Azai! ...He's gone. Where did he tell us to go again? The Cave, was it? In such a case, they will not use up their turn. Let's send in Oichi and see what sweet deals we can get. Depending on the location we enter, our 3 stats can affect how successful they are and give us larger benefits. Let's get some use out of the portraits I've so wonderfully made. Here at the Shop, you can buy and sell all sorts of different items! The prices are different for every customer, but items are always cheaper for those who are a little charismatic. Got all that? Great! Have fun shopping!   In the main series items are an absolute necessity, but in this game? Ehhhhhhh? Some of them are really useful, especially ones that give you loads of healing, but most of them have pretty meh effects that won't matter that much in battle and a good chunk are consumable, whereas Skills aren't. Also, there's much better things to spend your gold on, uh, much later. So look forward to that!The items from the main series are exactly the same, but we'll go over new ones as we come across them (even though I won't be visiting the shop, like, ever). We won't be seeing most of them, however, as there are 99 unique Conquest items. The Crimson Grace recovers HP when standing on lava for 3 turns, while the Burn Block blocks, uh, Burn for 3 turns. Meh. Equipment, meanwhile, is something that a Pokemon can hold, though some of them break. The Strategy Tome increases a Warrior's Wisdom slightly, the Padded Cloak prevents Burns and Freeze and the Harmony Flute boosts link growth slightly.  Elements aren't found in Shops, but instead dropped by wild Pokemon, which we can use later. If I remember. The final category is Other which can be found by wild Pokemon or other means and are usually just stuff to sell. Finally, if your Warrior has over 60 Charisma, then shop's buy/sell rate is improved by 10% and up to 30% for 100 Charisma. Only one Warrior can enter the Shop at once. "Ponigiri Shop?" Hit me. The Ponigiri Shop is a place where you can buy ponigiri to feed to your Pokemon to restore their Energy. Hmm? What exactly is this Energy, you ask? Well, it's kind of a measure of your Pokemon's enthusiasm, I suppose. The higher it is, the more powerful they are!  That's why you should be sure to drop by for some ponigiri if you've got a big battle coming up. In fact, how about I serve one up right now? Which do you like the look of, Jigglypuff?  We don't have much in the way of options right now, but hey, I'm not gonna say no to free food.  Energy is something you don't really need to keep too much of a track of, since it's not hugely detrimental. Sure, higher Energy Pokemon will have slightly higher stats and gain more Link after battle, but is it worth using up their monthly turn? I dunno. Because the facilities in kingdoms use up a turn that could be better spent elsewhere, usually I find I don't bother much with all the nitty gritty. I'm sure our Pokemon will be fine. Probably.  Oh whoops, I thought the Ponigiri was a freebie, so we'll have to skip a month for Oichi to get her turn back. It's not going to change anything, you're free to take as much time as you need in most cases. Cave   So you want me to join you, eh? Well, you're going to have to show me what you can do first!    Takatora is our first standard Warrior we can recruit. I suppose I should bring up the distinction between Warriors and Warlords. All Warlords have a unique sprite, a golden background and have higher stats (for the most part), as well as another feature exclusive to them that you may have noticed in the Gallery. Warriors and Warlords alike can be recruited in these small dungeons and for now we just have to beat him in 4 turns. Seems easy enough.Takatora is based on Tōdō Takatora, a daimyō that is well known for allying himself with those who he believes are winners, such as Hideyoshi's half brother and Tokugawa Ieyasu (get used to seeing this name a lot).   Being the first recruit and that it's a 2 on 1 battle, it shouldn't be tough to take him down.  As easy as that. You can tell if you've recruited a Warrior (since all Warlords are Warriors, but not all Warriors are Warlords) by their dialogue when we defeat them. Victory!     Now we have a third Warrior in our army! Ransei Defeating them in 4 turns, defeating them using a supereffective move, or defeating them without any of your allies suffering damage. There are, however, some free Warriors who can only be recruited by fulfilling certain other special conditions. Whimsical Time  Oh! You again... I hope you're not resting on your laurels just because you've conquered Ignis! ...! Because Aurora is surrounded by other kingdoms... And there's still Greenleaf and Fontaine to go. You know, the Warriors of Ignis... They mostly use Fire-type Pokemon, right? Strong against Grass, weak against Water... Heh. Everybody knows that, of course. Anyway, I hear that the Warlord of Greenleaf uses Grass-type Pokemon. You know, I don't think the Warlords of either Greenleaf or Fontaine have any interest in trying to conquer other kingdoms. I reckon now's your chance to make a move. Come on. We don't have time to stand around here chatting. We've got to get to the Ponigiri Shop and increase our Pokemon's Energy. ... It sounds like there's just no way of avoiding battle... Ransei  The more kingdoms you conquer, the more places you'll be able to travel to. You'll meet new Pokemon too. And each kingdom will have all sorts of interesting new locations to visit. Select a castle belonging to Azai's army to command your Warriors to move. You won't send me off on my own anywhere, will you? I'd like to stay with you, Lord Azai, if that's all right. Two new kingdoms are available for us to take down. You can probably guess which one we'll be going for first. But first, let's have a look at what we might be facing.   Doesn't seem too tough, especially if we get some more Warriors with Fire types going. Not much else to do except battle again. I won't be doing every single battle I can, especially against wild Pokemon. But I will recruit any Warrior I see (unless I gently caress up). Cave  Uh, hmm, I suppose it's still early days for our army.  Opponents drop boxes when they faint, which anyone can pick up. If it's an item, you can equip it if you want, otherwise it goes to your inventory. If an opponent picks up the box then it's lost forever.  Knock out more things in future instead of leaving them on 1 health, please.  Takatora's now been added to the Gallery, meaning we don't need to worry about him for the rest of the game. Yay! Also when you get past certain Link thresholds a Pokemon's overall strength will increase.  Finally, some new Warriors to recruit. If we can knock them out in 4 turns we'll be golden. We especially want the guy with the Darumaka.  Eevee's range with the Warrior Skill is so good. Also here's some elevation. If a Pokemon is higher than 1 elevation, then it can't be hit by attacks. Pokemon at 1 elevation also have an accuracy bonus. It's usually pretty obvious when a Pokemon is higher than you, but those bonuses don't apply to half or quarter elevations. We'll see those more of that type of terrain later.  Darumaka already has really good Attack, but Run Up makes it a monster.   Holy moley, that's double Jigglypuff's Attack. If you can use Run Up to its full potential then we could start seeing big numbers. Rikyū is based on Sen Rikyū, a tea master under Hideyoshi and one of most influential on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", more specifically in Wabi-cha, which emphasises simplicity. We've already seen Tepig, so here's its trainer. Hideaki is based on Kobayakawa Hideaki, a nephew of Hideyoshi. He was a spear fighter instrumental in the Battle of Keicho, despite how reckless he was and was thus deprived of his domain by Hideyoshi. He was also know to attack women and children.  NICE, expect to see this guy a lot.  Eevee is just real good.  By having Pokemon with different move ranges you can attack one Pokemon multiple times no matter its positioning, so long as your Pokemon are free to stand in the required spaces.    Easy enough. You might be wondering why Jigglypuff has so much strength. A Pokemon's strength takes all stats into account, so Jigglypuff's monstrous HP gives it a slight edge. Ransei  And then there were 5. I think we can take on Greenleaf now.  That means our Fire-types should shine! Water-types will be in for a long, hard battle, though...  You tell them. Invasion    I've heard a lot about you... But I didn't expect you to be this young. I suppose you need a bit of youthful energy in this rough old world. Maybe it's time for my generation to call it a day...  Whew... No rest for the wicked, eh? I suppose I'd better do what's expected of me... VS Greenleaf  Should be more challenging than the last battle, but we'll be just fine.   Now this is a bit different. You're thinking...strength, right? But strength alone is not enough. Do you understand what I'm saying? Doing battle is not just about defeating your enemies.  Not every battle is an all out slugfest, some kingdom battles have certain objectives to complete to win. You can still knock out all the opposing Pokemon, but that won't automatically win you the battle.  We'll split up to cover more ground. Also every turn the vine in the middle grows to create a bridge and shrinks back the next turn. There's a lot of cool things in this map to go over. All right, Lord Azai! We won't let you down!   On these maps the AI is very predictable: rush towards the closest banner, do nothing except get to the banner, unless you're blocked or you feel like attacking. Oh cool, hidden pitfalls you won't know are there unless you memorize their locations from previous playthroughs, that's not an annoying mechanic that continues to pop up over and over again.   Once the AI is on a banner, that's it, they're not moving unless you beat them up and get them off. Which makes them super easy to attack if they can't reach you with their attacks.  The different coloured grass patches are literally map warps that are more useful for the opponent than for you. A refresher on our Warlord. Mōri Motonari was a prominent daimyō that began as a small jizamurai that took over a large part of the western mainland through marriage, adoption and assassination. He controlled a very large region and was known for his cunning and stratregic excellence.   Kikkawa Motoharu was the second son of Motonari and fought in many prominent battles of the Mōri clan with his brother, Takakage, both becoming known as the Mōri Ryōkawa, or Mōri's Two Rivers. He served under Hideyoshi in his later years.   Kobayakawa Takakage was the youngest son of Motonari and was a samurai and daimyō and fought in many battles to expand the Mōri clan's domain. He opposed Hideyoshi, but later became his retainer and swore loyalty, eventually becoming one of the Five Elders. He died before being able to make full use of this role, however. Takamoto is the other Sewaddle trainer and is based on Mōri Takamoto, Motonari's eldest son. He had the opportunity to wield great power, being appointed a shugo by the current Shogun and had timely deaths of his neighbouring enemies. When seizing the Ōuchi territory, he died of food poisoning caused by a local samurai, who may have been forced to commit seppuku along with other accused samurai.    Grass Cloak makes Sewaddle a bit of a pain, so we'll send a bit of backup, since Charmander is trapped for 2 turns. Also we're gonna be seeing a fair amount of Bug Bite use over the next few updates, so there's no point in buying items since they'll just get eaten. And they will get eaten.   Oh god we're gonna be here forever.  The grass bridge grows back. Seriously, you see the animation at the end of every turn.  Ah finally, now we can get rid of this thing. Or Jigglypuff does as little damage as possible. Sigh. Now THIS is the power of Darumaka. None of our Pokemon have even really reached 20 damage in one attack up until now.   Ah goddammit, okay we'll bring Eevee back to make sure Snivy doesn't get the banner, since it will ignore Tepig and go straight for it. Okay good, the AI is as dumb as I am, very helpful.  Occasionally one of the Warriors will perk up for a quote mid battle depending on how things are going.  Convenient. Now we can ignore Sewaddle completely and take on the Pansage.    Bloody hell, never mind Jigglypuff you're amazing. Five hits and two criticals? That's that guy recruited at the end of this.  A crit burn, very nice Tepig. Unfortunately Eevee leaves it on 1HP, a bit of a shame, but it's past 4 turns anyway. Even then, I don't think you can recruit Motonari. Either he's impossible to recruit, or there's no way to reach and defeat him that quickly, since to recruit a Warlord you need to defeat them with a Warlord.   There's a lot of incidental dialogue that can occur during battle, such as with each different status effect. Motonari would say something different if we had defeated him normally. He also has very interesting incidental dialogue (as well as his regular defeat dialogue): Your Pokemon, Eevee... It looks like you two have grown fairly close... Hey, by the way, I read that there's some faraway world where people put Pokemon into these little balls and carry them around! Pretty strange, no? Now where did I read that...? I guess the peaceful days where I can just focus on my Pokemon research are still a long way away... Oh dear. Looks like you were too good for us. And the vine bridge grows again, long after anyone would use it. Thankfully if you stand a Pokemon on it it stops moving for the rest of the battle, but it's still annoying. Oh yeah, let's talk about the other unique features of this map. Standing on the tall flowers will chuck you onto a nearby space, while standing next to the pink tree will restore your status.  Now that we've crawled out of the trap, it won't work again, so we're free to smack Sewaddle in the face. Run Up doesn't activate if you attack without moving.   By defeating the opponents with super effective damage we're able to easily recruit them. It's the most consistent way to obtain new Warriors if you don't reach them within 4 turns. Very rarely you'll recruit someone if you took no damage the entire battle up to that point. Also that slope Sewaddle was on is a good example of different elevations. The block next to Charmander is only 0.5, while the other two are only 0.25, resulting in +1 elevation to go up the whole thing. Get it? The basic rule of thumb is if your Pokemon has to jump up then it's +1 elevation all in one go, otherwise it'll walk up the slowly rising slope. I don't believe there's something that's 0.75 elevation high unless you go from 0.5 to 0.75. Man I'm talking a lot about this, huh?   Let's finish up this battle in one turn. Victory!    A very fun battle that hopefully shows why this game is pretty cool. Lots of ups and downs, some neat tactics and a lot of vine growing. Intrigue Surely now I can be left in peace? You are a more worthy Warlord for Greenleaf than I, Azai. I ask only that you take good care of my beloved kingdom. Ransei  You can place Warriors anywhere you have space, so let's make our other two kingdoms a bit less completely empty.  With 3 new Warriors we should be good to take on Fontaine... this update! Conquest updates are gonna be a bit longer than usual since if I split them by kingdom they'd vary in size too much, so let's continue on!  New month and a new kingdom! What we got?   Swapping Warriors is pretty easy, but you can't select an amount from the first kingdom and then more than that amount from the second one. Bit annoying, but eh whatever, let's use our new Grass guys. Am I gonna say yes? Of course I will, yay tutorials!!! This location here is a place where you can dig for gold! Be sure to dig powerfully to unearth as much as you can! What can be done with gold, you ask? Well, you can exchange it for goods at the Shop for a start. All right, it's time to start digging for gold!    Motoharu can spare his turn this month. The Gold Mine is pretty great as a way of getting free monthly gold with not much of a catch. Obviously the more Warriors you bring with higher Power the more gold you'll get, but we don't need it much right now, so I'll do it if I remember. Let's go recruit that guy. Ravine   Murakami Takeyoshi was a prominent navel officer of the Mōri clan, fighting with Kobayakawa Takakage in the First Battle of Kizugawaguchi and successfully thwarting a blockade. Om nom :3 You might think the Carnivine is trapped, buuuuuuuuuut  Carnivine levitates, basically giving it as much mobility as a Flying type, meaning it can float above any terrain as well as over enemies. They still activate map events, such as switches, however. Very useful, which is why we want one. Stealth is also pretty cool to have a chance of just dodging an attack (when you're on grass).    Simple enough, but Stealth is annoying to fight since it'll always bloody activate. Darumaka is definitely making its worth in gold.  Oh just die already. Ransei   Ooh, a Meowth, if you bring a Meowth with you to a Gold Mine then you get 50% extra Gold, free of charge. The game never tells you this and it's SUPER nice, so we'll be definitely taking advantage of that when we get a guy with a Meowth. One day.  I'll be cutting out the small minutia of moving Warriors around and that, but once we get properly started on a month to month basis I'll be detailing all the small things you won't be seeing for your sanity and mine. We'll be going after Fontaine this month, so since we don't need our Fire Warriors to attack them let's recruit some peeps.   Ankokuji Ekei was a Mōri diplomat and a Rinzai (one of three sects) Buddhist monk, who eventually served under Hideyoshi.  Mōri Terumoto is Motonari's grandson through Takamoto. He worked under Hideyoshi and essentially founded Hiroshima by building its castle. Ravine   Fuckin first turn kill, I love Darumaka.   Ah that barely hurt! Oh yeah, wild Pokemon have a purple aura around them so you know who the Warriors are at a glance.    Super effective damage is basically the crux of this game. To not use it is just giving yourself a disservice and in a game like this, you'll want to speed it up when you can.   Good job, trainees, we'll make Warriors of you yet. Or leave you in the dust as the power curve increases, who knows. Ransei  We won't be using these guys next month against Fontaine cause we're doing that right now! Fire-type Pokemon might find it hard... But Grass-type and Electric-type Pokemon should be real useful! The heck is an Electric type?  Thankfully you don't need all the Warriors you want to use in one kingdom, you can bring them in from one other adjacent kingdom, very useful.   Onward! Invasion  So you are Azai...? I'd heard that Aurora had a new Warlord... But I always thought that we would meet on the battlefield in Aurora, not here. Well, never mind. A battle is a battle, no matter where it takes place. VS Fontaine  I don't think we have much to worry about, seeing that Strength difference.    What's your plan, Azai? Defeat is only a matter of time unless you do something.  Okay, looks like we'll have to overwhelm him quickly if they're putting so much focus on turn timers and brute strength.  Oh, uh, never mind. Guess we'll just take our time. Since we have super effective damage we don't have to give a poo poo about the 4 turn limit for recruitment. It's a wave... A crushing black wave... But it will not sweep me away. I will continue to fight, continue to cry out...  The Flood Gates aren't really a mechanic since they're easy to manipulate. By closing the left one you can stand on the left side of the map without worrying about the water surprising you. You take a bit of Water typed damage (funny that) and then get shoved back onto land if you're caught in it, but that's all. The fountain deals a bit of Water damage if you stand next to it and will probably do more than the river... for some reason. Yeah, this map doesn't have much.[/i]   It is time to prove that I am worthy to stand on the field of battle! Chatty lot aren't they? Let's see who we're up against.   Chōsokabe Motochika was a daimyō and not as prominent as Motonari. He gained control of Shikoku Island (the one to the right of the bottom left one) and spread his power and influence throughout the area. Then Hideyoshi came with 100,000 men, so he surrendered the island and served under him. He participated in many battles under him in Japan and Korea.   Chōsokabe Nobuchika was the eldest son of Motochika and served under Hideyoshi. While attempting to take over Kyushu with Hideyoshi and Motochika, he was caught in an ambush during the Battle of Hetsugigawa and was killed. Woo.   Chōsokabe Morichika was the second son of Motochika and was a samurai and vassal of Hideyoshi. Once the ruler of his father's old domain, he was turfed out by Tokugawa Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara. He and his sons were beheaded after his defeat at the Battle of Tennoji after failing to defend Osaka Castle.   Fukudome Chikamasa was Motochika's vassal and has a JP wikipedia page, so I don't know anything else about him!  We've crossed the river and have become beset by foes! Oh heaven forbid!!! We'll float over and give that Wooper a big smack, easy recruitment.    I, uh, don't think we're in much trouble here. Funnily enough in this battle where I purposefully entered overpowered... I end up overpowered!  Another one.  You might have already figured that friendly fire is definitely a thing, so watch out for that. Though I think Panpour will have a bigger problem than Sewaddle. All that's left is the big guy. Will he be a dangerous threat?    Nope! Cause teaming up on your opponents 3 at a time makes this game laughably easy. Victory!  Yeah, using 6 Pokemon against the opponent is just unfair, since the AI cannot strategize at your level. Oh well. Remember, you need to take out a Warlord with another Warlord to be able to recruit them regardless of other circumstances. We didn't really have that option, so it's not a big deal. Long Day But even though my castle is lost, my Pokemon will never leave me. Together, we will continue to resist the tides of fate.    Our fourth kingdom and three more Warriors. We actually have something resembling an army here! Stars ... You've heard the stories too, haven't you, Lord Azai? The legendary Pokemon who is said to appear before the one who conquers all the kingdoms... The truth is that...right now... Ransei is on the brink of destruction... Looming A certain Warlord had set out on the road to conquest. His name was Nobunaga... His stated aim was to conquer all of the kingdoms and destroy Ransei. Stars  So... I think we should find this legenday Pokemon before Nobunaga does! That way, we can save Ransei! ...Luckily, Nobunaga's reach doesn't extend this far south yet. Each of their Warlords is famed far and wide for their courage and strength. If we could get them to join us, our army would be truly formidable... Ransei  We're up against some pretty fearsome opponents this time... Pugilis, especially, is full of Fighting-type Pokemon. They might be too strong for Normal-type Pokemon like Eevee and Jigglypuff... And I have a feeling these Warlords might try invading our kingdoms, too... If we don't station Warriors to defend our castles, we could be in trouble... Oh how hard could these guys be? We easily beat Motonari and Morichika.   O-Okay, maybe we shouldn't go for Pugilis juuuuuuust yet...  We don't have much in the way of supereffective damage for Violight, which have 2 Warlords we'll have to face down. ...And I don't even wanna know what's going on up there. Seems like we've got our work cut out for us.
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   Part 3: A Conquer North  We'll probably be starting a lot of updates on the way to recruiting a new guy. We need all the Warriors we can get! Ravine   Takayori Yoshida was a retainer of Motochika's father, Chōsokabe Kunichika (Sir Not-appearing-in-this-game). And that's all we've got. Look there's only so much info about certain peeps, alright?  Sure this might be slightly overkill, but hey might as well bring as many as you can if you can spare the slots. Spread the exp.  Surprise, surprise, Magikarp isn't too tough to take down. Cave    There's nothing else to do this month, so uh, let's go fight some wild Pokemon. ...it wasn't worth it. I won't be doing that again. Ransei Last month of the year, so many more guys to recruit. Seriously, we need to find all 200 Warriors eventually. Ravine   So how do you train up Pokemon that don't have an attacking move? Well, very carefully. But seriously, you just keep using it and take damage and yeah you'll get there eventually.  This energy boost through Mood Maker is only temporary, so it's not a way to get a permanent fix.   Fukudome Norishige was a vassal of Motochika's and son of Chikamasa, the vassal of Motochika's from last update.  What are we gonna do with all these darn Warriors? Hopefully something soon!  Tani Tadasumi was a senior retainer of Motochika.  Yeah we can totally tell what's going on in there. If you guessed Piplup using Bubble on Tepig, then you were correct.  Mission success, good job B team. Ransei   It's Violight time. Tachibana Ginchiyo was head of her clan and being the only daughter of Tachibana Dōsetsu, she became head after his death. She married Tachibana Muneshige to continue Dōsetsu's line and defended the Ōtomo clan in the Battle of Sekigahara.   Tachibana Muneshige was Ginchiyo's husband, having been adopted into the Tachibana and retainers of the Ōtomo clan. He was a samurai and daimyō during the Edo period and eldest son of Takahashi Shigetane.   Harada Takatane is definitely an important figure in this period, but his fairly large page is only on the Japanese wiki. So oh well!  Ōtomo Sōrin was the head of the Ōtomo clan and one of the few to convert to Christianity. Close to Hideyoshi, he convinced him to intervene in Kyūshū against the Shimazu Clan.  Takahashi Shigetane (known as Shōun in his early years), was a senior retainer of the Ōtomo clan and father to Muneshige. He held out against the 50k strong army of the Shimazu with just 763 men for 2 weeks, but eventually committed suicide. It's a tough place for Water-type and Flying-type Pokemon... Ground-type Pokemon are the best choice... But Grass-type Pokemon are also pretty strong against electrical attacks. The heck is a Ground type? Invasion  Hmm. I was wondering what you'd be like... And I have to conclude that you're no match for me and my Shinx. Ha... What's wrong? You. You're a child. Talking like that to a Warrior before you've even done battle. Fine! I'll stop talking and demonstrate my power on the battlefield instead! You tell 'em, Oichi. VS Violight   Our clan... Famed throughout Ransei for our Electric-type Pokemon... We built this place! It is a place in which to do battle! We do not intend it as a haven for the likes of you, Azai!    Christ that Shinx has some range. This map doesn't have much to it, but our opponents are pretty tricky since we don't have super effective damage, so I'm glad the map is a bit quiet.  Jigglypuff is loving this.  Nice Lullaby activation, but, hmm, as good as Darumaka is (and it's amazing), it can be a bit tricky to get it in the right space to attack.    Some good damage. Shame the Shinx barely holds on, but next turn we'll get her. Good to sleep the Starly too.   Wu-oh. You might be wondering what the coloured buttons are for. Press on them and the coloured metal tiles on the opposite side will become electrified. I was worried the AI would press it and just have a load of free damage. But they didn't.    Annoying, but it should be fine. Jigglypuff should be able to get through this, probably.  Alright, bit of a bad turn, but we're good.  Uh oh. Now lightning will randomly drop, which would be pretty bad if it hit Darumaka. Okay Jigglypuff needs to calm down with this singing before she starts putting us to sleep.  Oh yeah, here's a real easy demonstration of something to keep in mind. If you attack a Pokemon from the back, you'll do more damage than if you attack from the side, which does more damage than if you attack from the front. Simple, right? And since all the big guys are asleep, let's take out this Panpour.  poo poo    Well that sucks, Darumaka could've really torn through the enemy, but super effective damage is nasty, especially when you can't avoid it due to the map layout. Oh well.  Hah, they attacked each other to get to Jigglypuff. Thank god it's a damage sponge.  Also it doesn't matter if it's the left side, or the right side, it still equals the same damage. But now we can knock out Pichu. Levitating and Flying Pokemon are great to do this with.    Oh yeah, have you been counting the turns? Well it's turn 16, which means we can't recruit anyone anymore unless it's through super effective damage. I could've taken out Ginchiyo last turn, but I was trying to take out Panpour to save Darumaka. You saw how well that worked out. I like to think I'm alright at strategy turn based games, but I'm gonna screw up here and there. Oh well, while we're on a spree might as well knock out the Panpour.   Yeah, yeah, whatever. While I could've recruited him next turn with Carnivine, they'll show up again, probably.  Interestingly, Ginchiyo doesn't say anything if Muneshige is knocked out before her.  Oh yeah, accuracy drops, my kinda jam.  All of that damage was undone. Lovely.    Thankfully we hit, but man that 67% is miserable.  Ugh, no more please. I suppose bringing 4 guys didn't help, but I do feel that bringing 6 makes the game too easy. But then bringing 4 can be a bit tedious, so I dunno. Maybe 5 is the magic number? Maybe this is still the early game and I'm overthinking it.  Alright, just bird guy left.  I need to bring Sewaddle to every fight.   Oh thank god. Let's never speak of this again.  Even if one of your guys faint they don't miss out on link, thankfully. But yeah, that could've gone a lot better. I was too hesitant to start with and didn't prioritize knocking out peeps before the end of turn 4. Oh well! Long Day  You don't mind? No. My conscience is clear. This battle did not bring shame upon our family name. We protected our honor, and that is all that matters. Whimsical Time   You... We keep bumping into you... Looks like you've captured a lot of kingdoms now... Surely you're not trying to run them all by yourself? ...?! B-But Lord Azai is the Warlord, the leader of our army... Being a Warlord is about more than just doing battle, you know. Now, you can choose what goes on in your kingdoms in your absence... Or instead, you can delegate control of a kingdom to another Warrior. Tsk. I think searching for Warriors and Pokemon is more important. Much more important! Ha! You two never think ahead. You won't get anywhere unless you develop your army. ...But it's up to you, of course. Just be sure to give it some thought! Thanks tutorial trio (can I make that a phrase?) Ransei   Alright, delegating is pretty easy, dunno why we needed the trio to tell us about it. Training increases the link between Warrior and Pokemon. Slowly. Remember that this will only apply to Warriors that have not used their turn when the month ends.Search gives you a chance to just get a new Warrior at random, or for your Warriors to find new Pokemon. Warriors have a max Capacity and I'm kind of a purist of Perfect Link or bust, but you could get lucky with what you get. Finally Develop increases the Energy of your army and gives you gold. Uh, hell yeah that's the best option. Free Energy and Gold? I'm not doing anything else with these guys, so they might as well stay in good fighting condition and pay for themselves why they're at it.   We didn't get much, since everyone kinda used their turn. Our army still has lots of room to grow after all. New Year! There isn't anything that occurs at this time. Yet. But the year doesn't mean anything, just a way to track how long you've been going. With this new month of delegation, now we can get something very important that the tutorial trio don't even mention for some reason. Ravine Y-Yes?  Try and find the perfect partner for every one of your Warriors! Move adjacent to a wild Pokemon, and you will be able to select Link. We can finally get our Warriors the proper Pokemon they deserve.  Warrior and Pokemon have warmed to each other a little. The better your timing when you press that button, the closer the Pokemon and the Warrior will become... When a Warrior becomes a close enough to a Pokemon, they will form a link. If you go on to win the battle, you can take those Pokemon with you. Now then, let's try linking with Magikarp.  This minigame is simple enough. When the orb hits the circle, press A. That's it.    How easy to link with a Pokemon depends on the Pokemon, so Magikarp is really easy to link with. You're able to press A multiple times on an orb if you're fast enough, though if you miss you'll be sent back slightly.  Once you successfully link with a Pokemon it disappears from the field, making it an interesting tactical decision if a wild Pokemon is giving you trouble. You can only link with one Pokemon per Warrior during a battle. Ransei   A match made in heaven. If you're not cheating and using an online guide like I am, you'll know you've got the Perfect Link when they comment on it afterwards. The gold symbol above a Pokemon doesn't mean it's a Perfect Link, it could be a 90% max link or so.  Remember to switch your Pokemon afterwards. Also, you can Link so long as you have Capacity, something that each Warrior has a different amount of. You can't just delete Pokemon whenever, annoyingly, you'll have to go over your Capacity to get rid of a Pokemon, so that's another reason I'll just be sticking with Perfect Link Pokemon.  So now we've got everything we'll be doing on a monthly basis, most of which I'll be cutting out, you'll be glad to know. Basically at the start of each month I'll be checking each kingdom to see what new Warriors have appeared and what wild Pokemon are around. I'll then check the Gamefaqs list of Warriors we have to see if we have any potential Perfect Links and then recruit the new Warriors. And then take over a Kingdom or something boring, whatever.    Let's get grandma her floating venus trap.   Fukubara Sadatoshi was a retainer of both Motonari and Terumoto. Ravine  Starly has some mobility on it, but it won't stop me recruiting that Meowth, we need our gold!  Ukita Naoie was a daimyō of the Bizen province. He was originally homeless after his grandfather was assassinated, but was taken in by Urakami Munekage. He eventually sided with Hideyoshi.   No more heroes, let's get out of here. Ransei  We're about to take on Chrysalia, but let's quickly do a password now that we can Link with Pokemon! This is something we'll make more use of later (oh boy will we), but there's a couple cool things we can do for now. Passwords take one in game month to apply, so since this is the earliest we could use a password, this is the earliest we can activate it. Anyway, bug time. Fire-type, Flying-type, and Rock-type Pokemon will be pretty effective there... But Grass-type and Psychic-type Pokemon will probably find it tough going.  Let's see how this one goes. Invasion   And little Pineco just gets more adorable every day! Ohh! LORD YOSHIMOTO! Your opponent in battle is to be Azai! Azai? Is that the one who's been expanding his territory in the north? Or the other one? Ohh, it doesn't matter. As long as they want to play Pokemari with me, I don't care who they are! Lord Yoshimoto... Come, Azai! To the battlefield, where we shall play Pokemari to our hearts' content! VS Chrysalia   Let's fight this, uh, interesting character.    This is a pretty fun map, with Pokemari balls around everywhere and other secrets hidden in the ground. There are shishi-odoshi on this map and while they don't scare away wildlife like they usually do, they instead cause a Pokemari ball to fall from the sky in a random spot.   Imagawa Yoshimoto is as interesting as his character looks. He was a very powerful daimyō and diplomat of the Tōkaidō region and attempted to become Shogun by marching the capital with Tokugawa Ieyasu. But after many victories, his army was sloppy and a small force by the Oda clan was able to infiltrate the village of Dengakuhazama and kill him. His crazy appearance is due to his counterpart being a fan of Noh (opera featuring masks and dance) and Waka (a type of classical Japanese poetry)   Imagawa Ujichika was Yoshimoto's father and became head of the clan at a young age, after killing Oshika Norimitsu, who didn't reliquish control when Ujichika became of age. He was a capable leader and strengthened the Imagawa before dying of illness.   Sessai Chōrō was Yoshimoto's uncle and served as his military advisor and commander, despite no real experience or training. His secured a peace treaty with Takeda Shingen and began advising Tokugawa Ieyasu, but eventually died of gout complications. Ōkabe Masatsuna was a vassal of Yoshimoto, with other info locked behind the JP wiki. Fun stuff. Asahina Yasutomo was a pretty famous officer of the Imagawa Clan with a long JP wiki page to his name.   As you'd expect, you can hit the Pokemari balls with attacks and send them in one direction and out of the map. Oh we'll be making use of this.  Ahah! Along with the balls, there are also hidden switches that activate fencing. Similar to the pits in Greenleaf you don't know they're there unless you step on them. Yeah, that does suck, doesn't it? Unlike the pits the fencing will return if you step on the switch again.  Quick to Poison, I see. Like the main series, you lose a small bit of health each turn. While Toxic isn't in this game, Poison Fang is, so getting badly poisoned is still possible.   Beautiful. The balls do typeless damage, so they're real nice if you can get the AI to line up.  Poor idea to poison the status healer guy that can also hit you really hard.  Are you fuckin kidding me?  Old guy on the move!  I need to get used to the enemies not getting blocked by themselves. Even with one of them in fencing doesn't change that, you can move through your allies no problem, but I just mentally block that for some reason. poo poo. You activate traps before you can attack, so if the animation doesn't immediately go off you know you're hosed.   That's some damage, baby.  Alright, only 3 left, hopefully we can defeat them quickly.    Ow. Since we've been pretty enthusiastic about using the Pokemari balls, we're kinda running out. I wanna hit them some more, dammit!  This thing has a lot of HP, so I don't think we'll beat it in the 4 turn limit.  ...wow the AI is such a dick.   That was a lot of build up for not much damage.  That's annoying, but I only brought you to register you, so whatever.    Well we can ignore the Sewaddle until we can recruit it with Darumaka. Since we don't have a super effective move on our Warlords, we can't recruit Yoshimoto anymore. A real shame.  Top 10 anime battles, the endless feud of Eevee and Spheal.    Not that Yoshimoto would want to be recruited anyway... his skill is one of the few that actually has a negative effect for some reason. Just use Oichi, man.   No recruitment for you, guess I should've brought Carnivine.  Easy enough to get you, since Darumaka is ridiculous. Shame it's not Rikyū's perfect link. Alright, last one. If you could stay still forever that would be great.  Nice damage. Darumaka's still poisoned, but it's hanging in there.  Will you stop healing!!! It's like I'm facing a Gym Leader again, christ.  Guess I'm just in endless Pokemari hell. Yup      This seems like a terrible idea and you're right, multi-hit moves and jaggy abilities really hurt. But Jigglypuff has the HP to survive juuuuuuuust fine.   #yolo Victory!   Eh, 3/5 ain't bad, I'm sure we'll find the other 2 soon enough, probably. Long Day Lord Yoshimoto, you must understand. As a result of losing this battle... You are no longer Warlord of Chrysalia. Ohh? Ohh...  Whomp whomp. Ransei  That's another kingdom down, leaving only Pugilis to go. How will we fare? Maybe that password could be the key to victory... next time!
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Glazius posted:I imagine somebody can only deploy one Pokemon, regardless of the links they have? Or can they actually get 'em out in pairs and such? Well you can bring in 6 Warriors at a time, who each bring 1 Pokemon, so 6 Pokemon total. Sound familiar? FoolyCharged posted:Does evolution exist? I assume so from the talk about training magikarp. Yup, but unless you grind one Pokemon a lot early it won't start happening until mid-game and even then evolution has different conditions in this game compared to the main series.
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   Part 4: Fighting Off Foes Ransei ...! Ah, Azai. I'm sorry to turn up out of the blue like this, but I'd like to ask you a favor. From what I've seen, the Pokemon really seem to take a shine to you. So I was thinking I'd find it easier to meet some on my travels if I were with you.  Oh, and it's not just me actually. I have a friend who feels the same way... Azai... I've seen you fight. You're good. And Ransei is under threat from this dark wave of evil. I want to watch you resist against it. Firsthand. Lord Azai, these are two of Ransei's most famous Warriors... This is a real endorsement of your leadership!     This is one way to start off an update! That password last update was for this pretty special event that lets you recruit Motonari and Motochika completely free! This is actually a Wi-Fi event, but unlike the main series where they're impossible to get now, these Wi-Fi events were always available as in-game passwords long after the event itself ended naturally. There's a few more events like this, but only one other is actually worth your time. Alright, this month is us going against Pugilis, so let's do a few things beforehand, like recruitment and links!  Unless something crazy happens in the battle itself, I'll only be showing this off.   "similar by any chance?"  That's 2 more warriors crossed off the list. Many more to go! Oh go on then, since I'm here. Very well! This place produces a strange energy, see--one that summons wild Pokemon to the area for a period of one month! You should use the Power Plant if you want to strengthen your link with your partner Pokemon or if you want to summon some shy Pokemon that are difficult to meet! Use it wisely, okay?  Hrmmm, sounds pretty useful, let's give it a try.   What did it change?  Uh, does it only apply after a month has passed? Or is it too early for the plant to affect anything? Well whatever, it'll be more useful later on. Let's get this guy. Ravine  While Flame Burst is pretty meh if you don't hit the Pokemon dead on, Electro Ball could do a lot of damage depending on how much faster you are. See where I'm screwing up? Joltik here is Yasutomo's Perfect Link. Now I check Perfect Links at the start of the month and I really should've double checked to make sure, but I don't believe I planned this at all. I think I'm just registering Yasutomo, so this is random chance. Do I realise it's the Perfect Link, even with the gold symbol staring me in the face? Do I gently caress.  See, I do Ujichika! What the hell am I doing?  Linking with this Joltik would've been REALLY helpful to focus on the Pansear, but it kept getting in the way.  So we end the battle on turn 6. Drat. I'll go over Ujihiro when we (hopefully) encounter him again. And we'll need to find another Joltik. Oh well, slip ups like this are gonna happen, I can guarantee it!  Let's forget all about what just happened and go fight Fighting types with 2 Normal types. Yeah! Invasion  I've been waiting for you. Waiting? What do you-? The so-called Warlords of this area are pathetic weaklings. Invading their kingdoms would be no fun at all. Something does seem to be kicking off in the north... But that's still far away. And now you're here. I think this could be the most fun I've had in years! VS Pugilis   Ooh, we've got banners again, but with a twist! The twist is not that great.   So to make the 5 turns trickier, if you're standing on the ring's edge, you'll get knocked down into the pit below if you get hit by an attack. This is gonna be pretty tough... for the AI. They cannot handle this system at all and it is stupidly easy to manipulate.  As you'd expect with banners, the AI is beelining for them immediately. Having 2 levitators on our team means we're not so congested.  2. Oh yeah, I suppose I should mention the Ralts and Chingling. The big reason for doing the event is that Motonari comes with a Ralts and Motochika comes with a Chingling, two Pokemon we won't be encountering for a little bit. This makes them perfect candidates to make Pugilis much easier, especially if you're having a hard time. It'll just be for this fight, they'll be back to their Perfect Links of Snivy and Oshawott before long. Excellent AI tactics there. I'm not sure if the order they move is set, or if it's random each turn.    Alright, the banners have been claimed, now we need to deal with those on it before the others start pushing our faces in.  Not if you have something better to do next month you won't.   It is a super bad idea to let Jigglypuff, or even Eevee, really, fight in this battle. So Eevee will snipe opponents off the ledge, while Jigglypuff will ring the Fight Bell, which increases everyone's Attack. I've never seen the AI use their bell on the opposite side. Ever.   Shimazu Yoshihiro was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and was a skilled general during the Sengoku period. While pressured to surrender against Hideyoshi by his older brother, Shimazu Yoshihisa (not in this game), Yoshihiro held power in the clan despite his brother at the head. He was unable to stop the might of Hideyoshi, so while under him Yoshihiro was instrumental in the Battle of Sacheon, defeating a force of 37k with just 7000.  Niiro Tadamoto was a retainer of Yoshihiro's brother.   Shimazu Toshihisa was Yoshihiro's younger brother and served as senior retainer of the Shimazu Clan. He was a commander when Hideyoshi invaded Kyushu. Kimotsuki Kanemori was a retainer of Yoshihiro's brother. Weird they have two of his retainers, but not himself. Shimazu Tadatsune was Yoshihiro's third son and succeeded him as daimyō of Satsuna. As a powerful lord, he formally submitted to Tokugawa Ieyasu, becoming part of the extended family and fought alongside his father in the invasion of Korea.   Confusion's long range is real nice, letting you hit Pokemon on banners while you stand on your banner.    Alright, Pansage and Timburr should just stand on the banner.   Well one out of two ain't bad, but drat that Timburr hits hard. Thankfully Eevee is pretty light. Confusion is an interesting status, there's a chance that your Pokemon will just perform its turn by itself, like it was an AI opponent. It can be a bit annoying. Down you go.   Goddamn Darumaka you're amazing. Oh yeah, I forgot to ring the bell at the start of the turn. That makes Darumaka even more impressive.  We've got the centre stage under our control, so now we need the banners.  Only 3 uses of the bell and then it's gone. And now we have all 4 banners.  Not knowing whether you're going to win or lose--that's the true thrill of the battlefield!   Uh, okay?    Now we need to defend, which is gonna be tricky when Yoshihiro finally arrives. Ahhhhhh jesus. Now imagine if that had been on Eevee.  Now we're past turn 4 we need to knock out everyone with either Ralts or Chingling. Should be easy enough.  Oh god.  So long as you're healed by next month, it's all cool.  Now you might think I'm losing it, but I need Motochika to take out Gurdurr and his warrior skill will let me net the kill.[/i]   Oh yeah, Ralts gets that ability. Might've been more useful to use it earlier in the turn then, whoops! ...did you just leave him on 1 health? You motherfucker. Motherfucker!!!   Okay, we can breathe a bit easier now. Recruiting Yoshihiro is absolutely something you want to do. Ow    We even managed to recruit the last guy on the last turn! And since we already have every banner, the battle automatically ends. Victory!  Absolutely flawless. Long Day You are a worthy winner. But this is all part of the rich tapestry of battle. Victory tastes all the sweeter once you have known the bitterness of defeat. Anyway, congratulations. You won a battle that will be talked about for years to come.  Another kingdom down!  Are you always this pleased with yourselves? ...Ah! Surely you are aware of the crisis facing Ransei as we speak... Looming Nobunaga, who had been gathering his forces in the north of Ransei, had conquered eight kingdoms himself. Just two kingdoms remained:  Terrera, under Shingen's command, and Illusio, Kenshin's kingdom. Both were renowned throughout Ransei as Warlords of great strength. Indeed, even Nobunaga himself was said to fear them... Long Day  So do I have to say what we're all thinking? ...I guess I do. Azai, you've got to get Shingen and Kenshin on your side. There are no other options... ... Ransei  It sounds like there's just 2 kingdoms left before Nobunaga. Maybe they'll be nice and easy so we can take them over no problem?      ... Okay, we're not ready! Like at all. Hey look, it's a shiny Perfect Link, let's ignore our impending doom and have some fun!    Well that was fun, who's next?   Another Perfect Link, yaaaaaaaaay Perfect Links!  And another one. Woo, yay, fun. Uhhh... oh! Here's something interesting, our first Warlord in the wild. You can tell a Warlord is in a kingdom by a gold person shape on the region map. Let's get Muneshige. Garden  The Sky Gardens look really cool and have jump pads, something we'll be seeing more of later.  Wheeeeeeee. As we get more and more Perfect Links I'll be prioritising using them in battle, since we should train them up.    Feels a bit mean ganging up on a Pichu.   Oh this is just the beginning. You thought Darumaka was strong, how about a Fighting type in a gen where Fighting was crazy good along with a Warlord with real high Power? Now that's strong.    Good job team. Ransei   We'll be sure to train up Muneshige, since Starly would be a lot better evolved. ...alright we're out to things to do, let's fight the really strong scary guys. Kenshin's army has lots of Warriors who are partnered with Psychic-type Pokemon... And they're all pretty skilful. We mustn't let our guard down! Shingen's army has Ground-type Pokemon... And Warriors partnered with all sorts of other Pokemon, too. There's no doubt about it--we're in for a tough fight. Uh yeah, we're totally ready to fight Illusio. Now you can only fight one of Kenshin or Shingen, so you might be thinking it's time for a vote? Nah, since I've got savestates we'll be taking on Illusio in the LP officially and then fight Shingen afterwards, before going back to the true file. Invasion   Alas... Your abilities are not yet comparable to mine. It would not be wise for me to indulge the request of one so weak. Should you truly wish to face him in battle, you must grow stronger first. ...! Wh-What? Long Day What are we going to do, Lord Azai? While we're wasting time here, Nobunaga is probably... ...?! Lord Azai! Warriors from Illusio are attacking our kingdom! ...! Invasion  The one who so unwisely attempted to invade Illusio... Enthusiasm is meaningless if you do not have the requisite talent, after all. I am here to measure the extent of your strength. To see whether you would really be a match for Kenshin... VS Chrysalia   What a twist, we're defending the kingdom we initiated the attack from. Due to the map connections this can happen in either Chrysalia or Pugilis.  Regardless if you're attacking or defending, the victory conditions are the same for a kingdom, so you'll still have to control the banners for 5 turns in Pugilis. And since they're invading, the opponents get to move first. Also, you might have noticed something... We're on the side Yoshimoto was on! This applies to all maps in the game when you're defending and it's really cool.  So who are we fighting against? Lady Aya, or Aya-Gozen, was the half-sister of Uesugi Kenshin and mother of Uesugi Kagekatsu. -gozen in an honorary suffix, as unless you were a male government figure, you didn't have a surname. Women did get surnames, like with Ginchiyo, if they became head of their clan for whatever reason. Otherwise common people and women just had the one name. She recommended Naoe Kanetsugu serve under Kagekatsu.   Naoe Kanetsugu was a samurai that served under two Uesugi daimyōs, Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagekatsu. He served first as a koshō (page, or servant) to Kenshin and rose through the ranks to become an outstanding commander, dictating what the Uesugi clan should do against the Tokugawa clan, before they were eventually overwhelmed and surrendered.   Uesugi Kagekatsu was a daimyō and samurai, succeeding Kenshin after his death after defeating his adopted son, Uesugi Kagetora, for the inheritance. He married Takeda Shingen's daughter and became a powerful general under Hideyoshi. He was also the first to plot against Tokugawa Ieyasu, in part by allying himself with Ishida Mitsunari.   Kojima Yatarō was a samurai under Kenshin and was one of his leading generals, his ferocity in combat giving him the nickname Demon Kojima. He also wore a grinning oni helmet and wielded a kanabō, a spiked club associated with oni, furthering his reputation as The Ogre as he was sometimes called.   Osen no kata was wife of Naoe Nobutsuna and then later Naoe Kanetsugu. There's more on the JP wiki.  Cheeky bit of back and forth.  Alright, let's take out the Kirlia this turn. Ah but of course.   Well that is pretty annoying, but thankfully the AI uses their healing skills the moment they've taken damage, or when they're close enough to fainting that they might not get a chance to use it.  Don't jinx it you prick!  Let's focus on the Drilbur on this side, I feel like it could be a problem. Okay we might be in trouble here.  Like a lot of trouble.    Finally Darumaka is freed, but why did you Lullaby the Abra??? Gahhhhhh. While you might remember some of the locations of the fences from the first time you fought in this kingdom, having the map flipped around will trip you up.  Chop chop.   Oh goody, Freeze. Your Pokemon can't do anything, but thankfully your Warrior can if you need to cure it, or use a very useful healing skill that everyone could really use.  Pfft, whatever.   Well gently caress me I guess, jesus christ on a making GBS threads stick.  Keep us alive magic girl!   I brought Oshawott to help fight the Drilbur, but all it did was get caught in fencing and die to Dig. Dig, by the way, is a terrifying move that will snipe your Pokemon without them being able to stop it happening. I forgot how dangerous Dig was in this game, so I'm gonna prioritise it next time.    This guy is really annoying me.  We are kinda winning, but it's been an uphill struggle, let's be honest.   Another battle where Darumaka was cruelly screwed over destroying everything.  Get outta here.  So yeah, that did comparable damage to Gurdurr with +1 Attack. Do not sleep around Dig.   All that's left is the Drilbur and the Abra. And let's be honest I'm not counting the Abra as an actual opponent.   I am getting my rear end kicked.   There we go, my strategy of leaving the most dangerous enemy until last worked flawlessly.    Oh yeah, my Warrior Skill. Woo range. Victory!   Definitely a toughie, but that's because the map is fuckin BULLSHIT Long Day The love you feel towards your Pokemon is plain to see. Now, you are strong enough... I believe dear Kenshin will agree to do battle with you. I, for one, am looking forward to it.  But you saved the day, Lord Azai! Lord Azai...? ...!! Warlord Evolved  ...huh. That's new. Intrigue  Azai... You look... What on earth...?! Are you...? Is this...? Warrior transformation...?! I remember hearing about this... Much like Pokemon can evolve... Warriors are capable of transforming! I have only heard of a few instances of this ever happening before in all of Ransei. But legend has it that Warriors become much more powerful when they transform! Maybe now you'll be strong enough to take on Shingen and Kenshin, Lord Azai! Sure, human evolution. Seems legit. We'll be going more into our newfound power next update when we take on both Kenshin and Shingen.
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Epicmissingno posted:I noticed that Motochika's maximum link with Oshawott is 90%, even though it was claimed that it's his perfect link. Is that because its evolutions are the perfect link Pokemon? If that's the case, does the game tell you whether a Pokemon you recruit has an evolved form that's a perfect link when the base form isn't? This is something that I probably could've gone into more detail by now, but yes, while every Warrior has a Perfect Link with one line of Pokemon, Warlords tend to only have the last two in an evolution line as Perfect Links. Basically the Pokemon that appear in cutscenes to emote along with the character are the perfect links. Every Warlord has a Perfect Link with two Pokemon at a minimum, with a couple of exceptions (you can imagine Azai has a Perfect Link with all of the Eeveelutions). Will you know if a Pokemon is a Perfect Link or not for a Warlord that doesn't tell you on the basic stage? Nope! You're just guessing, since if you link with a Pokemon that matches with the Warlord's affinity, it's possible that no matter the evolution, the max link is 90%, or hell, even 98%, like with Ginchiyo and Shinx (though Luxio and Luxray are her Prefect Links) There are full lists out there of all the Pokemon a Warrior can link with and they all have different caps, so even the gold symbol above the Pokemon isn't the perfect indicator of Perfect Links. Now at the same time... SkuttyB posted:Im attempting to play along with the LP, after not really getting very far first time round. Is it necessary to get perfect links for every warrior or will their starting mons still do the job just fine? Not at all, I'm just doing it so I have more things to do inbetween months. You can get through this game just fine relying on Warlords (which you should get the Perfect Links for) or on Warriors that start with really good Pokemon, like Rikyu. In fact, super effective damage is basically king here, so if you have lots of links with lots of different Pokemon types, then you can use whatever you want basically, but I'm sticking with Perfect Links only in most cases to make things a bit more interesting and tricker. I'm also not grinding... like at all so the updates are snappy and we go to new places all the time. NullBlack posted:I don't think Ekei and Sessai are genderswapped. Apparently all of the characters who have that sprite were historically men, so it's probably meant to be an (effeminate) old man and not an old woman. Does the game ever refer to them as women? I don't think their gender ever comes up. If they are male then that's my bad for assuming otherwise, but I really don't know. Only important Warlords really get cutscenes and since you can have any number of Warriors at any one time, the game never assumes you have any certain character, so once you've conquered a kingdom, the people you fought against aren't appearing in the story again, since the game has to assume you potentially didn't recruit them.
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Wailmer and Wailord are not in this game, alas. Also:Aithon posted:Confession: since it's a Pokemon thread, I keep reading "Warlord" as Wailord. Inadequately posted:My mind mentally substituted ‘Wailord’ for ‘Warlord’ and I only caught myself near the end of that post. For a brief moment the game was much more interesting (though a little confusing). That makes two.
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   Part 5: Kenshin and Shingen Garden  Welcome back, let's get a Perfect Link, oh yeah! Ravine  And another one! Man, hopefully this keeps up forever.    When you're done poisoning everyone, I'd like to recruit you. Oh yeah, who were those guys?   Kamata Masatoshi was a vassal of the Shimazi clan, under Yoshihiro.   Kawakami Hisaaki was also a vassal of the Shimazu clan.  Yowch. We won't be taking down Illusio this month, we need to recruit Yoshimoto (who will actually be pretty handy), as well as test out our new evolution.   Payback! A Warlord Evolution is pretty nifty, not only increasing your stats, as well as Capacity, but also changing your Skill and your best Perfect Link (usually the last evolution in the line you can Perfect Link with). It's very worth evolving all your Warlords... except we can't do that just yet, our MC's evolution was story related, we'll have to wait a little while for the others, alas. Oh yeah, our new Skill, Courage, increases Attack by one stage as well as Range. Very handy.  Alright, let's wail on Yoshimoto and get him. Abe Motozane was a vassal of the Imagawa clan.  Bah    Remember to recruit Warlords with your own Warlords.  Onto the next month!  Couple more Perfect Links (meaning Magikarp is all done!) and we're ready to fight Illusio. Ransei Bug-type Pokemon and Dark-type Pokemon would be a wise choice against him. But Fighting-type and Poison-type Pokemon will probably struggle.  I hope we're ready for this. Invasion I sense... that you are not as weak as you were. I have been waiting for this moment. It is time to prove yourself in battle. Prove that you are worthy of being my opponent! VS Illusio   A banner battle, eh? Should be easy enough. Hrm, not really. Not only are there floating platforms, there's 3 sets of 2 linked teleporters that change colour each turn. Thankfully they don't move, but it usually means you're waiting around each turn for them to link up to where you want to go. There's 4 flags to claim, so this usually ends up as a bit of a long battle. Also I wish the orange portal was Red, but maybe it would clash too badly?  Best to let the enemies stumble towards us. If you have a hard time getting around this map, then the AI has an even worse time.  Kanetsugu would look more intimidating without his doofy hat. Still, character design in this game is fantastic.  The Floating Cubes move back and forth on a set path to allow you to move about kinda easily (but not hugely). Thankfully, every time I've played this map Kenshin stands on the banner, which is good, cause you don't want him running around destroying everyone. Cause he will. Oh yeah, speaking of him...   Uesugi Kenshin was a daimyō of the Echigo Province after being adopted by the Uesugi Clan. Fierce on the battlefield, he was also an extremely skilled administrator who invested and grew local industries and trade, creating a rise in the standard of living in Echigo. He was honourable, had great military expertise, a long standing rivalry with Takeda Shingen and believed in the Buddhist god of war, Bishamonten.  Coming over one at a time for easy pickings. If both portal openings are being stood on, then neither Pokemon will teleport at the end of their turn, which Cubchoo is accidentally doing for Eevee. This is pretty handy as Kirlia can't do anything, can't move, can't attack, it's pretty great.   Let's recruit everyone, baby! Hehe.. You seem to be enjoying yourself, Brother. But you should not make light of your enemies, Kenshin. If you believe you have justice on your side, you must prove it on the battlefield.[/i]   Abra incoming! I guess Cubchoo really wants to use the portal. Well I'm not moving... yet.  Brah, what is it with you and Ponigiri?  Stop that! Thank you.   We'll send Eevee back in case Abra gets backup and we'll get ready to take on Cubchoo.  I'm fine leaving the banner unguarded, as Cubchoo will prioritise going for that and we can wail on it some more. So long as the enemy doesn't have all the other banners, you can use them as bait no problem. But remember to claim them back!   Alright, this divide and conquer strategy is working quite nicely.  We could have less of that, however.  If we actually want to recruit Aya, then we need a Warlord over here. And since we're past the 4 turn limit, it needs to be through super effective damage.   Now it's onto the right side. I love how useless Kenshin is being.  Well look who finally decided to show up. We'll have to bring Yoshimoto back if we want to recruit him.  That's another one down.  Assault on the last 2 banners.   Down boy.  Oh yeah, the Drilbur guy stayed in one spot too. Man if both him and Kenshin had been roaming around, we'd have been in some real trouble!  Only two left to go, should be easy enough with our new power. Uh, hmm, that was not a lot of damage.   I thought I'd just weaken the Kirlia so Pineco could knock it out like the loving idiot strategist I am. We'll recruit him later, probably.    poo poo, this isn't good.  Alright everyone, you need to help out.  Drat. Oh well, you can have Eevee or Jigglypuff faint and not automatically lose, that would be a dick move. But what are we to do?   That, basically. Always bring a Pokemon with a shoving move so you can win these banner battles. No one said we had to take out Kenshin, right?  Overall, while the terrain is annoying to get around, the AI is super easy to manipulate in banner battles. Now if Kenshin had actually moved around the field, then we would've been hosed. Intrigue I am forced to acknowledge your talents on the battlefield. Under you command, Azai, my might will be of use in bringing righteousness to this world. And you, Nemesis... I know you are there. Show yourself.  I watched your battle against Kenshin, Azai. And it confirmed what I've been feeling for a while. I, too, want to join your army. My nemesis and I, united at last... I never thought I'd see the day! Neither did I... My goodness! You look happy, Kenshin. Lord Kenshin and Lord Shingen are among the most powerful Warlords in all Ransei. To have them fighting for your army is quite a coup, Lord Azai! Ransei  Regardless of what you do in the battle, you will recruit Kenshin and Shingen. Everyone else you will need to recruit normally. Long Day Indeed. We will face battles more difficult than any we have experienced before... Yeah... But before all that... I've made us something to eat! Go ahead, enjoy! Ahh! This does look tasty. How considerate of you! Very well, let's have ourselves a little feast in celebration, shall we? Azai's army resolved to take this fleeting moment to relax and enjoy themselves. Looming    ...?! What is it that you desire? ... I desire... Lord Azai to find the legendary Pokemon... and bring peace to Ransei! Ha... How amusing. I should like to see you try and make that wish come true. Defeat my subordinates and we shall see. Nobunaga will be waiting for you in Dragnor. ... Stars I'm sorry I didn't say anything before but... Nobunaga is my brother. That's how I know... That's how I know that he's serious. We have to stop him, Lord Azai!  We can't let that happen. That's why I decided to join you, Lord Azai. I know it's going to be tough, but... We must battle against the Warriors of Nobunaga's army. We'll start with Avia, Viperia, Cragspur, and Yaksha.  Well that was quite the twist. Now we're gonna go back in time slightly and fight against Shingen instead. Ransei Shingen's army has Ground-type Pokemon... And Warriors partnered with all sorts of other Pokemon, too. There's no doubt about it--we're in for a tough fight.  What brings you here, anyway? You wish to challenge me to a battle? Wh-Wha-?! Lord Azai is serious! Oh, yes, of course... I'm sorry... It's just the thought of it... You know, I'd be happy to do battle... But you're just no match for me at the moment, Azai. Though there is one here... ...? Uh... Never mind. Come back when you've toughened up a bit, all right, Azai? Wh-What?! Invasion And then you know what comes next. I'm here on Lord Shingen's orders. I believe it has something to do with that visit you paid to Terrera... I am here to challenge you to battle! Come--to the battlefield! VS Chrysalia   Well he's pretty straight to the point. We're facing a different set of peeps, but the objective is the same: beat 'em up. Ah, good start. If you're wondering if I've learned where these fences are, the answer is no.  Sanada Yukimura, or Sanada Nobushige as his actual name, was a samurai and a leading general in the Siege of Osaka. He married the adopted daughter of Hideyoshi and the Sanada clan, surviving the destruction of the Takeda clan, eventually became Hideyoshi's vassal, after drifting between strong daimyōs due to sudden independance after the incident at Honnō-ji. When Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked Uesugi Kagekatsu, Yukimura joined with Mitsuhide, as opposed to his brother joining Ieyasu.   Could've sworn I timed that screenshot correctly... Anyway, Kunoichi probably doesn't have a real life counterpart, as her name literally comes from くノ一, kunoichi, historically a word for women, later meaning female ninja in the 20th century, as female ninja didn't really happen historically. Her association with Yukimura means she could be one of the fictional Sanada Ten Braves, a legendary group of ninja said to aid Sanada Yukimura during the Sengoku period.  Takeda Katsuyori was a daimyō and head of the Takeda clan, being Takeda Shingen's son. Strong on the battlefield, he captured Takatenjin, something his father could not. He also helped Uesugi Kagekatsu succeed Uesugi Kenshin as heir. However, against the combined armies of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, he committed seppuku at Temmokuzan with his wife and son.   Naitō Masatoyo was one of Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals. Son of Takeda Nobutora's senior retainer, Kudō Toratoyo, he and his brother were forced to leave when Toratoyo lost favour with Nobutora and was killed by him. When Nobutora was exiled by Shingen, Masatoyo's family was restored. They were granted the rank of samurai and a formal apology by Shingen, as well as money and cavalrymen.  Chikurin-in was the wife of Sanada Yukimura and daughter to Ōtani Yoshitsugu, a vassal of Hideyoshi. It was a political marriage to ensure an alliance between the Toyotomi and Sanada clans. While in exile with Yukimura after Ieyasu's victory, she is said to have created the flat ribbon Sanadahimo and after Yukimura's death, bore his third son and lived in Kyoto until she passed.   While Yukimura's group are overall stronger than Aya's, they have more weaknesses to exploit overall.   Hopefully we'll take out Drilbur before it destroys us. Ekei wasn't gonna last long with all these Fire types, alas.  Ow  Stop jinxing it!!!    Alright, it's counterattack time. YAMATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  Alright, we should be able to keep everyone alive. Maybe  Okay, we're mostly alive. Let's keep up the offensive.   Pretty good.    Okay, not so good.  When will these guys die already???  drat Scraggy blocking Tepig from its inevitable defeat. Unless...   Haha, gottem!   A necessary sacrifice.  Ah goddammit I left Drilbur until last again, didn't I? I am really bad at this game. Holy poo poo we survived. I am impressed.   It would be so much easier to kill this guy if he didn't keep hiding every other turn.  Okay, we're done. Unless I miss. ...   Pokemari, bitch. Long Day The way you worked together with your Pokemon... It was very impressive. I shall have to try my best to match your standard, Azai! Farewell for now! Azai digivolve to... Cape Azai! Ransei Remember that Electric-type Pokemon's attacks have no effect on Ground-type Pokemon... And don't forget that he has lots of other Pokemon types in his army, too. Invasion  Hmm? You look... different. Well, well. I do think this battle is going to be fun. Don't you, Yukimura? Most definitely. If Lord Azai is our opponent, then I shall give it everything I have! Yes... So, shall we begin? VS Terrera    Like Illusio, Terrera is a banner battle. But it's a bit different... This is the tallest building in all in Ransei. Even Flying Pokemon would struggle to make it up here... You're welcome to try climbing it if you want, but I can't be held responsible for what might happen.  There's some real strategy to this map, so we need to move everyone into positions. Look at all this nice open land, it's heaven compared to Illusio.   Takeda Shingen was an exceptional military daimyō of the Takeda clan, first born son of the previous head, he was helpful from a young age, helping his father win the Battle of Un no Kuchi at age 15. However, he rebelled against his father when he planned to make his second son heir, so Shingen forced him into an early retirement. After conquering the nearby area, he faced Uesugi Kenshin and they faced a total of five times in the Battle of Kawanakajima. In the fourth fight, they faced one on one, neither moving an inch, but both losing heavily in men.   In order to get to the banners at the top of the towers, you need to take the lifts. But since the destination is one spot, you can't use it until the Pokemon at the top has moved.  Looks like we weren't fast enough to reach the banners before them.    And here's the gimmick. At the end of every second turn the wind will blow and force whoever's on the tower to a tile nearby and deal Ground type damage (heh). Unlike the Fire type damage of the volcano in Ignis, Ground types are immune to this damage, but still get pushed off.   Up we go.  Holy shiiiiiiiiiit. Shingen moves around a lot more compared to Kenshin and he will absolutely wreck your poo poo if you let him. That would do around 70 damage to a RESISTANCE. Thankfully Rhyperior does have a few exploitable weaknesses, as well as low movement, lower than normal accuracy and only being able to attack every 2 turns. But when it can attack, something is probably going to die.    Oh look, we just won. Compared to Illusio, Terrera is much easier if you use this 3 turn strat. But with the right team, you could also exploit the various weaknesses of the enemy team and beat them up pretty easily. And use the wind to your advantage so the AI keeps going up the towers and then get knocked off immediately. They do that. A lot. The downside to using the quick strategy is you only get the recruit Shingen. But this is not the canon playthrough, so I don't give a poo poo. While Illusio is more enjoyable to fight (aside from the awkward movement), Terrera is a lot of fun too if you smack everything for super effective damage, while also being much easier to manipulate. Intrigue You defeated me, Azai! Uh, sure, we'll call it that. My deepest apologies. If I had just- Forget it, Yukimura. Winning this battle was never my intention. Huh? I was always planning to join young Azai here.  So there you are. I thought you might show up. Anyone strong enough to defeat my nemesis is worthy of my service. From now on, I shall my fight for your army, Azai. ...! Lord Azai! This is great news! And then things play out the same with Nobunaga appearing to ruin everyone's day. So back to our regular playthrough. Threat to Ransei Let's patch up our new kingdom so no one thinks about attacking us. Oh yeah, the map music has changed since we'll be facing Nobunaga's army from here on out. All the single kingdoms are gone, now Ransei is split between 2 different armies. So who are we gonna face against?    Well doesn't this look like fun? Next time we'll have a bit of a breather before going on to fight against Nobunaga's generals.
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Glazius posted:Is there a different defensive ground you could have picked? One with fewer random traps? We could've gone with Pugilis, but I prefer the more open Chrysalia, since having hectic battles are more fun to play than narrow straightforward battles. Also the Pokemari Balls are a real good source of damage that the AI hardly uses. The traps are pretty freakin dumb though.
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...I forgot to post in the New LP Thread Thread. I swear I've remembered like twice to do it and then forgot again. Also the last post of the Crystal thread is me linking to this one, so I did that right!
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No problem, thanks for reminding me.
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   Part 6: Yoshihiro's Grand Day Out  We've got two more kingdoms to conquer today, but we don't need to do that right now, there's peeps to recruit! Ravine   Last update was pretty packed, so this is the same month of us taking down Illusio, we've still got some stuff to do this month. Oh yeah, Baba Nobufusa was a samurai and one of the Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen. He fought in many battles without getting a single injury and was consulted by Shingen on important matters. He was entrusted Fukashi Castle and led the vanguard of Takeda Katsuyori's right-wing.  Ouch, Fury Cutter can be pretty deadly if you let it build up. Yamagata Masakage was another one of Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals and a samurai. After his brother, one of Shingen's red fire unit, committed seppuku, he equipped his cavalry with bright red armour and often charged first into battle, confusing and panicking the enemy. He fought in many battles and captured Yoshida Castle from the Tokugawa clan. His last campaign was the Battle of Nagashino, which he tried to pursuade Katsuyori to honorably withdraw from. Threat to Ransei   Yum yum Hey it's Ujihiro, let's actually recruit him this time.  Sekiguchi Ujihiro was Yoshimoto's nephew whose daughter was arranged to marry a then 15 year old Tokugawa Ieyasu. But when Ieyasu joined Nobunaga instead of Yoshimoto, he only saved his wife and children from the Imagawa clan and Sekiguchi's cousin, Imagawa Ujizane, not his stepparents.  I think we've recruited all of those that faced us in Chrysalia.  And that's all of them. Nezu Jinpachi was a part of Yukimura's Sanada Ten Braves and may not have even existed. The novel detailing their adventures was published in the Sanada Sandaiki, midway through the Edo period. Only a few of the Braves regularly appear in media, some of the ten are simply generic filler characters. All ten of them are definitely not in this game. Threat to Ransei  Now we can go after new kingdoms. But we're gonna have a month to train and recollect. These new guys are some pretty tough customers.   Good poo poo. Nice to finally recruit Sōrin, feels so long ago when we took down Violight. Ravine   Ah, it's great having our own Drilbur. Kirigakure Saizō was one of the Sanada Ten Braves and one of the few that actually appears regularly in media, being one of the most recognized. Apparently a master of Iga ninjutsu, he is said to have been sent by Ieyasu to assassinate Hideyoshi, but failed. Another version says that Saizō was caught through carelessness and inadvertently saved Hideyoshi from Yusuke Takiguchi, a double agent. Ah finally, I was wondering when this would start happening. Pokemon Evolved    Evolution is a big part of this game, but you won't really encounter it until you get above 40% link or so depending on the Pokemon. Since level doesn't exist and link evolution applies to Warlord evolution in most cases, Pokemon evolve when one of their stats reach a certain amount. There are also still stone and item evolutions, as well as "trade" evolutions, but we'll talk about them when they come up. Abra evolves into Kadabra when its Attack reaches 83.  Well this is a first, Kiyo has no historical counterpart that we've figured out. Not every Warrior has a 1 to 1 counterpart, some are pulled from fiction, as we've seen already. This does apply more to women, however, since while there were many Onna-bugeisha (or female martial artist that fought for Japanese mobility), there were still many men in positions of power that got the main focus. After all, even the thousands and thousands of male soldiers fighting in this era don't have their own wiki page, right? The women even less so, regardless of their stature. Gender politics, baby, you know you love it! Ravine   We're just rolling in new recruits, aren't we? Now we've got Shingen's son!   What a great way to highlight the more frustrating strategy elements of this game. While Kenshin and Gallade are literally unstoppable, because all Pokemon have just the one move, they can't touch Dark types at all. Even though Gallade is part Fighting and doesn't give a poo poo about Dark types most of the time! Isn't it funny? Anyway, uh, Ichimada Akizane was a retainer of Ōtomo Sōrin, head of the Ōtomo clan.  Who gives a quote and when is usually pretty random, so see what happens when you mix and match! Let's see what Shingen can do.  Yeah that's about right... can't even recruit one of your own bloody generals. There we go! Shingen is a bit tricky to use. Well, really I mean Rhyperior is tricky to use, you don't have to use Perfect Link Pokemon in the slightest if there are better options. Warlords tend to work well with any Pokemon of their speciality type and the 90% link cap in most cases won't matter since you'll have to a hard time reaching it anyway. But I'm sticking with them to make things more interesting. You will need to use their Perfect Link Pokemon to evolve the Warlord, but if you're not going for that, you don't need to bother. Islands  Last one (of this month), so let's go to some floating crystal islands. Wasn't it fun the last time?  Like Illusio the Floating Rock locations are super annoying to recruit and link Pokemon on. It's a spiral rock that you might have to climb if the portals refuse to match up and it's not easy going back down either. The AI also loves jumping all over the place making them annoying to catch up with.   Due to the camera you wouldn't see this path normally but the whole area circles around. Saitō Tomonobu was an officer of the Uesugi clan, under both Kenshin and Kagekatsu. A skilled administrator, Kenshin placed him in a highly trusted position and was useful on the battlefield, thwarting attacks from the Oda clan and in expeditions into the Kantō region. Threat to Ransei  Also in Illusio we have this new place to visit, so let's check it out.  Now, you know what these stats mean, don't you? The higher your Power, the more damage you do when you attack; the higher your Wisdom, the less damage you receive when you are attacked; and the higher your Charisma, the easier it is to hit enemies with your attack and dodge enemy attacks. Better stats mean you'll get more out of some locations, too. Oh, and one more thing: your Capacity indicates the number of Pokemon with which you can link. You can't go over this number, so if you're full up, you'll have to let one of them go... ...zzz... HM? Oh, uh, yeah, sure, whatever.  Neato. If we have a Warlord's turn to spare we'll use this, but otherwise it's whatever. These are temporary, obviously and don't make too much difference, but hey 5 points is 5 points. Ah, new month. We'll be taking on Cragspur soon enough, but first, we have someone real interesting to recruit. Ginchiyo has popped up. Let's go and recruit her! Garden  Like that. Shingen is pretty great at recruiting, if nothing else.   Super worthwhile. What else we got? Threat to Ransei  Oh yeah, we've ran out of space for Warriors. You can dismiss any Warrior if run out of room in the current kingdom you're in. You don't have to fill out literally every space in your kingdoms to get rid of people. You do have to max out your capacity to get rid of Pokemon, annoyingly, but oh well. When we do run out of space (since I'm gonna recruit everyone I see that we've never had before) I'll be getting rid of those who have Perfect Links and don't have a reason to be in our army. Takahisa's Perfect Link is with the Timburr line and we're never going to use him since we have Yoshihiro.  Good good. You're seeing a real cut up version of everything that I'm doing. I'm bringing Warriors and Pokemon that we haven't registered in battles where we recruit someone or get a Perfect Link. It's getting a bit tricky with so many in our army now that all of this prep before fighting a kingdom is taking around 30 mins of recording. I was worried this might make updates longer, but the amount of screenshots is actually less than earlier updates, so you're only missing out on a good chunk of self-inflicted tedium. Ravine   Chikamasa is the only Warrior that has Wooper as a Perfect Link, so he can just bugger off. We've found Yukimura's wife but not, well, him. Islands   Usami Sadamitsu was a samurai and retainer of Kenshin. Since there's not much know about him, let's talk about his Pokemon, Beedrill. Beedrill is the only Pokemon in the game to not have its evolutionary relatives in the game also. I'm glad Weedle and Kakuna aren't in the game, the less useless Pokemon the better. Also, as a little trivia for you, one Pokemon that was considered for this game was Growlithe and presumably Arcanine, as its models are in the game's code, though no other data accompanies it. It works out, since there's 300 Pokemon in this game exactly, so maybe they didn't want to mess up that number. Hōjō Ujinao was Ujiyasu's grandson and Ujimasa's son. His mother was one of Shingen's daughters. Wait, we haven't even fought Ujiyasu and Ujimasa yet! Well anyway, he was a daimyō and final head of the Late Hōjō clan, as the clan and Odawara Castle fell to Hideyoshi. While his father and uncle were forced to commit suicide, as Ujinao's wife was the second daughter of Ieyasu, he was allowed to live in exile at Mount Kōya, where he passed away a year later. His adopted son became the first daimyō of the Sayama clan.  The Ralts line is pretty popular, with 5 Warriors having it as their Perfect Link. Well, Kenshin only has Gallade, but two more Warriors have a Perfect Link with Gallade, while the remaining two have a Perfect Link with Gardevoir. So make sure you evolve it into the right one! Other split evolutions are also the same, but usually just have the one Warrior. Kagekatsu's is Gallade, while Tomonobu's is Gardevoir. Threat to Ransei  These guys can go since they have stone evolution Perfect Links and those items are annoyingly hard to come by in this game. But we're done for now, on with the conquering! Water-type, Grass-type, and Fighting-type attacks are strong against Rock-type Pokemon... But Fire types and Bug types are pretty useless. Normal-type Pokemon's attacks aren't very effective either... I think we'll be just fine. Invasion  Half of Ransei is already yours. What are you gonna do next? Too much ambition can be pretty dangerous, you know... This isn't ambition!  A friendly bunch. Let's go beat them up, I guess. VS Cragspur   Let's rock. So I'm sorry, but... I won't be holding back.  We start off in an enclosed area. Don't think you can hide here, the rocks sink automatically after a few turns. Also make sure whoever steps on the switch isn't weak to Rock.   We've got some rolling stones that deal Rock type damage. Rock types are immune to this, so try and not stand in their path.  That won't stop the Yoshihiro train.   Hōjō Ujiyasu was a daimyō of the Odawara Hōjō clan. His only known wife was Imagawa Yoshimoto's sister (who's not in this game). After his father's death, a number of the Hōjō's enemies saw an opportunity to take Hōjō territory, including the Uesugi clan. They attacked Kawagoye, but were completely defeated in a night attack led by Ujiyasu. Before he died, Ujiyasu made peace with Kenshin and Shingen and cemented a Takeda-Imagawa-Hōjō relationship through political marriage with his daughters, with his seventh son being adopted by Kenshin.   Kaihime, or Lady Kai as hime means lady, princess, etc, was the daughter of Narita Ujinaga, retainer to the Hōjō clan. A heroic woman, she helped her father during the Siege of Odawara and the Siege of Oshi against Hideyoshi's army. When Ishida Mitsuhide's army was devastated by a water attack, she volunteered to rout the remaining soldiers with 200 men on horseback. Despite Mitsuhide being reinforced, she slain the Sanada retainer and heavily damaged the Toyotami clan with another water attack.   Hōjō Tsunashige was an officer of the Hōjō clan and fought in various battles supporting the Hōjō and expanding their domain. His soldiers wore yellow uniforms and outstandingly creative banners. He was defeated by Takeda Katsuyori in the Siege of Kanbara.   Hōjō Ujimasa was the eldest son of Hōjō Ujiyasu and succeeded his father as daimyō. He was also the son-in-law of Shingen. His reign was short, however, as the castle of Odawara fell to Hideyoshi's forces and he was forced to commit seppuku along with his brother Hōjō Ujiteru.   So, uh, Hōjō Ujiteru was the second son of Hōjō Ujiyasu and was lord of Hachiōji Castle, which was destroyed by Uesugi Kagekatsu shortly after Ujiteru left for the Siege of Odawara. Hideyoshi commanded the castle be destroyed and it lays in ruins to this day. Ujiteru was also in the Battle of Mimasetoge, but was unsuccessful in preventing from Takeda Shingen from withdrawing back home after he besieged Odawara.   Hōjō Ujikuni was the third son of Hōjō Ujiyasu and like his brothers, fought in battles for the Hōjō clan. He was the lord of Hachigata Castle and participated in the Battle of Mimasetoge with Ujiteru. His castle was beseiged by Uesugi Kagekatsu and fell after a month. He also aided in the defense of Odawara, but the castle fell and the lands went to Ieyasu, who would use this as a stepping stone for other conquests.  Well one is definitely more impressive than the other. You might be wondering why I brought a Joltik to this battle and the answer is... i'unno, whatever man. I could've brought Kenshin and wrecked face, but we'll be fine. Probably.  We'll get rid of this boulder before it gets rid of us.  Nice, we can get some more free damage. Unlike Doubleslap, Rock Blast can be pretty dangerous if you're weak to Rock. It's also just slightly stronger anyway.  Here's where I remembered that Rock types are immune to the boulders. You'd think I'd remember battlefield immunities since we just faced Terrera, but I just can't tear myself away from battlefield objects.    We'll just contend with this.  Hard hitting rock types.    Lot of misses so far, not annoying at all, no sir.  Those two kinda died a bit quickly, but being in these important battles is, uh, the only way to really catch them up to the level you need them to be in these battles. Sure, I could grind for a few months to get everyone up to speed, but where's the fun in that?    We're still winning in terms of numbers though, 4-3. That's not gonna last.    Yeah this Boldore is a problem. Do not leave your guys in a line, that's just asking for trouble.   That was pretty helpful. As you might think, the healthier Gurdurr is, the better position we'll be in.   Oh baby, only two more to go. Will the AI realise the threat?    Nope! I knew that Eevee and Jigglypuff wouldn't be very helpful in this battle, so I used them to their full potential: getting rid of Pansear and then distracting the Rock types while Gurdurr ripped them apart. I thought Snivy and Oshawott would do more damage to the Onix and maybe Roggenrola, but oh well.    If they'd been focused on Gurdurr the entire time then I would've lost, but fodder is always good to have around to keep your main hitters out of danger. drat straight, old man. Long Day  Okay, it looks like I don't have a choice. The castle is yours, Azai. But... What will you do? We belong to Nobunaga's army. Now that our castle's gone, we've got to go back to him. I don't much like that Nobunaga, but I can't see any other way... See you, Azai. I hope one day you become strong enough to... Intrigue  ...! Wait... Something's changed... You're right! Lord Azai has transformed! I knew it! Well, that's good news. Here, let me give you a little something to celebrate. Oho! Now that's something we can use.  Each stone will lead to a different result, but your little Pokemon might just evolve. Think about it, and use them wisely. ...You know, you really are looking pretty impressive these days. I don't think you'll be needing any more advice from me. In fact, I'd better be off. See you around! Threat to Ransei One kingdom down, three to go. We now have the option to evolve our Eevee, if we so wish. This is something you guys should vote on, right? Well, not quite yet, there's more than 3 Eeveelutions after all, so when we have the ability to choose all of them we'll have our vote. We'll be just fine with Eevee as we are. So what exciting things are happening this month?    Oh hey it's Yukimura. Now he's ours. We've actually got a few Warlords in our army now and it won't be stopping just yet! We've also got room in our army again since we didn't recruit anyone at Cragspur. Since we couldn't! Cave   That was an 12% chance of missing. Man I really should resume my XCOM lp one of these days...  Riolu's Force Palm pushes you back one tile. Between missing and paralysis, I was having a great time. Anyway, Hōjō Takahiro was a vassal of Kenshin and any info I could get from googling is smothered by the retired Kamen Rider Japanese actor Takahiro Hōjō. So yeah.  Sheesh, finally. Ideura Morikiyo was a vassal of the Sanada clan and clashed with Tokugawa Hidetada at Ueda Castle to defend Hideyoshi's territories from Ieyasu.   Kanetsugu has also shown up, so all we're missing for recruitable Warlords is Kunoichi.    And there she is. Yeah this month I guess they all decided to come say hi. Very nice. Ujiie Naotomo (or Ujiie Bokuzen as his priesthood name) was a samurai and general of the Saitō clan. Together with Inaba Ittetsu and Andō Morinari, they formed the Mino Triumvirate and later served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. Bokuden died fighting against the Ikkō-ikki at the First Siege of Nagashima.  That's it for this month. So which of the three kingdoms shall we go for now? Threat to Ransei Fighting-type and Bug-type attacks are effective against Dark-type Pokemon... But Psychic-type attacks are completely useless. Also, I don't really recommend taking a Ghost-type Pokemon with us... Invasion  Cheery place. Powerful enough to stand alongside Shingen and Kenshin, so they say. It will make it all the more satisfying to destroy you. Wha-?! Azai... You may be the source of great chaos in Ransei... But you are just a source of entertainment for me. VS Yaksha   I hope you're ready for some genuine hospitality... I'll show you things you can't see anywhere else...   Already I'm super uninterested in what you have to show me.   Fūma Kotarō was the name adopted by the leader of the ninja Fūma clan, a clan that specialized in horseback guerrila warfare and naval espionage. He served under Hōjō Ujimasa and Hōjō Ujinao and his biggest achievement occured when a ninja slipped into the camp of Takeda Katsuyori and caused great chaos, resulting in the disoriented enemies killing each other. The Fūma clan was reduced to a band of brigands after the Hōjō clan was forced to surrender.   Kai Shimoyama was an Iga ninja. So, uh, don't be surprised when we don't have too much info on some of these guys.   Karasawa Genba was a samurai and retainer of the Sanada Clan, often depicted as a ninja, though it's unknown if he ever was one. While once an enemy to the Sanada, he defected to their side and helped to burn down Shiritaka Castle. He also participated in the Battle of Nagashino.   Katō Danzō was a ninja that also practised sorcery, apparently being able to fly, so was given the name Tobi Katō, flying Katō. He was sought out by Kenshin and tasked with infiltrating and stealing a prized naginata from Naoe Kanetsugu. He succeeded, while also capturing a young servant girl as well. However, Kanetsugu plotted to kill him and forced him to defect to Shingen. Shingen believed him to be a double agent and executed him.   Kido Yazaemon was an Iga ninja and an expert marksman, making two attempts on Oda Nobunaga's life. Unfortunately they failed, but he killed some of his top guards in the process. It's believed he harboured a hate for Nobunaga for destroying the Nagashima fortress.   Ninokuruwa Isuke was a ninja under Fūma Kotarō in the Fūma clan. He was thin and lean, making him an agile ninja. During the Siege of Kawagoe, he was able to move around inconspicuously to inform his side of the enemy's position. However, he was recognised by an enemy ninja, Ota Inunosuke and he was pursued. Despite his agility, Inunosuke was able to nearly catch up to him. So Isuke stole a horse nearby and escaped, but when word got out, he was marked as cowardly for not truly outrunning Inunosuke. In a rematch, Inunosuke dropped dead after 40km, vindicating Isuke as the true outpacer. Oh god what's this?  No, not the only thing I brought that could win!   Oh goody, items. My favourite.   We need to get Gurdurr back into the fight and we need to get rid of Zubat, since Wing Attack kinda stings! Stopping Nobunaga will not change the way of the world. It's all just a waste of time...  Ah that's not good, I thought that I could barely live that. Well farewell pinch healing. You keep going back and forth, thanks.   Let's cause some chaos! We're in a good position due to Zoroark being stuck behind Pawniard. This is exactly what you want to be doing.  Good Oshawott sniping.  Pawniard has been a good meat shield, but we need to deal with Zoroark before it becomes a real problem.   Goddammit Eevee   The roulette keeps choosing me for some reason!    Let's just do as much damage as we can.  Alright good job distracting the enemies guys. Better you than Gurdurr.    Everything's a bit up and down right now, but I think we'll be alright.  Hmm, we need another meat shield so Gurdurr doesn't get hit.  While I would've preferred you to hit, you did what I needed you to do. Ah poo poo, only Gurdurr is left.  Oh that's lucky! Now Gurdurr won't take damage next turn iiiiiiiiiffffffff...  Oh thank god. Two left.  A bit of manoeuvring around to try and minimize damage and now it's just 1v1 baby.   Now is NOT the time! Okay, that's not too bad. But we need to move out of range of Scrafty so we can get the drop on it.  Oh my GOD This is why I needed everyone else to take damage instead of Gurdurr, just in case of something like this. Missing an attack is pretty bad in this game, there's some gripes about it I'll get into later.  Second time's the charm. Hooooooooooooo boy. I don't believe I coasted to victory by just using Gurdurr, everyone did their part in dealing damage and, yes, being punching bags so the strong guys can deal the real damage. Even though Eevee and Jigglypuff are at the level of Zoroark, they were doing hardly any damage. Super effective damage is king in this game. A high Attack helps too. Also bringing Yoshimoto wouldn't have been too too useful, since half of the Yaksha only takes neutral damage from Bug and I would prefer using other people instead, it's not a great idea letting Pineco get too strong. Long Day If only for a moment, you kept me entertained. Your impending battle with Nobunaga... The thought of it excites me... more than I expected. Farewell. ...That sounds pretty ominous. I guess Nobunaga's army is full of people like him... Threat to Ransei  Ah finally, maybe now you can keep up with everyone. Dewott... Now I feel an even greater power when I am with you... Do you feel it too? I will grow stronger if we remain together. And you will too, Dewott. Finally Motochika has his Perfect Link, as Dewott appears with him to emote in cutscenes. I probably could've gone over it earlier, but Warlords have two Pokemon minimum they can Perfect Link with, usually the last two Pokemon in an evolutionary line, or the whole evolution line if there's only two stages. Up until Illusio and Terrera every Warlord we met had their Perfect Link with them in some form, though for a few you needed to evolve them first. However, some of the Warlords we've met now don't come with their Perfect Link, so we need to go find them. In due time, of course. Oshawott evolves when its Attack reaches 54. Now there's only 2 more kingdoms left, feels a lot less intimidating now. I-It's my Pokemon... Jigglypuff has been acting kind of funny ever since we started fighting against Nobunaga's army. And just now, she gave me this...  Ooh, interesting. While I don't think too highly of most items, there are some that are really good. Now our healer is just immune to status effects. This is very useful and this is what Oichi will hold for the rest of the game. Next time we'll be taking on Viperia and Avia.
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     Part 7: Super Effective Threat to Ransei  Another update, another recruiting. Surely we must be running out of Warriors already... right? So, Matsunaga Hisahide was the retainer of Miyoshi Nagayoshi and directed the conquest of Yamato, which became independent enough for him to become its daimyō. He was also conspiring against his former retainer, making his heir too young to rule by killing those already in line. Despite his power, Hisahide still fell to Nobunaga and begrudgingly served him. Hisahide temporarily switched sides back to the Miyoshi, but went back to Nobunaga when it didn't pan out.   Not too surprising, we recruited Yuikmura with Tepig at a high link. But it doesn't seem to be Yukimura's Perfect Link, so we'll need to wait until it appears. Tepig evolves into Pignite when its Attack is 41.  Time for some Psychic links. While Tomonobu already has a Ralts, if the evolved form is gonna show up, might as well grab it, eh?  It's cool we can still link while Asleep. Anyway, we're only doing this for the hell of it, since Munna is a terrible Pokemon, since it knows Hypnosis. It still has shaky accuracy and it's better to just hit something than inflict status. Thankfully Sadamitsu is the only one saddled with this awful line (speaking mechanically, you know I love every Pokemon).   Harada Munetoki was a samurai and retainer of Date Masamune (we'll see him later this update), succeeding his uncle as the hereditary retainer of the Date clan. Due to his valiant conduct in combat, he quickly received Masamune's trust and was placed in charge of the clan's military affairs. He was easily visible in combat by his trademark golden sword and was instrumental in the Battle of Suriage-ga-hara by taking the strategic lake of Hibara.Shiroishi Munezane was a samurai and retainer to Date Terumune, Masamune's father, and Date Shigezane. He held the title of Kokushi, a government official sent from the central government to oversee a province, in this case being the Shiomatsu region. He also participated in the invasion of Aizu and for his service he received the Mizusawa domain. He then fought in Korea under Hideyoshi and finally passed in Tokyo in his late 40s.  So most of the Pokemon we'll find there are Poison-type Pokemon. This means that Grass-type Pokemon will struggle... But Ground-type and Psychic-type Pokemon should do well. It's another kingdom invasion, number 11! Invasion  You're the one who's trying to fight Nobunaga, right? You naughty child! N-Naughty?! We're trying to save Ransei! Stop being so silly! If you don't learn to get along with people, I'm going to have to punish you!  Y-You're... Hideyoshi?! From Ignis?! But you look so different... Surely you haven't... transformed? Long time no see, Azai! A whole lot has changed since I decided to let you have my castle in Ignis. As you can see, Nene here is the one who has to put up with me now! And I'll tell you something else that's gonna be different: this time, I'm gonna beat you! VS Viperia    Well, Viperia is full of ninjas... You'll be amazed when you see all the tricks they've got!    Viperia has a few interesting things about it. The secret passages connect to another one on the same line, usually halfway across the map. There's also lots of poison goo on the floor. Unless you're a Poison or Steel or Flying type, don't step on it.   Uh oh, we're gonna need to reinforce this area. With these narrow openings the AI will just conga line towards the next flag to take over. Don't think they used any strategy in going through the passages, they use their full move each turn and if they happen to land on the hole then they'll use it.   Nene, also known as Toyotomi Yoshiko, was the first wife of Hideyoshi, before he became one of the great unifiers. She was one of his closest aides and confidantes and her samurai lineage gave Hideyoshi connections and retainers. She advised Hideyoshi on matters of governance and he sent her letters often during campaigns. Despite their closeness, she competed with other women for Hideyoshi's attention, something Nobunaga disliked about him. He took up several concubines and she bore him no children.   We've already met Hideyoshi and he's reached Rank 2 evolution! Let's talk about him some more, cause there's still so much more to say. While under Nobunaga, Hideyoshi was a simple servant, aiding him in the battle against Imagawa Yoshimoto. He managed the kitchen and repaired castles and forts, apparently constructing one overnight in Sunomata. A skilled negotiator, he managed to convince (well, bribe) a number of warlords to desert the Saitō clan to pressure them into submitting to Nobunaga. This gave him an easy victory in the Siege of Inabayama Castle, cementing Hideyoshi as one of his top generals.   Ugh, Spiritomb. Uh, Hattori Hanzō was a great samurai credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and helping him rule united Japan. Born and raised in Iga, he was meritous in battle and helped repel Takeda soldiers from Totomi with just 30 men and a river. During the Tenshō Iga War, he tried to prevent the second son of Nobunaga, Oda Nobukatsu, from invading his homeland, but was eventually defeated when Nobunaga himself pressured the province with his forces. Following Nobunaga's death, he led Ieyasu to safety in Mikawa across Iga territory with the help of the remnants of the local Iga clans.   Hatsume no Tsubone was a ninja that was employed by Ieyasu to spy on Ishida Mitsunari. She may not have existed and may not have been Mitsunari's lover.   Momochi Sandayū, also known as Momochi Tamba, was an Iga ninja and one of the top three Iga Ryu. He was in charge of the southern Iga group and had around 200-300 ninja under him. He was believed to be at Kashiwara Castle when Oda Nobukatsu attacked it with a large force. He was probably killed in that attack, as he was never heard from again, but that's always the problem with drat ninja.   Mochizuki Chiyome was a kunoichi, but may not have existed, as her name first appeared in a 1971 book. Apparently her husband was killed in the 4th Battle of Kawanakajima and that she later got permission from Takeda Shingen to form a Miko-village (miko being a shrine maiden). There, the Miko became spies and Chiyome became a ninja. However, associate professor Katuya Yoshimaru disputes this, saying the battle didn't take place, her husband didn't die, written permission was usually forged in that time, the Miko-village was not full of spies and while there were kunoichi, there's no evidence Chiyome was ever one, if she existed. History bitches!   drat hit and run tactics, the AI is smart.  M8, you have been suuuuuuuper helpful in this playthrough. Bringing Kenshin to this fight is kinda cheating, but I want some fun and some of these guys are kinda tough.  Hrm. Jigglypuff is pretty good here since it can't get poisoned, so it can stand on the goo all day.    If too many of your guys get poisoned, then Venoshock can be nasty. But there's hinoki ofuro, uh, wooden bathing tubs around to heal you like the hot springs in Ignis.  Oh no, not a 9 damage crit.   ...okay maybe Gallade was overkill. Psycho Cut is just soooooo goooooooood, that crit chance man. Always make sure of ranges. If Ekans had 1 more range it could take the banner and if we couldn't kill it in one turn (we can, cause Gallade), then we would lose next turn. Slap Hideyoshi's monkey, Oichi.  Haha, perfect. You want Spiritomb to take this exact path cause it will always poison itself. The AI is dumb as poo poo in this game. And I'm glad, as you'll see in just a moment. If you're unlucky, then the Spiritomb will make it to the middle banner first and miss getting poisoned completely.   Get away from the banners.  Really, Motochika? One health? Ugh.  Hey, get back here!    Oh for gently caress's sake.   Alright, we need to grind down Spiritomb. This Pokemon is a real pain to take down, having high defenses, no weaknesses (which is a big deal in Conquest) and three immunities in Normal, Fighting and Psychic. Which describes the strongest Pokemon in my army right now. Add in an Accuracy lowering ability and the banner healing and it can be infuriating. This is why you want it to get poisoned like a dumbass, it makes this grind a LOT easier.   All that's left is Spiritomb. I wish I could just slap this boy off the tile, but only Yoshihiro can do that right now...    Five turns laytuh...  gently caress Hanzō. Long Day  I couldn't repay Lord Nobunaga... Even though he let us keep looking after our kingdom after we lost to him... I guess he's going to be pretty mad now... We've gotta go back to him, though, Nene... Lord Nobunaga isn't someone you turn your back on. He's the most powerful Warlord of all! Lord Nobunaga is the only one who can help me fulfill my dream! Yeah... I guess you're right. And, Azai... I guess you're not that naughty after all... Just take good care of Viperia, all right? Threat to Ransei  Only one more kingdom remains. Again! Hopefully this is the last time...  But before we go for it, there's stuff to do! Kashin Koji was a ninja and illusionist who may not have even existed. Spooky!  Here we go, Yukimura's Perfect Link is with the Charmander line. Well, Charmeleon actually, but one step at a time, okay?    More Perfect Links, including a Drilbur, very nice! Pokemon Evolved   You know, Servine... Now I feel an even greater strength when I am around you... Do you feel it too? I'm still counting on you, Servine! Excellent, now Motonari has his Perfect Link. Everyone's shaping up nicely. Snivy evolves into Servine when its Speed is 56. Threat to Ransei  New building in Viperia? Sign me up!   The rarer the item that is being made, the rarer the items that are required to make it! Indeed, some of the items that you will be combining are rather rare in themselves. Now, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you luck in your search for items! I should imagine that I shall be meeting all sorts of people here. How exciting! I do hope some of them will be a little charismatic... Now then, please choose which item you would like to make!  So there's a load of useless items that Pokemon drop when you beat them. You bring them here and either combine them with another useless item or with a normal item to get something even better! You already know my opinion on items (they're eh), so you can guess my opinion on the Alchemist (also eh), since a lot of items are just too situational and Skills are more consistent. Seriously, Oichi is just amazing. Maybe in the future I might make more use of it, but if you're really rolling in these things, then get healing items and leave the Attack boosts to skills. No point raising Defense if you knock out the opponent first, XCOM logic. Anyway, Avia time! Electric-type, Rock-type, and Ice-type Pokemon are effective against Flying-type Pokemon... But Ground-type attack won't work at all, so do be careful! Oh we're gonna have some fun. Invasion  The one who's too dumb to see that there's no point fighting against Nobunaga...  My lady... Looking at your beautiful face... Why, I feel like I am floating above the clouds. ...? I've had enough of this. I'm going to the battlefield. Don't keep me waiting! Sorry about our Warlord. His temper is a bit, you know, short. VS Avia    It's my favorite battlefield in all of Ransei. And one day it's going to be me, not Nobunaga, who unites this region! But not unless you start pulling your weight, Magoichi! Okay, okay... Man, he's a terrible boss...  Like you'd expect, Avia is full of floating islands and Flying types. We'll send everyone over with the Jump Pad (except for Rhyperior who can't reach it), but don't go for the right one, since you'll bounce on two more and end up at the top of the map, which you don't want.  Hey you remember the vine bridge from Greenleaf? Well this bridge will pop up and collapse every turn and you see the animation every time. It's great fun. Anyway, we're turning the camera cause we'll soon have some birds dropping down here, since they don't give a poo poo about gaps and height.  Using their range boosting abilities to reach us quickly.  Alright, so when I said supereffective damage was king, if the link difference between two Pokemon is big enough, it just makes them really ineffective. This is a problem I have with this game, that unless you're similar in link to the enemy and you're using supereffective damage, your damage just seems really piddly and it's not much fun. Also the Charisma and Speed difference means your weaker Pokemon have a harder time to hit the opponents, wasting their turn, which is never fun. Basically, grinding in this game sucks, but bringing them to battles like this to boost them up just makes them mostly deadweight, which is a real shame.   Date Masamune was a daimyō of the Tōhoku region and came from a long line of powerful daimyōs. He founded the modern city of Sendai, transforming it from a small fishing village, and was a master tactician, made even more iconic for his missing eye lost to smallpox as a child, giving him the nickname dokuganryū, or the One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu. While he wasn't a huge fan of Hideyoshi after being conquered by him, he nonetheless was a valuable asset to him and was given the lands of Iwatesawa. He fought in the invasion of Korea and followed Ieyasu after Hideyoshi's death, despite Ieyasu's suspicious of him. Regardless, he served his masters loyally.   Saika Magoichi was the name given to the leader of the Saika Ikki, a Buddhist warrior group in Ōta. Three men were given this name, Suzuki Sadayū and two of his four sons, Suzuki Shigetomo and Suzuki Shigehide. We'll talk about the first one for now. His army was famous for weilding arqubuses, long guns held up by a stand, and donning the yatagarasu, a three legged crow, as his crest. Starting as a mercenary, he was employed by the Hatakeyama clan to repel the Miyoshi clan. He later helped the Miyoshi against Nobunaga and even injured one of his great generals. He eventually surrended to Hideyoshi and was forced to commit suicide, despite swearing loyalty.   Katakura Kagetsuna was a samurai and retainer to Masamune. Starting as a page under Masamune's father, he became heavily relied on as a strategist and Masamune placed deep trust in him. Anecdotally, Masamune found himself surrounded in his first battle and was saved when Kagetsuna leapt in shouting "I am Masamune!" distracting the enemy long enough for Masamune to escape. He joined his lord in most of his major battles and suggested Masamune submit to Hideyoshi during the Odawara Campaign. Hideyoshi granted Kagetsuna fief of Tamura, but he returned it soon after, showing loyalty to his master.   Date Shigezane was a samurai and senior retainer of the Date clan of Sendai. A cousin to Masamune on his mother's side, he was one of the the Three Great Men of the Date Clan, along with Kagetsuna and Tsunamoto and was an excellent fighter.   Oniniwa Tsunamoto was a samurai and retainer of Masamune that outlived him. His half sister was also half sister to Kagetsuna and he succeeded the family head after his father's death in the Battle of Hitodoribashi. Masamune deeply trusted him and quickly made him a senior retainer. He changed his name to Moniwa Nobumoto on Hideyoshi's orders.   Irohahime was one of Masamune's sixteen children and his first daughter. Masamune wanted a son to continue his lineage, so chose a masculine name for his first child, so Iroha was pronounced more femininely after she was born. She later married the sixth son of Ieyasu to strengthen political relations, but they had no children and they later divorced when he was exiled by his older brother, the Shogun. She returned to her father and thus to Sendai and was so beautiful and intelligent that Masamune lamented she should have been a boy instead. Her brothers often came to her for advice and insight.  Avia is a bit annoying, especially with Braviary's Sky Drop, which is like Dig, except your Pokemon lose a turn as well, so it can be pretty annoying if it won't OHKO them. We'll also be spending the entire battle here, so this is a kingdom where most of the gimmicks (being jumping and flying around the islands) can be basically moot.    I would like for my Pokemon to not be badly poisoned, that sounds like a great idea. Oh hey, when a Pokemon is standing on the bridge, the animation doesn't play. Yay!   Confusion can be very useful, that Starly is basically a non issue at this point. That's a bit of an issue.   That too, but hey Shinx survived! (It gets knocked out by the Golbat). C'mon, daddy needs a new pair of shoes. poo poo. Oh well, Rhyperior doesn't have cooldown if it misses. Thank god.    We're taking a bit of a beating and I think the bridge is mocking me.    Eh, I think we'll be alright.  I brought Shingen to take on Masamune, but it's difficult when Sky Drop makes him disappear for a turn and Magoichi is running around hitting me for 4x weakness.   Thank you supportive bridge.    No super effective damage? No problem! Ah, jk, it's actually a tedious slog.  You can see why Kenshin is much easier to use.    Ugh, finally. I'm glad Joltik made it to the end, now evolve and be useful already!!! Victory!  See, a 7.5% increase. You can't get those numbers grinding on wild Pokemon. Long Day  I mean, if we were to join Azai's army... Try and think ahead a bit, Magoichi. I want to fight for the army that will eventually unite Ransei... And at the moment, only one army looks capable of doing that. Now, come on! All right... I hope to see you again, Azai. Nice. Now we're basically unstoppable with 13 kingdoms under us! ...Right? Invasion   I heard that someone was attempting to oppose Lord Nobunaga. I decided to come and see for myself who would be so foolish. I am here to inform you that your current course of action will only lead to defeat.  That is all... ...That was Mitsuhide... One of Nobunaga's closest aides... There are three of them in total, and they are going to be tough opponents... So let's brace ourselves for battle, Lord Azai! Threat to Ransei  These guys sound like trouble.   And they are. We've got some fun times ahead... next time.
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    Part 8: Cold, Hard and Unforgiving Threat to Ransei Greetings, today's update is pretty scary, so let's put it off a little, yeah?   The game is nice enough to say when you're completely hosed, but you can retreat from battle whenever you want. Oh yeah, we've got a lot of space in our army now, since we can't recruit Nobunaga's Warriors, so if the peeps we kicked out pop up again, we'll snap them up.  Like with Munna, might as well link someone up with an Abra. However, I would prefer to link with a Kadabra, so if I'm not linking someone with the Abra line, that's why.    Ah finally! Magikarp evolves into Gyarados when its Attack reaches... 16. It should reach that before it reaches 35% or so and trust me, it's completely worth it. Now we just need Nobuchika to evolve his Magikarp and I never have to baby them again! Anyway, uh, we've ran out of things to do, so which kingdom first...? Most moves are pretty ineffective against the Steel-type Pokemon we'll find in Valora. Poison-type Pokemon in particular will find it really tough... But Fire-type, Fighting-type, and Ground-type Pokemon might do a little better! Steel types aren't known for being a pain in the arse, right? Should be a piece of cake. Invasion  Now, allow me to introduce some of the Warriors who serve me.  Lord Nobunaga and I are old acquaintances. The idea of betraying him is simply unthinkable. As a result, I am honor bound to do battle to the full extent of my abilities. VS Valora    Valora is... interesting to go through. We've got quite the fight ahead of us, so let's interact with uncovered machinery!    When you step on a cog, you get moved three spaces to the tile that was clockwise to the one you were just standing on. This connects to the two nearby barriers, raising one and lowering the other. So this map is a bit puzzly, but it can be a little annoying to get around.  Need to open up the path for our other team. In some maps you do get split up and I believe it's random where you're placed, cause gently caress strategy Fire Emblem had already got down.     Lord Ieyasu... I have opened the path for you. Please, go through. Thank you. Protecting Lord Ieyasu is our only duty as Warriors. We will do whatever we can to assist our lord. Chatty lot aren't they?  Tadakatsu and Ieyasu are scripted to head up that way so you know to block them with the cog wheel. Though we've already done that. And as you'd expect, levitating and Flying Pokemon can just go over the barriers.   ...oh yeah. At the end of every turn these cameras will move 3 spaces around the perimeter of those squares, turning 90 degrees if they end their turn on a corner. And unlike the bridges in Greenleaf or Avia, you can't stop these guys patrolling and you have to watch these three move. Every turn. It's poo poo.   Our scary Warlord this time around is Tokugawa Ieyasu. You might have seen me mention him a few times, I'm fine with slipping a couple of future characters in, but Ieyasu is too big to ignore, so here we are, let's talk about his early life, before he became the first Tokugawa Shogun. He spent most of his early life as a bargaining chip between the Oda and Imagawa clans. When Nobunaga killed Yoshimoto, Ieyasu allied himself with Nobunaga. From there, he allied with Uesugi Kenshin, fought Takeda Shingen and had his second son adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, all while increasing his influence and power. When Nobunaga was betrayed and killed by Akechi Mitsuhide, Ieyasu protected his old lord's lands from Hōjō Ujimasa and when they stalemated, they came to a land dividing agreement. When Hideyoshi became the most powerful daimyō, Ieyasu supported Nobunaga's heir instead and they stalemated in the ensuing fight. Hideyoshi offered a truce to Ieyasu and the latter pledged his loyalty.   Honda Tadakatsu was a samurai, general and daimyō of the Ōtaki clan. A loyal retainer of Ieyasu, he was also one of his finest generals and commanded musketeers in volley cycling, which decimated more standard armies. A powerful man on the battlefield, he is said to have never been wounded and had the spear Tonbo-Giri, Dragonfly Cutter, being so sharp it would slice a dragonfly that landed on it in two. He also used the famous katana Nakasutkasa Masamune. Fearlessly loyal to Ieyasu, he was praised by Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, though he found it difficult to a regular retired lifestyle.   Komatsuhime, known as Inahime as a child, was the daughter of Tadakatsu and was a fierce warrior. Captivated by the prowess of the Sanada at the Battle of Ueda, Tadakatsu and Ieyasu arranged Ina to marry Sanada Nobuyuki, Yukimura's brother. Though Nobuyuki allied with the Tokugawa, something his father, Sanada Masayuki, had not done, they met at Numeta Castle with Yukimura. Ina emerged from the castle in full battle attire and prevented Masayuki from seeing his grandchildren. Masayuki and Yukimura withdrew to Shōkaku-ji and were surprised when Ina and her childen arrived soon after, allowing them time as a family.   Tokugawa Hidetada was the third son of Ieyasu and became his successor as the second Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. To ensure Ieyasu's loyalty against the Hōjō clan, Hidetada was taken as Hideyoshi's hostage and when he became of age, became Ieyasu's heir, being the eldest surviving son and his favourite. When the Battle of Sekigahara approached, Ieyasu ordered Hidetada and his troops back from the Uesugi clan to assist. However, he was held up by forces from the Sanada clan and thus arrived too late to help his father in the decisive battle. Their relationship never recovered from there.   Nankōbō Tenkai was a Tendai Buddhist monk that served under Ieyasu and served as liason between the Shogunate and the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He reached the highest rank of priesthood, Daisōjō, and was in charge of carrying out Ieyasu's last will. He then served as consultants for the next two Shoguns, Hidetada and Iemitsu, who asked him to establish the Buddhist temple Kan'ei-ji, northeast of Edo Castle.   Yagyū Munenori was a swordsman and founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, a school of swordsmanship, which was originally called Shinkage-ryū by its primary founder Kamiizumi Nobutsuna. It was one of the two official sword styles adopted by the Tokugawa shogunate and Munenori became a direct retainer of the Tokugawa house, gaining enough power to become a minor fudai daimyō (vassal lord serving the Tokugawa). He was an instructor to Hidetada and became a primary advisor of Iemitsu. Yeah Yukimura does gently caress all damage cause of his low link, what a surprise. But it's the easiest way to grind!  The cool thing about the gears is you can trap opponents behind the barriers, or move your guys around to either easily attack, or to move them out of the way. Regardless if you move or not, if you end your turn on a cog, it will move.  Hmm, bit annoying, but nothing Dewott can't handle.  This does mean Chimecho can't go anywhere to hit us and Aron does sweet gently caress all, so this is working out. As you'd expect, Chimecho doesn't activate the cog. Good job guys, this way.   And yeah you get the idea, the cameras are annoying, I didn't screenshot them anymore, aren't I nice?   Everything's going pretty well over here. When Aron jumped onto the cog to guard Chimecho, it caused it to turn again, letting Eevee smack Chimecho and cause the wheel to turn again, meaning Chimecho's only target was now Aron. Battling on the cogs can get very fun.    It is only right that we risk our lives in order to protect you, Lord Ieyasu. Forget us, and deal with the enemies in front of you, my lord. Hmm... I must achieve victory. For the sake of all these people...    Round and around we go, wheeeeeeeeee Ah shoot, I wanted Aggron to stay in front so Gurdurr can bop it. Metagross is understandably a huge freaking problem. I cannot afford to sully his name with an inept performance. I must give this all I have! These guys are REALLY chatty.  Nearly done over here, Chimecho's got one last hit to go.  Alright good job Yukimura.    Alright, all that's left is the big 3. Annoyingly, we need Motonari to take on Ina and Yoshihiro to take on Ieyasu, but Tadakatsu keeps getting in the way.  Well might as well make sure Metagross wastes two moves taking out Servine.    Of course Eevee is the one that gets confused. We've got the enemy more or less penned in, but they'll do some damage to us, no mistake.    Like that, see? With both Meteor Mash and Iron Tail pushing you back, it means your defence can get shoved out of the way and exposing the more fragile members of your team. This also lets you move in with other Pokemon in the gap that's now formed. So it's up and down, really.  Now this is a line I can get behind.    Oh wow this is basically perfect, hitting both Aggron and Metagross and the only repercussion is Iron Tail, which I resist.  Dunno why I put Jigglypuff there, it just leaves it in range to get knocked back and beat up.   I also dunno why I let Gurdurr just get hit by Metagross for like most of its health. When things get good I guess I just try and throw it all away.   Hey, I'm all for Metagross taking more damage.   Well better Eevee than Gurdurr, it's a net gain.   That's also helpful, if you stand in the camera's range then you'll get picked up and moved to somewhere on the map, usually to the other side. The highlighted squares are its entire range.  Ow. We've been able to contain Metagross pretty well, but it being able to 2HKO one of our best is a problem.    Little bit late for that, but I appreciate the effort. Now, let's go get Quagsire. ...goddamn AI.  Alright we'll open up this way while Quagsire stares at the block it just put up.  It opening the way back is just a coincidence. It used its full movement to try and go around to me. But this makes it easier to reach it, cause the AI has no real concept of strategy.  Ah this is just perfect, the elevation stops Quagsire from doing anything, like with Chimecho earlier.   This map can be tricky to get around, but you can get the enemy to line up pretty nicely. That Metagross is a super dangerous problem though, so bring Steel resists, more than anything. Long Day It would appear that my army was incapable of halting your progress... Now go, Lord Azai. I shall be watching your forthcoming battle against Lord Nobunaga with great interest. Threat to Ransei ...wait, already??? Pokemon Evolved   Well Motochika did a lot in that battle, so it's not too surprising. Dewott evolves into Samurott when its Attack is 104. Threat to Ransei You might have noticed that Samurott didn't emote with Motochika, nor did he talk about it being the Pokemon for him. Seems his Perfect Link is only with Dewott. Wonder what's up with that?   New peeps in Avia before we end the month! Hōjō Sōun was Ujiyasu's grandfather and was a rōnin, a samurai without a master, despite his family being in direct employment of the Ashikaga shoguns. When his sister married into the Imagawa clan, he became a retainer and mediated the dispute between Imagawa Ujichika and Oshika Norimitsu when the latter wanted to take over the clan. Sōun finally killed Norimatsu to protect Ujichika and was given Kokukuji castle as a reward. He then invaded the Izu province and became one of the first Sengoku daimyōs. He then secured Odawara castle and after his death his son Ujitsuna established the Hōjō clan properly.Ishikawa Kazumasa was a notable retainer to Ieyasu, having served him since childhood as hostages in the Imagawa clan. When Ieyasu abandoned the clan, Kazumasa became an invaluable retainer and administrator under him, being his envoy to Hideyoshi and Ujizane. However, when Ieyasu resisted Hideyoshi, Kazumasa believed him to be foolhardy and switched sides, forcing Ieyasu to reconstruct his military and defensive policies, as Kazumasa had significant knowledge about the organization. He decided to retire soon after and lived with his son until his death.  Man, we've been at this campaign for 2 years? Hopefully it'll be over soon.   Gotta see what Samurott can do (spoilers, it's good). Gō was the third and youngest daughter of Azai Nagamasa and Oichi (hmm, maybe we should talk about those two soon). Her third husband was the future Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and Hideyoshi was her adoptive father before she started marriage. Her oldest sister was Hideyoshi's concubine and birthed Hideyori, Hideyoshi's heir. She passed after Iemitsu became Shogun.  The cool thing about Gyarados is its a Flying type! Very useful in this game and like with Samurott has Aqua Tail, so it can be pretty deadly. Definitely worth the wait. Shizuka doesn't have any historical counterpart, but is perhaps related to Shingen is some way, as her Perfect Link is with the Rhyhorn line. Oh well.   Another Perfect Link! Also some abilities are the same as their game counterparts, meaning Pokemon with Levitate are still around being annoying butts. Another new building in Valora, this is definitely something to look at.  Changing a Pokemon's Abilities has an effect on their performance in battle, so I'd strongly recommend trying at least a couple of different ones. Now then, are you ready to choose a new Ability?  For a bit of a price, you can change a Pokemon's ability to either of its other two, though the third ability is usually pretty expensive. Definitely worth it, but most Pokemon have different abilities when they evolve, so you're changing the slot and not the specific ability, so make sure you know what it'll change into in that case!  We'll come back to it later, sure. Now we've got one more place to visit before going after another kingdom. Spectra, or Nixtorm, which will we choose?  This map is a bit annoying since you can't just jump up that ledge, so you can go down, but not up. Also Dragon Rage can be pretty nasty since 40 damage can be a lot.  Finally after being our first ever recruit, Takatora gets his Perfect Link! Anyway, Hasekura Tsunenaga, baptized as Francisco Felipe Faxicura, was a Roman noble of Japanese descent, who was also a samurai and retainer to Masamune. He headed a diplomatic mission to Spain and the Vatican, travelling from Japan, through New Spain (now Mexico) to Europe. While the embassy was received well in Europe, it happened at a time when Christianity was becoming suppressed in Japan. Thus, European monarchs, such as Philip III of Spain, refused the trade agreements and he returned back to Japan with seemingly few results in an increasingly isolationist country. Sakai Tadatsugu was one of Ieyasu's favoured and most successful military commanders and was one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa (known as the Tokugawa-Shitennō). He first served Ieyasu's father and was given command of Yoshida Castle when Ieyasu cut ties with the Imagawa. He mostly fought against Takeda forces and wielded the katana Inokiri, the Boar Slayer, after killing a boar with it. Tadatsugu eventually gained control of over half of the Tokugawa armies, while Kazumasa had the rest. He had a son, Sakai Ietsugu and after accompanying Ieyasu's son and heir Hidetada during the Odawara campaign, Tadatsugu retired in Kantō. Fire-type, Fighting-type, Rock-type Pokemon are strong against Ice-type Pokemon... But Grass-type and Ground-type Pokemon will be pretty vulnerable... Invasion  Let's send a chill down our spines...  Do you know what my brother is planning to do? One such as myself could never hope to understand Lord Nobunaga... But I can assure you that he has only the best intentions. Lady Oichi... He is your brother. How could you not trust Lord Nobunaga? Maybe I am a bad sister... I just don't... trust him... He used to be so kind... But now... Do you truly believe you can defeat me with such a conflicted heart? ...Let us take to the battlefield. VS Nixtorm   Bit of a power discrepancy, I know. But we'll be fine, probably.    This is definitely a dangerous map, the snow reduces all Pokemon's range by 1, aside from Ice types, obviously. Ice types are also perfectly happy to walk on the ice, but other Pokemon will slide in the direction they enter it from. Flying and levitating Pokemon ignore all this stuff too, cause they're just too good.    Alright, settle down girl. At least them not slipping around the ice means they don't rush towards us immediately, but they will be here soon.  There are patches of thin ice around the area and they'll crack if you stand on them. Stand on it again and it'll break.   Yeah, like that. All it does is create a pool of water, it doesn't damage you, just pushes you to a random spot and may make a barrier or something? I dunno man, it's not very helpful.   Akechi Mitsuhide was a samurai and general under Oda Nobunaga, while also serving the wandering Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Yoshiaki asked Mitsuhide to become his protector, who offered Nobunaga instead. While they were at Kyoto, the Miyoshi clan attacked and Mitsuhide defended the Shogun and Nobunaga asked him to serve him. Mitsuhide gained the trust of Nobunaga and received Sakamoto castle. However, when Nobunaga betrayed Hanato Hideharu and executed him despite a peace agreement, the Hatano clan murdered several of Mitsuhide's retainers and his mother. Nobunaga also publicly insulted Mitsuhide and their personal relationship faltered. When Mitsuhide was ordered to assist Hashiba Hideyoshi and fight the Mōri clan, Mitsuhide instead marched to Honnō-ji and attacked Nobunaga and set the temple on fire, with Nobunaga either dying in the fight or by committing seppuku.   Hosokawa Garasha was a samurai and daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. She converted to Christianity and her Japanese name Garasha is based on her baptismal name, Gracia. She married Hosokawa Tadaoki and had six children with him. Her life was placed in danger when her father betrayed and killed Nobunaga, making her a traitor's daughter. Tadaoki sent her to Midono in the Tango Peninsula and then later confined her in Hosowaka mansion in Osaka for her protection. She converted to Christianity after hearing that Hideyoshi was against it. When Hideyoshi passed and the power vacuum created the conflict between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari, Mitsunari attempted to kidnap Gracia to blackmail rival generals. However, the family retainer Ogasawara Shōsai killed her and the rest of the household committed seppuku and burned the mansion down. Her death caused so much outrage that Mitsunari was forced to abandon his plans of hostage taking.   Akechi Hidemitsu was a samurai and senior retainer of Mitsuhide and served him until Hideyoshi took revenge and killed Mitsuhide for betraying Nobunaga. Hidemitsu married one of Mitsuhide's daughters and became one of his most trusted advisors, serving in Mitsuhide's vanguard and led the attack on Honnō-ji. When Hideyoshi attacked Sakamoto Castle after killing Mitsuhide in the Battle of Yamazaki, Hidemitsu's men set the castle on fire, killed their families and themselves to follow their master to the grave.   Saitō Toshimitsu was a samurai and retainer of Inaba Ittetsu, though later joined Akechi Mitsuhide. Nobunaga became furious when he heard of it and would have killed Toshimitsu if Mitsuhide hadn't intervened. Toshimitsu was a vital part in the attack of Honnō-ji and the Battle of Yamazaki and was killed along with his master in the battle.   Akechi Mitsutada was a samurai and Mitsuhide's cousin. When the Hatano clan was obliterated, he gained control of Yakami Castle and served under Mitsuhide during the attack on Honnō-ji. After Nobunaga was killed, Mitsutada went on a mission to kill Oda Nobutada, Nobunaga's heir. He was shot in the attempt and recuperated in a nearby temple, but later committed seppuku upon hearing Mitsuhide had been killed by Hideyoshi.   Hosokawa Fujitaka was the father of Hosokawa Tadaoki, making him Gracia's father-in-law. He was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga Shoguns, so he joined Nobunaga and became the daimyō of Tango. After Nobunaga was killed by Mitsuhide, Fujitaka refused to join Mitsuhide, despite his son's relations to the clan. He passed his daimyō status to Tadaoki after Mitsuhide was killed. He stayed as cultural advisor to both Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. When Mitsunari asked Fujitaka to join him, he refused as Mitsunari had caused Gracia's death. He garrisoned Tanabe Castle and defended it from a siege, though the general attacking the castle greatly respected Fujitaka and so the attackers amused themselves by barely attacking the castle.  This is a pretty nasty battle, Ice is a great attacking type and the ice and snow make it real tricky to move around, so we've gotta be careful. Sealeo is also really deadly, having +1 range on ice and Ice Ball. Like with Fury Cutter, it can get very quickly out of hand, so it should definitely be a target.  Mitsuhide is also a super deadly guy, having crazy range with Ice Beam, so he's another big problem.   Gurdurr and Rhyperior are super important, cause these guys are super strong and can deal major damage to the enemy before they do the same to us. We also want them to not take any damage, especially Rhyperior, so if you can line up 2 Pokemon, then Mitsuhide will go for them. The AI also prefers to move somewhere new to attack instead of staying put, so use that to your advantage.  Beartic is also a problem if Icicle Crash flinches, as not being able to retaliate with Gurdurr is a big deal. The enemy can do a lot of damage overall, so Oichi is as necessary as always.   Hrm, the flinch is annoying, but it gets rid of Beartic for a while, so I'll take it.  OW, let's not do that again.    Nice, using Rhyperior is always a fun time, cause you never know what's gonna happen.  Haha, you can't touch me.  Oh, but you can. The ice reforms after like 3 turns, whoopee.  Ah, hmm, I would've preferred if you'd made Musharna go to sleep.  Only Munna and Musharna are left and you can see why the line sucks. They work together fine enough, but when seperated Musharna is basically useless, so we'll be going after Munna mostly. It's a bit tricky for us to get across, entering onto the ice or sliding across it, no matter your Range, requires your max movement, for some reason.  Wake Up Slap bitch! Hey, get back here!   Now we begin the slow trudge over the snow. Thankfully everyone survived the onslaught so we just need to keep hitting Musharna until it goes down.    But you didn't think it'd be that easy, right? Musharna has its own version of Lullaby and its attack can heal it. Isn't that fun???  And it keeps activating too! I'm glad!!!  That's a pretty good combo due to Rhyperior's awful Range right now.  Oh never mind it just healed most of that damage. gently caress  Stop running away!  AND STOP ACTIVATING YOUR ABILITY  Rather do this than Musharna getting even more health.  Ugggggggghhhhhhhhhhh Oh FINALLY. Musharna's ability activated 5 times compared to Jigglypuff's 1, though admittedly Jigglypuff wasn't always in range.    Get out. Long Day  My brother told me... He told me that he would destroy Ransei! I don't know what he meant exactly, but... he terrified me. The world is going to change. Just like my brother did... ... Lady Oichi, I know not of what you speak. Lord Nobunaga is everything to me... To serve by this side... It is everything I have ever wanted... ...I must go. Threat to Ransei Woah, hey, ease up! While it is definitely time for Eevee to evolve now that we have Nixtorm under us, the thread needs to vote on which one it'll evolve into. After that, it'll be Spectra time, next time.
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Alright now we're at the point of the game where it's Eevee evolution time. We can evolve it into all of them except Sylveon (obviously). But which one? Well, here's the list:       I'm happy to use whichever one is voted for the most, so please  pick one
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Votes so far Glaceon: 9 Leafeon: 2 Espeon: 2 Umbreon: 1 Jolteon: 1 I think I can see where this is going. Poor Vaporeon, but more importantly, poor Flareon.
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lmao Alright, voting closed! Bit of a shame since I used Glaceon the first time I played this game, so I hoped something else would be chosen, but oh well, I know it's dependable. We'll be seeing every Eeveelution eventually anyway.
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   Part 9: The Enemy is in Dragnor! Part 9: The Enemy is in Dragnor! This is a long update (too long for a forum post), but that's all folks, no more game to see here, we're all finished! I wish... Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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Sordas Volantyr posted:So, will we be doing voting on the order we do the scenarios in, or do you already have an order in mind? There's some I'll be going after right away, but after that, yeah you can vote on a couple before I go to the last scenario. Like gently caress I'm doing all of them, that's what the 100% file is for. I will be showing off the scenarios that are required for something, all of the Wifi exclusive stories, as well as show off all the different kinds of scenarios there are, but in order to get to the final scenario after that I'll be skipping around a lot and you guys will be voting on which ones I don't completely skip over, as well as a couple optional ones that don't do anything for us.
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  Part 10: Hanbei and Kanbei Main Theme Heyyyyyy... welcome back to Pokemon Conquest... I guessssss. My lack of motivation should tell you how the game's gonna be from now on. We've beaten the main story, so this is technically the postgame, but it's a bit different to the usual postgames we're used to. If you're familiar with Samurai Warriors and the like, then you know that a good chunk of the game consists of different scenarios from all the playable characters of the game. And it's exactly the same here. EVERY SINGLE WARLORD in this game has a "unique" scenario from their perspective and if you want to play as the main character again, we'll have to go through quite a few of these. Let's start with Hideyoshi's story so we can see what it consists of.   While not every story has a unique win condition, there is a bit of variety depending on the Warlord featured. We'll be going into all these later, but Hideyoshi's story is a good starting point, as is Ieyasu's. Episode Opening Known for the constant battles that raged across its 17 kingdoms. In the kingdom of Ignis, situated in the corner of this land...  But it's only some people--Warriors--that can communicate with Pokemon. Don't you think it'd be great if everyone could make friends with Pokemon? What a happy world that would be! It's the kind of world I've always dreamed of! It's the kind of world I've always dreamed of!   Yeah... I'll show ya! And they also say that the one who captures all 17 castles gets to see this Pokemon, right? You're not... Yeah! I am! I'm gonna summon the legendary Pokemon, and together we're gonna change this world! Ransei ...and just like that, we have our goal for the entire scenario. So yeah, after 9 pretty lengthy updates, we conquered the entirety of Ransei after a bit of a struggle and an alright story. Now the game is wanting us to do the same AGAIN. 12 stories expect us to do this and it's pretty rough. But at the same time, how long will it be until we conquer Ransei again in this story? End of next update. So let's see what's new in the postgame.[/i] All 17 kingdoms are available from the outset and ruled by their main Warlord we met during the story. Everyone takes their turn in a random order each month, with our turn also in a random place, so a fair few of the kingdoms will take their turn before us, though right now they're not doing much. Their turns also go by so quickly it's difficult to get a good screenshot, so ignore anything that looks weird. Alright, let's see who we're starting with. Hideyoshi is basically the same as when we first encountered him in Ignis and we've talked about him enough that there's nothing much to really go over!  It's his companions that we're interested in. Hanbei and Kanbei are the only postgame Warlords, so that means we've met all 37 of them! Takenaka Shigeharu was a samurai and strategist under Hideyoshi. While originally serving the Saitō clan, he plotted an uprising and took over the clan's castle at Mount Inaba and then directed the defense against the forces of Nobunaga during the Siege of Inabayama Castle. Hideyoshi was so impressed by him that he invited Hanbei to join his forces. He had a son, Takenaka Shigekado, who would later fight for Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara and secure his family's holdings in Bodaisan. Hanbei died of illness while Hideyoshi was attacking the Mōri clan.  Kuroda Yoshitaka was a daimyo and strategist of Hideyoshi, as well as the head of the Kuroda family, near Himeji Castle. After the defeat of the Saitō clan, Kanbei pledged his loyalty to Nobunaga and served under Hideyoshi, with Hanbei. When Itami Castle's lord Murashige Araki planned a revolt against Oda, Kanbei went to convince him not to defect. Araki imprisoned Kanbei and was eventually defeated in the Siege of Itami, freeing Kanbei. Due to his long imprisonment, Kanbei lost use of one leg and one eye, though he still served as Hideyoshi's strategist. During this time, Hideyoshi became more and more wary of Kanbei, as he had become so powerful only with his help and believed Kanbei wanted to overthrow him, especially due to his deep friendship with Rikyu. Regardless, Kanbei eventually retired after a mostly unsuccessful attempt to conquer the Kyūshū region for Ieyasu. Oichi is the Warlord of Aurora, instead of Azai... oh yeah, we haven't talked about those two, have we? Oichi was the sister of Nobunaga and sister-in-law of Nōhime and wife of Azai Nagamasa, later marrying Shibata Katsuie. Her marriage to Nagamasa was political to cement their clan's alliance after Nobunaga conquered Mino. When Nagamasa betrayed the alliance to declare war on Nobunaga on behalf of the Asukura family, Oichi remained with him throughout the three year conflict, even after Hideyoshi began besieging the castle. When the castle was surrounded, Nobunaga requested that Oichi and her three daughters were to be saved, which Nagamasa agreed to as he committed seppuku soon after. Oichi was cared for by the Oda clan until Nobunaga was killed by Mitsuhide and Oichi married Katsuie so he stayed loyal to the Oda clan and fought against Hideyoshi. When he was defeated, Katsuie and Oichi retreated to Kitanosho Castle, with Hideyoshi following close behind. This time, Oichi remained behind with her husband and sent her daughters to be cared for by Hideyoshi, while she and Katsuie were killed in the siege.  All the Warlords that have a domain are here, though... Nobunaga looks a bit different. Guess he was evolved in the main story. We also have this new building in Ignis. Let's check it out.   "worth visiting!" By the way, I recommend that you invest your gold very wisely. Make smart choices, and you'll see the rewards! Now then, please choose the location you wish to invest in.  The Bank is a postgame building that lets you upgrade a kingdom's facilities. You may have noticed a small level indicator in the top right when viewing facilities, by investing enough gold with enough Warriors with high enough Wisdom, they'll level up and become very useful. This is the big money sink you'll be using, but best to do it in one big go in a story, since location upgrades don't transfer, as well as your gold. So spend spend spend! Oh yeah, hardly any items transfer between stories, making them even more annoying to use, so don't bother upgrading shops and Ponigiri shops, but do focus on Gold Mines, they're extra good now. We've got stuff to do in our first month. After all, we've only got an army of 3 right now, so we need to build it back up again. Oh joy.  Let's recruit some peeps!  Hope you don't like big numbers, cause we're super weak again. But we should get pretty strong by the time we conquer the entire region...  And of course we're nowhere done with our historical overviews, did you see how many Warriors we met last time? Nowhere near enough. Naka was Hideyoshi's mother, known as Ōmandokoro. Since Hideyoshi started off as a sandal bearer, his family wasn't particularly important, his father was a foot soldier. So not much is known about her as Hideyoshi left home in search of adventure and he very rarely talked about his past.   We've already met Hideaki. Maa was the daughter of Maeda Toshiie, one of the leading generals of Nobunaga. She became one of Hideyoshi's concubines.  Since we've used Hideaki before, all the Pokemon he linked with are still his, meaning we can use his Whirlipede right out the gate. So even if you see one of your favourites using a Pokemon you never gave them, don't fret, they have everything still, which makes life a lot easier as we recruit more and more people.  Hmm, we need to start beating people up so we can get some link, otherwise it's gonna be a long road.   Terumoto is here and he's got Petilil as a Perfect Link. Let's not bother with him and instead with our Fire and Poison types, go and kick Motonari's rear end. The list function is very useful to see who's lurking in kingdom locations so you can decide if you want to recruit them again. The list is your friend. VS Greenleaf    And just like that, we're in battle. There's no story cutscenes, no preamble, just go straight in. And this does seem familiar...    Ah yeah, I remember that vine bridge. I hope there weren't any maps in this game you disliked cause, uh, there's only one battlefield map for each kingdom. But since we know how they all work, it should be pretty easy now.  Especially since super effective damage is king. There's no story caveats, you can recruit any and all Warriors as soon as you meet them. If you fulfil the recruitment criteria, that is.    We're not going to have any trouble facing these guys down, so this should end quickly.   Still need to claim all the banners, but it was a quick and easy battle.    Gonna be investing in the Ignis Cave whenever I can, we'll need it at max level. VS Fontaine  Let's beat up water dude.    I think we'll be fine.   If you thought some maps were straightforward before, you ain't seen nothing yet.  This is why you don't bother with the waterways.   With that, we have 3 kingdoms under our control already and we're not even a third of the way through the update yet. We also don't need to recruit literally everyone we come across, since we don't have the need for some Warriors we've already got their Perfect Link with and we don't have a huge amount of space right out of the gate.  When you reach certain milestones such as recruiting enough Warriors, or Pokemon, one of your army will comment about it and increase everyone's Energy. Told you we don't need to micromanage it, it sorts itself out. VS Aurora It's Oichi time. We'll go over this kingdom properly since this is the first time we're invading it.    It's a pretty simple kingdom and you may have noticed how strong we are compared to our enemies. They're not really doing much each month, which is fine by me!  We haven't seen too many maps with logs. If you attack them, then they'll move one space in the direction of the attack. Any Pokemon that gets knocked down by one will take damage. The logs also open and close paths and are a fine obstacle, if not particularly exciting.  Ohatsu was the second of Oichi and Nagamasa's three daughters and was a prominent figure due to being a liaison between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans. She married her cousin, Kyōgoku Takatsugu, who was a daimyō of the Ōmi Province, under the Toyotomi. He transferred to the Tokugawa and along with Ohatsu, lived an opulent life. When he passed, Ohatsu joined the Jōkō-ji temple and stayed there until she died.Kōsokabe Chikayasu was Motochika's younger brother and has a jp wiki and fr wiki entries, but not English. I mean, sure.   Slightly annoying, but that'll become our asset soon enough.   Lady Chacha was the eldest daughter of Oichi and Nagamasa and became concubine and second wife to Hideyoshi after she entered his care after Oichi's death. She became mother to Hideyori, who became Hideyoshi's successor and after Hideyoshi's death, she retreated to Osaka Castle and helped Hideyori plot the restoration of the Toyotomi clan. When Ieyasu broke through and attacked Osaka Castle, both she and Hideyori committed seppuku. Ransei Welcome to Hideyoshi's army... cutie. Next month!   But it's about time that I thought about retiring. Before I do that, I thought I'd better share some of what I've learned with you young Warriors. If there's anything you want to ask about, youngster, go ahead. This old man has plenty of time on his hands. Bit late for tutorials, eh? Ah well, let's hear what you've got to say.  Finally, improving a Pokemon's Speed makes it easier for their moves to hit the enemy while also making it easier for them to avoid enemy moves. Got all that?  To increase a move rank to its maximum level, you will need to achieve a 100% link with your Pokemon. Moves whose move ranks are at their maximum level are super powerful, so be sure to work hard and strengthen your link, all right? Professor tutorial man will appear on May, Year 1 on every scenario. Nice if it's been a while since you've played and want to remember how some things work. But it would've been nice to know about this earlier.  I'll still be going for Perfect Links and all that, but I'm going to be focusing on Warlords a lot more. As a cheeky aside, you should get to using all the Ghost and Poison type Pokemon in this game. WINK WINK. VS Violight  We've now got enough Warriors to take on TWO kingdoms a month, which will speed things up significantly. You don't need Hideyoshi, Hanbei and Kanbei for all of them, thank god.  A cool change is Muneshige is using an Emolga, though he still has Staravia from the main story. Let's recruit both him and Ginchiyo.[/i]  It will be a bit annoying though, Emolga has Volt Switch which moves it back one space after it attacks, making it annoying to catch up to. This battlefield also makes using Chimchar's Ember tough.  Remember to defeat Warlords with other Warlords, or you'll be quite sad.[/i]   Ah goddammit, guess we'll get Muneshige later. Not that we really have a time limit to get all the Warlords and that, it just makes things easier. Oh well. Ransei    Hey, Monferno... I feel an even greater strength than I did before... You feel it too, right? Hey, Monferno! We're still a team, right! Using Hideyoshi in basically every invasion means Chimchar levelled up quickly. Like the main story, using your Warlords in literally every battle gives them a real nice Link boost. VS Pugilis  Time for Oichi to take centre stage!   Now that we're recruiting old peeps, we've got some real strong Pokemon on our side, like the Gyarados we got at the end of the main story. Oh we will have fun.    I love Samurott. Especially cause I gave it Conqueror. See how I've been preparing for all this?  Tsunokuma Sekisō was a tactician for Ōtomo Sōrin and taught his craft to Dōsetsu Tachibana. He disagreed with Sōrin about attacking the city of Hyūga, but still participated in the siege. He died during the battle.  Man this would seem almost unfair... if I gave a poo poo. Next month!    Hey, remember swarming Pokemon? Well what if you didn't want to get any cause you didn't have the right Pokeball? Yeah, natural swarming Pokemon suck since they don't happen very often and you might not have the right Warrior to link with them. So we'll be using passwords instead of this bullshit, though I will try and remember to pick them up if I can, to make filling out the Gallery a little easier.    Nice one. It took a little bit since our Warriors have been needed elsewhere and we've been a bit low on cash, but it's all worth it. "it be...?!" I have no idea what you're talking about...  Getting a kingdom's main battling locale to level 2 makes another one appear, giving you a lot of different Pokemon. Levelling up the facilities are always useful, but getting the second area appear is always useful if you're looking for a specific Pokemon. Also levelling up one area makes some new Pokemon appear, now Charmeleon, Pignite and Darumaka have a chance of appearing in the Cave.  Surprise surprise the goth guy has a Perfect Link with the Litwick line. Instead of waiting until we conquer Spectra (ugggggggh), they can thankfully be found on the Floating Rock, as well as Chimchar. So getting these new areas is pretty worth it. VS Chrysalia  Chrysalia is still as fun as always, definitely wanna get Yoshimoto, cause the game just isn't complete without him.  Ah good, I haven't missed this.  Still don't have much a problem here. Sanada Masayuki was the daimyō of the Sanada clan and father of Yukimura. He originally served under Takeda Shingen as a political hostage, but when that clan faltered, he took control and established himself during the Toyotomi regime amongst the Tokugawa, Hojō and Uesugi clans. With Nobunaga's lands relatively free after his death, Masayuki switched between the Uesugi and Hojō clans and then betrayed Ujinao to help Yoda Nobushige, under the Tokugawa clan. Seeing the shift in power, Ujinao offered peace and Masayuki became prominent as Ieyasu's vassal. But soon after when Ieyasu wanted Masayuki to abdicate Numata Castle, Masayuki resisted and cut ties with Ieyasu, instead opting to join under Hideyoshi. After Hideyoshi's death, Masayuki then joined Mitsunari against Ieyasu and sent his son to the Battle of Sekigahara. He faced Hidetada's forces and prevented him from joining Ieyasu to potentially sway the battle. Masayuki was exiled and died due to illness.    Oh look, I got paralyzed 3 turns in a row.  I don't wanna play this map for a while now.  Perfect Link aside it's now Terrera's turn! Cause gently caress Illusio... VS Terrera  I won't be going for the quick win since I want to recruit people, so let's see how this map plays normally.  Oh, I wonder what will happen?   Seems about right.  Chop that baby. Imagawa Ujizane was a daimyō of the Imagawa clan and the eldest son of Yoshimoto. He married the daughter of Hōjō Ujiyasu as part of an alliance, but after Yoshimoto passed away, Ujizane was attacked by Shingen and Ieyasu. At the Siege of Kakegawa, Ujizane allied himself with Ieyasu in order to recover territory in Suruga and he later went after the Takeda clan with a salt embargo. This was ineffective as Kenshin went around his embargo and with their power faltering, Ujizane accepted the offer by Ieyasu for the Imagawa clan to become Tokugawa retainers.    Mmm that's some good strategy. Always kill the trees.   Ow, Dragon Rage is dangerous again. Maybe this time we can get Kunoichi's Perfect Link.  Up and down the lifts. Make sure you get one of the flags and keep the lift guarded, so the enemy doesn't surprise you, since you can't follow them up the same turn they go up.  I dunno when we'll see this guy again, so Honjō Saneyori was one of Kenshin's teachers in military strategy and played a large role in his growth to adulthood. He was one of his most trusted advisors when Kenshin became head of the clan and followed his master in death when he passed due to illness.  It's not difficult to get the flags after the enemy gets ahold of them, since they get blown off. So we're waiting to take them down.    Easy enough, so gotta clean up the banners.  Would be nice if we could conquer the whole region by the end of the year. Ah, it'll probably be by the second year. Ransei  Another Energy boost, everyone's doing alright, so off to the next month! Everyone's been a bit quiet so far. Boy, I wonder what Masamune's up to?   I'm not surprised at that.  Now that's just embarrassing, you just got a boost from beating back birds, brah!  Finally Pichu appeared, now Hanbei can get his Perfect Link. What a couple of handsome boys.  Gotta test out Litwick, of course. Gamō Ujisato was a retainer to Nobunaga after he took over the Rokkaku clan and Ujisato was taken as a political hostage, so Ujisato's father could pledge his loyalty to Nobunaga. He grew into a fine young man and in his first battle sieging Kizukuri Castle, he impressed Nobunaga so much that he gave his daughter Fuyuhime in marriage to Ujisato and was affectionally referred to by Nobunaga as "my little son-in-law." They had two children, one daughter, one son. When Nagamasa betrayed Nobunaga, Ujisato helped his master escape by taking him to Hino Castle and arranging his escape to Gifu. For this feat, Nobunaga posted him under Katsuie with his father and then eventually under his personal command at Hino Castle. When Nobunaga was killed, Ujisato sheltered his wife and children and then submitted to Hideyoshi and was rewarded with Aizu for the pacification of Ōshū, where his family stayed for years.    Rhyperior status: still good. Tanegashima Tokitaka was the man who introduced muskets to Japan, changing warfare forever. When a Chinese ship with Portuguese adventurers were shipwrecked on the island of Tanegashima, Tokitaka purchased two matchlock muskets from them and enlisted a smith, Yaita, to replicate them. He did so easily enough, aside from a tricky screwing technique that didn't exist in Japan in time, so they enlisted a Portuguese blacksmith to solve the problem. Within 10 years, 300,000 Tanegashima firearms had been manufactured. The use of serial firing allowed Shingen and Nobunaga to change Japanese warfare forever and they both heavily invested in firearms.Ryūzōji Takanobu was a daimyō of the Ryūzōji clan on the island of Kyushu and became the 19th head of the clan after his father, Ryūzōji Chikaie. He expanded the clan's holdings, taking land from the Shōni clan, but when his retainer Arima Harunobu split, several local clans took the opportunity to start an uprising. He led an army to quell them, but was defeated by Shimazu Iehisa, whose clan had allied with the locals. Takanobu was killed by Kawakami Tadakata, a Shimazu retainer. VS Illusio  ...alright it's Illusio time.  More banner fun, let's send over Gyarados to deal with one side.   Kanetsugu took the banner this time, though thankfully there's no Gallade running around. Hōjō Gen'an was a monk, son of Hōjō Sōun and uncle to Ujiyasu, who inherited the clan after Gen'an's brother and Ujiyasu's father, Ujitsuna, passed.  Ow    Let's smack some sense into this lot. Due to turn timers, we'll only be recruiting Kanetsugu and Aya (and Gen'an), but it's not a huge deal.   Since we're here, Murakami Yoshikiyo was a samurai and retainer of Kenshin, participating in many conflicts against Takeda Nobutora and his son, Shingen. Shingen severely disliked him due to Yoshikiyo's high kill count, though before he joined Kenshin, he and Shingen were on good terms. He fought many bitter battles against Shingen, with both of them enjoying their share of victories as one outwitted the other. Yoshikiyo killed a fair number of Shingen's generals and after abandoning the village of Shinano, Yoshikiyo went to Kenshin for aid. He fought under Kenshin during the Battle of Kawanakajima, where he is credited for killing Shingen's brother, Nobushige, though Kenshin is also credited with this. He was able to recover Shinano and later died in the town.  We now have over half of Ransei under our command. What a wild ride this story has been so far... oh wait, there hasn't been a cutscene since the very beginning. VS Yaksha  Next up is Yaksha, I guess and did you just leave him on 1HP??? Ugggggggh, the projected number was 62, but I guess I got the lowest roll.  Well that's neat.  I get ya, Motonari, seeing a new Pokemon for the first time is always a joy.    Nice, finally got scary claw man.    Well that was, uh, fun? Let's not battle in Yaksha anytime soon. Least we've seen all these ninja before, but now we're in the old Nobunaga territory, so everyone we recruit should be brand new in our Gallery. Ransei But I think that should do us, we've conquered a lot of Ransei and to be honest, it's been pretty easy and kinda boring. Still, at least we'll get through this story with little trouble.[/i]  Yeah! We're supporting you! You've got to show them what you're made of! ...You're right. We must not wallow in self-pity.  The heck is going on here?    Wait a minute did you just increase your strength by 700 in one turn?   Well that's cool, at least, it's shaking things up on the map. This power boost could be pretty interesti-    Oh. Oh no... Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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    Part 11: Tolerable Postgame VS Yaksha  Welcome back. When we last left off, our nearby enemies trained all day yesterday and are now a threat. You're right, it sucks.  Like seriously, what the gently caress is this?  Super effective damage is the only way to get out of this, since our opponents are slightly stronger than us. We also have to deal with this bullshit map and the slight burn out that occurs from JUST fighting in this map.  That's very funny though. I don't think the AI realises how awful Flame Burst's splash damage is.  See, we're getting out hit here, which is never a good thing for a simple battle game like this.  Still, we should be alright, Pansear is the most dangerous opponent (I know, right?) since we can't chunk it really hard, but I have a plan.  Since it has a 2 range move, we can trap it like this and make it unable to attack while we slowly kill it. I'm a genius! I'm a fool, goddammit Yaksha!  Oh yeah, cause our enemies are stronger and have higher stats, hit rates also go down, which is just what you want. God what a dumb mechanic.  Alright, we Poisoned it, now it can actually die. I think in a straight up fight we would've lost since we couldn't hit it that hard, but I dunno for sure.  Actually, yeah, we would've totally lost.  Uh, yeah, sure, keikaku and all that. Ransei Alright, let's never do anything like that again. Unfortunately, we still have to beat up all the strong guys, but they didn't become impossible to beat, just annoying. Anyway, is it our turn yet? "and Lord Kanetsugu!" ...the gently caress is this?  Lord Motoharu is hereby appointed the Guardian of Power! I shall continue to wield my strength to the best of my ability! Lord Shingen is hereby appointed the Guardian of Wisdom! I still have a long way to go on that count... Lady Oichi is hereby appointed the Guardian of Charisma! I just can't believe it! Thank you so much! Lord Kanetsugu is hereby appointed the Guardian of Capacity! Never has there been a happier day! Kirlia shares my gratitude! Hey, guys! Let's join forces and give this army everything we've got!  Alright, the Four Guardians event, uh... *rustles nonexistant papers* ...only occurs after conquering over half the available kingdoms. Out of the four stats, Warriors or Warlords that have the highest in that category are appointed as a Guardian and will never leave the army. Uh, that's it, I am going to completely forget this ever happened. There's a fair few random events that can happen, but whether we see them or not is up the chance. ANYWAY, we can see that Ujiyasu and friends have gotten real strong, so we should crush these rebels before they become La Resistance. This shouldn't encourage you to spread out your army so you don't trigger the Gabite guy, you'll easily overtake the enemy without trying, so get as strong as possible so you can destroy the new nuisances as soon as possible. There is a limit to this power boost, they won't jump like 3000 power in one go to catch up to you.    Muneshige get. VS Cragspur  I guess I'll properly go over a battle now that we have some actual competence on the opponent's side.  Only Conkeldurr and Samurott will actually be fighting in this battle, everyone else is here so they can stop being fuckin useless already.  Gah Sturdy, gah Dragon Rage.  Gah Dragon Rage, ooh Aqua Tail.  Even with Superpower lowering stats, Conkeldurr is still a wrecking ball, especially when it gets statused.  Ow. We absolutely want to recruit Kai, she's great.  Oh, wasn't I gonna show off that battle properly? Well, that was me doing so, since as the updates go on I'll be skipping around and over a lot of things, otherwise there's gonna be a LOT of repetiton. Ransei  Alright, only Nene and Masamune are strong, because of course we've gotta deal with a strong Hanzo and Spiritomb again, sigh. These notifications will be useful later, but for now it's a nice little boost to Energy. I haven't used a Ponigiri once. Also, levelling up that cave in Ignis continues to be useful as we can get Kai's Perfect Link. Ohohohohohohohohohoho. Do continue levelling the cave up to 3. VS Viperia  Alright, Viperia time, I guess. It's gonna be super similar to our first fight here, even more so than Cragspur.  The AI is still dumb, let me show you something you cool.  Every turn Ekans is gonna come out from that passage. Gyarados will just knock it right back to where it was and Ekans is go back through the passage every turn until it's knocked out. If you can get an enemy like this then it is hilarious.    Seems to be going alright. Gotta place Rhyperior somewhere it can hit Golbat, but it's a speedy little fella and can't stop moving to all these awkward places.  Ah gently caress Interference. These are numbers you never want to see, what is this, Fire Emblem? Oh. drat. Nice one Roggenrola.    Alright, let's wrap this up. It took a while but we've actually encountered someone new! Hattori Yasunaga was an Iga ninja and father of Hattori Hanzō and due to Hanzō's popularity, there's very little info about Yasunaga. Oh well.   After smacking the ghost for like 10 minutes it goes down and we are victorious. Ransei   Ooh very nice, rock ear did some work in that battle.   Some Pokemon and Warlords are less expressive than others, not everyone has like 5 different emotion portraits, some have 2 or 3, like can you see the difference in those Boldore images? They are there, trust me. There are some amazing portraits we'll hopefully see later on. VS Avia  Last strong guy is Masamune, but annoyingly he's conquered Spectra. This does mean we can just walk over his divided forces in Avia, but he'll still be strong in Spectra. Ugh.  Only worries are Masamune with Scyther and Magoichi with Carnivine.   Tsuruhime was the seventh daughter of Oda Nobunaga (he had like 23 kids, not a big deal) and was married to Nakagawa Hidemasa, son of Nakagawa Kiyohide, who served Nobunaga. She doesn't seem to have done anything notable and Hidemasa died at a young age at the Battle of Bunroku. Since Nō never had children, Tsuruhime is not her daughter.  Yeah yeah, see you soon.  Easy enough, so we'll chase them north soon enough. But let's do other things first! Ransei   Like get lots of cash and then...?  Get even more cash! Sometimes while mining you'll have the option to use an item to increase the amount you get, though it can fail and you'll get nothing. The Hammer is the best, giving you 3x the amount, so if you consistently use Gold Mines throughout a story, you should have a good chunk of gold, which you'll want no matter the story. With Meowth, you'll never need to upgrade mines through banks, just focus on the various caves and locations instead.  Oh? Is Masamune becoming even more annoying to wipe out?  ...huh? Well it's not as surprising as you think. The AI only sends enough army to just beat out the opponent in Strength, so he probably sent like 3 guys? Wouldn't want the strong AIs to just roll out of control, that's only for us! VS Valora  Ugh Valora, Ieyasu will be easy to take down thankfully, so let's just get this awkward map over with.   Want me to show the cameras moving every turn? No? Good, gently caress Valora.  Let's do something fun instead, like spinning on gears and nearly hitting the damage cap.  Yeah I think we'll be fine.  That was pretty dumb since Lairon is now Burned and we need Samurott to recruit it. Hopefully it lasts!  Phew, barely. That about wraps things up. Now I just need to catch up to Quagsire once it stops getting caught by cameras every turn.    Ashikaga Yoshiteru was the 13th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, the elder brother of the 15th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was installed by Oda Nobunaga in the power vacuum. Yoshiteru became a puppet shogun like his father at the age of 11 after his father, the 12th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was forced to retire after a political struggle with a local daimyo, Hosokawa Harumoto. While his father made peace with Harumoto so the family could return to Kyoto, Harumoto's retainer, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, drove out the Ashikaga family into exile, where Yoshiharu passed, leaving Yoshiteru as a shogun in exile. He made peace with Nagayoshi to return to Kyoto again and then the next year attempted to remove Nagayoshi with Harumoto's help. However, he lost to Nagayoshi and was driven from Kyoto for the third time. Afraid of killing a Shogun, Nagayoshi agreed for Yoshiteru to return back to Kyoto again so long as Yoshiteru did whatever Nagayoshi wanted.Despite being a puppet, Yoshiteru took any opportunity to govern through diplomacy and gained the respect of many daimyo, like Nobunaga and Kenshin. When Nagayoshi died of illness, Yoshiteru saw the opportunity to reclaim his full authority, however Matsunaga Hisahide and the Miyoshi Triumvirs were quite happy ruling as Nagayoshi did and wished to remove Yoshiteru from power and install Ashikaga Yoshihide. Hisahide and Yoshitsugu attacked Yoshiteru quickly to prevent any local daimyos assisting him, quickly overrunning and killing him. Yoshihide was installed as the 14th Shogun and died shortly after due to illness, leaving Kyoto in a vacuum until Nobunaga arrived to install Yoshiaki and drive out Hisahide. That was kinda long, but I didn't expect to find such an important figure randomly. The danger of going on historical tangents when we encounter a new Warrior: you never know who they'll be until you look into it. Ransei  Neat. Three kingdoms remain. Let's have a breather, we need to put Warriors in the Gallery after all.  I didn't intend for Shingen to be a great recruiter, but he fits the role so easily. Anyway, Honjō Saneyori was a part of Kenshin's inner circle and was close friends with Kanetsugu's adoptive father, Naoe Kagetsuna (not in game).  Ah good, more of this please. Ekans evolves when its Attack reaches 59.  Let's recruit Kenshin and then not touch him for the rest of the scenario cause we can't do anything with him. Cool. VS Spectra  Alright let's get this over with, if Mitsuhide and Nobunaga get strong after this month I'm gonna be mildly upset and then crush them anyway.  gently caress trees. Hey Tsuru.  Ōkubo Nagayasu was a samurai bureaucrat and a vassal of Ieyasu. He was in charge of the silver mines in Sagami, Sado and Izu, expanding and increasing production in all three. After his death, evidence of misconduct was discovered and his fief was confiscated and his sons were ordered to commit seppuku.  Stop that Boldore.  Kamehime was the eldest daughter of Ieyasu with his first official wife, Lady Tsukiyama. She married Okudaira Nobumasa, who repelled a Takeda siege at Nagashino Castle after defecting. Nobunaga and Ieyasu were impressed when they arrived to reinforce, so Nobunaga allowed him to use part of his name and Ieyasu offered his daughter in marriage, who had been at the battle and assisted Nobumasa.   The battle ended quickly enough that the Misdreavus statues didn't get in the way too much. They were around, but moveable field elements disappear during attack animations. Ransei   We're getting to the end here, we could end this scenario this month. Though there's still a lot of things to do. Oh neat, another event.  Hmm, no.  They'll be fine since the scenario will be over before they can revolt and lower everyone's Energy. If you keep donating to the farmers when they show up then you'll get some nice rare items, including evolution items! But I'm saving my money for other things and we'll soon be done here, so whatever. VS Nixtorm  Now as you might expect, this story will end when we control all 17 kingdoms, so there's always one army you won't be able to recruit and one kingdom we won't be able to use. Our choice here doesn't really matter, but might as well save Nobunaga for later.  gently caress icicles and icebergs.  Hanzo's power got reset when he went off after Viperia, so he's weak again and easy to recruit. Are you loving kidding me.  I wish we could've done this the first time around. Oh well, got him now.  Oh behave. I love that Guts activates while sleeping. Samurott is still frozen btw.    Could've ended this battle a lot earlier if half my team didn't succumb to status, but whatever, I'm not mad. Ransei    I think we've got a few Warlords in our army now. Choan is absolutely necessary to recruit as he's the only one who can Perfect Link with Bidoof. He will be instrumental in our future.  Oh yeah, we're basically done with this story, so now we're gonna do something fun! (Hint, it's not fun at all). By the end of this story, most of our Warlords and Pokemon are at max like 45-50% or so. The average for Pokemon and Warlords to evolve are like 55-60%, so we're close, but most of our army are pretty weak and it would be real tedious to grind them up to make the rest of the postgame easier, so I'm just gonna use AR codes to increase link gain by 32x. Obviously this isn't something you should do playing this game normally, but I'm gonna get super bored going through the postgame normally and not finish the LP. I don't want that. I do want to buff everyone up, getting Perfect Link and evolutions and have a much easier time going through most of the stories, since I will have to go through a lot of them to reach the final scenario and I won't be playing this game in chunks over a few months, I'll be blasting through most of it and I could get burned out real fast if I have to slog through this postgame and do it bit by bit.The game intends you to play through everyone's stories to slowly evolve everyone as you use them primarily, but that's boring for an LP and as you've seen in this story, we easy rolled over most of the kingdoms and didn't end up amazingly strong at the end of it. There are some high requirements to reach that we'll need to grind for and while I could spend the next 5-10 in-game years doing that, I could just cheat and save a lot of time. You can leave a kingdom empty so the AI takes it over so you can beat them up over and over again for link, but gently caress that. Let's go on a crazy spree and evolve most of the Warlords, cause they're the only ones that matter. Now this is gonna be a bit of a long one, so I'll be splitting it into a separate update if watching numbers go up isn't your jam. Click right here for all the juicy info! Otherwise, here are the highlights so you know the real important stuff that happened, but if you just care about taking down Dragnor and finishing the story, then just skip to after Oichi evolves (spoilers).  Just before we start, here's a password. What does it do? Find out slightly later! Wow, suspense!    Monferno evolves when its Speed reaches 102 and Hideyoshi evolves when his link with Monferno or Infernape reaches 60%. See, we were close, but it would've taken a couple months to get to that point and I ain't got time for that.  Hey, Infernape! We're still a team, right! So, spoilers, every single Warlord can evolve and this lets them Perfect Link with their fully evolved Pokemon partner. So if a Warlord stops having their Pokemon appear in the back, then they need to evolve to have that happen again.   Now I sense an even greater power than we had before, Pikachu. You feel it too, right? Let's stay friends, Pikachu!   Pichi evolves into Pikachu at 50% link, like most friendship evolutions. Hanbei evolves when Pikachu or Raichu reaches 60% link while in the same kingdom as Kanbei. Therefore...   Lampent... I sense a greater power than I did before... Do you feel it too? Well. Shall we set off, Lampent?   Litwick evolves when it reaches 84 Attack and Kanbei evolves when Lampent or Chandelure reaches 60% link while in the same kingdome as Hanbei. How cute.    I won't be showing every evolution that happens, but I will be doing most of the Warlords. We can't do all of them just yet and some I'll leave for future so we have something to look forward to. Also this is the only reason I reached level 3 in that Ignis cave, so Larvesta can appear and become Okuni's Perfect Link. Yes it's as amazing as you think.      Magoichi's Perfect Link is with the Treecko line and Hanzo's is with the Gastly line. I'm evolving all the Poison and Ghost types I can find to make things easier later. Also any new Warriors we encounter will be given full depth in the side update. Motonari only evolves when you have over 100 Pokemon registered in the Gallery (as well as having 60% link with Servine or Serperior). Motochika has no such requirement, so he's very easy to snowball in any story he's in.   There is a Pokemon inside it, too! One that has never been seen before! It looks powerful... Most Warriors would not even dare approach such a Pokemon. Hmm... This sounds interesting. I shall go and investigate. That password seems to have caused something to appear. Whatever could it be? VS Legendary   Hey Reshiram, why you hiding buddy? Surprise surprise, a Gen 5 game with Zekrom in it has Reshiram too. However, due to it being an event (originally over Wi-Fi, but thankfully over password too), it's not counted towards 100% and the game will let you do stuff later on if you don't activate Reshiram's event.    Well Hideyoshi doesn't have Reshiram as a Perfect Link. Maybe we can change that when we give it a test run next month.    Excellent. Nene only evolves when you register all 16 Poison types into the Gallery, which can be a bit tricky since she also needs 60% link with Crobat (unless you evolve a Golbat elsewhere to register a Crobat beforehand) and Golbat evolves at 65% link. So I'm glad we could do this right now, but we'll have to wait on getting all the Ghost types since some of them are harder to come by (especially since Chandelure, Mismagius, Froslass and Dusknoir need evolution items).    Gracia's Perfect Link is with the Gothita line once I finally found one for her, while Oichi evolves when Jigglypuff or Wigglytuff reaches 55% link. She looks super cute now! Phew, there's still stuff to do during this month, but only Warriors are registered to the Gallery by using them in battle the month after you did something crazy, but after you save, Pokemon are automatically attached and remain with their Warriors even if you don't register them next month, so it's more things to look forward to. Hey, it's not nice to call people weird, you know! Anyway, I'm just a travelling merchant, so you can stop panicking. And I've brought some extra-special rare items with me today. Oh well, this is a great opportunity. We should try and purchase some useful items, shouldn't we?  I was wondering if the travelling merchant would show up. This guy is someone you should prepare for, as there are a lot of items only he has, which can be super annoying if he pops up at a bad time. If you don't have any facilities to level up, then you should get a chunk of money regardless for the merchant.Anyway, these four items are the only single use items that stay between stories, so they're a good investment, kinda. You can guess what the Full Restore and Purple Ponigiri do and they are pretty good, but again, Skills are free and easier to use. Hachimakis maxes out Attack, but makes the Pokemon faint on the 4th turn. Yes, it's amazing. Noisemakers prevent enemies from using items or Skills on the next turn. Eh, it's not that good.  Likewise, this is most of the equipment that stays between stories, aside from character exclusive items, like the Jigglypuff Charm, though you need to equip them each time. Fog Machines prevent the enemy from landing crits. Eh. Guardian Charms are pricy but sharply boost all stats when the Pokemon is the last one standing on the field, including if you only bring the one Warrior to that field. Combined with the Hero ability that basically does the same thing, this can make solo runs incredibly potent. Lucky Coins increase gold gains in battle and in the overworld. Combine with a Meowth and you'll have a nice amount of cash. Still eh. Large Sacks collect all the items on the field after battle, but can only be used once. Again, eh. This is the main draw of the travelling merchant, evolution items! But first, let's go over the unique items here. Fireworks are used in January and boost energy for all in the army. Cold Medicine and Hayfever Pills are used in certain events to get good outcomes, but they're not necessary. Seriously, there's a lot of small events in this game and we had hardly any occur in this story. Maybe next one.  So this is the only place to obtain evolution items, which sucks really hard, since you need them to fill out the Gallery. I'm just gonna hack them in after this story cause I'm not gonna rely on this merchant appearing when I'm ready. To get all the evolutions for Warlords, you'll need a Razor Claw, a Thunderstone (since we got a free Thunderstone, Fire Stone and Water Stone for Eevee), a Moon Stone, two Dusk Stones, a Reaper Cloth and a Dawn Stone. Everything else is extra if you want to get every Pokemon, though a Protector is unnecessary. So yeah, a bit annoying, but we'll manage.   We've got enough spare cash to get a Moon Stone and a Dusk Stone. To use them, simply equip them to the right Pokemon and finish a battle. Simple. For Pokemon that require an item and a trade, you need to equip an item then recruit a Warrior with that Pokemon. Since there's no day/night or genders, the Razor Claw and Dawn Stone are much simpler to use.   Gothorita... It's weird--the feeling I have about you seems to have grown stronger... Do you get the same feeling? Okay! Let's stay friends, Gothorita! There's still some evolving and all that that'll be in the side update, so who cares about that, let's go kick Nobunaga's rear end. Again... again. VS Dragnor  I think we're a bit stronger than them.    Okay, I know we're like 50x stronger than our opponents, but Reshiram is a really powerful Pokemon regardless, especially since it ignores abilities like Sturdy. Hideyoshi is gonna be a monster in future.   Mmm, that's the good stuff. Even though this is the final battle, it acts like any other, so you can recruit opponents, evolve, get items, etc, even though none of that matters (aside from Pokemon evolution).  You're a terrible brother.  Ideura Morikiyo was a ninja that served as a vassal in the Sanada clan and was governor of the Kai province under the Takeda family. He commanded groups of ninja to infiltrate castles and fortresses as he was a former ninja and very experienced in that field. After the Sanada clan fell, Morikiyo served under Nagayoshi Mori and led heavy fights with the Hōjō clan.   Nice, we've reached 100% link! It doesn't do anything unless your move benefits from a +S boost, but it's not worth it since getting to 100% legit takes forever and is awful and the opponents will never ever get close to your level. Anyway, let's recruit everyone? I guess??? Ransei  I can't wait to use these guys in another story. Seriously why are we able to do this?    Hey, Reshiram... I feel even greater strength than I did before... You feel it too, right? Hey, Reshiram! We're still a team, right! Woah how crazy, Hideyoshi can evolve a second time if he reaches 70% link with Reshiram, who saw that coming? It's pretty neat, but isn't counted for completion if you never do the Reshiram event. We'll see what cool things he can do another time. For now, it's stone evolution time!   I sense a greater strength from you now than ever before, Wigglytuff... You feel it too--I know it. Let's stay together, Wigglytuff!      Okay I think we're done here, let us never grind again.        Lord Hideyoshi... Isn't that...? It's here! The legendary Pokemon! It won't be long now! Soon we'll have a world where all people can live happily together with Pokemon! Ransei was united under Hideyoshi's leadership, and conflict was banished from the region. As a result, it became easier for Pokemon and people to understand one another. The fact that this change was brought about through the power of Arceus, however, was known to no one... Credits And there we go, we're finally finished with this LP, thank you everyone for watching and... I'm not gonna do this joke again. We're at least done with Hideyoshi's story and got an alright ending, I guess. We'll see how it stacks up compared to the others. Anyway, we've seen how this all goes, so let's save up and head back to the main menu.  When you complete a story, you usually unlock a new story you can play. There's 3 types of stories: Mandatory, which are the 17 stories of the main Warlords you need to complete to unlock the final scenario, as well as any other stories that unlock Mandatory stories. So Nene's is an example of that. Optional stories aren't required for the final scenario, but do unlock other stories if you're interested. Hanbei's is one of those, since completing that one unlocks Kanbei's story, which is the final type: Pointless. Doesn't unlock any new stories and isn't required to unlock the final scenario, but if you like the character, or are completing every story (you crazy motherfucker) then you can complete it, I guess.  Next time, it's Ieyasu's story and as you can see, we've still got a long way to go. Later!
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Part 11.5: When THIS Happens! Ransei Well hello there, wanna see numbers go up? Well you're in the right place. Let's get started. If that's not what you're here for, you want the previous update where we skip most of this stuff, cause boy there's a lot of it. Now I sense an even greater power than we had before, Pikachu. You feel it too, right? Let's stay friends, Pikachu! Pichu evolves into Pikachu when its link reaches 50%. Lampent... I sense a greater power than I did before... Do you feel it too? Well. Shall we set off, Lampent? Litwick, meanwhile, evolves into Lampent when its Attack reaches 64. Good number.   While we're doing this, I'll show a bit of what our new Pokemon can do, but we'll be leaving most of it to when we actually use the fully evolved Warlords and Pokemon in future updates.  God this makes my life so much easier. I love cheating so much. There's my handsome boy. Get used to seeing this a lot. Hanbei evolves when Pikachu or Raichu reaches 60% link while Kanbei is in the same kingdom. So... Kanbei evolves when Lampent or Chandelure reaches 60% while Hanbei is in the same kingdom. Very cute.   Well I was gonna get Gracia's Perfect Link, Gothita, but Bokuzen had other ideas, the dick. Oh well, here's Brave Bird, it wrecks fools, but lowers your Defence and Range. If you can chain it though, it's amazing.  Muneshige evolves when his Staravia or Staraptor reach 60% link and Ginchiyo isn't in an adjacent kingdom.  Aya evolves when her Snorunt or Froslass (spoilers) reaches 55% link and we won't be evolving Snorunt in this story cause evolution items suck.    Some real powerhouses are coming up. Luxray is potent, but Thunder is like Rock Wrecker without the cooldown, still sucks cause of the range. Luxio evolves when its Attack reaches 95. Charizard's Flamethrower is amazing, but not incredibly powerful, since it hits 3 squares in front. Charmeleon evolves when its Attack reaches 83. No   Getting Okuni is good, as we'll soon see, but now it's time for stuff that really should've happened already!   Kai evolves when she reaches 55% link with Darumaka, so it won't be a Darmanitan unless you evolved it previously cause it takes awhile (for good reason). Monferno evolves when its Speed reaches 102. Fire Spin is now in our hands.  Ah, finally, Motochika isn't completely leaving you in the dust, kinda. Servine evolves when its Speed reaches 104 and like with Simisage, it's not a great constant attacker with Leaf Storm's Attack drop. Sneaky password, what does it do??? Find out in February.  Got some good stuff here. This is why I levelled up this cave to 3, so Larvesta start appearing, which Okuni Perfect Links with. You're right, that is amazing. Sanada Yukitaka is the last Warrior alphabetically and was one of Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals. He participated in many battles, such as the Battle of Odaihara and the Siege of Toishi. He was one of three generals to be named Danjōchū by Shingen, three revered warriors that were the closest to him. He was father of Sanada Nobutsana and Sanada Masayuki, thus grandfather of Sanada Yukimura.   Aggron... Now I sense an even greater power when I'm with you than I did before. Do you sense it too? I've got high hopes for us! See, he just looked weird without giant iron dinosaur behind him. Lairon evolves when its Defense reaches 130. You may have noticed that Ieyasu has a Perfect Link with Aggron, but not Lairon, which is a crime, since Lairon is one of my faves. I wonder what that could imply?    Soon I shall reveal why I keep evolving all these Poison types. Whirlipede evolves when its Speed reaches 57, while Croagunk evolves when its Attack reaches 81.  Choan will soon become the saviour of Ransei, he shall get his chance in another story. Hopefully. Bidoof evolves when its Attack reaches 39. Crazy.  I love baby murderbug. Magoichi's Perfect Link is with the Treecko line, because of course it is. Soon I shall reveal why I keep evolving all these Ghost types.  Gotta treat my boy Kashinkoji right, cause his name is fuckin amazing. Skorupi evolves when its Defense reaches 90.  I am evolving other Pokemon, might as well right? Gives us more options in future stories when we don't have much to our army. Sewaddle evolves when its Defense reaches 60.  This might be a bit of a surprise, but Masamune's Perfect Link is the Rufflet line. Crazy, right? Also we need to register all the evolved Pokemon and Warlords, so you'll see them popping up here and there, but they won't be evolving again. Probably.   Haunter... I feel a greater strength when I am with you now... Do you feel it also? Haunter... Together, we will be unstoppable. Yesssssssssssss. Gastly evolves when its Attack reaches 99. No. If Snorunt were to evolve into Glalie, its HP needs to reach 128.  Handsome bird boys. I'm not really focusing on Perfect Links for Warriors while it's Warlord power hour. Maybe next story.   Finally. Ginchiyo evolves when she reaches 60% link with Luxio or Luxray while Muneshige is not in an adjacent kingdom.  I love the different Warlord and Pokemon portraits.   There was an unrecruited Warlord. We fixed it.  Burn baby burn. Uh, yeah, Tsumaki Hiroko was Mitsuhide's wife and daughter of Tsumaki Norihiro, a retainer to the Toki clan. Since she still had smallpox scars when engaged to Mitsuhide, her father was prepared to offer her younger sisters as well in compensation, but Mitsuhide refused and gladly wed Hiroko, never taking on other concubines and treasuring her. She stayed with him during Nobunaga's constant slander and fought to restore Mitsuhide's name in court. They had one child together, Akechi Tama and she passed due to illness despite Mitsuhide's best efforts. Cool, we won't do anything with you aside from register in the Gallery. Some Warlords need to be a surprise for later after all. Anyway, let the carnage begin. Ah, the stache returns. Hideyoshi evolves when he reaches 60% link with Monferno or Infernape. It's crazy that our main Warlord didn't evolve during this story, another reason why cheating is good.     Elemental, my dear. Motochika evolves when he reaches 65% link with Dewott or Samurott. Motonari is a bit different, as he requires a 60% link with Servine or Serperior as well as 100 Pokemon registered in the Gallery. Before we started this mass evolution, we actually didn't have enough, so I'm glad we made it.   Yoshihiro evolves when he reaches 60% link with Gurdurr or Conkeldurr.   Ujiyasu evolves when he reaches 60% link with Boldore or Gigalith. Say... didn't Boldore recruit Ina just now?   Boldore evolves when you reach the requirements for Warrior recruitment at 60% link. Man, it's like I plan this stuff in advance, mental.  Spot the difference.   Oh this is good. Darumaka evolves when its Attack reaches 110. They're perfect for each other. Next month time!  By entering this ~secret~ password we get an interesting event in Ignis. Let's go take a look. Surprise surprise, a Gen 5 game with Zekrom in it has Reshiram too. However, due to it being an event (originally over Wi-Fi, but thankfully over password too), it's not counted towards 100% and the game will let you do stuff later on if you don't activate Reshiram's event. Again, full details in the main update  Yeah our guys are getting pretty powerful, Stone Edge and Fire Blast are great moves. Of course, it can be worth keeping a Pokemon at a lower evolution to have a weaker, but more accurate move. But where's the fun in that?    Neato. Yukimura evolves when he reaches 65% link with Charmeleon or Charizard while Shingen is in the same kingdom.  Certain characters have elements surrounding them during their fierce portrait. It's cool as heck and that's all this line is about okay see ya.  Getting there. Golbat evolves when it reaches 65% link.  Now we've got a Pokemon that is blocked by an evolution item we haven't seen. Isn't that fun? It's perched on his shoulder!!!  Omi no kata was daughter of Akechi Mitsutsugu, grandfather of Mitsuhide, who served Saitō Dōsan. She became Dōsan's wife and birthed Nō, making Nō and Mitsuhide cousins (first cousins? Second? I dunno the specifics). Uh, there's not much known about her, okay, but it's cool how everyone relates to each other, I guess.   Hanzō evolves when he reaches 60% link with Haunter or Gengar. And cause I'm so good at this, Haunter knocked out a Warrior in this battle, soooooooooo... Oh, uh, give it a sec.  Rufflet evolves when its Attack reaches 119. Don't get excited, we can't evolve Masamune yet. But one day...   There we go, Haunter evolves when you reach the requirements for Warrior recruitment at 60% link. This won't be the last time we have to do something like this, alas.   Hey, Grovyle... I feel an even greater strength when I am with you now... You know what I mean, don't you...? If you're with me, I reckon I can grow even stronger! We're still a team, right, Grovyle? Was Grovyle always this small? Well, Magoichi is actually pretty tall, so it kinda makes sense. Treecko evolves when its Speed reaches 58.  Give me my Fabio already. Wait, I think I'm too early for that. drat. Mareep evolves when it reaches 53 Attack.  Thankfully because of Shingen we don't have to think about evolving Rhydon. Makes my life easier. Rhyhorn evolves when its Attack reaches 108. If you were mad enough to evolve it again, you need to give it a Protector, then do the Warrior recruitment thingy. I don't wanna paste it again.  Get over here, Gothita. Yoshihime was the mother of Date Masamune and wed Date Terumune as he supported Hideyoshi in the power struggle from Nobunaga's death. She was known as the Demon Princess of Ōshū as she participated in many battles with her father, Mogami Yoshimori, daimyo of Dewa Province. Like most mothers, there's not much to talk about. Oh well! Sheesh finally. Oichi evolves when she reaches 55% link with Jigglypuff or Wigglytuff, but you have to wait until after the main story to do this, like with every other Warlord aside from Azai. Bit annoying, but oh well, she looks cute af.  Mother bug! Swadloon evolves when it reaches 65% link.  Choan is now as perfect as I can make him. His time will come.   It's a lot of fun rolling over everything with strong Pokemon. Right, Amago Tsunehisa was a powerful daimyo who ruled over most of the Chūgoku region before Mōri Terumoto controlled the region. He fought against the Ōuchi clan to prevent Ōuchi Yoshioki from heading to Kyoto and rallied together the regional clans (Kokujin) to battle this powerful foe. Samurai from Iwami and Aki were caught in this conflict and one such samurai, Mōri Motonari, had to carefully negotiate between the two forces for his villages to survive. His eldest son, Amago Masahisa, died in battle and so he had to crush his third son, Amago Okihisa, to prevent the clan from being split in revolt for succession. He handed the clan over to Masahisa's eldest son, Amago Haruhisa, before he died, but feared he was too inexperienced for the role.   Murder buuuuuuuuug. Larvesta evolves when its Attack reaches 131, so it's a bit of a grind. But it is worth it, so we'll be having some fun in another story. Hopefully. Onward to the final month! To see the annoyance that is the travelling merchant, please refer to the main update. This is the month we take on Dragnor, but there's still more to do, but finishing the story will, again, happen in the main update.  Gotokuhime was Nobunaga's eldest daughter and was quickly married to Tokugawa Noobuyasu, the eldest son of Ieyasu, when they were both 5 years old. She and Nobuyasa grew quite close, drawing the ire of Lady Tsukiyama, Ieyasu's wife. She was a jealous and contrary woman, making it difficult for Ieyasu to live with her. Since Gotokuhime only had two daughters, Tsukiyama took a daughter of a Takeda retainer for Nobuyasu's concubine. Gotokuhime retaliated by sending a letter to Nobunaga accusing Tsukiyama of conspiring with Takeda Katsuyori, one of Nobunaga's biggest enemies. He relayed this info to Ieyasu, who took his alliance with Nobunaga very seriously and imprisoned his wife. Since Nobuyasu was close to his mother, he was imprisoned also and Tsukiyama was executed, even though the accusation was probably false. To prevent Nobuyasu from seeking vengeance, Ieyasu ordered him to commit seppuku and Gotokuhime unwittingly became a widow due to the situation snowballing out of control. Gothorita... It's weird--the feeling I have about you seems to have grown stronger... Do you get the same feeling? Okay! Let's stay friends, Gothorita. This better just be a phase. Gothita evolves when its Defense reaches 70.   Grovyle evolves when its Speed reaches 118.  Well it doesn't have glorious locks, but it'll do. Flaaffy evolves when its Attack reaches 90. Now that we've used Crobat in battle...   Crobat...? I feel an even greater strength than ever before... Do you feel it as well? Let's stay together, Crobat! I was super happy I could show this off before the end of this story. Nene evolves when she reaches 60% link with Crobat, since you probably won't evolve her when she has Golbat as she only evolves when you've registered all 16 Poison types in this game into the Gallery. That's why I've been focusing on both them and Ghost types so much, since we might as well do it as early as we can. Do you Nō the other Warlord who evolves this way? Well, it'll be a surprise for later. And that's it! We'll be defeating Dragnor and going over the end of the game in the main update, but we've done a lot. We evolved 15 Warlords in that space of time and got a lot of powerful Pokemon to make the rest of the postgame less completely tedious. You can have fun with this game in small chunks, this is on the DS after all, but I needed to do this to make the LP as smooth as possible. Back to the regular schedule.
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Alright guys, I think I'm gonna shake up how this LP is gonna go moving onward. While getting the 400 or so images for Ieyasu's story, I was only really focusing on what I needed to show and what in the footage I can just skip over with little consequence. Most of that ended up being the same tired fights we've done in the kingdoms a couple times before with nothing new happening and I mainly took images of all the overworld goings on. And I kinda wondered why I was bothering to show all of this is so much detail. What difference does it make if I show off all the little details in Ieyasu's story in 400 or so images instead of blowing through 10 stories in a single update and showing all the cool highlights. Like, which is actually going to be more interesting both for you reading and for me recording and making these updates? I think I know the answer and what I'm gonna do. Cause this postgame is pretty repetitive and pretty uninteresting to do little by little, so I'm not going to bother, I'm gonna blow through a good chunk of the stories, focus on the ones you've voted for and then go into detail for the final story to end the LP. This will also stop me from dying of boredom and actually finishing the LP, cause wow these past 2 updates have been super uninteresting to make and I think I'm going at this all wrong. So if you guys don't mind waiting a bit, I'll be back with an update next year going through around 10 or so stories.
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     Part 12: Fast Forward Part 12: Fast Forward It is [CURRENT YEAR] so let's finish this darn LP already (with an update that's too large for the forums)! Only 2 updates left. Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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VOTES SO FAR List One Muneshige: 5 Nō: 2 Ujiyasu: 2 [I completely forgot to add him, so he gets auto 2nd place to be fair] Motochika: 2 [I completely forgot to add him, so he gets auto 2nd place to be fair. I am good at making polls] Nene: 2 Yoshihiro: 1 Motonari: 0 List Two Gracia: 4 Ina: 3 Hanbei: 3 Kai: 2 Kanbei: 1 Magoichi: 1 Hanzō: 1 Oichi: 1 Aya: 0 Kunoichi: 0 The stories I won't be showing, but will be completing to reach the final scenario are Munishige, Motonari, Motochika, Ujiyasu, Nō, Yoshihiro and Nene. The stories I will be ignoring completely and not going anywhere near are Hanbei, Kanbei, Tadakatsu, Ina, Hanzō, Aya, Gracia, Magoichi, Kunoichi, Kai and Oichi. VOTE FOR ONE FROM THE FIRST LIST AND TWO FROM THE SECOND LIST FOR ME TO COVER. All the other stories will get nary a mention in the LP proper, so their fate is in your hands.
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It is absolutely a typo, but if there's like a mistake or two I usually don't bother sending Ragnar an updated pastebin after I've sent her the updated pastebin fixing all the previous mistakes I noticed. It'll be a quick fix when I get this LP onto the archive.
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Alright, well, uh, don't think there's any more votes soooooo... Muneshige, Gracia and *flips coin* Hanbei will have their stories shown off! Everyone else can get hosed.
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 The end is in sight... (update tomorrow probably)
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     Part 13: Triple Story Time  Welcome to an update where instead of moving towards the final story, I'm gonna do 8 optional stories instead because I'm completely crazy! Thankfully, quite a few of them are pretty quick and interesting, so let's finally dive into the stories of Mitsunari, Kiyomasa and Masanori. Ransei Unable to resolve their differences, the three went their separate ways, each to a different kingdom. That was not to be the last they would see of each other, however...  But they are no match for me! I'll show them who's boss! For the first time in the LP, we've got control of Mitsunari and can finally, FINALLY, talk about him, since he never bothered to show up otherwise. Ishida Mitsunari was a samurai and the second son of Ishida Masatsugu, a retainer of the Azai clan. When he was young, he met Hideyoshi when he was daimyō of Nagahama. He joined his new lord in various battles and when Hideyoshi rose in power, so too did Mitsunari. He became a financial manager and became one of the bugyō, one of five administrators of Hideyoshi's government. He was known for his rigid character, but didn't get on well with various daimyōs that were good warriors. After Hideyoshi's death, his relations worsened and the big question was whether Ieyasu could be relied as a supporter of the Toyotomi government. He wasn't and so Mitsunari organized an army led by Mōri Terumoto to face Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara. When Ieyasu emerged victorious, Mitsunari fled, but was captured by villagers and was beheaded in Kyoto.  So if you were coming into these stories hoping to get the three Warlords' Perfect Link and evolutions, then you'll be disappointed, as none of those Pokemon can appear in these stories, so you'll have to do it in other stories. Well, only Masanori only appeared outside of these stories, so we're gonna force these Pokemon to appear.   Easy enough. However, uh, these AR codes force everything to be a certain Pokemon, so be careful using them and turn it off as soon as you can, or poo poo gets ruined super fast.   Since there's only 4 kingdoms, these stories end pretty quick, but we might as well see what these guys can do in general since we've never been able to really use them until now. Pawniard is disappointed in you.   Like with Brendan, that white fluff is a hat, though he does have spikes poking out of his skull. Mitsunari evolves when Pawniard or Bisharp reaches 60% link.   Hey, Bisharp... you seem even stronger than before. You can feel the bond we have, right? I'm counting on your power, Bisharp... Ow the edge. Pawniard evolves when its Attack reaches 118.  While you can't recruit the other two in these stories, you can get help from Oichi. Otherwise, we're all done here. Good times.  ...and yours aren't big enough. But I suppose you could be of some help to me nonetheless. Maybe serving under me would help those impoverished brains of yours to grow a little bit. Hmph. He's insufferable. Look, if you want our help, just ask us.  This is why I set out on my own in the first place! Don't worry! Come on, come with us... we'll go to the beach and have some fun!  Cheers for telling us this story was pointless. Well, technically it was Optional, but whatever.  It did however unlock the Optional story of Kiyomasa and the Pointless story of Oichi. Guess which one we're going for.  But I haven't forgotten what they did to me! And now's the time to make them pay!  Second verse, same as the first. We'll just skip Axew and just cheat a Fraxure in, might as well speed things up more.   I love teenage tusk dragon, Iris's Axew never evolving was a mistake.   Ow the edge. Kiyomasa evolves when Fraxure or Haxorus reach 60%. Katō Kiyomasa was a daimyō who entered Hideyoshi's service at a young age, as his mother was the cousin of Hideyoshi's mother. He fought in numerous battles and became one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, as well as one of the main forces of the Invasion of Korea, taking over Seoul from the Korean king and keeping two princes hostage to force lower ranking officials to surrender. He was a renowned castle builder and defended them well, though these exploits never reached Hideyoshi, due to Kiyomasa's superior and rival, Mitsunari. After Hideyoshi's death, Kiyomasa clashed with Mitsunari and was thus drawn to Ieyasu. He did not participate in the Battle of Sekigahara, believing the Toyotomi clan would fall without Ieyasu's help, though he still sided with Ieyasu and was thus rewarded after the war. He worked thereafter as mediator between Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyori until his death due to illness.Also, here's a cool fact: Kiyomasa hated Christianity, so during one battle in Korea, he ordered his soldiers to cut open the stomachs of pregnant Christian women and slice off the heads of the child.    Hey, Haxorus... I feel an even greater strength when I'm with you now... do you know what I mean? Fun fact, Kiyomasa has a different pose when evolved for this emotion sprite and is the only Warlord to do so, as he had his arms folded before. Anyway, Fraxure evolves into Haxorus when its Attack reaches 173.  And now, it has led to us staking our castles on the argument. All I did was cause a lot of trouble for the people of my kingdom... and now that it's over, I don't feel any better... Eh? Why are you looking so sad all by yourself? Hmph. I... I can't stand you seeing you all alone like this. Come on, let's go to the seaside! You like the seaside, right? I don't see the attraction myself, but if that's what's been decided... Two down, one to go. Guess what we'll be doing in this story.  I'll show those brainiacs who's boss! I'll show them I was right! Thankfully Masanori decided to appear last update, so he already has his Perfect Link line, so let's get going.    Right, Krokorok! I'm counting on ya! Sandile evolves into Krokorok when its Attack reaches 80.  What a couple of good boys. They're about to become best boys though.   Owwwwwwwwww the edge. The best evolution in the game, no question. Masanori evolves when he reaches 60% link with Krokorok or Krookodile.   Krookodile... you're even more incredible than before... it's unbelievable! Right, Krookodile! I'm counting on ya! Krokorok evolves into Krooooooooooookodile when its Attack reaches 110. So yeah, Fukushima Masanori was a daimyō that was possibly a cousin of Hideyoshi. He participated in a few battles, but in the Battle of Shizugatake, he took the head of general Ogasato Ieyoshi and became one of the Seven Spears, along with Kiyomasa. He was part of Hideyoshi's Kyūshū campaign and became a daimyō soon after, receiving the fief of Imabari. He also went to Korea and received distinction for taking the city of Ch'ongju. Following that, he was tasked with hunting down Toyotomi Hidetsugu, who attempted to plot a coup against Hideyoshi, and ensured he committed seppuku at Mt. Koya. When the Battle of Sekigahara loomed, he sided with Ieyasu to ensure the survival of his domain and was rewarded for his loyalty. Too bad, let's rock.   ...heh. I knew you'd forget. It's embarrassing to even talk about it... we were arguing about who would get to buy the last ponigiri in the shop... I wish I could forget as easily as you did... Oh, that was it? Well, never mind. How about we go to the seaside? Yeah, that sounds good. Hmph. I won't refuse. Well that was a fun distraction (though I wish they never told us why they started arguing), but now we need to start a real important story, trust me.  And while this was going on...  Friends...? Ohh! I know! If I can get some Warriors to join my army, then I can order them to play Pokemari with me! It's a plan with no drawbacks!  We've now seen all the different objectives these stories have, getting 40 Warriors isn't difficult, a bit faster than 100 Pokemon, but you still need to take over like half the region.   Finally, we can evolve Yoshimoto. He evolves when he has 55% link with Pineco and, I guess, Forretress. I would seriously advise using Pineco instead as we'll soon see. Now that we have some actual Warlords to fight for us...   Forretress... I feel an even greater strength with you now... do you know what I mean? I'm still counting on you! Pineco evolves when its Defense reaches 73. So why should you just stick with Pineco with Yoshimoto? Well, it's all because of Forretress's move Gyro Ball. Yeeeeeeeeeep. It has the same effect as the main games, the lower your Speed compared to the enemy, the more damage you do. See, that's really bad in this game, as it's not particularly difficult to become much stronger and faster against the opponent, unless they get inspired by Gabite guy. Therefore, the stronger you get, the weaker Forretress gets, unless you get paralyzed, but that's not something you can rely on. Coupled with Yoshimoto's really bad Skill and it makes him the worst Warlord in the game. Thankfully, you don't have to use his Perfect Link and can go for Scizor, maybe, which has a 90% cap. Though where's the fun in that? But it doesn't matter, we're not gonna use him anymore anyway, so let's finish the story without him!  Like with Pawniard and Fraxure, we'll be encountering Eevee TOTALLY legit. We'll properly go over all the Eeveelutions next update when we'll have all of them. Eevee evolves into Espeon when it has 70% link and you perform an action in Illusio.  I'm coming too! Please, let me come with you as well!  Now this is a sight I'd like people from other kingdoms to see! I have an idea! I will run to the neighboring kingdoms and let all there know of this beauty. They're sure to come running! Come on, Beedrill, let's go! That was a pretty cute event, but since we already have Keiji from conquering Yaksha and evolved the three kids, there's no point to these events anymore. Speaking of Keiji, let's get his Perfect Link, for important reasons.   Bastiodon... you're even stronger than you were before... it's like this is fate! When you and I are together, Bastiodon, no one can stop us! Shieldon evolves when its Defense reaches 113. We'll evolve Keiji later.  That is why you were doing battle...? Hmm... but you're pretty handy out there on the battlefield, Lord Yoshimoto. Ohh?! Lord Kenshin! Lord Shingen! We must play Pokemari together! Pokemari brings peace to people's hearts. Ohh, if everyone played it, the world would be a much better place! And Pokemari became known across the whole world... though that's really another story. Pokemari for a Gen 8 minigame.      Next bunch of stories we'll be going for are the Wi-Fi (and password) exclusive stories. They're not particularly interesting, or have anything unique about them, but hey might as well. It does mean we can play as Keiji whenever, instead of going for ones where he's Yaksha's Warlord.  Just as rumors concerning the missing Warlord were spreading... the kingdom of Yaksha received a visit...  You need to find a replacement, fast. Huh? Me? No way, I'm just a drifter. I just wander from kingdom to kingdom following my nose. That's the life for me. Having said that, though, these people are in a jam. I guess I could take over, just until they find a permanent replacement. And I think the first thing I'll do as Warlord is start gathering some Pokemon. This place needs a bit of extra life. I think a hundred Pokemon or so should do the trick. Alright, let's conquer the region. And get some Pokemon along the way, I guess.   Oh baby, hello there. Keiji evolves when he reaches 70% link with Bastiodon. Maeda Keiji was a samurai under Oda Nobunaga, along with his uncle, Maeda Toshihisa. Keiji was supposed to inherit the Maeda family headship, but Nobunaga replaced Toshihisa with Maeda Toshiie, preventing that, causing Keiji to quarrel with his uncle. While in Kyoto, Keiji befriended Naoe Kanetsugu and joined the Uesugi clan in their battles, especially in the invasion of Aizu. While the attack failed, because of Keiji's skill in the rear guard, the Uesugi forces were able to retreat intact.Despite this, he was unable to participate in Hideyoshi's Kyūshū campaign for being too wild. He was present in the battle against the Mogami clan, as part of the larger clash between the Tokugawa and Uesugi clans, and was able to break through enemy lines with only a few riders, shattering their formation. When the Uesugi clan moved to the Yonezawa Domain, Keiji stayed with them as a retainer.  Word is, it seems incredibly powerful! I wonder what kind of Pokemon it could be... How interesting! I think I'd better go take a look. We're not done with legendaries just yet, as Keiji can get one!   It's one of the Swords of Justice. This actually has some real life truth to it, Keiji's mount, Matsukaze (wind in the pines), was a finely bred horse, but refused to let anyone ride him. Keiji managed to tame him, since they had similar personalities, and became inseparable, Matsukaze being strong enough to carry his master's large frame for days.    I can tell you and I are going to do some real damage together! Since we can get Azai in this story, might as well get another Eeveelution. Eevee evolves into Jolteon when it finishes a battle holding a Thunderstone. Only 3 more to get!  I'm a drifter, see. I don't like being tied down. Not to people, and not to kingdoms. It's not easy sometimes, but it's the only life I know. Looks like the people here don't need me anymore. Time for me to hit the road!  Wasn't that fun? Doing the Wi-Fi stories don't do anything, it just lets you play as characters you wouldn't be able to otherwise... which begs the question as to why they're locked behind this in the first place. Ah whatever, thinking about Pokemon events is too annoying. Unfortunately, Okuni's story is just another Junior Warlord one, so off to conquer we go!  Well... okay. I guess there'll be lots of guys taking part in this contest too, right? Yes, indeed. It would appear that many male Warriors of great renown are participat- Oh, great! In that case... I'm definitely doing it!  So begins thirsty girl's adventure.    Volcarona... something feels different from how it did before, you know... does it to you, too? Let's stay together, Volcarona! I left Okuni's evolution til now so there's actually something to go over, as conquering Ransei for like the 5th time has really lost its lustre. Okuni evolves when she reaches 65% link with Larvesta or Volcarona. And with that, we've evolved every single Warlord in the game. Yaaaaaaaay! Wasn't it all worth it? Phew, let's not conquer Ransei for a while now, yeah?  It's just... there are probably loads of wonderful men in Ransei that I haven't met yet... I know! I'll go on a journey! That way I'm sure to meet my soul mate! Oh, I can't wait! Alright, the last special story. Oh thank god it's the Beauty Contest.   Is anyone going to notice...? But I don't want to ruin the contest. Everyone in Ransei is so excited, after all. If only Lord Nobunaga were here... but he has gone away, entrusting me with the castle. Well, there is only one thing for it! I must battle as if my very life depended on it! Well, while Ranmaru looks like a girl, we must find out if he's a pretty girl, so let's get going! Since we need Nobunaga to evolve him, I did that already, so yay. The best stories are ones I can beat in four turns.  Does that really matter, though...? It does not. Lord Nobunaga...! You have done well. Nobunaga is here to praise you for your efforts. Oh... nothing could make me happier than hearing those words, my lord! They make such a cute couple... anyway, this should be the end, I've shown off all the stories I wanted to, now I need to beat all the ones that unlock the final story and end this LP already. However, I did let you guys vote on which stories I wasn't going to completely skip over. You chose Muneshige, Gracia and Hanbei to cover, which is alright, as Muneshige's story is necessary to complete to reach the final story. So here's the third and final block, though unfortunately all three stories are part of the Junior Warlord scenario, so we're gonna go and conquer Ransei THREE TIMES IN A ROW! Oh boy, I can't wait!     So, the first person to unite Ransei is the winner... this might be just a game, but... it sounds like I'm going to achieve your ambition before you do, Ginchiyo!  As a saving grace, Muneshige starts with 3 kingdoms instead of 1, for whatever reason. That means there's only 14 kingdoms left to conquer, which is about 10 too many.  It's never difficult doing these stories, even if you're not cheating horrendously like me, it just takes a while regardless. Still, Staraptor does a poo poo ton of damage and while it has lower Range and Defense after using Brave Bird, its better than an Attack decrease, so you can chain attacks no problem if everyone's close enough.   Such insolence! I am the only Warlord around here! You may be a Warlord here in Ransei. But I don't think the rest of the world cares about the squabbles that happen here. Do you, Ginchiyo? The... world? I will not be taken in by such ridiculous talk! Hehe...  Muneshige's story unlocks Motonari's story, so it's necessary. Next up, Gracia!  This is a test for Junior Warriors, not for Warlords. If I were to involve myself... it would be akin to a parent fighting their children's battles. Oh... so I would have to do battle without you, Father...? Yes. I know you don't want to leave my side. Without me, you- I'll do it! I've always wanted to visit other kingdoms! With you telling me never to leave the castle, I hardly ever get the chance to travel... but this contest will let me travel as much as I want! Hmm... I'm not sure this is such a good idea...  It still gets me how casually the game just tells you to conquer loads of kingdoms just like that. There has to be a better way of doing this. Still, least we don't have to conquer Valora! So how good is Gothitelle and Future Sight? Omae wa mou shindeiru...   NANI?!  I say it's pretty good.  Father! I always knew that you were a child who could achieve anything you put your mind to. However... I do wish you could show a little more humility and grace, as befits a lady... What?! You're telling me off now, of all times?!  Magoichi's story is Pointless, so on to the final story of the update, I hope you're enjoying the deep stories we've been seeing so far, it's been totally worth it, yep, absolutely.   Yeah, of course! There's no one out there that's a match for you! Oh, my lord... can't you just let me sleep? I really can't be bothered with this, Kanbei. Let's get it over with as soon as possible... Watch your mouth in front of Lord Hideyoshi, Hanbei. Hehe. Didn't you hear him, Kanbei? I'm the Warlord of this kingdom now. He should be the one who watches his mouth in front of me! ... That's the spirit, Hanbei! Now don't let me down, all right? Taking over Ransei won't be too difficult this time, because of one thing...  Raichu can do a lot of damage with Volt Tackle if the enemy lines up right, but Fire Spin is the best move in the game, able to dish out so much damage to so many opponents. Even if you're not cheating, Hanbei and Hideyoshi will be able to solo a kingdom no problem, it's that good. Painting the region orange. Also, nothing interesting happened in those stories, no new events, no swarms, just nothing except battling in the same maps I've done... way too many times by now. This poo poo is draining.  Wh-What's the matter, Hanbei?! Surely you haven't caught a cold?! No, it's nothing. Just something in my throat. ...  You're not wrong! And your kids will probably look like that as well, Kanbei! Hanbei! Don't be so cruel! Haha! Alright, we're done, no more stories, I'm just gonna blitz through the last of them and get the final one unlocked already. We only had six stories left to go: Yoshihiro, Nō, Motonari, Motochika, Ujiyasu and Nene. During that time...  We got the last two Eeveelutions! Huh? There's one left? Oh, uh, in that case, we'll get it during the last story. Eevee evolves into Umbreon when you reach 70% link and perform an action in Yaksha. Eevee evolves into Vaporeon when you equip a Water Stone and fight in a battle.    And the remaining ending cards for beating specific stories... bar the one for beating Kanbei's story.   So here it is. We also have a Zekrom image that I don't know where from and a long image of the scrolling one from the opening. It's pretty neat! Alright, we've beaten all 16 stories of the main Warlords, as well as Muneshige's, Yukimura's, Kanetsugu's and Kotarō's, as they unlock main Warlord stories. So 20 out of 36, which, uh, ain't great. Next time: the final story and the final update.
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 Part 14: Second Finale of Conquest  Oh wow, is it the final Conquest update? It's been a long journey (for me, these take forever to make), but we've reached the final story. Will it be a good end to a pretty awful postgame? Yes, actually. Let's go!  Nobunaga entrusted Dragnor to Ranmaru and set out on a journey around the region. Just as he was visiting the kingdom of Aurora...  Hm?! It has been too long. You look well, Lord Azai. As do you, Lord Nobunaga. That is good to see. Right, niceties are over with. Let's talk shop. We cannot do battle against each other anymore. We have fought amongst ourselves for too long. That's why we're here! To challenge you two!    Very well. Nobunaga shall fight alongside Azai... and the world will know... know what we are truly capable of! ...! Threat to Ransei A final one for the road. With Azai, Nobunaga and Oichi we need to conquer Ransei one last time. Though there are some interesting things about this story.  Firstly, everyone is a lot stronger than normal and are in their second evolution, though they won't have their Perfect Link, simply a strong (or evolved) version of the Pokemon they're usually with as the AI. Also, every kingdom has every facility at level 3, so money is kinda useless in this story. But if you've been missing the last few Pokemon to complete the Gallery, or want to see what cool buildings are in each kingdom, then here's your chance! We've done all we need in the past, so I'll be ignoring all the buildings and the like. We also have Azai nearly decked out from recruiting him a few times during other stories. However, you can't get all the Eeveelutions as he has a Capacity of 6. This is definitely a misstep, but oh well, we have all the important Eeveelutions everyone cares about anyway. VS Ignis So let's get started! Now I won't be covering everything that happens in this story, but I will take this opportunity to give my final thoughts on each kingdom and go over the evolved Warlords, since I haven't really done that in the LP yet.  Fire Spin is pretty nasty to face as the first opponent, but we'll also be using every Eeveelution throughout the story. Vaporeon has Hydro Pump, which is a fantastic attack with great range. It's definitely a good choice since Water has good coverage and only two weaknesses. It can miss though... Anyway, unfortunately neither Hanbei or Kanbei are in this story for whatever stupid reason and unless Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, Masanori or Keiji pop up, we won't be seeing them either, so let's go over them and Hideyoshi and then talk about Ignis in general.  Oh, uh, maybe I should've made more screenshots, but anyway, Hideyoshi has the skill Great Uniter, which makes the enemy drop two trasure boxes on defeat and increases Energy and Attack for 3 turns. Combined with Reshiram, he becomes a super powerful ally that can easily solo kingdoms. Hanbei has Lazybones, which blocks critical hits and status ailments for 3 turns on all allies. While Raichu isn't too amazing, that skill is pretty good and means you don't have to worry about anything. Kanbei gets Extinguish, which disables all enemy skills, but can only be used when a skill is active, making it much less useful than just disabling enemy skills for a few turns and means it doesn't do anything against skills that only last for a turn. Still, Chandelure more than makes up for it.Mitsunari has Cunning, which increases Speed and attacks will always be successful for 3 turns. Bisharp has the great attack in Night Slash, which always does a lot of damage, and being able to increase crits with Speed and never miss is always nice. Kiyomasa has Belief, which raises Defense by one stage and blocks status ailments for 3 turns. This would be great if Haxorus's Outrage confused you, but it just makes you unable to move, so it's not exactly the same. Overall, skills that increase attack are better than defense, so eh. Masanori has Sacrifice, which increases Range and Attack to the max, but reduces HP to 1. Uh, Krookodile is good and all, but not THAT good it can just solo enemies at 1HP, especially since you take a lot of attacks each turn. Good in a 1v1 situation, but otherwise nah. Keiji has Carefree, which raises Attack by 1 stage and increases flinch chance for 4 turns. With Stone Edge's crit chance, this makes it quite the nuke if it crits and if you flinch the enemy. Of course, this is if you actually find these guys to use them. Okay, now let's talk about Ignis. For your first map, it's a pretty good one, the lava means it's not a big brawl in the middle since the Fire types can just snipe from afar and the falling rocks and fire plumes means you don't know what's gonna happen. The hot springs are a nice touch and appreciated for tough battles, though the item corner guarded by plumes has never been entered, just can't be arsed going over to it. Still, overall I like this map.   Hah, we're not finished with AR codes just yet. We won't be using Vaporeon for the rest of the story, so it can be boosted up...   So Azai can evolve again! He can only evolve when you're on the final story and an Eeveelution reaches 80% link. Since we'll be swapping between them, that's definitely not happening without cheats. Okay, NOW, we've evolved every Warlord as much as they can and Azai now has enough capacity for Flareon! VS Fontaine But we've got more kingdoms to conquer before that, so let's beat up Motochika.  Even though everyone is strong, we're stronger. Also, only Warlords will evolve their Pokemon, the normal Warriors are stronger, sure, but they're still using weaklings, so it's not much of a contest. Fontaine is a bit bland, with the water cutting up the area and not really dealing any damage and the fountain on the side being too out of the way to matter. Definitely could've done more with this one.  I suppose we should go over Nobunaga and Oichi, as well as Motochika, since Azai will have time to strut off his rank 3 stuff. Nobunaga has Ambition, which let's him move twice and gives a chance to flinch. With how powerful Zekrom is, letting it move twice is amazing and if you flinch the enemy, then you can attack it 3 times before they can hit you. Amazing. Oichi has Soft Light, which heals 50% health and removes all status ailments. We used Oichi's skill every battle in the first story, so it being even better means we'll use it when we need to, it's super good. Wigglytuff is good too, with Hyper Voice hitting everything around it, so Oichi is real helpful in support and attack! Motochika has Rebellion, which increases accuracy and critical hit chance for him and adjacent allies for 3 turns. Samurott is a wrecking ball by itself, so being able to hit and crit is super nice, but it sucks it doesn't affect all allies, since adjacent skills are awkward to utilise properly. Still, could be worse. Since we still have a million evolution items, we'll give Rikyu a Simisage for being so rad during the LP. VS Greenleaf Alright, Greenleaf time, shouldn't be too hard.  Super effective damage is king. Motonari has Strategist, which blocks enemy criticals and increases Speed for all allies for 3 turns. While it won't blow you away, it's still nice to not get a sudden crit while Serperior is weak from Leaf Storm. Overall, Motochika is the better pick, but Motonari has his moments. Hrm. Greenleaf has a lot going against it, banner maps are a bit annoying, since it's super easy to beat all the enemies and then having to waste time claiming them. The random holes are frustrating, but they don't stick around and the grass bridge is never used by me or the AI, so it's just another waste of time. The flowers that throw you are too unpredictable and again, never used by me or the AI and the tree never sees use either. But aside from literally everything about this map, it's alright since the grass tunnels are cool and the weird amount of variety this map has is at least interesting, so I'll give it points for that. The battle gets pretty spread out and varied and that's always a good thing when you're fighting on it many many times. Ah, the final Eevee, now I don't have to hack them in anymore. VS Violight Sure, Azai is a bit busy right now, but we don't need him just yet, so it's Violight time. Zap! Violight is a tricky map, since it has holes in it everywhere and the large pillar in the middle forcing you to split up, but it makes it kinda fun. The spaces make it rough for Pokemon that attack a space away from them and the lightning is pretty random and annoying, but that's all part of the fun. The switches are hardly used and the AI never gets in place for you to use them and they're too out of the way to make use of, so oh well. Fire Spin strats! Ginchiyo has Thunderclap (Raijin's Voice) which increases all allies Attack and Range by one stage for the turn, UNLESS Typhoon (Fūjin's Voice), Muneshige's skill is used the same turn, then it boosts them both by 2 stages. Since Typhoon does the same thing and boosts stack, this is a +3 for everyone for the whole turn, which is very very nice. Since I only just found that out, I, uh, never used their skills on the same map. While Ginchiyo is saddled with Luxray and Thunder, Muneshige gets Staraptor and Brave Bird is stupidly good, so having massive Range and Attack with level everything. Love it. VS Pugilis Off to the easiest map! Seriously, because of the knockdown and the single file entrance this map is so incredibly easy to get through. Thankfully you don't have to wait the 5 turns for the banners after knocking everyone out, but aside from that, there's not much to say. If you knock everyone off, you can easily whittle them down and it's very easy to bait the enemy with banners and not get knocked off yourself. The fight bell is never used, aside from the main story and, uh, yeah. It's a fun and quick map and that's why I like it, cause it doesn't take forever like SOME maps. Yoshihiro is a monster. His skill, Chesto!, is also nuts. Boosts Attack by 3 stages and lowers Defense by 3 stages for himself and adjacent allies, an easy way to counteract the drops from Superpower, so you can smash something in the face really hard. It's great, I love Yoshihiro. Threat to Ransei  These huge ruins just suddenly appeared in Aurora! I can't work in the fields with those in the way! What's more, there's a Pokemon there too! And it's no ordinary Pokemon, either! Please, you've got to come see this! BOY, I WONDER WHAT THIS COULD BE??? Yeah we'll come back to this at the end of the story, Azai's had enough time dicking around.   There we go, we have every Eeveelution! Took long enough... Eevee evolves into Flareon when you finish a battle holding a Fire Stone. Very nice. While we're here, Azai has the skill Motivate, which raises Attack and let's you move twice. Regardless of the Eeveelution, this is super nice, letting you deal a lot of damage very quickly, since you'll most likely be using the Eeveelution that has super effective damage. It's not a good idea to give Azai all of the Eevee, since it's a hassle to do and they're annoyingly rare. Just activate a password and let various Warlords recruit them. Much faster. VS Terrera We'll do Chrysalia in just a second, so we'll go for Terrera first, cause like hell I'd choose Illusio given the option. Since I actually want to recruit everyone, I won't use the 3 turn strat, but it's pretty funny you can end the battle that quickly. Delicious. Aside from the towers, there's nothing much to Terrera. There are oases around, but I've never used them and maybe the AI has used one once. I dunno. The wind is annoying cause it seems random, so when you're actually trying to get all the banners it can get super frustrating. Also the lifts put you as far away from the other towers as possible and that's annoying. This could be an alright map, but if you don't end it quick, it can take way too long and that's never fun. At least there's a lot of weaknesses to exploit. Shingen has Fūrin Kazan (a banner quote used by Takeda Shingen from Sun Tzu's The Art of War), which increases Attack and Defense by one stage for all allies for 3 turns. Very standard, but very useful, since Groudon is a powerhouse. Rhyperior, not so much, but at least you can change it pretty easily. Yukimura has Willpower, which increases crit chance and lets you move twice. Very nice, since while Charizard doesn't have great Range, Flamethrower definitely does, so you can deal a lot of damage if you time it right. And then you crit, mwahahahaha. Kunoichi has Trickster, which increases Speed, lets you jump up to high places and increases crit chance. I always forget to use it for moving to high places, since a lot of kingdom maps are flat, but the increased crit chance with Night Slash, a super good move, is fantastic and all you need. VS Chrysalia Alright, Chrysalia time! Fences still suck. Chrysalia is a pretty good map cause of the Pokemari Balls, which create new walls, are fun to smack into enemies and there's usually a fair few dotted around. The fences are annoying when you first discover them, but it's also fun trying to avoid them when they're discovered. Regardless, it makes this map more enjoyable than it should be and I'm a big fan of this map, since it plays differently pretty often and the Pokemari Balls let you claw back to victory when you're facing a tough opponent. I like it! Though it doesn't have much to do with Bug types, so that's a knock against it.  C'mon Flareon, work with me here. Flareon isn't a great Eeveelution, since Fire Fang only hits one enemy at a time. Still, you don't get to use Fire types very often, so it can work well in some matchups, but other Eeveelutions with bigger attacks are a lot more effective in most cases. Now, Yoshimoto has Grace, which fully heals him and adjacent allies... and then puts them to Sleep. You're right, that's worse than his Rank 1 skill that just prevents you from moving for 3 turns. At least you can still attack after using it, but this skill makes you completely useless until you get woken up, which is terrible. Along with Forretress being worse than Pineco, Yoshimoto gets worse the worse the more you use him, it's absolutely intentional (hopefully). So, uh, don't use him. VS Illusio Ugh, Illusio. So Illusio really sucks, like it's super bad, cause it takes FOREVER. The warping portals could be interesting, but they don't change often enough and to where you want to go for them to be all that useful. The floating cubes are cool, but they're set up so it's pretty tough to get from the attackers side to the defenders side, probably on purpose. The general fractured look of the map also means it's a pain to move around unless you're using Flying types, so it's just miserable to get around. It's one of three maps that I seriously dislike playing on and I'm always glad when it's over.  Oh yeah, it's also a lovely banner map, so you'll just be waiting for the warps to line up so you can get the last Pokemon standing on the banner and refusing to come to you to die. Anyway, Kenshin has Inspiration, which increases all allies Attack and Range by one stage for 3 turns. Very nice, just what we need more of and very helpful for the terror that is Mewtwo and its great range. Kanetsugu has Love and Honor (of course), which raises Attack by two stages and restores HP to him and adjacent allies. Very useful in a pinch, but again, adjacent skills are awkward and you'll want the Attack boost more than the HP restore (hopefully). Still, it'll make Alakazam nice and helpful and one hell of a nuke with Psychic. Aya has Compassion, which raises Defense by two stages and heals her and adjacent allies. Well it's not as good as Sweet Song, that's for sure, only healing adjacent allies is bad compared to every ally. Also the Defense boost is meh, but Froslass is a good overall attacker regardless.  Oh? This better be good. Goddammit game, where's my Blitzle or Anorith swarm? VS Cragspur Alright, we're over halfway there, so next up is a nice easy map in Cragspur. You'll only discover there's a switch on the other side the AI will press when you're spending time moving your team around. Otherwise you'll press the switch on the first turn and completely miss that it was a thing.  Like Flareon, Leafeon isn't too amazing, but getting Run Up and a higher crit chance with Leaf Blade makes it super potent given the chance. Not a bad choice. Ujiyasu has Father Figure, which blocks enemy crits and increases Energy for all allied Pokemon. Wow this is a bad skill, like it could be nice for defense, I guess? But man, it could be so much better, like actually boosting Defense, maybe? Ah whatever, Gigalith is still good regardless, Stone Edge is just a real nice move. Kai has Warrior Woman, which increases Speed and makes enemies flinch. Considering the monstrous range Fire Blast has and how much of a wrecking ball Darmanitan is, flinching every enemy in range and getting to attack all of them twice will rack up the damage. If only it was an Attack raise too... The Rolling Stones are alright, but they only go in one direction and it can be tricky getting the enemy in position (not that it'll affect them if they're Rock type anyway) and they don't do much damage anyway. Overall, Cragspur is pretty straightforward, splitting into three groups to take on everyone means a lot of shifting battles and the terrain is pretty varied, so yeah, it's cool. VS Yaksha Ugh, Yaksha. There's nothing particularly bad about Yaksha... it's just boring. Like with Fontaine, they definitely could've done more with the type, instead it's just an open field that has water breaking it up. Woo, how crazy.  Actually, the Roulette fuckin sucks. Sometimes it's nice when it gets rid of a Pokemon that was hassling you to let you regroup, but most of the time it just wastes turns and the big reward of loads of items is... meh. Kotarō has Mayhem, which increases Range by 1, makes enemies flinch and lets him go to high places for 3 turns. The Range is nice, since Zoroark can deal a lot of damage if it gets into position, but flinching and Night Daze don't play nice since it lowers accuracy, which doesn't matter if it flinches. Still, if only one of those things happen, it's something at least. Oh yeah, Illusion isn't too amazing since it's random which Pokemon it copies and it's always better to attack first, removing the Illsion. So oh well.    It's July time, so the AI has woken up, taking various kingdoms and not focusing on the real threat... thankfully. VS Viperia It's Viperia! I'm glad, Viperia is good. Espeon, my favouritest Pokemon ever, is also good, having great range with Psybeam and deals a lot of damage, though it's useless against Dark types. Still, it's definitely a great choice. Psychic types are just too good for this map. Nene has Nene Ninpō, which lets all allies avoid all attacks for a turn. A free turn is pretty nice and Crobat can take advantage of that with its great range with Cross Poison. Good overall. Hanzō has Ninjitsu, which increases Range, increases crit chance and lets him climb to high places. Well, it's alright, more Range is always nice, since Gengar has a lot with Shadow Ball, but it's not an amazing skill. Could be worse, I suppose. Despite being a banner map, Viperia is... good??? With the secret passages, you can zip around this map pretty quickly and the AI sticking to banners is fine on this map, since if they get poisoned by the goo on the floor, then it makes them much easier to deal with. There's also a secret area in the top left, but I always forget it's there, you can see the opening in the screenshot. Anyway, with all the jumping in passages and moving around the poison, this is a pretty fun map. Thankfully it's also the last banner map, so the rest of the maps are good right? ...right? VS Avia We're up in the clouds with Avia. It's a shame that most of Avia is unused, since it's a pretty fun map. But to get it over with as soon as possible, just head to the middle and let the AI come to you. No need to bother with literally any other part of the map, which is a shame cause the jump ramps and the up and down nature of the arena is a lot of fun.  Well that's some Range. Masamune has One-Eyed Dragon, which increases Range by 3 for 3 turns for him and adjacent allies. That's an amazing skill that can get everyone moving real quick at the start of the map. Also means you can just fly over to whoever you want with Braviary and remove them from the battle for a turn with Sky Drop. It can be a buggy move, so I have moved away from using it, just in case, but it's still a fine move. Magoichi has Cupid, which raises Attack in proportion to how many female Warriors are on the battlefield, because of course it does. This is great to offset Sceptile's Leaf Storm, but it's very situational unless you bring a load of female Warlords with you. It's perfectly possible, a lot of them are very powerful, but again, it depends if you can bring them, or even want to bring them. Still, good skill. With everyone clumped up like this, you can do a lot of damage very quickly, so they're flying down to their doom. The bridge sucks, but at least you use it, unlike the Greenleaf one. Also sometimes the camera doesn't show the various elevations well, which can be annoying. VS Spectra Ugh, Spectra. My second least favourite map. Wait why does Registeel have some much moveme- oh. I have been bamboozled by Illusion. Jolteon is a good pick, with a good attack in Thunderbolt. Sure, it does nothing against Ground types, but Electric is a drat good typing otherwise. Definitely one of the best choices. So Spectra sucks cause aside from a couple houses, it's a large field that constantly shifts cause of the loving STATUES, as well as the loving FLAMES. It's super frustrating to get trapped by them and they move each turn and it's so, so miserable, I hate it so much, especially when they block your attacks. Thankfully the AI walks into the flames like idiots and the aesthetic of this map is fantastic. Everything else is poo poo though. Nō has Viper's Bite, which gives moves added bonuses against male Warriors for 3 turns. These bonuses include inflicting status ailments, decreasing a stat, or increasing the crit chance. Very nice if you want to destroy men like the vile, disgusting pigs that they are, but it's situational and you never know what you're gonna get. Also Mismagius doesn't have good range with Shadow Ball, so it can't inflict many enemies with these bonuses, which is a shame. Still, it can be fun. Okuni has Kabuki Dance, which raises Attack and Energy of all allies for that turn. If it was 3 turns, this would be really nice, but it isn't, so it's okay. Not that Volcarona needs much of a push to wreck fools anyway, so if you can stack Attack boosts, suddenly it becomes incredibly deadly. Funny that. VS Valora UGH, Valora. Welcome to my least favourite map of the game.  There's a reason this map has a 25 turn limit, IT TAKES FOREVER. You have to use the gears to lower barriers and you can't really go through the cameras unless you time it just right. Also the area looks ugly and it's awkward moving around cause of all the thin walkways. Also where you'll meet the enemy is in this area, which is the worst place to fight in all of the maps in the game. More often than not, you might not have any moves to hit the enemy with, or the enemy will just walk in front of a camera like a dumbass and then get moved halfway across the map behind a barrier that they never lower cause they're loving idiots so you have to go over to them and waste even more time and then the cameras move every turn and the gears move everytime you land of them and AHHHHHHHHHH I HATE THIS MAP. Okay, that makes it better. Ieyasu has Resolution, which increases Defense by 3 stages for 3 turns. That's pretty nice, but Aggron has a lot of weaknesses, so it works better for Registeel. Since Flash Cannon has great range, Registeel can dish out a lot of damage without taking much in return, so it's pretty good overall. Tadakatsu has Unrivaled, which boosts Attack and Defense by 1 stage for 4 turns. An excellent skill that lasts for a long while and makes Dialga super deadly... if it could attack every turn. Metagross is a bit better with consistant damage, but Dialga has much better range with Roar of Time and it's cool as hell, so it's up to you which one you want. Ina has Elegance, which increases Range by 1 and ensures attacks will always hit for 3 turns. Very helpful for Empoleon, which could use some more Range and an accuracy boost for Hydro Pump. So yeah, pretty nice, but with an Attack boost it would've been amazing. This Aron just stared at these barriers endlessly until we lowered them and beat it up. gently caress this map.   Oh hey, it's the travelling merchant for the second time ever. Seriously, they never appeared off camera, these rare random events suck. VS Nixtorm Only two more kingdoms left, so we need to have Dragnor as the final one. If you don't have Ice types, this map kinda sucks, but being able to slide from one side to the other and smack the enemy in the face is a lot of fun. The cracked ice does, uh, nothing really, so you can ignore it. The floating icebergs aren't in the best place to use them consistently and the various ice blocks that sit on the ice are just annoying to get through. The snow reducing everyone's Range is annoying, but thankfully not too bad, unless you're using a bunch of slow guys that now have 1 range. Overall, not a great map, but it's alright. Zzzzzzzzzzap. Mitsuhide has Cold Eyes, which increases Speed and ensures all moves hit for 3 turns. For Articuno, this is very nice, since Blizzard has great range, but not so great accuracy. It's not necessary for Lapras, but Articuno is just the overall better Pokemon. As always, wish it was an Attack boost but OH WELL. Gracia has Bewilder, which gives all allies' moves the chance to confuse the opponent for the turn. This will never apply to Gothitelle, since Future Sight takes a turn to hit, but it could be useful for others, though only have the chance to confuse is a bit of a shame. Still, confusion is a pretty good status in this game, so it could work out (I've never used it that effectively). Our final Eeveelution is Umbreon, which is... alright. Assurance deals double damage if the foe has already taken damage that turn, so it's best used at the end of the turn. With Motivate, you can bounce between weakened enemies and take them down, so it's definitely usable, but only being able to target one Pokemon at once is always a shame. Threat to Ransei Alright we've got one last kingdom to take over to end the story. But of course we're not gonna do that just yet, we've got some stuff left to do AND we need Dragnor for something, so if Ranmaru could leave it and attack this completely helpless Spectra, that would be great. Since we've shown off all the Eeveelutions, let's get Azai's final Perfect Link, Arceus. Yeah, the max for every other Warlord is 2 or 3, but Azai has 8. Mental. Oh yeah, Arceus only appears when Azai reaches Rank 3.  But I'm not done yet! I must become even stronger! And you're going to help me, Arceus! We're going to be together from now on... we must watch each other's backs!    Oh noooooooo, how could this have happened??? VS Dragnor  Mmm, that's the stuff, let's give Arceus a test drive.  Alright, Arceus might not be all that strong, but still, it's powerful enough (only cause of Omnipotent, otherwise it's basically a stronger Wigglytuff). Now that ain't right. We'll talk about Dragnor when we actually properly conquer it at the end of the story, so let's talk about Aurora's battlefield. It's alright, pretty bland, as you'd expect. The logs are a bit annoying to move out of the way, but it does make fighting in that arena different each time, so I guess it's cool, especially when you smack one into an enemy. Otherwise, we're not missing much not being able to fight on it this story. Easy enough though, does this appease you Arceus? I think it looks happy. Please don't smite me.   But... none of the people who tried going in have come back out! What on earth could there be inside there?! Ha... very interesting... Nobunaga shall see to this personally. Wait a minute, if we already have Arceus, what's in the Infinite Tower?  Oh yeah, this thing. Shiny Rayquaza only appears in Dragnor when you've obtained every other legendary Pokemon (aside from Reshiram) and are in the final story with Rank 2 Nobunaga.  Accompany me, Rayquaza! With your great power beside me, Ransei shall be Nobunaga's at least! Hehehe... hahahahaha!  Final month of the LP! With Ranmaru taking back Dragnor, we're ready for the final battle. VS Dragnor  Uh, after we take back Spectra... but who cares about that, it's Dragnor time!  Even without cheating, I'm still completely wrecking fools. It's way too easy in these stories to completely overtake the enemy and make the end of the story a real snoozefest, especially if you can avoid the Gabite guy, because then it turns from a snoozefest into a real tedious dreck. So a lose-lose situation.   Use all the skills! Dragnor is a cool map, pretty simple, but has a lot of variety due to the elemental pillars. Smacking enemies into them for massive damage is great fun, especially if you can burn them. The bottom right of the map is never used, so I dont know why it's there, aside from making the map mirrored. Still, for a climactic duel to the finish, Dragnor is a great way to end a story.  Feel my wrath! Admittedly it's a little weak right now, but who cares, Arceus and Rayquaza are literally endgame prizes you get five minutes before the game is over.  Finito. Ranmaru has Faith, which lets all allies attacks hit for 3 turns. An excellent skill that frees your worries for a few turns and affects a lot of Pokemon very positively. Lucario doesn't need it, since its Aura Sphere smacks everything around no problem, but it's great, though shame he doesn't have a healing skill anymore. Oh well. If I ever hear the phrase "Unite all of Ransei" ever again, I'm gonna flip. Long Day  You showed the world... you showed us all that people should aspire to great things. That they should not content themselves with being weak... I, too, believe this to be true. And we must continue to believe. We cannot restrict ourselves to Ransei. Cross the oceans. Spread your message. ...!  Indeed, the legend of Azai continues to inspire the people of Ransei to this very day.
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Credits  And there we go! Conquest is finished! For finishing the final story, we get some special credits with everyone and their Perfect Link, which is super neat!    Overall, while this LP took forever, I'm incredibly happy with how it turned out. This game is great and I loved playing it, even after beating the same maps over and over again.   The gameplay is great, the music is amazing, I love the characters and the setting and the main story is great fun.    Having characters emote with their Pokemon was an amazing choice and added so much to the story and setting. I love Pokemon stories that focus on the Pokemon themselves, so having humans share that space so closely was great to see.    However, the big Donphan in the room is the postgame. The main story was really good, the progression was very well done and the battles were fast paced, pretty tough and really enjoyable to get through if you weren't as strong as the enemy. All of that gets thrown out of the window for the postgame.    The repetitive nature of the postgame (like a lot of stuff Koei Tecmo makes, alas) really drags it down. Everything's the same level, nothing is particularly engaging and there's so little variety beating the same map over and over and over again. It's super draining and it's a shame, cause the postgame can be fun.    Being able to play as everyone else and having the map all shaken up with different Warlords in different kingdoms could've been great if there had been more to it. But having to conquer the region over and over again and having everyone pretty weak is just hard to get through.   Still, because these characters are so enjoyable to see, the postgame stories can be great fun IF you pace yourself. Maybe I should've recorded this over a year and then did the LP nice and quick, but even after doing all of this and more than I should've, I still love this game.   I would love for a sequel to this game, if it fixed its problems, I think we could have something super amazing on our hands. Hell, I think Pokemon and Fire Emblem would work beautifully, the system is there and I really enjoy playing this game, it's just a shame its problems are super big ones.    Also having evolution items and a good chunk of Pokemon locked behind rare events does suck and I wish there was a better way than passwords. Still, I think there's a good variety of Pokemon in this game and it's not too tough to complete the Gallery. I got 190 out of 200 Pokemon without trying tooooooo hard.  But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this LP, I adore how this turned out and I love that a game like this got a full playthrough, cause it absolutely deserves it. I hope you enjoyed, I'm happy I showed off everything I wanted to and I know I had a blast... despite some things! Main Theme We don't get anything for beating the final story, but we're definitely done with the game. God, was it really 65 hours? This was even with cheating and speedup, so the same legit playthrough to the end will take even longer. I hope characters from this game appear in future, they're great, this game is great and this LP was great(?), well I hope you enjoyed it regardless. I'll leave you with the female player, since we didn't see her once in this whole LP aside from the start. Later!    El fin. No but seriously, thank you everyone who read this LP, I think this turned out great. A big thank you to Ragnar Homsar for letting me use her site, I'm super happy with how this LP looked and even though it wasn't incredibly long, a lot of work went into these updates and they're the longest I've ever made. And I'm glad, this game is great and I'm super happy I was able to show everything off and play this game, cause it's super good! But I'm glad it's over, getting everything in the postgame recorded was quite tough to get through, but I'm glad I did it. Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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Cheers for all the kind words, guys. I'm glad everyone enjoyed this LP as much as I did. I'll also close the voting and, uh, Nobunaga wins (especially since I've already named it now), so new LP should be up soon. In the mean time, I guess I'll need to change this LP from html to bbcode so I can get it archived! Woo...
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EMERALD, BABYYYYYYYY See you on the LP Archive when I convert this LP!
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