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Pokémon Conquest |OT| Gotta conquer 'em all
- Thread starter Kazerei
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We finally found out who Gabe Newell is on GAF!
Hispanicguy
Member
Really enjoying the game so far.
In case no one knew, the first event for these 2 people are up for download through Nintendo WFC: http://www.pokemonconquest.com/en-us/episode
I downloaded it and continued the story and eventually was able to recruit them both.
Currently have 12 Warriors/Warlords to battle with. 6 Warriors/Warlords is the max you can have in each Kingdom. When you get more, you can place them in your other Kingdoms and have someone delegate (train to strengthen the bonds, search for allies/pokemon or develop by raising the energy of your pokemon as well as find gold). At the moment, I have 5 Kingdoms. About to work on my 6th Kingdom..that is..if I can tear myself away from trying to recruit other people lol.
bam1991dbz from GameFAQS posted the password you get from Nintendo World that unlocked Cinccino:
vVALFrGTXX
When you use a password, the next month, they'll tell you where that pokemon will be. You can ONLY catch that pokemon during that same month so they tell you to save before attempting. Once you save, you can't use that password anymore.
When I recruited some people, I didn't know some came with 2 pokemon. Found out by going into "Info" and scrolling through the list of people.
Each Warrior/Warlord can link with a certain number of pokemon. Some can only link with 2 and others can link with 7 (the highest I've seen so far). That's what "Capacity" means.
If I made any mistakes in this post, feel free to correct me. I'm still learning about the game lol.
In case no one knew, the first event for these 2 people are up for download through Nintendo WFC: http://www.pokemonconquest.com/en-us/episode
I downloaded it and continued the story and eventually was able to recruit them both.
Currently have 12 Warriors/Warlords to battle with. 6 Warriors/Warlords is the max you can have in each Kingdom. When you get more, you can place them in your other Kingdoms and have someone delegate (train to strengthen the bonds, search for allies/pokemon or develop by raising the energy of your pokemon as well as find gold). At the moment, I have 5 Kingdoms. About to work on my 6th Kingdom..that is..if I can tear myself away from trying to recruit other people lol.
bam1991dbz from GameFAQS posted the password you get from Nintendo World that unlocked Cinccino:
vVALFrGTXX
When you use a password, the next month, they'll tell you where that pokemon will be. You can ONLY catch that pokemon during that same month so they tell you to save before attempting. Once you save, you can't use that password anymore.
When I recruited some people, I didn't know some came with 2 pokemon. Found out by going into "Info" and scrolling through the list of people.
Each Warrior/Warlord can link with a certain number of pokemon. Some can only link with 2 and others can link with 7 (the highest I've seen so far). That's what "Capacity" means.
If I made any mistakes in this post, feel free to correct me. I'm still learning about the game lol.
Any GAF first-hand impressions on difficulty level? e.g. Have you ever died/failed a battle and have to retry? I'll probably pick it up anyway but really don't want it to be braindead easy.
Maybe I'll have to impose some restrictions on myself, like if any pokemon ever faints, remove it from roster permanently.
I'm a little over 3 hours in and I've conquered 6 kingdoms. There's hardly any story, I just invade neighbouring kingdoms and win. I'm guessing the additional episodes will provide backstory and add alot more to the game's length.
But the game really is fun and addictive. The gameplay mechanics are simple, yet the battles demand good strategy (if you don't go in overleveled). Each stage has its own quirks to deal with too. And I still feel like there's a little more to the gameplay I haven't reached yet.
The game also has that "gotta catch 'em all" spirit to it. Each kingdom offers a small variety of Pokemon, so I feel compelled to keep checking each kingdom until I think I've collected all of its Pokemon.
One thing I dislike are the hidden traps I've encountered in 2 of the main story battles so far. It just causes minor annoyance without really contributing anything to the gameplay.
Also, the Warriors and Pokemon don't seem to be that well balanced. Some Warriors and Pokemon have better skills, moves and stats than others IMO. Of course, the mainline Pokemon games are pretty unbalanced too.
Overall I'm pretty impressed with this game so far. Seems to be a solid little SRPG that does honor to the Pokemon brand.
But the game really is fun and addictive. The gameplay mechanics are simple, yet the battles demand good strategy (if you don't go in overleveled). Each stage has its own quirks to deal with too. And I still feel like there's a little more to the gameplay I haven't reached yet.
The game also has that "gotta catch 'em all" spirit to it. Each kingdom offers a small variety of Pokemon, so I feel compelled to keep checking each kingdom until I think I've collected all of its Pokemon.
One thing I dislike are the hidden traps I've encountered in 2 of the main story battles so far. It just causes minor annoyance without really contributing anything to the gameplay.
Also, the Warriors and Pokemon don't seem to be that well balanced. Some Warriors and Pokemon have better skills, moves and stats than others IMO. Of course, the mainline Pokemon games are pretty unbalanced too.
Overall I'm pretty impressed with this game so far. Seems to be a solid little SRPG that does honor to the Pokemon brand.
Freezie KO
Banned
I'm curious about this too.
I'm really interested in this game. I like SRPGs, but not RPGs. I'd be playing for strategy not for story. If the main game is easy, but you can have twenty hours of harder post-game content, that's all good with me.
Never lost a battle, but I did reset once because I felt I had screwed up and was in a bad position.
Oishi's skill lets you heal your entire team. I decided to let everyone get really low on HP before using the skill, and I also got a little too aggressive with Oishi's Jigglypuff. The CPU ganged up and scored a critical hit, and Jigglypuff fainted. I probably could have still won by pulling back and using potions, but whatever.
And on another occasion one of my other Pokemon fainted. Again, probably avoidable if I played more defensively, but that's just not my style
So it's about the same difficulty as the mainline Pokemon games. No danger of getting wiped out if you know what you're doing. Can add your own challenges to even things up.
It's interesting, I feel like the game is simple but not stupid. Good strategy does make a huge difference, it's not just walk up and attack. The additional episodes do sound like they're more challenging too.
Freezie KO
Banned
Thanks for the impressions. I'm looking for a game for a July 4th cross-country flight, so I think I'll wait to see how people are digging the extra episodes.
Thanks for replying! This is what I was hoping for, will definitely give it a spin.
Thought the game was out today, so I walked into the local Gamestop (only game store on my route home from work) and asked if they had it in. They told me it came out tomorrow and they only had enough copies to cover their pre-orderes. While walking out of the store I ordered it online from Amazon on my phone. 2-4 weeks shipping, but fuck it I have other games to finish. Just wanted to pick it up in case of low shipping numbers and if the game became rare at all since its a weird Pokemon title to even have localized.
*This was when the game was around $30, think its about $35 with shipping.
Does anyone know if you can transfer Pokemon from this to Black/White/Other mainline games? The fact it only has one save file is troubling, my wife would like to play after me but she will need her own copy if it serves any secondary purpose for the main games. The Pokemon belong to me.
*This was when the game was around $30, think its about $35 with shipping.
Does anyone know if you can transfer Pokemon from this to Black/White/Other mainline games? The fact it only has one save file is troubling, my wife would like to play after me but she will need her own copy if it serves any secondary purpose for the main games. The Pokemon belong to me.
Nothing I've read suggests this is possible, and I feel like they would have touted this feature. I could be wrong, though.
Not sure if you saw Kazerei's impressions a few posts above, but it sounded reasonably meaty to me with the extra challenges and "catch them all" aspect.
Hispanicguy
Member
Nope. Says it in the back of the box: "Not compatible with other titles in the Pokemon series."
A bunch of places seem to be getting it late.
Best Buy says they don't even get it till next week.
Maybe it was a Gamestop week exclusive.
That would be pretty sucky
The $10 price difference isn't worth getting it from Gamestop though IMO. I'll just wait....and sulk.Anyone know what the multiplayer in this game is like? My boyfriend and I are trying to figure out if it's worth getting two copies or not... I know the game only has one save file, but he's not even sure if he wants to play it or not, and if the game has good multiplayer then that might push us over the edge.
The game might've gotten more orders from retailers than Nintendo was anticipating. That would explain the very uneven rollout to stores.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Picked up my copy yesterday and played a little bit. The game is fun so far. I am so glad that the game is DSi enhanced so I don't have to set up a separate access point to get the download missions.
Does this directly draw from any previous tecmo/koei series? People keep mentioning Nobunaga's Ambition, but this seems very different from what I know of that series (I've never played any of the Nobunaga games).
This seems to be a tactical SRPG, whereas I had thought that series was more grand scale strategy.
This seems to be a tactical SRPG, whereas I had thought that series was more grand scale strategy.
Resistance100
Member
I hate Nintendo for not given us an EU release date ¬__¬
anotherVegan
Member
Pokemon needs more hats.
Although I haven't played Nobunaga's Ambition since the NES days, this seems to have a lot of the same spirit.
- instead of having generals on the field with up to 100 troops each, you've got pokemon with X number of HP each
- instead of having generals search for new generals to recruit, your generals are hunting for wild pokemon
- defeating the enemy gives the option of capturing enemy generals to recruit
- instead of having a big battle map of the whole province, you've got a more zoomed-in FFTA-style arena to fight in
- a lot of the provincial micromanagement has been reduced
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I wonder if they'll add other Pokemon later? Or was that list on serebii the end all?
BassForever
Member
Called 5 stores, walmart, target, best buy, and 2 gamestops. None of them have it in stock or are 'waiting for our shipment' D: nooooooooo! Orlando FL how is it no one got this game.
I'm guessing that it hasn't been advertised and no one expected people to be intererested, so there aren't very many copies around. I'm hoping Amazon ships by this weekend or something.
XeroSauce
Member
From what I hear it's because there aren't non-English translations yet.
Ok.
I hope someone writes an article about this. I would really like to read a detailed comparison between the two series.
BassForever
Member
Finally found one gamestop that not only had the game arrive today, but had a non-preorder copy!
walking fiend
Member
If I get this, this will be my first Pokemon game; is this a wise choice?
Depends what you like! If you like strategy games that aren't too difficult, and collect-them-all stuff, it might be fine. The reviews should give you a good idea what to expect (there's a reviews thread for conquest lurking around).
If you prefer a pure overhead RPG with turn-based RPG combat instead of FFTA overhead combat, or if you want to see what "classic" pokemon is like, I'd recommend pokemon black or white instead.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Thanks for the awesome OP, you inspired me to buy the game this week.
I didn't even consider buying the game until I saw this thread 1 hour ago.
I didn't even consider buying the game until I saw this thread 1 hour ago.
4 hours 20 minutes in, and I've got 9 kingdoms under my control. Feels good. Looks like it'll get a bit harder from here on.
My kingdoms are near capacity with Warriors ... I know each Warrior can link with multiple Pokemon, but I've been recruiting every Warrior with a new Pokemon I can find. This is probably a bad habit :\
My kingdoms are near capacity with Warriors ... I know each Warrior can link with multiple Pokemon, but I've been recruiting every Warrior with a new Pokemon I can find. This is probably a bad habit :\
XeroSauce
Member
Damn...I'm 8 hours in and at the same point as you. I have a set of "fighter" Warlords and Warriors I march all over the map for almost every fight, and then all my other Warriors doing delegated work or mining, or summoning other Warriors.
I'm spending so much time with each individual nation/warrior...the amount of micromanagement is surprising. Attuning multiple Pokemon to each Warrior's best type and abilities..man.
How many turns are you in? I'm at January Year 3.
robotzombie
Member
So how do you get the special generals on your team? Also is there anything in general to make sure I know before starting the game?
I'm also curious about this, like if there's anything super important that I might miss for 100%'ing with the single save slot and so forth.
Also for those who have played 4-8 hours, what do you think of the game so far?