Monster Boy and the cursed Kingdom coming Dec 4. Previews round-up thread
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Why not import a physical copy? Might as well take advantage of that region free feature we spent years begging for. :)
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Yeah maybe I will, coincidentally I just did that for Megaman 11 a couple of days ago
Oh yeah, that's probably it. Wonder Boy was great. I'm also thinking of the Monster World collection on Xbox 360 Arcade that I enjoyed a lot.
I pre-ordered the day it was available on Amazon, region-free FTW!!! :D
Have been waiting a looong time lol, I dunno if I'll even get it by the end of the year now because of the last delay but oh well.
Have been waiting a looong time lol, I dunno if I'll even get it by the end of the year now because of the last delay but oh well.
What's interesting, is that the game initially got lukewarm previews declaring the game would be a 5/10 on release - so the developers responded by delaying the game over and over again, iterating the living hell out of it much to the ire of the fans, but now seem to have created a 9/10 masterpiece. We won't know for sure until reviews hit, but that seems to be the scenario. Talk about a labour of love. A lesser publisher would have just released it as is. The risk here, funnelling more and more money for development, must be so extreme.
Hope the game scores highly and sells millions, and we get a series.
Hope the game scores highly and sells millions, and we get a series.
Am I imagining it or did this once have more of a 16-bit console look to it?
Yeah it did, very much so. When it was announced it looked strikingly similar to Wonder Boy in Monster World on the Megadrive, maybe slightly better but similar aesthetics and visual design. Like a 16-bit game. Then they spent literally years iterating the art in particular (it's all hand-drawn animation now, and the backgrounds have been re-done like, hundreds of times) and it looks stunningly beautiful, with depth and gorgeous art direction. The turnaround from how it began is night and day. I'm not surprised early review comments are glowing. The game was truly a labour of love and it shows.
What the hell, main character sprite was changed AGAIN ? :D
Man this guy is gushing all over it. He seems a bit overly enthusiastic but the game is probably good and ended up looking better than the other remake imho.
I just love the 80s anime look
Oh, for those unaware and saying you're going to buy the game, you get a 10% discount on pre-orders on the eshop and such if you own Blossom Tales. Which I also recommend.
This game looks awesome and I had no idea it was coming out. I watched a video by Spawnwave and he said the main game/story is about 15 hours and that doesn't include the extra stuff. That is damn good for this kind of game.
That being said, I still need to buy Wonder Boy. I really should, right?
That being said, I still need to buy Wonder Boy. I really should, right?
I just bought Dragon's Trap on PS4 since it's 50% off, it'll be cool to play both of these games. They look awesome.
Thank you for this! It reminded me to check the eshop and it's 50% off there too! Bought!
Sure! I had it on my wishlist on PS4 and it didn't show the discount, decide to click on the game anyway and there it was. It's a good time I guess, cool that it's discounted everywhere.
Motoi Sakuraba, Michiru Yamane, Yuzo Koshiro, Keiki Kobayashi, Takeshi Yonegawa, Haruka Shimotsuki.
I don't know about PS4, in the case of Switch the boxes are the same for american, european or japanese releases, with the only difference being the position/typography in the spine.
If you're talking about Switch - ya they're the same, it'll fit right in with the other games on your shelf. I have a mixture of different ones myself. The only difference is the title being at the top of the spine going down instead of in the middle if that bothers you or not.
PS4 I'm not sure about sorry, the only NTSC PS4 game I have is the Dragon's Trap Limited Run thing which just came in the exact same casing as my PAL PS4 games do if that is any indication.
No way! They really went all out for the music of teh game .
I wonder if they will release an OST .
Is this the... big one that people were initially excited about? I loved the art style when I first saw it, but stuff got confusing.
I can't remember where I fell off the bus - there was a Wonder Boy sequel in the works that got canned that turned into another game which is this, right? It's been really hard to keep track of, especially with the remaster of other wonder boy games in the meantime... at least I think?
I can't remember where I fell off the bus - there was a Wonder Boy sequel in the works that got canned that turned into another game which is this, right? It's been really hard to keep track of, especially with the remaster of other wonder boy games in the meantime... at least I think?
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Check the original post. There's a chronological list of events for this game. But you're not far off of what happened.
With the Steam release being a vague Q1 2019 and thus a few months out, I'm so very tempted to get a console for this. Would love to play it on release.
Might get a pre-owned Xbox One or something. I love, and I mean love Wonder Boy and this game looks like it's going to be excellent. Really looking forward to the review thread.
Might get a pre-owned Xbox One or something. I love, and I mean love Wonder Boy and this game looks like it's going to be excellent. Really looking forward to the review thread.
Since I don't care about portability. This trophy list really makes me want to switch back to ps4 version.
Had it pre-ordered on Amazon and decided to cancel due to the $40 price tag. Now I kinda want to get it again but there's no release date shipping anymore. Are we expecting the physical version to be hard to find in stores?
Chanceux. Tu l'auras peut être lundi.
I'm picking it up Tuesday. Wish I could take a half day or a full day to play it. But I got a few too many clients that needs me to be at work next week.
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