History Trivia / DragonsCrown

* DevelopmentHell: The game was originally planned for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] since ''2001'' and [[http://www.siliconera.com/2013/07/24/dragons-crown-looked-really-different-when-it-was-being-made-for-the-dreamcast/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Siliconera%29 it was planned as a 3D game instead]]. Then it was announced for a Spring 2012 release, before original publisher Ignition backed out and new publisher Creator/{{Atlus}} announced it actually wouldn't be ready till late 2013. The game was finally released in the U.S. in August 2013.

* DearNegativeReader: When Kotaku's Jason Schreier [[http://kotaku.com/game-developers-really-need-to-stop-letting-teenage-boy-472724616 posted a scathing article denouncing the crazy proportions of the female characters]], lead designer George Kamitani [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIgiG5FCcAEDyxK.jpg:large responded with this classy piece of artwork.]] This also overlaps with both TakeThat and ValuesDissonance, since the image is a parody of how [[RatedMForManly Americans and some Western players like their characters in their games]].

* TalkingToHimself: If you control the Wizard, him and Rannie sound the same; both are voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal.

* ReferencedBy: ''Literature/GoblinSlayer''. The Amazon makes a cameo, and [[NamelessNarrative Archer]] is based off the Elf.

** Her concept art design from back in 1998 was used, [[DependingOnTheArtist with some slight modification]], for Lima Ray the Witch.
** Her original artwork is of a little girl in a similar outfit. Since it took 10+ years for the game to be made, it's implied [[SheIsAllGrownUp she grew up in the interim.]]

* DearNegativeReader: When Kotaku's Jason Schreier [[http://kotaku.com/game-developers-really-need-to-stop-letting-teenage-boy-472724616 posted a scathing article denouncing the crazy proportions of the female characters]], lead designer George Kamitani [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIgiG5FCcAEDyxK.jpg:large responded with this classy piece of artwork.]]
** This also overlaps with both TakeThat and ValuesDissonance, since the image is a parody of how [[RatedMForManly Americans and some Western players like their characters in their games]].
* DevelopmentHell: Originally announced for a Spring 2012 release, before original publisher Ignition backed out and new publisher Creator/{{Atlus}} announced it actually wouldn't be ready till late 2013. The game was finally released in the U.S. in August 2013.
** In reality, the game was originally planned for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] since ''2001'' and [[http://www.siliconera.com/2013/07/24/dragons-crown-looked-really-different-when-it-was-being-made-for-the-dreamcast/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Siliconera%29 it was planned as a 3D game instead]].

* ReferencedBy: ''Manga/GoblinSlayer.'' The Amazon makes a cameo, and [[NamelessNarrative Archer]] is based off the Elf.
* TalkingToHimself: If you control the Wizard, him and Rannie sound the same; both are voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal.

* NamesTheSame: This game features a goddess named Althena, who is not to be confused with the other [[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Goddess]] [[VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue Althena]].

* ReferencedBy: ''Manga/GoblinSlayer.'' The amazon makes a cameo, and Archer is based off the Elf.

* AncientGrome: In the official artbook, artist Yoshiko Nishimura mentioned that after working on ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' and studying ukiyo-e print for the project, he went to research 18th century western landscape art. Since the game was aimed at global audience including Europeans, he felt there was too much stone-built castles and towns for them and needed to throw some additional things that would be more exotic - so he added the Greco-Roman elements.

* DevelopmentHell: Originally announced for a Spring 2012 release, before original publisher Igniton backed out and new publisher Creator/{{Atlus}} announced it actually wouldn't be ready till late 2013. The game was finally released in the U.S. in August 2013.

* ColbertBump: The "controversy" resulting from the below-mentioned article unwittingly caused the game's popularity to go through the roof. NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity, indeed.
** Despite the notoriety and infamy the game has garnered in some Western countries, it sold out in Japan almost immediately upon release. While the Japanese themselves have commented on the art style, much of it was mostly [[ValuesDissonance poking fun at how big of a stir it caused outside the country]].
* DearNegativeReader: When Kotaku's Jason Schreier [[http://kotaku.com/game-developers-really-need-to-stop-letting-teenage-boy-472724616 posted a scathing article denouncing the crazy proportions of the female characters]], lead designer George Kamitani [[http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ljynkh2o57fpng/original.png responded with this classy piece of artwork.]]

* DevelopmentHell: Originally announced for a Spring 2012 release, before original publisher Igniton backed out and new publisher {{Atlus}} announced it actually wouldn't be ready till late 2013. The game was finally released in the U.S. in August 2013.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Creator/AtsukoTanaka and Creator/CindyRobinson as the Amazon
** Creator/AsamiImai and Creator/EdenRiegel as the Elf
** Creator/KikukoInoue and Creator/ErinFitzgerald as the Sorceress, the latter of whom is affecting a FakeBrit accent for the character (Erin is Canadian)
** Creator/HirokiYasumoto and Creator/YuriLowenthal as the Wizard
** Creator/UnshoIshizuka and Creator/JamiesonPrice as the Dwarf
** Creator/KenjiroTsuda and Creator/PatrickSeitz as the Fighter
** Creator/JBBlanc as the Narrator
* TalkingToHimself: If you control the Wizard, both him and Rannie sound the same.

** In reality, the game was originally planned for the {{Dreamcast}} since ''2001'' and [[http://www.siliconera.com/2013/07/24/dragons-crown-looked-really-different-when-it-was-being-made-for-the-dreamcast/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Siliconera%29 it was planned as a 3D game instead]].