Wonderboy in Monster World reviews (Arcade and MD)

[kingbooforums]

the MD version is my favirote game!

[lilfrog5]

These two games are similar in some ways but they are not the same. The Genesis game is called "Wonder Boy V Monster World III" in Japan.

1) "Wonder Boy" = 1st Wonder Boy = not a Monster World game

2) "In Monster Land" (the 1st in this vid) = 2nd WB = 1st Monster World

3) "III: Monster Lair" = 3rd WB = not a MW game

4) "III: The Dragon's Trap" = 4th WB = 2nd MW

5) "In Monster World" (the 2nd in this vid) = 5th WB = 3rd MW

6) "Monster World IV" (Japan-exclusive) = 4th MW = not a WB game

[Gindelbi]

The acrid english!

[duesterheit]

I think monster land never came for the MD only for the MS. Monster World for MD has nothing to do with monster land. Anyway: Nice review, nice memories :)

[Monsterworldfan64]

WB 5 MW 3 is most likely a retelling of WB in ML. I mean look, They same stuff happens at the same time at the same place. Think about it. See a resemblance of ML Round 2 & MW 3's Alsedo? What about how it begins? Or maybe how the how you fight a knight after completing Alsedo? See.... Just how i.e. Metroid Zero Mission is a retelling of Metroid or Irregular Hunter X is a retelling of Rockman X, Wonder Boy V Monster World III is essentially a retelling of Wonder Boy in Monster Land.

[Nintendee]

Hate to burst your bubble, but how is the megadrive version a port of the arcade just been remade? Ill explain this is monster world, the arcade game was monsterland, two very different games, the arcade monster land had a port with the same name on the master system also called wonderboy 2, then wonderboy 3 came out on master system aswell which is one my fav sega games and it was a full rpg adventure, nothing like monsterland, and this is wonderboy 4 another rpg and a completely different game

[bry7sharp]

not surprised.

his voice sounds like it's been burnt by another mans cock being fired down his throat and napalmed with man love fat the nonce.

[Looktisme]

Have you played The Dynastic Hero? It's my favourite version of this game.

[kingbooforums]

i heard the guy that made this review is dead.

[notdavesmith]

my mate heard he'd died of aids (caught from bum sex)

[kingbooforums]

lol k

[mnjx]

you suck

[DaveC86]

lol +1

[Larsy]

BEWARE!

[EliteOps1]

Omg, your vids are so funny, :D

5/5

Subscribed.

[Yurigaji]

Yeah I did mention that at the start of the review.

[Aberusugi]

Yeah I made mistakes on my initial corrections because I was hastily replying. I only said 7 years because you said that in your review, I should have checked back all the info before I replied. I'm not a Wonderboy expert, I just know that these games were not the same, and the latter was not a "version" of the arcade release.

[dilb80]

Just to clear it up

Wonderboy in Monsterland - (MonsterWorld) The blonde haired Wonderboy, Tom Tom (I think)

Wonderboy - The Dragon's Trap/Lair. Brown haired WB that transforms into animals

[dilb80]

Wonderboy - Monster Lair. Mediocre Platform shooter

Wonderboy in MonsterWorld - Blue haired Shion. Different game to Monsterland. The opening and pyramid cave scenes are a homage to Monsterland, and Yellow haired WB appears at the end of the game.

Monster World IV. Japanese only with the girl Arsha. Can get a translation if you can find the ROM.

[dilb80]

Ignore the naming conventions. The Adventure Island games can count as wonderboy/monsterworld/bikkuri­man games. One of the Adventure Island games is even a platform RPG.

Anyway, the first game in your video is MonsterWorld 1, and the second is MonsterWorld 3

[Alianger]

No, they cannot. They were made by different companies, the worlds and story are different and the Wonder Boy games are muc better overall (imho).

[dilb80]

Bikkuriman World games are essentially the same as the Monster World games, same with Monica's Gang. Different sprites, probably different story, but the maps are the same.

Adventure Island is closer to the arcade version of Wonderboy than the Sega Master System game

[Alianger]

"yellow haired wonder boy" does NOT appear in that game. You may have mixed it up with Monster Lairs end boss, which is a Demon disguised as Tom-Tom/Wonder Boy.

[dilb80]

tom tom has brown hair in dragon's trap.

and he does appear in the shion game. The the final boss kills you at the start of the fight he appears. I can't find an english version of the battle on here, only japanese, but he makes allusions to the previous games

[dilb80]

ok, according to gens+ screenshots his hair is green in Dragon's trap - 0, 82, 0 for most of his hair and 0, 255, 0 for the highlights

[Alianger]

Yes, exactly. No hightlights on the hair though, the master system couldn't handle that.

[Alianger]

Sorry, it does have a highlight. Anyway it is Green.

[Alianger]

He has GREEN hair (WB3) or BLONDE hair (DC). Are you color blind?

That's Not tom-tom in Monster World 3/WBIMW, that's the Prince of Dark World, as he says himself after you beat him in his monster form. Get your facts straight.

[dilb80]

Thought it was brown, but I got the SMS ROM to check, and it's dark green, with light green on the edges. Definitely not yellow in any light, even though it's meant to be the same chap. I don't know what you count the TG16 version as, as it's not officially a Wonder Boy nor Monster World game - but this is what I mean about being able to include games are aren't directly called "Monster World" into the series.

[dilb80]

Yep, you're right about the Dark World Prince. The sprite looks like Tom Tom though (I'm guessing that's meant to be a horn on his head)

[Alianger]

Some of this info is completeley wrong though :P

Tom-Tom (Bock Lee Temjin) was the hero in Wonder Boy, Super Wonder Boy: Monster World/Wonder Boy in Monster Land, and Wonder Boy 3: Dragon's Trap/Dragon's Curse (TG16 version)/Monster World 2. He was never brown-haired..

[Yurigaji]

Oh and btw the MD game I reviewed was only released 3 years after not seven.

[Yurigaji]

You try playing both games. They share the same plot and even have some of the same levels. Try the coin trick above the first witch's/mystic's house and it still works.

[Aberusugi]

All you have to do is a wikipedia search on Wonderboy. The arcade version you reviewed was released on the Genesis with significant graphical and gameplay changes, under the exact same name as the arcade title, Wonderboy III: Monster Lair. Then, Wonderboy in Monster World came out after, that's why there was a 7 year disparity in releases.

[Yurigaji]

Wiki is your firend in it? After all you mistook the arcade version for the first wonderboy game so don't try to correct me.

[Aberusugi]

The arcade game you reviewed was the first Wonderboy game. Wonderboy in Monster World of Genesis was Wonderboy IV in Japan. It's kinda inaccurate to say that the genesis version was like a port or something. A more accurate comparison would be the Arcade version versus the Master System release.

[Yurigaji]

No it was not! The first Wonderboy was the one were Wonderboy had to get from a to b without touching enemies and was more of a platformer. The arcade version I reviewed was "Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair" which later recived a remake on the Megadrive called Wonderboy - Monster World which is the game I reviewed and I know this because the orignal company who made the arcade version is credited in the game.

[Aberusugi]

The Sega Genesis/Megadrive version you reviewed was Wonderboy IV (Monster World III) in Japan. It was the 2nd to last game in the series. You reviewed the arcade Wonderboy III and then reviewed the sequel as if it was a remade port of sorts.

[Yurigaji]

Actualy it's wonderboy V: MOnster Lair 3

[Aberusugi]

Yeah some letters off there. Even so I don't see how these 2 games are different versions of each other lol. They are obviously two different games in the same series.

[Aberusugi]

They DID release Wonderboy III: Monster Lair for the Genesis though. That would have probably been the better comparison.

[mydearkate]

the mega drive version "monster boy in wonder world" is out on european wii console now!

[NiGHTSintodreams]

wonderboy in monster world.

[dudefather]

go Gamestation! this game looks pretty cool

[Spram2]

The Genesis game is out on the Wii Virtual Console now.

[marzzbar]

Lol great review. "I wanna stab those two guards in the FACE but that's not the point" lol.

I love Monster World, Dragon's trap and MW IV. Damn those are good games. I don't quite like the arcade one though (also released on the Master System).

[AnimeSnave]

Aaah gamestation. They have definitely gotten better in my opinion and always sell FF games cheap! :p Love it! And wonderboy!

[kfcjpo]

Great reveiw. I've been looking for that game on the Genesis for a while now.

[Yurigaji]

Yeah I managed to pick up this copy from a shop called Gamestation over here in the UK. It was in a B.O.G.O.F offer for £10 so essentaly I got two games for £5 each, one of which was Wonderboy III... which was nice.

Oh and thanks for you kind words. I hope you find a copy of the game to call your own soon! :)

[kfcjpo]

Yeah, I heard of gamestation before. Mabye when I go to the UK this spring break I'll check it out.