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Nobunaga no Yabou 201X (信長の野望 201X, the year being pronounced as ni-maru-ichi-x) is the third free-to-play Nobunaga's Ambition social game. Unlike its predecessors, the majority of the character visuals are from Nobunaga no Yabou Tendou, and it requires the Unity Web Player to play like Daikoukai Jidai V. It was first announced during Koei Tecmo's Network Business Strategy Conference in 2014. As of May 12, 2016, the game has reached 800,000 users.

Kou Shibusawa, Takahiro Kibe, and Tomokazu Takeda are producers of Nobunaga's Ambition for smartphones. The game's conception began with a photoshopped Nobunaga, which Shibusawa later approved. The game features supernatural monstrosities and a pre-open playing option.

Plot[]

A dimensional portal opens above Kyoto, unleashing UMA, causing phenomena in modern Japan. People from the Warring States period can slip in and out of time, and those with powers are expected to enlist as agents of the Special Liberation Organization. The protagonist is an onmyouji descendant living in modern Japan.

Gameplay[]

The game involves creating formations of agents, spending Spiritual Energy to start stages, leveling up the player avatar, and using loot to fortify agents. Levels change a player's maximum Spiritual Energy capacity and formation's cost rating. Players can buy or sell equipment, scout for other agents, and earn Assist Points by choosing a leader. Real world currency can be spent to obtain Precious Stones, which can recover Spiritual Energy, continue from defeated bosses, access rare gacha options, and increase formation cost capacity.

Magatama, rare consumable goods, are earned through specific conditions in the game. Players can access in-game sponsors, real-world Japanese corporations offering replicas or rewards. Partnering with sponsors incurs a daily Credits fee, but players can improve their service by investing additional Credits. Partners can be added or removed at their discretion.

Formations[]

Active combat formations are based on a 3x3 square grid, with one agent per square. Players can only have four agents initially, but clearing the first story chapter unlocks the last active slot. Reserve agents can be assigned if spare Cost is available. Agent stats include health, attack, and speed, with rarer agents having better stats. Each agent has a unique battle skill and three special abilities learned through leveling up.

Class Icon Active Range General Attributes UMA Proficiency
Warrior Helmet Front Melee fighters; sturdiest and strongest attackers.
Can equip average firearms and best medieval weapons.
Special abilities are offensive buffs.
Undead
Tactician War fan Front
Center
Balanced mage characters.
Can equip heavy firearms but have weak protection.
Special abilities are UMA slayers and ability buffs.
Demon
Archer Bow and arrow All Versatile attackers with weak defenses.
Limited to average protection. Can equip sniping guns and firearms that attack groups.
Special abilities are time altering abilities and UMA slayers.
Undead
Medic Pill box Front: attack
Center: stat boost
Back: heal
Frail attackers but versatile support characters.
Limited to weak firearms and protection.
Special abilities are healing or stat boosting oriented.
Demon

Training speeds up agent leveling, similar to card fusions in social games. Players can sacrifice spare agents and Credits to make a target agent stronger, and merge exact duplicates to increase their level capacity. They can also replace or insert special abilities through the Inheritance option. To unlock Class Change, players must complete the second story chapter and max an agent's level.

Combat[]

UMAs are divided into three types: Beast, Demon, and Undead. Players use a 3x3 formation grid to fight, with agents placed outside their range accumulating damage. Squares on the grid can activate skills, and skill combos trigger passive traits. Modern armaments can be used once an agent's bullet counter reaches 100. Gunfire starts before officer skills and can be stacked with skill combos. Battles must be completed within the specified turn limit, and victories are graded with S rank being the highest. Hidden feats reward Precious Stones and can be reported on social media.

Characters[]

Only original story characters are included in this section.

  • Matsuri Ashigami
Portrayed by Selena Higa for Makai ~Hoshi to Umi no Hangeki~
The protagonist's SLO navigator and operator, with the ability to sense UMA proximity, struggles with changing Japanese history and a crush on Nagamasa Azai. She temporarily leaves after talking with Konatsu.
  • Director Isurugi
Portrayed by Takeshi Watari for Makai ~Hoshi to Umi no Hangeki~
Elderly head of SLO stationed at Kyoto. He orders Matsuri and the protagonist to subjugate cases across Japan. Isurugi updates the player on the mysterious barrier in Kyoto. He believes in Santa Claus.
  • Konatsu Tomoe
SLO weapons expert and shop dealer. She is a friend of Matsuri who is assigned to assist the protagonist's unit with the headquarter's latest inventions. Sometime before the start of the story, her younger brother and younger sister were missing in Kyoto. A group of SLO agents eventually found and reunited the family.
  • Hatsuna
Stern onmyouji who wanders the land alone. Tough-skinned and righteous but embarrassed by open sentimentality. She seals the dimensional portals and appears to have intimate knowledge of the UMA threat.
Eight elite UMA generals who obey their master's calling. They pose as the main threat to the protagonist for the majority of the story. Their lifeforce fuels the barrier in Kyoto. All eight must be defeated for the seal to be lifted.
  • Yogiri
Original character loosely based on a character in Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Iga no Kagemaru. Yuugiri's younger sister. New to official kunoichi duty but seeks to defend Iga village in her older sister's absence. Mentored by her sister since her childhood and idolizes her. Becomes attached to Matsuri because the agent vaguely reminds her of her sister. Befriends Nobukatsu Oda.
  • Yuugiri
Yogiri's older sister. Named interpretation of the Kunoichi character card who is completely unrelated to another character. Left her home to negotiate with Nobunaga. Learns how to fire modern firearms from him. Works to protect Iga with the Oda.

Related Media[]

A preregistration campaign was held for a game called Nobunaga no Yabou Online, where players can use serial codes to obtain rare agents and items. Participants could earn additional bonuses and collaboration items. The campaign was promoted in the March 23 live stream and the fourteenth episode of 4Gamer Tap.

Nobunaga no Yabou 201X has had crossovers with the following third party IPs that bestowed collaboration characters into the game: Sengoku Royale, Lord of Knights, SANGOKU!, Sengoku IXA Senban no Hasha, Sekigahara Engi, Sangokushi Rumble, Hirate Hisahide no Sengoku Nikki, Sanada Taiheiki, Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, Oda Cinammon Nobunaga, Samurai Warriors 4-II, Makai ~Hoshi to Umi no Hangeki~ and Makai ~Fukkatsu to Yabou Revival and Vision~, Nioh, Nobunaga no Yabou ~Oretachi no Sengoku~, Sen no Kaizoku.

Purchase the July GetNavi issue to obtain a GetNavi decorated rocket launcher serial code. Get the guidebook to receive serial codes for Tomonori Kitabatake, an officer ticket, locater goggles and fusion boosters. Buy the third volume of Corocoro Aniki to get a firearm stylized to the comic magazine's logo.

The first TV commercial for the social game was broadcast during Arslan Senki. It was an indirect tie-in with Arslan Senki x Musou.

This was one of the titles that was presented during the Tokyo Game Show 2015 net game presentation. It is one of the titles participating in the PayNetCafe Matsuri 2015 Aki campaign.

In celebration of 2016's Nobunaga's Ambition Day (March 30), registered players can vote for their preferred redesigns for currently existing 3☆ and 4☆ until April 19; third party collaboration characters are exempt from voting. A similarly themed questionnaire open to the public is a collaboration with Famitsu.com; it has a shorter selection than the one offered to players and shares the same expiration date.

A live broadcast at Nico Nico Douga was held on January 26, 2017. Participants were able to view upcoming missions and share feedback to the development team. Incentives for reaching comment quotas include bonus items and Lady Muramatsu as a party member. The second livestream is being held May 10, 2017; viewers can share their commentary during the livestream or through Twitter; one of the prizes for doing so is Chiyo Yamauchi.

This game is among the few titles selected to promote the movie Shinobi no Kuni.

Nobunaga no Yabou 201X once had a limited in-game sponsorship with Koei Tecmo Cafe & Dining. Magatama was offered as a log-in bonus to players who partnered with them.

The game held a collaboration event with Wasa Beef from October 16 to 30.

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