Demon's Crest is a Capcom action platformer released for the Super Famicom in Japan on October 21, 1994, as Demon's Blazon. North America got it a month later, in November 1994, and PAL regions on March 1, 1995. Its hero Firebrand had already starred in Gargoyle's Quest (1990) and Gargoyle's Quest II (1992); according to Japanese Wikipedia, the new title was meant to signal a shift from a cute image to a more realistic one.
Ryo Miyazaki directed the game, Tokuro Fujiwara produced it, and Toshihiko Horiyama composed the music. The final battle has several endings depending on how far the player has progressed, and the best one gives a password that unlocks the Ultimate Gargoyle form.
The game sold poorly, and Capcom considered it a commercial failure; it even rejected a Game Boy Advance port pitched by the studio that later became Renegade Kid.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Demon's Crest | SNES | November 1994 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | デモンズブレイゾン 魔界村 紋章編Demonzu Bureizon Makaimura Monshō-hen | SNES | Oct 21, 1994 | Capcom | 1 |
| EU | Demon's CrestPAL regions | SNES | Mar 1, 1995 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | デモンズブレイゾン 魔界村 紋章編Nintendo Power rewritable cartridge service | SNES | 1997 | — | 2 |
| WW | Demon's CrestVirtual Console; Wikipedia text says 2014, the cited source is dated 8 July 2015 | Wii U | 2015 | Capcom | 1 |
| WW | —New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console | Nintendo 3DS | 2016 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | デモンズブレイゾン 魔界村 紋章編Nintendo Switch Online SNES library | Switch | Sep 6, 2019 | Nintendo | 2 |
Also known as: デモンズブレイゾン 魔界村 紋章編 JP2デモンズ・ブレイゾン -魔界村 紋章編- JP1Demon's Blazon JP1
Box art by region
NA Demon's Crest 
EU Demon's Crest
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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TextSNES (JP)
In Japan the game is called Demon's Blazon, and its hero Firebrand goes by Red Arremer.1
Translations
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English Official
Capcom1994SNES · Japanese versionReleased · complete
Official English version, released in North America in November 1994 and in PAL regions in March 1995.1
Where to play legally today
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Nintendo Switch Online Subscription
Reception
Critics liked it: it has an 87% average on GameRankings and 28/40 from Famitsu, and later IGN, GamesRadar and Complex placed it among the best SNES games. Sales were weak: Famitsu counted 26,245 copies in Japan, Nintendo Power reported a week with more refunds than purchases, and Capcom saw it as a commercial failure.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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