Wonder Boy in Monster World

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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.

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

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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

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