Art work for the planned release on the Dreamcast has been floating around lately. This is what the characters were originally supposed to look like. Sorceress is quite a bit less endowed.

This looks about a thousand times better than what they have now.

New stuff looks better.

Wait, this has been in development since the fucking Dreamcast? I thought it got started in 2009 at the earliest.

It's been Kamitani's dream game ever since the DC era but it didn't get approved back then.

The designs look like they came straight out of Princess Crown, their style has certainly evolved. The fighter lady's pants are more ridiculous than what's been shown of Dragon's Crown.

I can't fap to this.

This is from the GC era alright. Drawing inspiration from FF tactics and stuff like that. I prefer the new mage and knight, so there is that.

Looks very Final Fantasy tactics. Which, is cool but honestly I like what we got as well.

It certainly looks......different.

I like both styles, but since the original is very FFT, I prefer the newer one because it's a little bit more "original."

@psylah said:

This sounds like a challenge.

The dragon with the crown in the title of the old Dragon's Crown reminded me of baby Leventhan who sports a crown pretty similar to the crown in both Princess Crown and Dragon's Crown. All crown, no adornments.

I may have to get this game now. Holy crap that's amazing.

Kamitani certainly has grown as an artist. He has a recognizable style now, for instance.

dragon`s crown OP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oGbBZ2kxs&list=PLhLvSGPzjRSIC-0tmyoHpcnjjto0-JkBR

hmm.

I don't like how childish this one looks, and I don't like how straight up stupid the new one looks. So. Hm.

Not in constant coding development, obviously, but it's been something that Kamitani has wanted to do for a long while. And compared to the Dreamcast-era art style, the final art style is far and away the better choice.

Still better than anything I can cook up! Shine on, Kamitani!

I like that old art style they were previously going for quite a bit.

I think I prefer the new art to this original concept art. It just looks a bit dull and almost dated with that late 90s manga look.

Damn, its been in development for that long, holy shiznet.

I definitely prefer the new ones. If not for Kotaku's horrible sensationalist "feminist" article, I bet we would be focus on how much more recognizable and unique the designs of the characters have become.

If they had of released with that art people would be bitching about how short the skirt is and that it looks like lolicon. Unless a female character is flat chested, wearing a turtleneck, and under 3-4 layers of clothes people will find something to complain about. I like the look of the monsters in that photo, but I think the player characters look better in the released game.

Sorceress is indeed less endowed, but thinking about her in this artwork like that is beyond creepy. Give me today's Dragon Crown any day.