sixteen-bit
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Definitely looking forward to this.
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Wonder Boy: Dragons Trap Reveal Trailer! ("consoles"/PC)
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Morrigan Stark
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Hahaha that gif <3
Ghost_Messiah
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IMO the best games are:
Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap (Master System)
Wonderboy in Monster World (Genesis)
Monster World IV (Genesis)
That's the holy trinity of Wonderboy games right there. Honourable mention goes to Wonderboy in Monster Land (Master System).
entremet
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I know you're an Nintendo guy. Most are on the Wii VC.
The poster above has good recommendations.
Thank you! Gotta see if I have all those on Wii VC. I think I might've picked up Dragon's Curse instead of Trap. They're essentially the same game, right? I know I have MW IV.
That I am! Though I do have PS2/3 as well. Thanks man.
Wonder boy - The original? Sega Master System version. Any version? New Adventure Island on the PC Engine.
Wonderboy in Monster Land - Xbox 360/PS3 Wonderboy Heritage Collection, the arcade version. If not that one, then the C64 port or the SMS port.
Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap - Turbo Grafx 16 version because it has saving rather than passwords
Wonderboy in Monster World - Genesis
Wonderboy in Monster's Lair - Turbo CD version, better graphics and sound
Monster World IV - Xbox 360/PS3 Wonderboy Heritage Collection, because it's in english there
Yes there is. The original was great.
Also, all these exact releases are still available on Wii Virtual Console. All also handled by M2 except the PCE stuff.
I mentioned in my post that the originals have a lot of followers which mean that they're supposed to be good. Sorry if my post didn't come out as clear.
Conrad Link
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Wii Virtual Console is really the place to go for your WB fix, it was the golden age of re-releases as far as WB goes! 
Back then it didn't seem to matter if they 'sold well' or not, we just got everything regardless - even multiple versions of the same game on the various consoles!
Now we can't even get 1 of them on 3DS VC. :'(
Wii even got the arcade version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land on the infamous VC Arcade lol, and that section barely had any releases!
The Heritage Collection is cool as well (other than missing my fav Dragon's Trap >_>), I had a lot of fun getting all the Achievements.
Amazing games, will keep you busy for a long time.
Back then it didn't seem to matter if they 'sold well' or not, we just got everything regardless - even multiple versions of the same game on the various consoles!Now we can't even get 1 of them on 3DS VC. :'(
Wii even got the arcade version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land on the infamous VC Arcade lol, and that section barely had any releases!
The Heritage Collection is cool as well (other than missing my fav Dragon's Trap >_>), I had a lot of fun getting all the Achievements.
Amazing games, will keep you busy for a long time.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
First off: When is this out. When. WHEN.
Second: This just goes to show what happens when you hire the right artists and animation teams. THIS is what 2D HD is capable of (see also Wario Land Shake It and Rayman Origins/Legends).
So many other retro 2D remakes or 'spiritual sequels' look like crap Flash mobile games lacking the actual flourish of a real anime inspired artist. Well done to the team on this as they have NAILED the charm to a post and hit it repeatedly until coins no longer come out.
Its also hilarious that this is another thing just happening completely outside of Sega (similar to Streets of Rage Remake but through legal license obtaining I see!). Whatever Sonic anniversary shite zombie shuffles out, it won't hold a candle to the pure love and quality on show here for a long dormant franchise. That another publisher is fronting the bux just honestly goes to show what a shambling corpse they are now. A shame as if they re-did other 8-bit exclusive Sega game Tails Adventure after this, that would be another sight to behold.
Second: This just goes to show what happens when you hire the right artists and animation teams. THIS is what 2D HD is capable of (see also Wario Land Shake It and Rayman Origins/Legends).
So many other retro 2D remakes or 'spiritual sequels' look like crap Flash mobile games lacking the actual flourish of a real anime inspired artist. Well done to the team on this as they have NAILED the charm to a post and hit it repeatedly until coins no longer come out.
Its also hilarious that this is another thing just happening completely outside of Sega (similar to Streets of Rage Remake but through legal license obtaining I see!). Whatever Sonic anniversary shite zombie shuffles out, it won't hold a candle to the pure love and quality on show here for a long dormant franchise. That another publisher is fronting the bux just honestly goes to show what a shambling corpse they are now. A shame as if they re-did other 8-bit exclusive Sega game Tails Adventure after this, that would be another sight to behold.
AkelisRain
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This is going to be glorious.
Thanks very much! BTW, the MWIV on Wii is in English also.
http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/03/wonder_boy_iii_monster_lair_virtual_console
This review put me off Monster Lair. Are they mistaken as to its quality? It's good?
Wii Virtual Console is really the place to go for your WB fix, it was the golden age of re-releases as far as WB goes!
Now we can't even get 1 of them on 3DS VC. :'(
Wii even got the arcade version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land on the infamous VC Arcade lol, and that section barely had any releases!
The Heritage Collection is cool as well (other than missing my fav Dragon's Trap >_>), I had a lot of fun getting all the Achievements.
Amazing games, will keep you busy for a long time.
Yeah VC is great for advanced Monster Worlders, I remember the Genesis one was one of my very first Wii purchases. I'm just saying newcomers are best served right now with the PS3 collection to start. You can get three of the games for $5 on sale this week, whereas it'll run you like $22 or something to pick them up on VC.
Even if people miss the sale though, $10 for the three games on PSN/XBLA seems like a solid deal.
Monster Lair is a shooter/platform hybrid more in line with the original Wonder Boy. Different from the Monster World subseries which are more adventure/metroidvania games.
The entire series is on Wii Virtual Console in these forms.
Wonder Boy I
-Wonder Boy (SMS)
Wonder Boy II / Monster World I
-Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Arcade)
-Wonder Boy in Monster Land (SMS)
Wonder Boy III / Monster World II
-Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (SMS)
-Dragon's Curse (TG16)
Wonder Boy III
-Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (Genesis)
-Monster Lair (TGCD)
Wonder Boy V / Monster World III
-Wonder Boy in Monster World (Genesis)
-The Dynastic Hero (TGCD)
Monster World IV
-Monster World IV (Genesis)
I'd agree the Vintage Collection is probably the better general intro purchase though there are advantages to Wii VC like 240p on CRT or easily extractable roms which you can then play anywhere.
discoalucard
i am a butthurt babby that can only drool in wonder at shiney objects
I wouldn't call it a classic but that review is definitely a little too harsh. It's not a particularly enthralling game but there's nothing else out there that combines these styles of gameplay, and the music/visuals are pretty good per Westone's usual standards (though the MD ports suffers a bit).
Thanks for the info. I was referring to WB III: Monster Lair, though--that's different than Monster Lair, I think? Is that one good? Or are those the same game? I bolded them above. @_@ Very confusing to keep track of.
Appreciate the info. Thanks a ton!
discoalucard
i am a butthurt babby that can only drool in wonder at shiney objects
They're the same game, the US TG16 CD version just removed the "Wonder Boy III" part (though the JP version keeps it).
Oh, very confusing. LOL. It's so hard to keep track of all these, esp. when you take all the Adv. Island stuff into account. I did remember this post that helps delineate some differences:
NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Dragon's Curse longplay - 1 hour 43 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6lQCgl01r4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6lQCgl01r4
Hey AmyS, you wouldn't happen to--
Shame. Just as well, the guy crafting the guide wasn't even able to complete it. Got stonewalled by Captain Dragon... somehow.
HOLY SHIT, you actually have that issue. I haven't seen that guide in YEARS.
Shame. Just as well, the guy crafting the guide wasn't even able to complete it. Got stonewalled by Captain Dragon... somehow.
This (and the remake) look really good. I'll have to check them out once they get released.
Wow, I would have loved this as a kid. I wish I had known about the series.
Wow, I would have loved this as a kid. I wish I had known about the series.
Same here, I found it while looking to see if VG&CE had an actual full written review of WBIII The Dragon's Trap. Seems they don't (might have overlooked it) but obviously they did for the TG-16 port Dragon's Curse.
Wow, was that mentioned in part 2 ?
You really should put spoilers around that guide! It seems that a lot of people interested in this haven't played the original. Discovering new stuff is one of the most rewarding things about this game.
MekaDragon
Member
No release date for now, right?
Late 2016 is stated but I really think this is gonna slip to first half 2017.
Just a feeling.
Yeah, guy ends the guide saying something about not being able to show the rest of the game because he couldn't get past this one section and ran out of time for the feature. He spent days trying, if I recall correctly. First and probably only time I've seen that happen in a printed game mag.
I think the problem was he didn't have a good enough sword to damage the boss. Probably missed an upgrade somewhere.
EDIT: Wow, this takes me back.
D
Deleted member 10571
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What. Are you kidding me, this looks fantastic, how did I not click this earlier what
It looks a bit different than how I would have expected, but still looking pretty sweet. The locations shown in the trailer are instantly recognizable, and I love how the smoking pig has become such an icon for this game (and they even had the radio in the store playing the little ditty from the original).
But anyways, just looking at the level design it seems to be almost 1:1 with the original with regards to level design. It's so great that between this and Monster Boy, we have 2 new Wonder Boy games to play through!
But anyways, just looking at the level design it seems to be almost 1:1 with the original with regards to level design. It's so great that between this and Monster Boy, we have 2 new Wonder Boy games to play through!
I probably read that way back in the day and just don't remember. Hopefully Retromags gets more VG&CE issues up in the near future.
Actually I'm surprised someone hasn't already done that w/ the screenshots that were released.
^ oop!
Sure! I love it, thanks. Mostly just trying to see how they're reimagining the old sprites (well, those are easy enough to compare by myself to be fair) and level layouts. Good stuff.
Agent Unknown
Member
Very excited for this, visual style is pretty much perfect and the fact that the Wonderboy IP will live on after Westone's death is cause alone to celebrate.
Neat.
Such great memories playing it on Master System in '89.
Am I dreaming... we're really this and Monster Boy