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Panzer Dragoon is a series of video games by SEGA, created first by its internal Team Andromeda and later, the Smilebit development team. Aside from the RPG Panzer Dragoon Saga, the games are of the rail shooter genre. All games follow the story of a lone hero or heroine fighting an evil empire in a post apocalyptic world, whilst riding a Dragon. The games are also notable for using their own language — "Panzerese", consisting of a mixture of German, Japanese and Latin terms and syntax — during cutscenes, and an involving storyline that continues throughout the series.

Panzer Dragoon

This first game in the series was released on the Sega Saturn in 1995, and later released on PC. It follows the story of Keil Fluge, a member of a hunter party who encounters a fight between two dragons, coloured black and blue. The rider of the blue dragon is mortally wounded in the battle, and entrusts his mission, as well as his dragon, the Solo Wing, to Keil. Keil must stop the Dark Dragon reactivating an ancient ruin ….

The first game in the series introduced the basic features of the game, which has minimal control over the dragon, and have a choice of two main offences: a lock-on laser weapon, and a rapid fire gun weapon.

Panzer Dragoon Mini

Panzer Dragoon Mini was a Sega Game Gear game, released in 1996. Due to the technical limitations of the Game Gear, it plays closer to the classic Sega arcade game Space Harrier; also, for the first and — so far — only time in the series' history, the dragon doesn't have a rider. With its lack of story and the dragon's chibi appearance, this game's events aren't considered to be canon.

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Panzer Dragoon Zwei (also known as Panzer Dragoon II) was released for the Sega Saturn in 1996. This game is a prequel to Panzer Dragoon. It followed the story of Jean-Luc Lundi who discovered a coolia, whom he names Lagi, who has a green glow at its throat, and is growing wings. Together, Lundi and Lagi ride towards the horizon, chasing after a great airship called the Shelcoof, which is responsible for destroying Lundi's village while he was away.

This game introduced the berserk ability, where the player builds up a bar that gives them the ability to unleash a powerful attack. it also introduced the ability to choose multiple routes through levels, and these routes could cause the dragon to change shape, and alter the ending depending on the player's choices.

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Panzer Dragoon Saga (known as Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG in Japan) is the sole RPG in the series, released for the Sega Saturn in 1998. Edge is a guard at an exacavation site of the Empire, and whilst fending off an attack from a monster, encounters a girl embedded into a wall. The site is then attacked by the traitor Craymen, who murders Edge's companions and removed the girl, still embedded into the wall. Edge is attacked by one of Craymen's henchmen, and falls into a deep pit. In this pit he encounters a dragon, and his quest for vengeance, and to discover who the girl was begins ….

Panzer Dragoon Saga was an RPG, rather than a rail shooter. It translated the Panzer Dragoon game's shooting features into an RPG battle system, and greatly expanded the world the player could explore. The player's experience of the game was greatly enhanced by the awesome soundtrack throughout the game.

Due to the release of the game towards the end of the lifespan of the Sega Saturn, very few U.S. copies (6,000) were produced for the games launch in May 1998. US game magazines such as EGM gave the title rave reviews and Saturn owners preordered the game in decent numbers. As a result a shortage of the game was apparent from the release with many stores unable to meet their preorders for the title. Almost a month later in June, Sega released a second batch of 12,000 copies to meet the explosive demand, and then later in the Summer another batch of 12,000 copies reached the market. Sega went as far as to have a small advertising campaign in various print magazines using a cut-out Edge face mask to promote the new shipments of the game. Still, as a result of the initial shortages there is a perception of extreme rarity for the title. And while there is a reasonable number of copies of the game in circulation for a domestically released Saturn title, most are held onto dearly by the growing legion of game collectors. As a result of the assumed rarity of the title, English copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga have regularly been sold for over $200 on online auctions.

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