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Sega Saturn version cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Atlus |
| Publisher(s) | Atlus |
| Designer(s) | George Kamitani (art director) |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable |
| Release date(s) | Saturn
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Media/distribution | 1 CD-ROM, 1 UMD |
Princess Crown (プリンセスクラウン) is an action role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Atlus for the Sega Saturn video game console exclusively in Japan in 1997. Some of the team members involved in the project would later form the game development company Vanillaware.
The game is a side-scroller with a medieval setting, and features real-time combat. It is possible to learn certain moves or button combinations which perform special attacks. As with many RPGs, experience points, money, and various items are obtained by defeating enemies.
Princess Crown begins with a little girl and her grandmother. The girl picks up a book and her grandmother starts reading the story of thirteen-year-old Princess Gradriel Do Valendia. The player then takes on the role of Gradriel throughout her adventure as she travels her kingdom of Valendia wanting to resolve its many problems with her own hands. However, as common with such tales, Gradriel encounters more trouble than she could have ever imagined.
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After completing the story of Princess Gradriel, more books become available thus allowing players to now take on the roles of three characters that Gradriel has met on her journey. Edward Glowstar is a chivalrous knight on a quest to avenge his father and becomes a valuable ally to the Princess. Proserpina is a mischievous young witch who the player must fight her several times throughout Gradriel's story. Portgus Chrisford is a friendly, Robin Hood-esque Pirate who Gradriel first encounters when another pirate is committing unjust acts using Portgus' name. These three stories are substantially shorter than the first.
Princess Crown was ported to Sony's handheld platform, the PlayStation Portable in 2005. The game is completely emulated, licensing an adapted version of Sega's Giri Giri Saturn emulator for the conversion.[1] Neither Saturn nor PlayStation Portable versions were published outside of Japan.
Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade, are considered a spiritual successors to Princess Crown, with the former evolving its scenario and the latter expanding on its gameplay system.[2]
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