History Fridge / PokemonConquest

** Regarding that last part, Hanbei states that he's ''older'' than Kanbei in the latter's story. So while he would have had a longer life that still doesn't eliminate the depressing part of the tale.

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[[center:[-'''Movies:''' [[Fridge/PokemonTheFirstMovie First]] | 2000 | [[Fridge/Pokemon3 3]] | 4Ever | Heroes | Jirachi: Wishmaker | Destiny Deoxys | Lucario | Ranger | The Rise of Darkrai | Giratina | Arceus | [[Fridge/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions Zoroark: Master of Illusions]] | Black/White | Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice | [[Fridge/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened Genesect]] | Diancie | Hoopa | Volcanion -]]]
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** The real FridgeHorror is the aftermath; all you have to do to become the reigning Warlord of a kingdom is to defeat the previous one in a glorified Pokémon battle, no leadership skills, experience, or prior knowledge required. The citizens of each kingdom are probably praying to Arceus each time their Warlord is challenged, either wishing their Warlord isn't replaced by someone incompetent, or is replaced by someone who is, depending on the situation. Which, when you think about it, is also doubling as FridgeBrilliance--as many commoners and civilians during the Sengoku period almost always stood by daimyo who could provide stable leadership.

*** Hideyoshi's acquisition of [[spoiler: Reshiram]] fits into this as well: while he is technically weaker than Nobunaga, he was nonetheless able to accomplish what he wasn't able to, and he also managed to become as prominent as Nobunaga himself. The relationship between [[spoiler: Zekrom and Reshiram]], previously emphasized in PokemonBlackAndWhite only highlights this.

* Kanbei's perfect link Pokemon being Lampent and Chandelure is Fridge Heartwarming if one is familiar with ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors3''. In that game, as Hanbei succumbs to his illness, he declares that he will always be a light watching over Kanbei. Kanbei's perfect link pokemon is a candle ghost.

*** With [[spoiler:Nobunaga rocking Zekrom and Hideyoshi packing Reshiram, one wonders why Mitsuhide gets Articuno instead of Kyurem. Spoiler-dodging for [[VideoGame/PokémonBlackAndWhite2 the Version 2 games]] aside, Hideyoshi remained loyal to Nobunaga, while Mitsuhide turned on him - hence, the differing legends]].

* Kanbei's perfect link pokemon being Lampent and Chandelure is Fridge Heartwarming if one is familiar with Samurai Warriors 3. In that game, as Hanbei succumbs to his illness, he declares that he will always be a light watching over Kanbei. Kanbei's perfect link pokemon is a candle ghost.

* The reason Hideyoshi is paired with Infernape is because in real life Nobunaga's nickname for Hideyoshi was "little monkey"!

* Then again, the battles in this war tend to be, at most, six-on-six Pokémon battles. On top of that, they're often in secluded areas. They're really not that much more terrible than battles in the main series. The real fridge horror is the aftermath; all you have to do to become the reigning Warlord of a kingdom is to defeat the previous one in a glorified Pokémon battle, no leadership skills, experience, or prior knowledge required. The citizens of each kingdom are probably praying to Arceus each time their Warlord is challenged, either wishing their Warlord isn't replaced by someone incompetent, or is replaced by someone who is, depending on the situation.

* Then again, the battles in this war tend to be, at most, six-on-six Pokémon battles. On top of that, they're often in secluded areas. They're really not that much more terrible than battles in the main series.

* Among the generic Warriors, a man named Yoshiteru gets Beldum/Metang/Metagross. While not necessarily unique, it is remarkable for a generic character to get a pseudo-legendary. This makes sense, in a way, since he is the stand in for the supposedly last-competent Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, whose tenure as Shogun foresaw the rise of conflicts of the Sengoku period (for whom this game was based). Being '''''the''''' reigning Shogun during the time, one would have expected him to have a major role. However, his efforts in RealLife were overrun by the fact that his authority is ebbing away - no less by another ruthless daimyo, Matsunaga Hisahide, who sided with Nobunaga (also existing in this game as a generic Warrior and even shares Nobunaga's Perfect Link of Deino/Zweilous/Hydreigon, which checks Yoshiteru's Metagross).

** Ina (real-life name Komatsuhime)'s link is largely Water-types, especially Empoleon - which gives her an edge over Yukimura's Charizard. This somewhat fits into the fact that, in a domestic dispute between Komatsuhime and Yukimura, she was apparently able to intimidate Yukimura (and the rest of the Sanada) into backing out.

** Yoshimoto's Bug-types (especially Forretress) are pretty much laughable if you will pit them against Ujiyasu's Rock types and Nobunaga's Dragons. He was never really able to defeat Ujiyasu in battle in RealLife, and he was ignominiously eradicated by Nobunaga in Okehazama.

** The battle between the three kids (Mitsunari, Kiyomasa and Masanori), as highlighted in GeniusBonus in the YMMV section, was indeed illustrative of the fact that Mitsunari is (allegedly) contemptuous of both Masanori and Kiyomasa in RealLife - illustrating how Mitsunari's Scizor easily beats the other two's basic Pokemon. However, their Perfect Links tell another story - Mitsunari's Bisharp and Masanori's Krookodile are, qualitatively, no match to Kiyomasa's Haxorus, harkening to the fact that Kiyomasa's station is better than the other two during Ieyasu's rise to power (Mitsunari dead for siding with Hideyoshi's son Hideyori, while Masanori's holdings and influence were reduced during the Tokugawas' reign).

** Kenshin and Shingen, despite being portrayed as legendary rivals, deal neutral damage to each other - a reference to the fact that their conflict was never really settled after five battles in Kawanakajima (which also points out as to why their stories involves them in a race to score five victories against each other).

** The battle between the three kids (Mitsunari, Kiyomasa and Masanori), as highlighted in GeniusBonus in the YMMV section, was indeed illustrative of the fact that Mitsunari is (allegedly) contemptuous of both Masanori and Kiyomasa in RealLife - illustrating how Mitsunari's Scizor easily beats the other two's basic Pokemon. However, their Perfect Links tell another story - Mitsunari's Bisharp and Masanori's Krookodile are, qualitatively, no match to Kiyomasa's Haxorus, harkening to the fact that Kiyomasa's station is better than the other two during Ieyasu's Shogunate (Mitsunari dead for siding with Hideyoshi's son Hideyori, while Masanori's holdings and influence were reduced during the Tokugawas' reign).

* Yoshimoto's Bug-types (especially Forretress) are pretty much laughable if you will pit them against Ujiyasu's Rock types and Nobunaga's Dragons. He was never really able to defeat Ujiyasu in battle in RealLife, and he was ignominiously eradicated by Nobunaga in Okehazama.
* Muneshige's Flying types, being effective against Yoshihiro's Fighting types, somewhat recall that the Tachibana were regular and aggresive rivals of the Shimazu. That Violight, Ginchiyo's kingdom, is more composed of Electric types also suggests how the Tachibana clan never really managed to take an edge against the Shimazu.
* Kenshin and Shingen, despite being portrayed as legendary rivals, deal neutral damage to each other - a reference to the fact that their conflict was never really settled after five battles in Kawanakajima (which also points out as to why their stories involves them in a race to score five victories against each other).
* Masamune's Flying types are definitively weaker compared to Ieyasu's Steel types - referring to how Date Masamune, despite wishing to unite Japan on his own, never really managed to one-up the Tokugawa.
* Ina (real-life name Komatsuhime)'s link is largely Water-types, especially Empoleon - which gives her an edge over Yukimura's Charizard. This somewhat fits into the fact that, in a domestic dispute between Komatsuhime and Yukimura, she was apparently able to intimidate Yukimura (and the rest of the Sanada) into backing out.
* Ujiyasu's Rock types (apart from his effectiveness against Yoshimoto), while powerful, are not exactly strong against Shingen's Ground types. Similarly, Hojo Ujiyasu was never really able to take an edge against the Takeda while Shingen was still alive. They are also weak to Valora's Steel-types, foreshadowing the fact that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's side (Ieyasu being one of his major generals) would eventually defeat the Hojo in the Siege of Odawara.
* The battle between the three kids (Mitsunari, Kiyomasa and Masanori), as highlighted in GeniusBonus in the YMMV section, was indeed illustrative of the fact that Mitsunari is contemptuous of both Masanori and Kiyomasa in RealLife - illustrating how Mitsunari's Scizor easily beats the other two's basic Pokemon. However, their Perfect Links tell another story - Mitsunari's Bisharp and Masanori's Krookodile are, qualitatively, no match to Kiyomasa's Haxorus, harkening to the fact that Kiyomasa's station is better than the other two during Ieyasu's Shogunate (Mitsunari dead for siding with Hideyoshi's son Hideyori, Masanori's holdings and influence were reduced during the Tokugawas' reign).

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