Koei strategy pair rated by ESRB

by Chris Greenhough { Nov 27th 2008 at 6:00PM }

The ESRB has rated a pair of Koei games that aren't Dynasty Warriors for release on the Virtual Console. Both are historical strategic RPGs, though with very different settings. The first, Nobunaga's Ambition (top screens above), tasks players with conquering feudal Japan, while Uncharted Waters: New Horizons is based more on life at sea, and lets you indulge in sailing, trading, and even piracy.

We assume these are the NES versions, though could be wrong -- there were versions of each on the Genesis and SNES. Considering a boxed of copy of either goes for about $20 or $25 on eBay, we could be in for a bargain when these appear.

Tags: esrb, genesis, koei, nes, nobunagas-ambition, rpg, snes, srpg, strategy, uncharted-waters

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Waffala @ Nov 27th 2008 6:59PM

I snatched a copy of this for 3 dollars at gamestop about 6 years ago, a friend and I recently tried to play it again [never had the patience back then] the first campaign is incredibly difficult if you don't know what the different symbols stand for, that top screen looks like the genesis version. It's fun, but is a huge time sink, a whole lot of replay value I'm sure if you can beat it the first time.

SoshiKitai @ Dec 1st 2008 12:33PM

" campaign is incredibly difficult "

Mm-hmm...

"It's fun, but is a huge time sink"

Mm-hmm...

"a whole lot of replay value I'm sure if you can beat it the first time."

Mmmm... yep... like every other Koei game that needs actual strategy. :D Count me in!