Taikou Risshiden II is part of the Taikou Risshiden series of video games. The game is based around the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Players have to travel around Japan trying to negotiate with the different lords of each town, and also making their way through different combats scenarios. In combat, player can choose between attack, defend or special. When attack is choosen, players has to pause the attack bar in one of the attack points to make a succesful attack.