Koei Tecmo will release Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening on Switch in the West with a new English version, the company announced today. The title already has a release date set for July 20, 2023.
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening is known in Japan as Nobunaga’s ambition: to be reborn. He made his debut last July in the country.
In Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening, players will experience the life of a daimyō, a powerful Japanese leader, during the turbulent times of Japan’s Warring States period in the 16th century. As the leader of their own clan, players will have to make the best decisions in key areas, from economics to diplomacy and military might, in the hopes of finally unifying the country. To do this, they will have the support of servants, AI officers who think and act according to their own criteria. Minions will introduce players to help them plan their battle strategy.
Players will post clan-wide policies and designate landowners who will develop estates for themselves. Additionally, they will also be able to appoint curators, who can change the general trend of the clan, as well as council officers to guide them in making policy. Players can even have direct conversations with their officers to build loyalty and prevent them from running away, and these direct conversations have the potential to open up new strategies as players deepen their bond with their minions.
One of the series’ most popular features, the siege, also returns in Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening, but in an all-new form. For the first time in the series, sieges will take place on a single map with different types of terrain and totally different castles or walled towns, allowing players to experience dynamic sieges and a new level of strategy. When attacking, players must decide where to break through and which route to take, while in defense they must decide where to deploy the defensive team and how to intercept the attacking force.
Additionally, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening will include several features in keeping with the series’ 40th anniversary, including milestones and achievements that will affect strategy. Players will also enjoy a wide variety of scenarios, events, policies and more, as well as elements from previous titles, such as an edit function that allows them to change the status of officers, the music of background and scenarios, or create new clans.
Check out the Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening trailer below.
The game will be available digitally on Switch via the eShop.