Play Takeda Shingen 2 (Japan) Online

Takeda Shingen 2 came out for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, developed by Hot-B. It was part of that wave of strategy titles on the NES that tried to bring deeper, turn based mechanics to the console, sitting alongside games like Nobunaga's Ambition. You don't see many people talk about it now, but it had a specific kind of appeal if you were into that genre back then.

You control the famed daimyo Takeda Shingen, managing his clan's military and economic power with the goal of unifying feudal Japan. The game plays out on a strategic map where you move armies province by province, engage in diplomacy, and manage your gold and rice supplies. Combat switches to a separate tactical screen where you direct individual units, like spearmen and cavalry, on a grid. The pacing is deliberate, almost slow, and the difficulty comes from the constant pressure of rival clans and internal events. It feels like a careful, thoughtful puzzle where one wrong move can unravel your entire campaign.