Vanguard Princess Explained

Developer:Tomoaki Sugeno
exA-Arcadia (R)
Engine:Fighter Maker 2nd
Released:Microsoft Windows
June 26, 2009
Cloud (OnLive)
April 10, 2013[1]
Arcade
TBA
Genre:Fighting
Modes:Single-player, multiplayer
Platforms:Microsoft Windows, Linux, Cloud (OnLive), Arcade

, also known as Vanguard Princess: Senjin no Himegimi (ヴァンガードプリンセス 先陣の姫君) is a Japanese dōjin 2D fighting game for Windows and Linux,[2] developed by a single programmer and illustrator Tomoaki Sugeno nicknamed Suge9.[3] The game was created using Fighter Maker 2nd[4] was released for PC on June 26, 2009,[5] and April 10, 2013, for OnLive. At EVO Japan 2024, exA-Arcadia announced an updated arcade version called Vanguard Princess R.[6] The rights for Vanguard Princess have been transferred to exA-Arcadia as of 2024 by the Government of Japan's Agency of Cultural Affairs.[7]

Gameplay

Vanguard Princess is a 2D fighting game featuring an all-female cast. The player selects both a fighter and a support character, who follows the fighter and can assist her.

Plot

A mysterious woman with supernatural powers (the game's boss) is captured by the government. Her powers are accidentally unleashed, bestowing various young women with magical powers.

Development and release

Vanguard Princess was fully developed by Tomoaki Sugeno (or Suge9), an ex-Capcom sprite designer who worked in games like and made character sprites for The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood.[8] Sugeno uses Fighter Maker 2nd for his work, a popular graphic engine for Windows by ASCII. Sugeno designed and illustrated the game by himself, but the music was taken from "nash music library", a royalty-free library of songs.[9] Sugeno also used voice actors to record the voices for all the characters. Sugeno planned a future update called Vanguard Princess Prime which would introduce a new character named Rikako but has since ceased development on it.

An English version was released by eigoMANGA in February 2013 on Amazon.com to North America and Europe.[10] They released a cloud version of the game on the Onlive game service in April 2013.[11] A notable difference in the English version is that the game edits the explicit content in the original Japanese version. The English version also unlocks Hilda as a playable support character. A downloadable PC version of the game was released via Steam on March 3, 2014, after being Greenlit by the community. This version comes with the original English release, plus a free, optional Director's Cut add-on, which returns previously removed content to the game.

Reception

After the official release, Vanguard Princess was initially picked up on by video game websites such as Daiken,[12] Kotaku[13] and Siliconera.[8] Later it was reported by Famitsu[14] and IT+Media.[15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . eigoMANGA Launches Vanguard Princess on the OnLive Game Service . San Francisco, California . . . 2012-04-16 . 2019-05-27.
  2. Web site: Vanguard Princess on Steam.
  3. Web site: Sugeno's Blog . Sugeno . 2009-07-06.
  4. Web site: First Share . Sugeno's Blog . Sugeno . 2009-07-06.
  5. Web site: Vanguard Princess Download . Sugeno's Blog . Sugeno . 2009-07-06.
  6. Web site: 『ヴァンガードプリンセスR』アーケード対戦格闘として開発決定。幻の個人制作格ゲーがシステムを一新して復活【EVO Japan 2024】 ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com . 2024-06-29 . ファミ通.com . ja.
  7. Web site: 文化庁の裁定実績データベース.
  8. Web site: Have A Dose Of Freeware Fighting With Vanguard Princess . Siliconera . Ishaan . 2009-07-05 . 2009-07-06.
  9. Web site: About Music . Sugeno's Blog . Sugeno . 2009-07-21.
  10. Web site: eigoMANGA's Fighting Game 'Vanguard Princess' Could Be This Year's 'Skullgirls'. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203413/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/02/27/eigomangas-fighting-game-vanguard-princess-could-be-this-years-skullgirls/. dead. October 29, 2013. 2013-02-27. Charles Webb. 2013-02-27.
  11. Web site: Vanguard Princess Brings Female Fighting To OnLive. Ryan Winslett. 2013-04-17. 2013-04-13.
  12. Web site: 火曜は同人ゲーの日 . d-ken.net . D-Ken . 2009-07-06 . 2009-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090705082115/http://d-ken.net/2009/06/30/033219/ . dead .
  13. Web site: Cute Fighting and Totally Free . Kotaku . 3 July 2009 . 2009-07-06.
  14. 「ツクール」で作った話題のハイクオリティー2D格闘「ヴァンガードプリンセス」が遊べます!. Famitsu . 2009-07-21.
  15. Web site: 日々是遊戯: 「ツクール」だけでここまでできる!! インディーズゲーム界を震撼させた「ヴァンガードプリンセス」って?. Gamez . IT MEdia. 2009-07-21.