Nobunaga's Ambition (Super Nintendo)

Nobunaga's Ambition is a game set in Japan's Warring States period, a turbulent age when feudal warlords battled for control of the country.

As the ruler of a fief, the player chooses his or her own path to conquest: Will you wage war on your neighbors or rely on diplomacy? Use economic sanctions or send ninja assassins? Use all of your ingenuity and resources to unite Japan under your banner.

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User Comments

1. Bass X0 26 Nov 2008, 23:18 GMT

i'm betting Europe won't see this game. still the more snes games the merrier, eh?

2. HeikeKagero 27 Nov 2008, 02:49 GMT

Was this not released in Europe ever?

3. slangman 27 Nov 2008, 13:17 GMT

Dunno. Looking on Gamefaqs I can't see an EU date nor can I see PAL copies on eBay. I guess this is one of those SNES games that got quickly got forgotten about overtime.

4. Sharecrow 27 Nov 2008, 15:20 GMT

I remember this game being super hard but maybe I was just too young at the time to be any good at it...I had played the NES one, though.

I'll probably grab this when it comes out.

5. antster1983 28 Nov 2008, 16:27 GMT

Koei never released any games in Europe before PlayStation I don't think...

6. Jogurt the Yogurt 29 Nov 2008, 03:16 GMT

Great game! Not quite as good as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, but the VC definitely needs more strategy games.

7. marktheshark 30 Nov 2008, 19:51 GMT

One game closer to the other Romance of the Three Kingdoms games! I think that Koei might actually put another ROTK game on the VC closely to the release of a Dynasty Warriors game.

8. Mickeymac 01 Dec 2008, 06:09 GMT

I'll be looking forward to this one.

9. tatemon555 29 Dec 2008, 16:46 GMT

Interesting...
I might get this later on, although I don't have any info about it.

10. dfalco 09 Jan 2009, 17:54 GMT

i never played this game it looks very hard not game would spend my money on but i might get uncharted waters if comes to eu

11. Egg miester 10 Feb 2009, 02:37 GMT

part 2 is better but 1 is very good

12. Mickeymac 10 Feb 2009, 05:29 GMT

Well, this looks pretty boring, actually. I guess I won't be looking forward to it, then, now will I?

13. Roo 18 Feb 2009, 21:14 GMT

I see Nobunaga and I have very different ambitions...his don't interest me one bit! Sorry Nobunaga, ya muppet!

14. Mirokunite 22 Apr 2009, 00:22 BST

I enjoyed this game back in the day.

Too bad the MMORPG never made it outside of Japan. It seemed like a blast.

15. deadly.by.design 27 Apr 2009, 14:45 BST

Snore.

16. pixelman 27 Apr 2009, 15:01 BST

Oh my G... We get this crap instead of Mario Kart? I'm seriously ticked.

17. WolfLink22 27 Apr 2009, 15:40 BST

Call me crazy for saying this but i would take ClayFighter over this crap.

18. StarDust 27 Apr 2009, 15:41 BST

Yes, pixelman, I agree - please Nintendo - bring us Mario Kart and Yoshi's island instead of this garbage...

or hows-a-bouts some arcade games, hmmm???

19. 03bgood 27 Apr 2009, 16:36 BST

Nintendo needs to stop releasing random crap and focus on releasing good games like Super Mario Kart and Majora's Mask!

20. RurouniTeeter 27 Apr 2009, 16:36 BST

Shocked to see this here. My dad really, really liked this game. I don't see why you're so harsh about it... It's not THAT bad... Jeez people...
Who cares about Mario Kart right now~ Play Mario Kart Wii, or get en emulator and rom of SNES Mario Kart if you want it so bad. Yoshi's Island is for GBA, play it for that, get a rom of that or SNES version. I know its playing on the computer and its not the same, but jeez people...

21. rodoubleb 27 Apr 2009, 16:40 BST

Classic strategy game. My personal favorite is Shingen the Ruler but this is very good.

22. Drake 27 Apr 2009, 16:58 BST

Some people just don't know a good game when they see one. The whole Nobunaga series is great, probably my favourite Koei series.

23. MrPoo6321 27 Apr 2009, 18:03 BST

This game looks kind of lame. The only strategy type game I ever liked was SimCity, and I don't know if that one really counts. At least it's another SNES game though. The SNES and the N64 are sorely lacking in the amount of games posted to the VC. Especially when you take a look at all the sh'mups on the Turbografx, all the crap games on the NES (although the NES does have a lot of good ones), and all the stuff on the Genesis. I honestly don't care really about Neo-Geo, Commodore 64 or Virtual Console Arcade. I feel like they're just there so Nintendo can wait forever to release games by doing one per week now. Maybe they feel a bit too busy with WiiWare and DSiWare and now they're not really trying that hard to get licenses for games. Speaking of licenses, why is the only licensed game on the VC, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES? Not that I don't appreciate seeing it there, I would just like to see more licensed games, like Aladdin and The Lion King or even Spider-Man 64.

24. Jogurt the Yogurt 27 Apr 2009, 18:05 BST

This game is awesome. I actually prefer this one to its sequel, too. It's relatively simple and streamlined, which means it's also very well-balanced. Very very happy to finally see this one released.

25. 03bgood 27 Apr 2009, 19:37 BST

Okay this game looks good but last week's release was awful!

26. Goomba2996 27 Apr 2009, 20:15 BST

Ugh, this looks boring as crap. Nintendo when will you release earthbound or mother aka earthbound zero?

27. RurouniTeeter 27 Apr 2009, 20:30 BST

I'm glad some people really like this game too! People for sure don't know good games... They expect too much...
@26. Goomba2996
Dude, quit being childish. AND if you read an update a long time while back, it explained EarthBound might not come here.

28. Aenaida 27 Apr 2009, 21:22 BST

Not my kind of game.

29. Devastator 27 Apr 2009, 22:09 BST

Several weeks ago, alot of people were saying we were getting Super Smash Brothers for this day. What the hell happened to that Nintendo.

30. Drake 27 Apr 2009, 23:27 BST

Nothing happened to that, people were just making up stuff they hoped would happen. Super Smash Bros. has no indication of coming to the US anytime soon as far as ratings are concerned, and you'll probably get Majora's Mask first.

31. Hoofbites 28 Apr 2009, 06:25 BST

@ Devastator:
Fan speculation does not a definite release make.

32. 03bgood 30 Apr 2009, 08:54 BST

Where's the damn review?