Wonder Boy in Monster World
Wonder Boy In Monster World is a platform action adventure game developed by Westone and published by Sega on 1991-10-25 for the Genesis. It is the fifth game in the Wonder Boy series.
The game exists in four fairly different versions. The original Mega Drive/Genesis release, a Master System port which had various aspects cut to fit into a smaller ROM, a TurboGrafx-CD port which replaced the soundtrack and a lot of the graphics, and a special Brazil port which redid the graphics to fit a Brazilian children's comic strip.
I discovered this game while looking for older Metroidvania games I missed out on in the earlier days of the genre.
Contents
Status
I don't own this game. I'm currently playing it on Genesis.
Review
- Overall: ?/10
- Best Version:
Good
- The cartoon artwork and detailed graphics are fantastic.
- The character design and animation is wonderful. I especially love the death animation for monsters.
- The indoor reveals when you enter buildings are a good design.
- As you buy better weapons and shields, your player sprite updates to match.
- The sidekicks are both interesting looking and helpful. Priscilla's animation where she smacks enemies with her wand is hilarious.
- There are lots of little graphic quirks that add to the game like heat emanating from fireplaces.
Bad
- The dialog saying how much gold you picked up covers up a lot of the screen. It isn't necessary at all, but a simple sprite would have been less-obtrusive.
- I don't like being told, every time I want to buy something, that I have a discerning eye.
- The box art is really bad.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Boxes
- Wonder Boy In Monster World - GEN - USA.jpg
This box was used for North America. Europe used the same art with a slightly different graphics layout. Although the art does a decent job or portraying the game, it's so awful it no doubt prevent a lot of sales. But don't judge a book by its terrible cover.
Documentation
Maps
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=8VDaPFiLbAM - Longplay.
Titles
Language | Native | Transliteration | Translation |
---|---|---|---|
English | Wonder Boy In Monster World | ||
Japanese (Mega Drive) | ワンダーボーイⅤ モンスターワールドⅢ | Wanda Boi V Monsuta Warudo III | Wonder Boy V: Monster World III |
Japanese (PC Engine CD) | 超英雄伝説ダイナスティックヒーロー | Cho Hideo Densetsu Dainasutikku Hiro | Super Hero Legend: Dynastic hero |
Links
- mobygames.com/game/wonder-boy-in-monster-world - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_in_Monster_World - Wikipedia.