“ | Advances you to Imperial Age. | ” |
—In-game description |
Meiji Restoration is a technology in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be researched at the Consulate by the Japanese if they choose Japanese Isolationism once the Industrial Age is reached. As soon as it is researched, the player will advance to the Imperial Age, eliminating the need to build a Wonder first. However, this also means that there is no age-up reward, and no age-up Wonder with its Wonder power.
Strategy[]
Meiji Restoration allows the player to save 4,000 food, 4,000 coin. While this may seem like a good deal, it takes a huge time investment saving up to 4,000 export, and the export would be much better spent on other units and technologies that cost far less, and that can be researched much earlier in the game, thereby giving far more value relative to the game time. In addition, it prevents the player from building a fourth Wonder, which is important for its Wonder power, nor would they get the age-up reward. Consequently, Meiji Restoration is currently essentially useless, and saving up for and researching it would give the player a great disadvantage.
See also[]
- Victorian Era – Similar technology