Vanguard Princess

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Vanguard Princess
Developer(s)Tomoaki Sugeno
EngineFighter Maker 2nd
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Linux, Cloud (OnLive)
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
June 26, 2009
Cloud (OnLive)
April 10, 2013[1]
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Vanguard Princess (ヴァンガードプリンセス, Vangaado Purinsesu), 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.

Sugeno's website and Japanese resources suggest that there is no official licensing contract between Sugeno and the publisher in the U.S.

Gameplay[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Vanguard Princess was fully developed by Tomoaki Sugeno (or Suge9), an ex-Capcom sprite designer who worked in games like Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and made character sprites for The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood.[6] 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.[7] 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.[citation needed]

An English version was released by eigoMANGA in February 2013 on Amazon.com to North America and Europe.[8] They released a cloud version of the game on the Onlive game service in April 2013.[9] 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[edit]

After the official release, Vanguard Princess was initially picked up on by video game websites such as Daiken,[10] Kotaku[11] and Siliconera.[6] Later it was reported by Famitsu[12] and IT+Media.[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "eigoMANGA Launches Vanguard Princess on the OnLive Game Service" (Press release). San Francisco, California: eigoMANGA. Gamasutra. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  2. ^ "Vanguard Princess on Steam".
  3. ^ Sugeno. "Sugeno's Blog". Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  4. ^ Sugeno. "First Share". Sugeno's Blog. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  5. ^ Sugeno. "Vanguard Princess Download". Sugeno's Blog. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  6. ^ a b Ishaan (2009-07-05). "Have A Dose Of Freeware Fighting With Vanguard Princess". Siliconera. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  7. ^ Sugeno. "About Music". Sugeno's Blog. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  8. ^ Charles Webb (2013-02-27). "eigoMANGA's Fighting Game 'Vanguard Princess' Could Be This Year's 'Skullgirls'". Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  9. ^ Ryan Winslett (2013-04-17). "Vanguard Princess Brings Female Fighting To OnLive". Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  10. ^ D-Ken. "火曜は同人ゲーの日". d-ken.net. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  11. ^ "Cute Fighting and Totally Free". Kotaku. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  12. ^ "｢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. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  13. ^ "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. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

External links[edit]

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