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Play Nobunaga's Ambition II (US edition · English) Online
Nobunaga's Ambition II
Play Nobunaga's Ambition II online for NES. Command samurai, manage Body Points, develop your fiefs and fight hex-map wars. Learn new-game setup and the original controls.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Nobunaga's Ambition II
Quick start
Press START to skip the opening, choose New Game with the Control Pad and A, then select WARLORD RIVALRY and one player. Choose your daimyo on the map, follow the ability prompts and set game level 1. Left answers Yes and Right answers No at Y/N checks. Once your turn begins, inspect your fief and officers before committing to war. Select a command with the Control Pad and A, appoint a suitable samurai and enter any requested amount. Choose REST when you have finished the month's orders.
Controls
Control Pad: move the cursor, select a fief, command or samurai. A confirms; B cancels. From the main display, B opens the map and B returns. Numerical entry: Left/Right chooses a digit, Up/Down changes it, A confirms the whole value. At Y/N questions, Left means Yes and Right means No. In hex combat, set the direction arrow with the Control Pad and press A to execute the selected movement or attack. START skips the opening. REST ends the turn; do not treat START as an assumed pause.
Nobunaga's Ambition II — About this game
Nobunaga's Ambition II makes capable followers as important as the territory they serve. You appoint samurai to carry out development, recruiting, military and diplomatic orders, weighing their political and war abilities against the Body Points they have left. A monthly turn can include several actions, but exhausting your officers leaves fewer options when circumstances change. Food, money, soldiers and popular support must sustain an expanding realm, while rival daimyo and outbreaks can upset a comfortable plan. War moves to a hex map, with field fighting and castle sieges presenting different situations. The two scenarios begin in 1560 and 1582, giving Nobunaga and his rivals very different starting positions. The aim is to bring the map's 38 fiefs under one rule.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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