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Wonder Boy In Monster World - GEN - Japan.jpg|The original Japanese box uses chibi art which fits the in-game style, but looks quite childish.
 
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.
 
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.
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Wonder Boy In Monster World - SMS - USA.jpg|The Master System port, although a bit different from the Genesis game, uses the same art.
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Wonder Boy In Monster World - TGCD - Japan.jpg|The PC Engine Super CD-ROM2 System port changed the game's graphics and the odd cover art reflects that.
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Wonder Boy In Monster World - TGCD - USA.jpg|The North American TurboGrafx-CD uses the same art as the Japanese port, only with a different title and a worse layout.
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Wonder Boy In Monster World - GEN - Brazil.jpg|Wonder Boy games released in Brazil were reworked to the Monica's Gang comic strip and the poorly-drawn cartoon cover reflects that.
 
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Revision as of 10:05, 4 December 2018

File:Wonder Boy In Monster World - GEN - USA.jpg
North American box art.

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.

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 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

  • The original Japanese box uses chibi art which fits the in-game style, but looks quite childish.

  • 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.

  • The Master System port, although a bit different from the Genesis game, uses the same art.

  • The PC Engine Super CD-ROM2 System port changed the game's graphics and the odd cover art reflects that.

  • The North American TurboGrafx-CD uses the same art as the Japanese port, only with a different title and a worse layout.

  • Wonder Boy games released in Brazil were reworked to the Monica's Gang comic strip and the poorly-drawn cartoon cover reflects that.

Documentation

  • Genesis manual.

Maps

Videos

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

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