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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Pokemon Conquest - An interesting spinoff!



Nintendo has released a new type of Pokemon game! Quite different from the series, Pokemon Conquest has brought a new gameplay experience to the Pokemon family. Similar to the battling system of the Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon series, this game may serve as the start of a new set of fans to Pokemon.



The game's boxart shows various "Warlords" that the player must
 battle to progress in the game.


Pokemon Conquest features a way to control your own Pokemon while fighting enemies located in dungeons along the story. You must find allies by defeating them in the region of Ransei. The main villain of the game is Warlord Nobunaga, paired with Zekrom. You must defeat a set of other warlords and strategically station your troops so you are not conquered by other warlords during your rule. It is, overall a fun game and requires a type of  intellect not introduced in the Pokemon franchise before.
The warlord Nobunaga


The Player, a male or female warlord begins the game partnered with a fairly powerful Eevee, and is aided by the female Oichi. One must venture into dungeons to find items and allies to your cause. Lots of items are still used in this game, such as potions and berries. However, there are warrior skills a pokemon may know. A good tip for you is that if you are battling with Oichi on your team, you may select her Jigglypuff's warrior menu, then choose the move sweet song. This will restore 50 HP on all of your pokemon, including Jigglypuff. This is useful when one is stalling out a Warlord or Dungeon.

Clearly, Pokemon Conquest is a refreshing change to all of the Pokemon Rpgs that Nintendo has been releasing. Overall, I think that this is a good change, and Nintendo managed to pull it off with flying colors. Congrats on the game, and it is a game worth buying.



I would rate this game 7/10 for great gameplay and originality, but it could use a little more of that "I'm a king" Kind of feeling.

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