Determined to counter Shingen's tactics at Nagashino, Nobunaga orders the troops to fire. If any rebel escapes from the field, they will quickly head to Shingen and plead sympathy for their cause. He tells his army to completely obliterate the peasants who raised their arms against him. His greatest threat at present is the Honganji Rioters, who defy him at Ise-Nagashima. With this momentum, he leads a campaign to conquer the neighboring domains around his home. Leading an ambush during a fierce rainstorm, Nobunaga beats the odds and slays his stronger opponent at Okehazama. Threatened in his home territory by the invading Yoshimoto, he lures his target to attack him. Nobunaga is an eccentric conqueror who believes he has the heavens on his side. Role in Games "Your ambition rivals even my own." ~~ Cao Cao Warriors Orochi 2 Samurai Warriors For the Samurai Warriors 4 poll, he placed thirty-five in the list. In Koei-Tecmo's Facebook Sengoku Musou Chronicle 2nd poll, he tied for sixth place with three other characters. Nobunaga is seventeenth place in Gamecity's Sengoku Musou 3: Empires character popularity poll. His Samurai Warriors portrayal is deemed as the equivalent to the Dynasty Warriors portrayal of Cao Cao. He placed fifth in the Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi poll for most favorite father fans voted him first for the best leader poll. If he is a viable voting candidate, he will be the number one popular character for the Nobunaga's Ambition popularity polls. To honor Nobunaga's Ambition leading to the company's recognition as a video game company, Nobunaga's sprite portrait is imprinted onto one of the cement courts in Koei-Tecmo's Kanagawa building. He also appears as a bonus character in Dynasty Warriors using his visual look from the Nobunaga's Ambition series. He is the title character of the strategy series, Nobunaga's Ambition, and is the role model for Hideyoshi in Taiko Risshiden. In many of Kou Shibusawa's produced works, Nobunaga is often portrayed as a charismatic if flawed heroic figure rather than as a heartless dictator. His successor is his son, Nobutada, though he often does not live to continue his father's legacy. He is Nō's husband, Oichi's older brother, and Nagamasa Azai's brother-in-law.
Until his untimely demise, Nobunaga is widely considered to have had controlled most of Japan as one of the strongest ruling powers of his time but is also known for his relentnessness and cruelty toward those who refused to cooperate or yield to his demands.
Nobunaga Oda is one of the three unifiers of the Warring States period along with his former generals, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa.