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Dragon's Crown is due out on 8/6/13 for both PS3 and Vita. It is produced by Vanillaware (will be published by Atlus). It's a 2D arcade/action/RPG game in the style of King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, Shadows of Mystara, and Princess Crown. Art directed by one of the same people who worked on the fantastic Princess Crown for the Sega Saturn.

Official website: http://www.atlus.com/dragonscrown/

Official Trailer E3 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a_g7lUliQU

PREORDER BONUS

Preorders for Dragon's Crown from many retailers will include a 64 page artbook titled "Dragon's Crown Artworks". Official retailers listed on the Atlus website include Amazon, Newegg, FRYS, VGP, Gamestop, EB Games, Target, Wal Mart, and Best Buy. Here is information from the Atlus website about this preorder bonus:

Available for a limited time and only for preorders, "Dragon's Crown Artworks," the soft-cover art book, will be 64 pages of full-color drawings from Dragon's Crown. These include intricate drawings of characters in the game, lush environment backgrounds, and descriptions from George Kamitani, the creative mind behind Dragon's Crown. Also included in the art book will be commissioned illustrations of the Dragon's Crown universe from three prominent Japanese video game artists, Akira Yasuda (Akiriman), Kinu Nishimura, and Gouda Cheese (BENGUS). Sure to become a collectible, "Dragon's Crown Artworks" is available only while supplies last.

Preorder links:

Amazon (artbook is listed as a preorder bonus on website):

PS3 (49.99)
Vita (39.99)

Newegg:

PS3 (49.99)
Vita (39.99)

Best Buy:

PS3 (49.99)
Vita (39.99)

Gamestop (artbook is listed as a preorder bonus on website):

PS3 (49.99)
Vita (39.99)

Wal Mart:

PS3 (49.99)
Vita (39.99) - N/A on website at this time

Target:

PS3 (49.99)
Vita (39.99)

If you've played games like King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, and Shadows of Mystara (all Capcom arcade titles), and liked any of those, you might like Dragon's Crown.

EDIT: Here's a new preview article by Colin Moriority (IGN) published 5/7/13:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/07/dragons-crown-the-game-vita-and-ps3-deserves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_dlY97RkA

Sorceress video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1EzqF1RAE

Fighter video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZM86M2JbEk

Elf video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpTGeHe0COA

Credit for original Dragon's Crown threads, please check these for other information and discussions! See links for these threads below:

8bitArtist: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+crown

Kenshindono: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+Crown

TheGreatWang: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+Crown

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+crown

Originally Posted by 8bitArtist http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+crown

Sorry, I didn't see your original thread (last post was 6/9/11). I should have searched first . . . DOH! I just never saw any information about this game in the forums. My mistake.

Gotta admit, the character designs completely turn me off...tired of developers going after the T&A market. *PASS*.

Err, maybe it's just me but I saw it as stylized art a la Frank Frazetta. Pretty fitting and one of the main draws for me.

Sorry just found another thread on this posted by Kenshindono in October 2011:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+Crown

Edit: and another one!

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...agon%27s+Crown

Next time I'll actually search first before posting a new thread, and just bump the existing thread(s).

The art is basically Vanillaware's signature style. It is the same as GrimGrimoire and Odin Sphere.

Uh, did I miss the memo somewhere that this was canceled? Just got a notice from Amazon that it will not be released by the supplier on the expected date and it has been removed from my order. If this is some bullshit move by them to relist it at a higher price, there will be blood.

Originally Posted by Jodou Uh, did I miss the memo somewhere that this was canceled? Just got a notice from Amazon that it will not be released by the supplier on the expected date and it has been removed from my order. If this is some bullshit move by them to relist it at a higher price, there will be blood.

Same here, and yes that will be total garbage if that's what Amazon is up to.

From what I heard it was pushed back to June, but who knows :/

Not canceled so far, but apparently Vanillaware has been having some problems. The NA Grand Knights History was pushed back from March to TBA because Xseed had trouble getting them to work on it.

Edit: Read it got delayed from April 2012 to "TBA 2012." Vanillaware is really ing shit up lately...

i better be locked on 29.99 when they release it back up

and the game isn't cancelled per a tweet from one guy at vanillaware

Originally Posted by Dead of Knight Not canceled so far, but apparently Vanillaware has been having some problems. The NA Grand Knights History was pushed back from March to TBA because Xseed had trouble getting them to work on it. Edit: Read it got delayed from April 2012 to "TBA 2012." Vanillaware is really ing shit up lately...

Seriously...the only game from that original pre-order for me still going is Gungnir, now that DC orders have been cancelled and Grand Knights History is now TBD.

Someone mentioned Vanillaware needs to ramp up some staff to get their localizations done and their product out of the door (especially their PSP game) if they wait too long people are going to forget or not care or run into competition from Atlus or umm...Atlus.

When I opened the email I seriously thought they cancelled GKH, until I saw it was DC, I was like wtf is this all about, the game looks awesome they just need to get it out, and the $30 price tag would have made mad sales for those interested. We just need for them to get it out now...

The thing is, these games, especially Dragon's Crown, aren't super ing epic RPGs that need a ton of translation work.

Originally Posted by Dead of Knight The thing is, these games, especially Dragon's Crown, aren't super ing epic RPGs that need a ton of translation work.

Well I'd disagree with GKH (see the Youtube vids of it in action, lotsa text in there, sadly some of it is already translated though =p ) but I agree with DC, but on the flip side even the stills the game is very pretty, so that kind of work must take some man hours to get done (see comment below).

I think if Vanillaware had more than 5 Japanese guys coding in the back of a Ramen shop they could get more done.

Either that or they should look into partnerships with local translation companies and license those out to western publishing houses.

I like Xseed and all, but they need to grow too since they seem to be biting off more than they can chew here recently as well.

Hopefully around E3 these two games finally get some love and more importantly release dates.

Just got an email from Fatlus.... They are the new publishers and it's now being released in 2013.
http://www.atlus.com/dragonscrown/

lolololol

Originally Posted by Dead of Knight Just got an email from Fatlus.... They are the new publishers and it's now being released in 2013. http://www.atlus.com/dragonscrown/ lolololol

They also said they couldn't support an MSRP of $29.99.

Originally Posted by gettinmoney662 They also said they couldn't support an MSRP of $29.99.

Yeah, that's a curios bit... is it because of Atlus or because it really isn't feasible? Then again, where did that $30 price tag come from?

Either way, a lot of people are now going to be pissed because of the price...

Originally Posted by Vinny Yeah, that's a curios bit... is it because of Atlus or because it really isn't feasible? Then again, where did that $30 price tag come from? Either way, a lot of people are now going to be pissed because of the price...

Well, maybe the pissed people can use the extra 6 months to save an extra $10-20...I'm just pleased this game is still coming. It sounds to me like Ignition had literally no idea what they were doing - throwing out a price point and release date so early in the development of the game that it had no basis in reality.

i doubt itll launch at $60 but who knows. all i know is i want muramasa and odin sphere HD on the psn and itll prob never happen. if the launch price point is $40, ill buy it day 1.