Tecmo 220 manual Battles, Battle Preparation, Injuries

Battles

Battle Preparation

During the Strategy Phase, if you select the "Battle" command, you can choose a type of battle to fight. Within the battle, attempt to achieve the victory conditions.

Officer Selection

Select the officers that will participate in the battle.

Rulers and Marshals can take a total of up to 8 officers. Other positions are able to take a total of 2 officers, including themselves and either a sworn sibling or spouse.

Choose your playable character from the list of officers going to battle.

You can use Fto set your equipment. Weapons, items and animals can all be equipped.

Select "Confirm" in order to proceed to the pre-battle screen.

*Depending on the type of battle, the number of officers able to participate may differ. *By pressing START, you can switch to online play P.9 .

*To play offline with 2 players P.9 , Player 2 can press START to join the game.

Battles

Pause Menu / Battle Screen

This is displayed if you press START during battle. It is also displayed before the battle starts.

Base		P.22	Your location and direction
N:	Allied Army
			Your horse
N:	Enemy Army
			Allied Army	Enemy Army
Supply Lines		P.22
			Allied Officer	Enemy Officer
N: Allied Army

N: Enemy Army

ARivers (Blue): You can swim in these areas. You are able to use stairs and other areas to climb up onto land.

ADifferences in elevation: The brighter the area, the higher the elevation.

ABorders (Brown) You are unable to go beyond these areas. There are places where you can jump down to lower elevations.

AStairs/Ladders (Orange)

	Weapon Info / Equip Weapons	Confirm the weapons you have currently equipped. / You
		can change your weapons during battle.
Officer Info	Item Info	Confirm the items you have currently equipped.
	Moves	Confirm the moves your character can perform.

Winning & Losing Battles

QVictory Conditions

RDefeat the enemy commander.

RCapture the enemy main camp.

RReach the time limit in a Defensive Battle.

QDefeat Conditions

RYour playable character is defeated, or is unable to rejoin P.23 the battle.

RThe allied commander is defeated.

RThe allied main camp is captured.

RThe time limit is reached during an Invasion.

Stratagem Settings	Select the Stratagems you will take to battle. / During battle, confirm the Stratagems you have
/ Stratagem Info	equipped.
Battlefield Info	Confirm information on the allied and enemy armies, bases and the victory and defeat conditions.
	You can check a log of the battle messages with D.
Give Orders	Rulers and Marshals can give orders to all of their allied officers.
(only during battle)
Withdraw (only during battle)	Retreat from the battlefield. You will lose the battle and if it is a Defensive Battle, you will lose

*The commander will appear if you continue to attack the main camp.

*To capture the enemy main camp, you will need to link it to the allied main camp via supply lines P.22 .

Injuries

Officers can be injured if they are defeated in battle or lose a large number of troops.

If injured, the compatibility P.25 for all weapons will decrease. In addition, it will be easier for them to be captured by the enemy or even killed when defeated in battle. Injuries will heal themselves after a set period of time has passed.

*When beginning Empire Mode, you can turn "Officer Deaths" to "Off" in the game settings P.10 so officers cannot die in battle.

	your territory as well.
	Settings			Adjust each of the game settings.
System	Save (only during battle)			Save your current in-battle progress.
	Tutorial			Learn the basic controls and flow of a battle.
	Quit			Exit the game and return to the Title Screen.
Online Play	Begin the online play	P.9	matching process.
(only during online play)
Begin Battle	Begin the battle.
(only before battle)

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