Wonderboy Monster World IV

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True. It is a mere fragment of the game it was supposed to be.

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>>375480536
Is that the Aegis guy? I thought he was going to be more important.

Was the game fucked in development or what? It felt more like an extra chapter for the previous one. Like "Shion fucked up, so this girl finishes the story".

To add some more complaints
>Boring dungeons
>No changes in aesthetic with gear
>No interesting effects like boots that make you use ladders faster

It strips back a lot of the rpg elements of the previous 2 games. I still enjoyed it for what it was but disappointed compared to other monsterworlds

Also, the new wonderboy looks great

>>375480672
That sword looks like its made out of bubblegum

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>>375480743
It had more humor though i guess. Also Asha was really adorable.

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>>375480672
It was supposed to be the male protagonist. You could choose between them, the devs chose Asha.
Little time, little budget, and not enough space on a cartridge.

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>>375480903
That would have been interesting. Although i like the female adventurer protagonist thing. Is cute and seems refreshing for its time.

It still annoys me how short the game is and how small the relevant cast is too.

Is just
>Asha hears voices.
>Goes to Rapadagna.
>Temple 1, 2, 3
>Queen turns evil, Dark Pepelogos
>Temple 4, Queen comes back to her senses
>Fear Incarnate

>>375481125
this is adorable

>>375481702
Now thats a memorable boss design.

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Lots of cool shit in concept like the axes. Shame

You know I've come across this series a lot and I go, "This looks like a series I'd love to play." And then I just don't. It's stupid because I really want to and I really can't think of any reason why not to.

Should I just stop being a bitch and pull the trigger? If so, is it best to go by number or is there an entry in the game that I just have to try first if I'm skeptical?

>>375481941
Definitively. Or at least the ones i played -this one and the previous too- were worth it. Monster World III is the best one imo. Fucking Biomeka.

>>375481941
The new dragon's trap game is good. I would then go with wonderboy in monsterworld which is probably the best in the series

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>>375481941
Do it.
If you find yourself disliking one, skip it and move on, see if you'll like the next one.
A few tips, the best version of Monster Lair is the TG16 version, and when you're emulating Dragon's Trap be sure to enable FM sound then reset your emulator.

I always felt Shion's ultimate fate was odd.

>He fell in a hole lol.

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Aliens were originally going to play a bigger part in MWIV, but we'll see more of that later.

>>375482247
U wot?

>>375482247
Isnt that just the implication that Biomeka fucked him up after surviving? Then installed himself under Purapril and kept creating monsters. Purapril turned into Rapadagna (there are portraits of the princess in the palace) and so.

>>375482083
>>375482181
>Dragon's Trap remake

Oh wow I didn't even know this was a thing. Looks pretty good. Should I wait for the PC release or just play the original?

>>375482075
Damn the responses are overwhelmingly positive. Guess it's time to get off my ass then.

>>375482329
Am I wrong? I could have sworn MW4 mentions him somewhere. And it said something about a big fucking hole showing up near his house and after that he was never seen again.

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Of all the cut characters this guy is my favorite.

>>375482398
The original holds up. Remember to enable FM sound. I can't recommend the remake because I haven't played it.

>>375482398
Just wait for the PC release, it's on June btw

>>375482475
Yeah. Asha can read about that in the palace. Seems like the previous game had a happy ending just because it ended 5 minutes before Shion died.

Hope he got to bang the cute princess.

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Remember these statues?

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Hm, did it move?

>>375482549
I really dig all those designs. Wish we got the complete game. The mecha Biomeka from above looks cool too.

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The deity was originally going to make an actual appearance in the game, as part of the story.

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And now for a rare Pepe.

>>375482720
Do you know what was going to be the role?

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>>375483046
No idea.

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I'll be skipping a bit now. Shame that most of the characters were scrapped, but at least most of the common enemies made it.

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sword
shield
axe
GUN

The game is fucking beautiful. Asha's spritework is so expressive.

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That's it.

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>>375484372
Thanks OP. Neat stuff.

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Oh yeah, I'll post the original pitch too,

>>375484495
I'm not OP but you're welcome.

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oops, posted in the wrong order

>>375481925
Of the mid-game and later-game video footage I've seen of this, I literally can't fucking wait.
People bitch about the animation and the artstyle (understandable to an extent, the devs are/were small-time mostly-mobile independent devs, though they have been adding extra polish now (for starters, the MC's face has been redrawn to look less wonky)), but the gameplay is fucking spot on and it seems like they're also using songs from the other games besides MW2/Dragon's Trap as well. Plus, I fucking love the concept/execution: Dragon's Trap, but with the extra cool stuff from Monster World 3 AND the forms are all remixes of the older ones with some additional abilities. What's also nice is that you can change transformations at will without the need of a special sword, and even change mid-air, with (according to the devs) some puzzles and secrets expecting you to do so (IIRC, they have mentioned that there will be at least one jump you have to go from a "human-sized" form to a smaller one, likely the snake form (which also means like Mouse-man the snake probably can't climb up every surface)). Also, for those who haven't seen: there will at least be some shmup action as a homage to Monster Lair as the fish boss from that shows up and you fight him in the end-game flying dragon form.

>>375482475
>>375482596
I looked this up, and it seems to be the case, but
>The official 2012 English version doesn't have the bad part.
Hmm, retcon maybe? I guess ol' Nishizawa couldn't kill him off and just let him die of old age (probably).

>>375482995
The happiest feels.

>>375485442
Perhaps. It's kind of a fucked up note to see the older hero die not even like a day or so after the main story ends.

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End

Still better than the entire Shantae series

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>>375485578
Or get cursed and robbed of his sweet ass loot and stat upgrades.

>>375485442
>>375485578
I only played the official translation, could you screencap the story please?

>>375485819
True. Although at you got to break it.

>>375485969
Sorry anon. I can't help you there. I hope someone else can.

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>>375486178
Oh well.

>>375485969
I don't have the rom on hand and it would take me more time than I care to stay up past 4 AM to get past the intro stage or even find a clean-image youtube video and screencap.

Oh yeah, I don't have the cut spritesheets on hand either, but it seems like you would have been able to use magic, or at least magical attacks beyond "crits". Damn shame.

>>375480140
>it felt like a step down compared with the previous one

That's how I felt when I tried it like 5 years ago on 360. Played maybe a third or half and left it at that. I loved the previous game though.
Wonderboy series is fucking underrated

Monster World IV makes me sad thinking about what coulda been. Still a good game though