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DotEmu teasing Wonder Boy III: Dragon's Trap remake (from Soul Bubbles devs)?
- Thread starter Hot Coldman
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ALLseeingEYE
Member
OMG, being a Sega loving peasant, I usually don't expect some of my old favs to get remakes or attention like this, such good news!
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Lovely to see all the retro Wonderboy love. 
I recall Monster Boy garnering a similar adoring reaction. Excited for the unveiling tomorrow.
I recall Monster Boy garnering a similar adoring reaction. Excited for the unveiling tomorrow.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
It's amazing to see the spirit of Westone echoing in to modern times. The studio was long gone but passionate developers and fans seem to be placing a defibrillator on to the franchise.
This game and Monster Boy are my two most anticipated games at the moment as a childhood fan of the series.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Me too.
That link is dead, what was it ?
Psycho Echidna
Member
Exciting - waiting to see what comes out of this ... surprised by the licensing and how Sega is not involved - AGAIN !
How could Sega not be involved though? They were the ones who owned the title "Wonder Boy".
Father_Brain
Banned
If this is really just a straight port of the original game with redone graphics, I can't say I'm that excited. It's good, but I'm not sure it'd hold up nearly so well as to deserve that kind of treatment.
Poimandres
Member
1) That's blasphemy! The original is one of the greatest 8-bit games. All kinds of things have had remakes over the years, many less deserving than Wonder Boy III.
2) It's not going to be a straight port.
I can't believe both this and Monster Boy are happening... after all these years...
From somewhat recent replays of it, it actually holds up fairly well. Only the very end of the game goes a little overboard with the difficulty, and even that is still done so in a way that they could easily just tweak a few things and leave the endgame mostly intact otherwise.
Conrad Link
Member
I don't know how to process this, I want to jump over the moon in excitement regarding anything Dragon's Trap - but I have to try and contain it in case it ends up being nothing or stupid. I don't know my poor self could take the disappointment.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DRAGON'S TRAP!
Finally a reason why Dragon's Trap was left out of the Monster World collection then never released separately?
I would have even been happy with a VC release of the Game Gear one on 3DS, would have LOVED it in fact, but they gave us nothing instead.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DRAGON'S TRAP!
Finally a reason why Dragon's Trap was left out of the Monster World collection then never released separately?
I would have even been happy with a VC release of the Game Gear one on 3DS, would have LOVED it in fact, but they gave us nothing instead.
Neff
Member
Jesus fucking christ games industry stop making Wonder Boy games with western art styles
What is this madness
What is this madness
Dragon's Trap is available on Wii VC, as is Dragon's Curse for TG16, so take your pick!
Game Gear VC was not successful, so there was no incentive for Sega to reach licensing arrangements for games like Dragon's Trap because they simply weren't worth the effort/money.
The Sega Vintage Collections were released as 3 games per set, so when it came to Monster World, I imagine there were a few different factors that determined the games they picked:
-Monster Land is by far the most popular game in the series in Japan and the arcade version had never officially been released outside of Japan, so it had to be there
-Monster World 4 had never been released in English, so this was a perfect opportunity for them to release an official translation
-Dragon's Trap SMS was never released in Japan and the Game Gear version was probably deemed unsuitable for release on a HD TV, so not only is it obscure, they had to pick between two different versions, neither of which would be appealing to all markets
-Monster World was probably deemed more palatable to newer players than Dragon's Trap: higher resolution, better graphics/sound, no passwords, etc. (Maybe Sega US/Europe has sales figures that show it's more popular than Dragon's Trap, who knows.)
The art in the OP seems pretty faithful to the artwork in the instructions booklet imo.
Yeah, I'd need to see it in motion but the art they've showed so far appeals to me much more than what I've seen of Monster Boy.
Almost everything I like about Dragon's Trap is done better in Monster World, basically.
asker
Member
The Dragon's Trap might be the best game from the 8-bit generation, and this is coming from a flaming NES fanboy and collector. I want to be excited by this, but a verbatim remake with updated assets isn't really doing much for me. I don't mind the graphics and music of the original.
Tomorrow my friend.
One thing I'll add is that it's impressive that they managed to secure genuine and legal use of the name. Makes one wonder how this evaded the Monster Boy team and yet Omar was able to get the name. At least that's what I'm assuming; that because they're using "Wonderboy" in the promo images that they have Sega's permission.
Perhaps that's why Omar held off revealing this for quite a while. He needed to talk to Sega.
Waiting! 🤓
Psycho Echidna
Member
My concern exactly ... I fear that MonsterBoy will have the soundtrack - while this one will have the gameplay.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
So the countdown indicates there's still a day remaining but the OP says this is being revealed at 3pm. When is this being revealed?
Not long now! The screenshots I saw were beautiful. I think you're going to be very impressed!
Not long now! The screenshots I saw were beautiful. I think you're going to be very impressed!
Hot Coldman
Banned
I fucked up, it's being revealed TOMORROW at 3pm BST. Off by a day. Technically the OP is still correct
SpaceShark
Member
I can't believe this is a thing that exists. This was my "rent it every weekend" game growing up. Can't wait to see what they've got planned.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Lovely to see all the warmth and adoration in here for this announcement! Excited for the reveal and can't wait to read the reactions.
Haha yeah I guess you're right. The game is still being revealed tomorrow so the OP is still accurate. Just 22 hours or so and we get to see the game.
I fucked up, it's being revealed TOMORROW at 3pm BST. Off by a day. Technically the OP is still correct
Haha yeah I guess you're right. The game is still being revealed tomorrow so the OP is still accurate. Just 22 hours or so and we get to see the game.
discoalucard
i am a butthurt babby that can only drool in wonder at shiney objects
From my understanding, Dragon's Trap isn't popular with Japanese players, and Sega underestimated its popularity amongst American/European gamers. They could only pick three games, so they went with the Genesis one, since the Genesis game had better sales figures and would be more recognized.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Yeah it's a shame the game was excluded. It's just wonderful though you can recognise and understand Sega's reasons for the exclusion. This remake is one amazing consolation for that though.
Kevin Atomic
Neo Member
Every time I open this thread I watch far too many rotations of that gif.
Also...ugh 21 more hours?
Ghost_Messiah
Member
18 hours to go! Excited for the reveal.
MekaDragon
Member
Is this real life???
I can't hold my excitement with this and Monster Boy. Hold me...
Please be good, please have the same OST, please have similar art, please, please, please!
I can't hold my excitement with this and Monster Boy. Hold me...
Please be good, please have the same OST, please have similar art, please, please, please!
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Less than 2 hours to go!
Tizoc
Member
Way I see it, DotEmu is the publisher, with little to do with the game's development?
glaringradio
Member
Conrad Link
Member
Looks amazing! I'm really happy such a thing exists, my fav Monster World game (and one of my fav games of all time!) by far I really can't believe it is getting such treatment after all this time.
Now just to wait for whenever it comes out.
Now just to wait for whenever it comes out.
Hot Coldman
Banned
AHHHH THE GRAPHICS
