Dragon's Crown is a 2013 action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,909 |
18 Facts About Dragon's Crown
2.
Dragon's Crown is a two-dimensional side-scrolling action role-playing game in which players take on the role of an adventurer exploring dungeons in the kingdom of Hydeland.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,910 |
3.
Dragon's Crown was originally designed by George Kamitani as a Dreamcast sequel to Princess Crown, a 1997 video game for the Sega Saturn which he directed.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,911 |
4.
Dragon's Crown had Vanillaware's longest development cycle at the time of four years, and was its most expensive with a budget of over ¥100 million .
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,912 |
5.
Dragon's Crown asked veterans of those days the games they best remembered for inspiration, and typically they recalled Capcom and Sega's arcade titles of the time with fondness.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,913 |
6.
Dragon's Crown cited Dungeon Master, the Wizardry and Sorcerian series.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,914 |
7.
Dragon's Crown's first experiment with this style was a 2010 New Year illustration of the game's goddesses.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,915 |
8.
Kamitani's artwork for Dragon's Crown drew heavy inspiration from the work of Frank Frazetta.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,916 |
9.
Dragon's Crown's chosen overall focus of the music was defined by him as "affection".
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,917 |
10.
Dragon's Crown shifted his style to incorporate more ethnic percussion.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,918 |
11.
Dragon's Crown's incorporated folk instruments and extensive percussion into the new versions.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,919 |
12.
Dragon's Crown received downloadable content post-launch, which allowed the narration to be changed to one of the six character class voice actors.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,920 |
13.
Dragon's Crown incorporated all the classes as characters and crafted their personalities based on his impression of them.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,921 |
14.
Dragon's Crown Pro, announced in December 2017, was a remastered port for the PS4.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,922 |
15.
Dragon's Crown Pro was the first time Vanillaware had sought to update an existing title in this way, which proved a challenge as they needed to do bug fixes and balance adjustment based on the latest patch version of the game.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,923 |
16.
Dragon's Crown received "generally favorable" reviews on all platforms, according to the review aggregator Metacritic.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,924 |
17.
The original Dragon's Crown sold over one million copies worldwide by September 2017.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,925 |
18.
Dragon's Crown drew significant controversy in pre-release coverage during April 2013 for its exaggerated character design, particularly the Sorceress' breasts and Amazon's buttocks.
| FactSnippet No. 1,293,926 |