Stafford
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But more and more Japanese games have been coming to Xbox. This is just fucked up. Guess I'll get it for Switch then.
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Wonder Boy - Asha in Monster World Announced, Led By Series Creator
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But more and more Japanese games have been coming to Xbox. This is just fucked up. Guess I'll get it for Switch then.
CamHostage
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Heh, yeah, what could possibly be more authentically true to the Wonder Boy / Adventure Island / Monster World / Monster Land / Monster Lair / Dragon's Curse / Saiyuki World / Turma da Mônica / Whomp 'Em franchise'ish than having even more brand convolution?
Having so many different new takes on the games is giving us a nice variety to choose from, though. If you're not sure about the way one developer chose to make a Wonder Boy game, just wait for the next one to come along... It is weird though that, of all these, the new Adventure Island line has garnered the least attention. Deservedly so, maybe (it looks pretty Flash-gamey, although I never actually played Adventure Island Returns or Adventure Island Returns Remix,) but Adventure Island was always the bigger brand as far as I knew.
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JunkerWoland
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Not surprisingly, this remake is visually exactly what would be expected from a suddenly announced game that's planned to release in only a few months. To be fair, the game could look worse, but it's certainly a good deal removed from the care given to the Wonder Boy III remake and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.
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SkylineRKR
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Disappointing.
Graphics look worse than Monsterboy and Dragon's Trap. And this is a remake of IV, not a sequel. I don't see much reason to play this over the version I have on the Mini. Currently, this gives me Re-shelled vibes. Not as bad but just worse than the original.
Graphics look worse than Monsterboy and Dragon's Trap. And this is a remake of IV, not a sequel. I don't see much reason to play this over the version I have on the Mini. Currently, this gives me Re-shelled vibes. Not as bad but just worse than the original.
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SlimeGooGoo
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Red Rackham's Revenge
Member
What a disappointment. Hype's gone already.
Rattlehead121
Member
Yeah... I'm not happy with how this looks. Just use fucking sprites.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
Looks like utter crap! And to have the gall to put the line about it being made by the original devs......
When passionate indie devs from France made an homage and remake of your games and they look like this:
When passionate indie devs from France made an homage and remake of your games and they look like this:
Gormless Noodle
Member
Looks like an N64 game in parts with worse animations (what's with her hair?), has the framerate of an N64 game as well going by that trailer.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
The aliasing and framerate are worrying here and speak to a game that is not in a polished state a few months from release. If this is the Switch version, it's a bit more understandable, but I don't know why you wouldn't choose better footage from a more powerful platform to showcase your game. Maybe the other ports are not as far along...
I don't hate it otherwise. If I can run the PC port at 1080/60 with nice AA, I'm sure I'll have a blast with it.
SkylineRKR
Member
Perhaps they kan KOF XIV it, but i doubt it.
The MD version is also on PSN. Get that instead, its a great game. And it looks excellent:
The MD version is also on PSN. Get that instead, its a great game. And it looks excellent:
Frogman_676
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quickwhips
Member
Damn so no xbox this time or will it be late? I bought the last two on xbox and really enjoyed both. I am not sure if the last two released late on xbox?
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
It isn't a team, it's one dude, Ben Fiquet. Incredibly talented guy.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
What happened here? It looks terrible.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
If I had to guess, I'd say the trailer is showing the Switch version which has serious performance issues.
SkylineRKR
Member
Dragon's Trap art direction would be insta buy despite being a remake. Now I see no reason to buy this, from what I've seen it looks worse than the original.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
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Bullet Club
Banned
Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World Launches April 22nd For Switch In Japan
Publisher G Choice and developer Studio Artdink have announced the release date for Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World in Japan.
This 3D remaster of the classic title Wonder Boy IV is scheduled to launch on April 22nd for Switch in Japan. It will be available as a standard retail edition for 3,980 yen as well as a “Special Pack” edition for 5,980 yen. The Special Pack will include a copy of the game, as well as two art books and a collector’s box. A digital version will also be available for 3,480 yen.
Check out the new trailer below:
At the time of this writing, it is not known whether this April 22nd release date will also apply to the western version of the game. We will be sure to report back with more details as they come.
Source: Nintendo Soup
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
This looks like a very skilled set of artists accustomed to 3D was given the task to remake the game with a modern 3D engine (albeit constrained by a portable console so... I wonder if this were XSX/PS5 exclusive if they could go crazy with the 3D budget and fill the word with more detail too).
The character modelling and shading is nice, animation (the running and jumping looks stiff and floaty)... not really... interestingly the same kind of happened with Bloodstained too. This would have been much better as a 2D game, but yes it would have costed more to make.
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Carter Burke
Member
It's horrible...
nkarafo
Member
Portable console, you mean the Switch?
These 3D graphics are so simplified, even on the 3DS they would look bad. The Switch can do much better than that.
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TLZ
Banned
This looks ok actually.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
You're giving Sega too much credit, this was obviously a super cheap effort and a cash grab similar to the Sega Ages collections on PS2.
I'm almost certain this was intended for the 3DS but got delayed because of that platform's demise and the rise of the Switch so they made the change, still looks like an amature job by a couple of minimum wage guys.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Not sure, if I imagine something like a proper high quality detailed and animated (evolved) game like Monkey Island 2/3 or Yoshi’s Island or many other 2D classics the level of complexity is not something I have seen matched easily in purely 3D games (even QuackTales remastered had 2D characters IIRC). I think you would also need good AA and not too low resolution rendering and 60 FPS which is a tall order for Xbox One and PS4 let alone Switch.
Still, yes Switch could do better than this.
JunkerWoland
Member
Going back to the trailer from last year, it's hard to know how much of the choppy-looking frame rate and dirty visuals were due to the game itself or just a poorly delivered video, but either way, this new trailer does suggest slight improvements to the graphics. Asha's face has certainly been tweaked in some instances and given more expression, helping her to look less like a toy. Still, the game appears to be a budget effort. On the plus side, the original Genesis game is included and will be on-cart for the Switch version.
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Bullet Club
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existensmaximum
Member
I was really excited for this game but those graphics look fucking gross. 2D or no deal. At least the two previous games were amazing 
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I'll buy it just to support, but it reminds me a bit of those budget remakes of retrogames you'd see on PS2 and GameCube.
Ok, maybe it's better than that. But it does feel like an approach to remaking 2D games from a bygone era.
The thing that's killing me most is the framerate. I'll probably nab it on PC just to make sure I get 60fps.
Ok, maybe it's better than that. But it does feel like an approach to remaking 2D games from a bygone era.
The thing that's killing me most is the framerate. I'll probably nab it on PC just to make sure I get 60fps.
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Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Why not Wonder Girl you bigots!
PumpkinPie
Banned
Brimful of asha on the monster worldSeriously though, why is it called WonderBoy?
Starlight Lotice
Member
I think they should have just made a Sequel using the Mega Drive graphics and Engine.
Not that the Artwork is bad or anything, but I cannot imagine playing it when it is choppy as the game is pretty fast paced otherwise.
The original Westone Developers should have just done that instead of this remake as people are already saying how horrible it looks to play.
Not that the Artwork is bad or anything, but I cannot imagine playing it when it is choppy as the game is pretty fast paced otherwise.
The original Westone Developers should have just done that instead of this remake as people are already saying how horrible it looks to play.
Bullet Club
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