Pokemon Conquest for Nintendo DS Reviews by Gamers

First of all I'd just like to say that I have no idea why there are so many reviews complaining about not being able to clear save data. It took me less than five min to look up how to start a new game so there is no excuse. In case you are too lazy to look it up yourself just press and hold x+y+a+b at the copyright screen before it cuts to the title screen.

As for the actual game its a decent turn based strategy game that uses pokemon instead of armies. If you've ever played a pokemon game before then you will already know all about how certain types are better against others and such. The main difference is that you recruit warriors who use just one pokemon each and they have one main attack and one special action that they can use once a battle. It's pretty simple and not unlike games such as Final fantasy tactics. In between battles you have a region map that lets you move warriors to different castles, recruit warriors, and other stuff to aid your war effort.

If you are a huge pokemon fan then you'll probly love this game, but personally I found it dull and repetitive. There wasn't much strategy apart from the usual "use the type the enemy is weak against" and recruiting as many of those types as possible before a fight. Each map does offer some twist (shortcuts between two points, rivers that can't be crossed, etc.) but they did little to change the standard taking turns kicking each other in the shin. Maybe it gets deeper farther in but I honestly just so bored I didn't want to play anymore.

It's not a bad game per say and if you love pokemon that may be enough, but give it a rental first for sure and see if its for you.