News from 2012

Crimson Dragon: Side Story is Available Again

Crimson Dragon: Side Story is Available Again

By Solo Wing |

Crimson Dragon: Side Story is back on the Windows Phone store and is now compatible with Windows Phone 8. The game was previously removed from the store due to compatibility issues with Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the Windows Phone...

Panzer Dragoon Orta's 10th Anniversary

Panzer Dragoon Orta's 10th Anniversary

By Draikin |

Time does go fast. Today, exactly ten years ago, Sega released Panzer Dragoon Orta, the fourth and to this day final installment of the Panzer Dragoon franchise, for the Xbox in Japan. At the time Team Andromeda, the team behind the original...

Microsoft Comments on the Status of Crimson Dragon

Microsoft Comments on the Status of Crimson Dragon

By Draikin |

Eurogamer has recently released an article explaining why the Xbox failed in Japan. The article also contains some information regarding to the status of Crimson Dragon. Microsoft answered Eurogamer’s enquiry about the status of the game and made...

Crimson Dragon: Side Story Playthrough - Part 5

Crimson Dragon: Side Story Playthrough - Part 5

By Solo Wing |

Here’s the final part of my Crimson Dragon: Side Story playthrough, covering World 5 of the game’s story mode. Be sure to check out the previous parts if you haven’t already. As with the other parts, there’s a YouTube version and a compiled...

Crimson Dragon: Side Story Playthrough - Part 3

Crimson Dragon: Side Story Playthrough - Part 3

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded the third part of my Crimson Dragon: Side Story playthrough video series. This video is of World 3: Underground Maze. As with the other videos, there’s a YouTube version and a script for World 3. I’ve also replaced the previous...

Crimson Dragon: Side Story Playthrough - Part 1

Crimson Dragon: Side Story Playthrough - Part 1

By Solo Wing |

I’ve recorded a video playthrough of Crimson Dragon: Side Story which I’ll be posting here in the new few updates. Here’s the first world of Crimson Dragon: Side Story’s story mode, the Lake Area. I’ve also uploaded the script for World 1...

Yukio Futatsugi Tweets About Crimson Dragon's Delay

Yukio Futatsugi Tweets About Crimson Dragon's Delay

By Solo Wing |

A few days ago, Yukio Futatsugi posted a tweet about Crimson Dragon’s delay. Christine Mitchell from XBLAFans.com has posted a translation (provided by Twitter user lifelower). Basically, Futatsugi can’t say anything yet other than that Microsoft...

White Reaver Helmet and T-Shirt

White Reaver Helmet and T-Shirt

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded some screenshots of Uriptical, my Xbox Live avatar. The avatar is dressed in a helmet and t-shirt based on White Reaver’s design from Crimson Dragon: Side Story. As those who have played Crimson Dragon: Side Story will know, White...

Crimson Dragon: Side Story is Currently Unavailable

Crimson Dragon: Side Story is Currently Unavailable

By Solo Wing |

Crimson Dragon: Side Story is currently unavailable to purchase from the Windows Phone store. An article on Windows Phone Central discusses the reason for this, namely that Crimson Dragon: Side Story and a number of other games are incompatible...

New Encyclopaedia Entry: Alita

New Encyclopaedia Entry: Alita

By Solo Wing |

I’ve created a new encyclopaedia entry for the character Alita from the Panzer Dragoon Original Video Animation. Although Alita is not featured in the Panzer Dragoon video games, she is given a promement role in the anime’s storyline. We’ll likely...

Music From Crimson Dragon: Side Story

Music From Crimson Dragon: Side Story

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded the music from Crimson Dragon: Side Story. The music was composed by Saori Kobayashi, who was also responsible for a great deal of the music found in Panzer Dragoon Orta, as well as Panzer Dragoon Saga itself. In many respects, the...

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Demo

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Demo

By Solo Wing |

It has come to my attention that there’s a demo of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, available for download from Xbox Live. It’s only available to Gold subscribers, however. The Sega Source has reported that the demo includes Dragon...

A Playthrough of Dragon Canyon

A Playthrough of Dragon Canyon

By Draikin |

I’ve made a video showing a playthrough of Dragon Canyon in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on the Xbox 360: There’s also a YouTube version available. Released two days ago in Europe, the game is now also available in North...

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Wii U Features

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Wii U Features

By Solo Wing |

Joystiq have posted a video of the Wii U exclusive features found in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. These include a mini map which you can use to see racers behind you, motion controls, and the ability to play using only the game pad’s...

Eight Minutes of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Eight Minutes of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

By Solo Wing |

YouTube member UltimateLF has posted the first eight and a half minutes of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_dmNs8xyGk It’s the Xbox 360 version. You’ll see the Panzer Dragoon themed track being...

Unboxing the Panzer Dragoon Orta Xbox

Unboxing the Panzer Dragoon Orta Xbox

By Solo Wing |

PXL has submitted a video of himself unboxing the rare Panzer Dragoon Orta themed Xbox. The original video had a French narration, but PXL kindly recorded an English version for The Will of the Ancients. You can view the video below in high...

The Will of the Ancients on YouTube

The Will of the Ancients on YouTube

By Solo Wing |

Previously this website had a YouTube channel, however some of the videos were censored, so I deleted it. Recently I set up a new channel which contains a subset of the videos found in The Will of the Ancients’ videos section. It does not contain...

Spanish Translation for Panzer Dragoon Revival

By Draikin |

I’m happy to announce that a Spanish translation was added to Panzer Dragoon Revival! A big thanks goes to Solo Wing’s sister Linda for providing this new translation. At the same time, Panzer Dragoon Revival has reached 550 signatures, a number...

The Nintendo 3DS Version of Dragon Canyon

The Nintendo 3DS Version of Dragon Canyon

By Solo Wing |

Segabits has posted screenshots and a link to a Nintendo video of the upcoming Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed running on the Nintendo 3DS. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed includes a Panzer Dragoon themed track called Dragon...

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Achievements

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Achievements

By Solo Wing |

There’s less than a month until Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is released, a new racing game from Sega which will include a Panzer Dragoon themed track. While we wait, here’s a list of the game’s achievements to browse, courtesy of...

Crimson Dragon: Side Story 1.1 Released

By Solo Wing |

WPCentral reports that an update has been released for Crimson Dragon: Side Story. The patch fixes a number of bugs, in particular the issues relating to the GPS and corrupt save files. Here’s the full list of fixes, courtesy of Microsoft’s PR...

Panzer Dragoon Revival Reaches 500 Signatures

By Solo Wing |

Our Panzer Dragoon Revival petition, which plans to ask Sega to re-release the four Panzer Dragoon games on the current and/or next generation consoles, has reached 500 signatures. We’re pleased to have reached this number, however it would be...

Panzer Dragoon (Tiger Electronics) Product Pictures

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded product pictures of the various versions of the Tiger Electronics Panzer Dragoon LCD game. Once again I must thank PXL for collecting all of these different versions and taking the photos. There is also an R-Zone PAL version, but we...