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* Togo Igawa, the actor who does the voice-overs for much of the cutscene narration, diplomacy lines, and trailers, also plays General Hasegawa in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheLastSamurai The Last Samurai]]. Given that his voice work is present throughout the original campaign and its expansions, including the Fall of the Samurai campaign, this means Togo Igawa has a presence in two forms of media that both relate to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakumatsu end of the Shogunate]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration Meiji Restoration]] (including events such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War Boshin War]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma_Rebellion Satsuma Rebellion]]).
** Igawa was also the narrator for the original [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ShogunTotalWar Shogun: Total War]], linking the sequel back to its predecessor, the very first game in the franchise.

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* Togo Igawa, the actor who does the voice-overs for much of the cutscene narration, diplomacy lines, and trailers, also plays General Hasegawa in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheLastSamurai The Last Samurai]].''Film/TheLastSamurai''. Given that his voice work is present throughout the original campaign and its expansions, including the Fall of the Samurai campaign, this means Togo Igawa has a presence in two forms of media that both relate to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakumatsu end of the Shogunate]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration Meiji Restoration]] (including events such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War Boshin War]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma_Rebellion Satsuma Rebellion]]).
** Igawa was also the narrator for the original [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ShogunTotalWar Shogun: Total War]], ''VideoGame/ShogunTotalWar'', linking the sequel back to its predecessor, the very first game in the franchise.
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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.

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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.long.
* Togo Igawa, the actor who does the voice-overs for much of the cutscene narration, diplomacy lines, and trailers, also plays General Hasegawa in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheLastSamurai The Last Samurai]]. Given that his voice work is present throughout the original campaign and its expansions, including the Fall of the Samurai campaign, this means Togo Igawa has a presence in two forms of media that both relate to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakumatsu end of the Shogunate]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration Meiji Restoration]] (including events such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War Boshin War]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma_Rebellion Satsuma Rebellion]]).
** Igawa was also the narrator for the original [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ShogunTotalWar Shogun: Total War]], linking the sequel back to its predecessor, the very first game in the franchise.

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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.
* TierInducedScrappy: Pretty much every siege unit outside of Fire Rockets are considered to be basically useless - they require significant buildings to produce them (likely also requiring a significant investment in requisite arts), slow down armies on the campaign map for having them, and will take a large amount of luck to actually hit any of the enemy. Fire Projecting Mangonels were initially infamous for being a GameBreaker in multiplayer that could easily kill off a player's general while they affected by Inspire, but the Inspire ability's power was reduced and siege units' accuracy was nerfed for this and put siege units into their detested state.
** Speaking of artillery, Wooden Cannons in Fall of the Samurai. They are the first artillery you can make in the campaign, but they are leagues behind literally any other artillery piece, and might even be worse than Fire Projecting Mangonels. Unlike the other artillery, Wooden Cannon shells do not explore on impact, so in the unlikely case the inaccurate cannons actually hit a unit, they might not even kill a single person. The only redeeming quality in single player is that they can force an AI who would normally be defending in a battle to attack, which can be accomplished with any other artillery piece. They have no redeeming qualities in multiplayer.
** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability that makes Yari Ashigaru such a reliable frontline unit. Infact, a Yari Ashigaru in Yari wall will beat a Yari Samurai in a head to head fight. That being said, them and their Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you just kill their generals/calvary with slow-moving spearmen as easily.

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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.
* TierInducedScrappy: Pretty much every siege unit outside of Fire Rockets are considered to be basically useless - they require significant buildings to produce them (likely also requiring a significant investment in requisite arts), slow down armies on the campaign map for having them, and will take a large amount of luck to actually hit any of the enemy. Fire Projecting Mangonels were initially infamous for being a GameBreaker in multiplayer that could easily kill off a player's general while they affected by Inspire, but the Inspire ability's power was reduced and siege units' accuracy was nerfed for this and put siege units into their detested state.
** Speaking of artillery, Wooden Cannons in Fall of the Samurai. They are the first artillery you can make in the campaign, but they are leagues behind literally any other artillery piece, and might even be worse than Fire Projecting Mangonels. Unlike the other artillery, Wooden Cannon shells do not explore on impact, so in the unlikely case the inaccurate cannons actually hit a unit, they might not even kill a single person. The only redeeming quality in single player is that they can force an AI who would normally be defending in a battle to attack, which can be accomplished with any other artillery piece. They have no redeeming qualities in multiplayer.
** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability that makes Yari Ashigaru such a reliable frontline unit. Infact, a Yari Ashigaru in Yari wall will beat a Yari Samurai in a head to head fight. That being said, them and their Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you just kill their generals/calvary with slow-moving spearmen as easily.
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* NamesTheSame: As the in-game encyclopedia says itself about the Obama clan:
--> It is, by the way, a complete coincidence that [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama the 44th President of the United States]] has the same name as this domain.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The aide-de-camp's [[MemeticMutation memetically-famous]] declaration of "Shameful display!" is frequently written out as a JapaneseRanguage-affected version "Shamefur dispray!" In reality, the enunciation of the Ls in the phrase are perfectly coherent though the statement remains clearly accented.
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** Speaking of artillery, Wooden Cannons in Fall of the Samurai. They are the first artillery you can make in the campaign, but they are leagues behind literally any other artillery piece, and might even be worse than Fire Projecting Mangonels. Unlike the other artillery, Wooden Cannon shells do not explore on impact, so in the unlikely case the inaccurate cannons actually hit a unit, they might not even kill a single person.

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** Speaking of artillery, Wooden Cannons in Fall of the Samurai. They are the first artillery you can make in the campaign, but they are leagues behind literally any other artillery piece, and might even be worse than Fire Projecting Mangonels. Unlike the other artillery, Wooden Cannon shells do not explore on impact, so in the unlikely case the inaccurate cannons actually hit a unit, they might not even kill a single person. The only redeeming quality in single player is that they can force an AI who would normally be defending in a battle to attack, which can be accomplished with any other artillery piece. They have no redeeming qualities in multiplayer.
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** Speaking of artillery, Wooden Cannons in Fall of the Samurai. They are the first artillery you can make in the campaign, but they are leagues behind literally any other artillery piece, and might even be worse than Fire Projecting Mangonels. Unlike the other artillery, Wooden Cannon shells do not explore on impact, so in the unlikely case the inaccurate cannons actually hit a unit, they might not even kill a single person.
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** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability that makes Yari Ashigaru such a reliable frontline unit. That being said, them and their Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you just kill their generals with slow-moving spearmen as easily.

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** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability that makes Yari Ashigaru such a reliable frontline unit. Infact, a Yari Ashigaru in Yari wall will beat a Yari Samurai in a head to head fight. That being said, them and their Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you just kill their generals generals/calvary with slow-moving spearmen as easily.
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* NamesTheSame: As the in-game encyclopedia says itself about the Obama clan:
--> It is, by the way, a complete coincidence that [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama the 44th President of the United States]] has the same name as this domain.
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* TierInducedScrappy: Pretty much every siege unit outside of Hojo Fire Rockets are considered to be basically useless - they require significant buildings to produce them (likely also requiring a significant investment in requisite arts), slow down armies on the campaign map for having them, and will take a large amount of luck to actually hit any of the enemy. Fire Projecting Mangonels were initially infamous for being a GameBreaker in multiplayer that could easily kill off a player's general while they affected by Inspire, but the Inspire ability's power was reduced and siege units' accuracy was nerfed for this and put siege units into their detested state.
** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability. That being said, them and theiir Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you kill their generals with slow-moving spearmen as easily.

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* TierInducedScrappy: Pretty much every siege unit outside of Hojo Fire Rockets are considered to be basically useless - they require significant buildings to produce them (likely also requiring a significant investment in requisite arts), slow down armies on the campaign map for having them, and will take a large amount of luck to actually hit any of the enemy. Fire Projecting Mangonels were initially infamous for being a GameBreaker in multiplayer that could easily kill off a player's general while they affected by Inspire, but the Inspire ability's power was reduced and siege units' accuracy was nerfed for this and put siege units into their detested state.
** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability. ability that makes Yari Ashigaru such a reliable frontline unit. That being said, them and theiir their Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you just kill their generals with slow-moving spearmen as easily.
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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.

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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.long.
* TierInducedScrappy: Pretty much every siege unit outside of Hojo Fire Rockets are considered to be basically useless - they require significant buildings to produce them (likely also requiring a significant investment in requisite arts), slow down armies on the campaign map for having them, and will take a large amount of luck to actually hit any of the enemy. Fire Projecting Mangonels were initially infamous for being a GameBreaker in multiplayer that could easily kill off a player's general while they affected by Inspire, but the Inspire ability's power was reduced and siege units' accuracy was nerfed for this and put siege units into their detested state.
** While Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall are the mainstays of armies for much of the game, Yari Samurai are derided in singleplayer campaigns for costing three times as much as Yari Ashigaru and lacking the Yari Wall ability. That being said, them and theiir Rapid Advance ability are considered much more useful in multiplayer given human players are far better at avoiding/shooting up Yari Ashigaru in Yari Wall and won't let you kill their generals with slow-moving spearmen as easily.
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* MemeAcknowledgement: The voice actor for ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'''s aide-de-camp, Dai Tabuchi, probably knows how popular the "Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!" voice line is since [[https://www.voices.com/demo_detail/285630 he has a voice demo just consisting of the line]]. None of his other voice demos are so pithy as to just be five seconds long.

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