Vanguard Princess
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Check it out! A high quality all girls 2d fighter! And it’s FREE!
More info, links, installation notes, tools and videos after the jump!
It’s a 2d fighter that is rumored to be developed by an ex-Capcom employee, Sugeno Tomoaki, using Enterbrain’s 2d Fighter Maker engine. There are 10 playable characters, with unique movesets and combos, some pretty cool designs, and local multi-player (no online).
(ignore the geeky guy commentating in the background. NO idea who he is.
The combat seems to harken to the styles of Guilty Gear, BlazBlue and Melty Blood. It looks incredibly well polished.
It’s a freeware download, so go download it now! It only works with Windows OS that support reading Japanese folders or have the Japanese language pack installed.
Windows XP Instructions
Open the control panel located under your start menu, then select regional and language options. Choose the languages tab and check the box for East Asian languages installation. Select the advanced tab next and choose Japanese as the default language for non-Unicode programs.
You will then be prompted for the operating system installation CD. The computer has to be restarted once the entire process is completed.
App Locale
For those who want to use applocale to run this game, just rename the two files ヴァンガードプリンセス.exe and ヴァンガードプリンセス.kgt with an English name (e.g. Vanguard Princess.exe & Vanguard Princess.kgt); you can choose a name yourself, but the two files need to have the same name, while keeping their original extentions. After the renaming of the two files, start applocale and follow the instructions, don’t forget to choose Japanese (日本語) and choose to make a shortcut for accessing the game later easier. After all this the game should be able to start via applocale.
The creator’s site can be found here.
The game can be downloaded here.
A Wiki has been created for Vanguard Princess!
A full gallery here.
update:
Wanna play it using a PS3 controller? Download the drivers at QJ.net
To install the drivers, follow this simple video tutorial
The rumble feature is optional. I prefer not to use it because of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome possibilities.
update2: Want to rip the sprites and sounds? Use this tool.
Update3: Version 1.01 has been released!
Fixed control inputs, nerfed everyone, and fixed infinite combo problems. Download here!
Translated moveslist and controls!
Update 4: Network Play software coming along nicely at r31. Check the changelog here. IRC Channel for finding players: irc.mizuumi.net, #vp
Update 5: Someone at Shoryuken forums has posted a mod of 1.01 that does not require applocale or Windows language options. Download the file here.
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This gives me a reason to use Boot Camp on my Mac XD!
Looks sweet, unfortunately I totally suck at fighting games and thus tend to avoid them like the plague so I won’t ever have the chance to get pwned by some little kid that’s less than half my age, or even worse, an old dude more than double my age (´Д｀。)
lol! I personally love fighting games. I do get the same syndrome though – especially when it’s a new fighting game, or a new version. Gotta re-learn the game, or learn an entirely new one. So I don’t play in arcades unless it’s a fighting game that I’m familiar with at home. Problem is, home version uses control pad, and I suck at using arcade sticks.
Getting beaten isn’t so bad. Fighting a challenge is awesome though. It’s so exhilarating, my heart beat is like “doki doki”.
Ah yeah, I keep forgetting to look through your blog how to download and play this game. Alas I don’t have much time for games anymore. I’ll keep this in mind if I feel like playing something for free though XD
Surprisingly, it reminds me of BlazBlue. What do you mean you don’t have time for games? You have time for Miku!
I can’t seem to get this to work even though i’ve dont everything D:
I got it to run when i had home edition but now it refuses to run on professional,
im pretty sure i got everything right
I’ve got it running on XP professional perfectly fine. If you can’t get it to run, try one of the other methods, or better yet, grab the mod (shown in update 5) that doesn’t require any of the above hacks.
also rage at the broken link on update 5, i was all happy when i saw the non confusing one but i get 404′d when i clicky ;_;
My bad! This has been fixed!
I love you
I tried update 5 and it didnt agree with me, im trying again, but meh.
As for update 3 when i tried simply clicking the link the site blocks me and takes me to the homepage, but if you follow this link you should be able to get straight in if anyone else was suffering from that problem
http://my.vector.co.jp/servlet/System.FileDownload/download/http/0/477052/pack/win95/game/action/fight/vanpri101.exe?ds
I installed all the language stuff on because i neded to reformat which somehow prevented the US version from working but the japanese updated version worked right of the bat, very pleased.
Sweet! Glad to hear that it worked for you! Enjoy the game!
how do you install the game ???
This game is actually more like Street Fighter II than Guilty Gear or Melty Blood. I actually like it better like that.
i wanna play it using the PS3 controller but i can’t download the drives