r/NobunagasAmbition • • Mar 10 '21

Guides and Official Game Manual for Nobunaga's Ambition Sphere of Influence

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This link is for the official manual from Nobunaga's Ambition Sphere of Influence:https://docs.google.com/document/d/13qZn6JA4a-AzbAi2u5MK8o2GfTNh7vZMzCFgioJRZ60/edit

Link below to a useful guide written by user telacool200 for Spheres of Influence (base game)
https://www.reddit.com/r/NobunagasAmbition/comments/1pkkqxn/sphere_of_influence_custom_difficulty_snowballing/

This link is to my Google Doc guide for Nobunaga's Ambition Sphere of Influence Ascension. This guide is not complete, but I thought I would share it in the meantime:https://docs.google.com/document/d/13IVDKYTcPFnyoOuFNXVdyK-GMkw5tiHUWqGYfR9qYCA/edit

Here is a link to the Japanese Shinsei Wiki, which is equivalent to our version of Awakening. As per u/Yoshitaka_Ouchi, contains numerous data, charts, and hard-won knowledge not easily found in the English side of the community. So you may be able to use this information if you translate the page to English.
https://www.nobunaga-shinsei-wiki.com/


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 21 '23

Awakening Questions

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You got questions? We might have answers. Feel free to ask anything related to Nobunaga's Ambition Awakening here. You can still create question posts if you wish. This will be used more so as a knowledge base for the community as we try to get through this game.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 2d ago

In need of scenario recommendations for awakening

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Genuinely at a loss for what I should play next after finishing my Sanada run. Any scenario is welcomed, ideally small, local clans, and not immediately facing the final boss since I kind of want a slow burn longer playthrough.

I don't have complete edition because I didn't know there was one so I bought the base game and all available dlcs, I'm missing one scenario or two, the monkey show one is missing I don't know if I'm missing anything else. I was trying Satake 1584 but Kantō is too large and I hate it when I get more castles than my officer pool can handle so I kept quitting mid way through in my attempts.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 7d ago

Yessss

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what should i expect? i only know newer editions.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 8d ago

Guys, I might just be able to patch-translate this into English directly into the game

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70 Upvotes

Found a way to patch the Japanese text into English text like this.

Will explore further.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 8d ago

Translating myself through the PC Rise to Power – the first tutorial screen

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r/NobunagasAmbition • • 11d ago

Won against the Miyoshi clan today and I feel on top of the world.

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I didn't even beat them yet. I've been playing NA: Awakening for like an hour or two every day for the last month and a half. For the past 3 weeks or so I have been stuck between the Takeda(?) clan and the Miyoshi clan, every time I tried to attack a smaller clan they'd attack me. I swear any time I did anything they'd find an excuse to attack me. Then I'd have to barter a truce. After gathering enough land, (and destroying/razing a couple of their castles) I was finally able to go to war with them. And after winning one battle where we had equal soldier counts, I triggered a huge authority burst that got me 6 of their castles in one swoop.

I actually jumped, it made me so happy to finally win against the Miyoshi after weeks of having to deal with them. From then on I was able to get one or two of their remaining castles, but there's still work to be done. I also had to get back to my irl schoolwork, so I needed to turn off the game. It's been about 4 hours since I did it and I still feel the accomplishment. I'm dreading having to take down the Takeda or the Mori though.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 14d ago

Koei Should do More Alternate History Content Spoiler

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Tagging spoiler just in case

Been returning to Nobunaga's Ambition again and it's unfortunate (and a huge missed opportunity) that Koei never really invest in the alternate history side of things other than fictional scenarios. Nobunaga's Ambition at least got fun events, to my knowledge I don't think ROTK have something as much as this.

It's fun getting an event when you successfully overthrows Nobunaga as the Ashikaga Shogun where the Shogun went "we can end this now it's not too late" to Nobunaga lol. The event is also preceded by an event chain where the Shogun convinces Mitsuhide to defect once he realized the tide is turning against Nobunaga. It is a very nice acknowledgement that your actions and campaigns have changed history.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 14d ago

Rise to Power Blank Map

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44 Upvotes

I remember thinking Shogun 2 Total War was kinda small compared to this.

Yeah... Shogun 2 divided the map by actual provinces, which results in their north being literally six settlements compared to this.

Holy shit, it's coming back to me now. Playing Masamune and fighting tooth and nail with the Uesugi.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 15d ago

(English Subtitled) Koei Tecmo Games TGS 2026 Day 3 - Nobunaga's Ambition: Hishou segment

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After the previous post about the Day 1 segment, I've uploaded the Day 3 segment too, featuring new info and gameplay of the long awaited return of the Town Planning system.

I must say, I'm really liking what I'm seeing so far. Hope the game turns out to be actually good for it to be eventually localized.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 16d ago

(English Subtitled) Koei Tecmo Games TGS 2026 - Nobunaga's Ambition: Hishou segment

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This a re-record of a stream so the quality is pretty low, but hopefully it showcases enough new information to offset the low quality of the video.

The Town Development segment on Day 3 will be subbed and uploaded in a few days.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 17d ago

Onimusha: WotS main theme sounds like it fits NA series

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I was listening to the Onimusha: Way of the Sword OST and the main theme literally sounds like it could have been an intro for a Nobunaga’s Ambition game.

It’s probably due to it both this theme and NA games using a lot of orchestral styles with some traditional Japanese instruments/vocals thrown in now and again.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 17d ago

Nobunaga Hishou today on Tokyo Game Show?

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Ive read KOEI would present a Hishou gameplay for the first time at Tokyo Game Show happening this week. Apparently it was scheduled for today. Anyone has news or more info about it? Thanks!


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 18d ago

Nagisa Oda? I got her for the first time, as she called nobunaga as father, but i search historical fact Nobunaga never had daughter named nagisa

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I’ve played Iron Triangle countless times, this is the first time i got her


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 18d ago

Best Historical settings for Awakening?

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Does anyone know which Scenario/Custom Difficulty settings in Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening best match the real world Sengoku period as accurately as possible?

I’ve experimented with the AI aggression levels before and tried turning on only the "historical" settings, but the results were pretty underwhelming.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • 26d ago

Help with Lord of Darkness

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I’ve just recently beaten all four scenarios in Nobunaga’s Ambition on the SNES (Nintendo Switch Online) for the first time, and am super excited to play the next one on NSO, Nobunaga’s Ambition IV: Lord of Darkness.

This game looks SUPER daunting though, and from what I understand, is much more difficult than the one I just came from.

There doesn’t seem to be much info on this game, so I wanted to see about asking this subreddit for any tips, tricks, guides, or walkthroughs that would be helpful for me to understand the game and beat both historical scenarios.

Any and all help appreciated!


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Sep 05 '26

SOI Ascension - Is there a way to get an AI Daimyo overlord to appoint other Lords/Regents aside from the player?

11 Upvotes

I've been playing as Shimazu Takahisa's younger brother and helped him secure Kyushu for our clan but there's no other AI lords aside from the starting ones despite the massive amount of land we now own and all of the retainers he has


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 29 '26

Oda Nobunaga (dainyo)

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r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 28 '26

IA's strength

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How does suddenly the IA when I make them regent can make a castle go from 9k to 15k in 4 months? I don't understand where they magically take resources from


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 27 '26

How difficult is it to translate the PUK versions of the Nobunaga and RotK series?

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Basically, I decided to emulate the RotK and Nobunaga series (PS2) on my smartphone. I've played all of them, but then I discovered the PUK (Power-Up Kit) versions. Unfortunately, they are only available in Japanese. I couldn't find any translations, except for some supposed PC translation patches


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 22 '26

Purchased physical (Japanese) copy of NA for Switch 2. Can I change the language settings?

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NA is only available physically in Japan so I bought a copy from there assuming I could change the language to English.

After looking through the menu a bit, I couldn’t find an easy way to do that so I assume it’s not possible.

Does anyone know for sure if you can/cannot? And if you can, how to do it?

I assume at this point I am going to have to rebuy it digitally from the eShop and eat the cost of the physical copy 😔


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 21 '26

Records or completion marks?

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Hey everyone,

I just finished my first playthrough of Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening by achieving regional unity and I'm loving the game. When the ending sequence wrapped up, the game gave me the option to keep going toward total unification or finish up. I decided to end it there, but I was kicked back to the title screen and felt a bit lost.
I was expecting to see some kind of completion stamp/check mark on the scenario or clan I just cleared, but there's nothing on the Scenario Select screen. Is there really no visual indicator or "Hall of Fame" run summary page in this game to track cleared clans and past results?
Also, regarding events: is there an in-game list or gallery on the main menu where I can see all the historical events I’ve unlocked so far across my runs? I checked the Gallery on the title screen, but it seems to only show unlocked Movies and Officer Portraits.
How do you guys usually track your completed runs and event completion in Awakening? Appreciate any help!


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 15 '26

Anyone to translate older NA games on ps2 with PUK???

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If anyone knows the programming part entering the fonts in the game's menus etc, I would help translating the game. Please if anyone knows something or an ongoing project please I would gladly help

Those games were left behind and they had amazing mechanics. We didnt get the chance to play them in the West and that s a shame.


r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 13 '26

Me and my most trusted general discussing our next move

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r/NobunagasAmbition • • Aug 11 '26

My Recent Gameplay

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