Wonderboy / Monsterworld review retrospective
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- Narration by Chase McCaskill ( / @chaseface )
Wonder Boy / Monster World a series that's very close to my heart!
In this retrospective a quick overview of the series:
Wonderboy
Wonderboy in Monsterland
Wonderboy 3 Monster Lair
Wonderboy 3 Dragon's trap (Monster World II)
Wonderboy in Monsterworld (Monster World III)
Monster World IV - เกม
I have no idea how this channel doesn't have a million more subscribers. The production values on these videos are off the charts.
Thanks so much! But I know why I don't have a million subs :)
-I often cover pretty obscure games
-I don't upload new videos that often
-I'm pretty terrible at promoting my channel haha
But he I'm already really satisfied with all of my subs and awesome feedback!
Welcome to Monster World!
I like Monster World! :D
I've been on the fence about purchasing the series released on the psn, but now I think I'll go ahead and play these games. Thanks, and great work with these videos. Subscribed!
+strafefox I always found that sing odd, the world was invaded a few weeks and they already call it Monster World.... At least for wb V
Hey man. Great video. I love it. I've started a gaming channel. Subscribe if you like.
when i was a kid i got alien 3 for my birthday, i cried and so my dad took me to the store to trade it. i got this and loved wonder boy in monster world!
Alien 3 is a damn fine game!
But Wonderboy is better 😁
An absolutely amazing and concise look at one of gaming's most confusing series. Its also one of my favorite series! Nicely done.
Wait, you guys like the Wonder Boy series? Never would have guessed ;-)
Wowee, this entire series is a hidden-gem to me-!!
I wish the greatest success for it's revival.
Now with the wonderful remake of The Dragons Trap, the series has great potential to reach more players if it were to have another new wave of ports.
The quality of these videos is insanely good, from the visuals to the narrative. Kudos on what I am sure is a lot of hard work. Thank you so much for giving me something fun to do on my lunch break. :)
Totally agree
I grow up playing this series ( the originals and "turma da mônica" hacks.) My passion not changed after all these years. Great video. Liked and subscribbed
Ps: greetings from Brazil!
Great job mentioning the conversions to Turma da Monica. I played those versions when I was a kid and had no idea they were Wonderboy games until a few years ago.
Back in the day I got the brazilian port of Wonder Boy in Monter World for Sega Mega Drive and it was pretty fun, they only swapped important characters for the Monica's Gang(actual name in english) and the main character only swapped power in her blue bunny(yes, she attacks with her toy bunny...). Years later I played the original version in an emulator and quite enjoyed it too. ^^
Glad now we got the remake of the original Wonder Boy and also an original story with Monster Boy.
I just started playing The Dragons Trap again... for the first time in THIRTY YEARS! It's amazing how much of it is still familiar to me. Truly the sign of an incredible game.
Dude i know. It's THE best SMS game ever.
its like watching a HBO documentary about retro games,the difference is that comes from one person,we talk about dedication and professionalism on another level.
The best review-channel about videogames in TH-cam!
Wow thanks so much!
Interesting my first time learning more of Wonder Boy, and notice how exact the game is to Adventure Island and was partially confused at first. I express my thanks for this video.
Oh man when I seen the date this was posted I was terrified you were no longer posting content but you are! This video needs more views your videos are top quality. So happy to sub
I absolutely love Wonderboy! Great video!
Thanks! and yeah wonderboy is best! :)
One of my childhood favs.
Loving the CG-ness of the video, makes it all more entertainign to watch.
Always bugged me that Sega has never really used Wonder Boy since, not even in the Sega All-Stars series, well they hinted at it in the achievements, but that's about it.
Yeah it would have been great to see wonderboy in all-star racing, but perhaps its a rights issue, the characters were not created by Sega.
strafefox I would like to know what's going on with the rights. But it's something they could remedy.
They sorted out the ToeJam & Earl issue for them to return on a Sega Ages set.
***** All characters used in sega allstars are owned by Sega if I'm correct. Wonderboy was created by westone. Although I think it would've been no problem to aquire the license, for some reason they limited it to sega-only characters.
strafefox
They must own wonder boy character, otherwise Westone couldn't license the Adventure Island games at all.
Sega did also license the first two Wonder Boy games to Activision for Home Computer ports in the UK and Europe, Maybe they're not aware what rights they have.
But Sega are weird with their licenses, look at Streets of Rage, they do nothing with the franchise , but quickly slap C&D's on any fan creations.
+strafefox I thought that sega owned the wonder boy name and license. Also, for that matter, is westone still around? And if not, why not just buy the copyrights for all the games and such? It cant be that hard.
The era of the Master System was a Golden Age for Sega, just like it was on Mega Drive / GenesisDoes
Wonder Boy, Castle of Illusion (Disney Games), Sonic and others, were incredible series on the Master System
im loving every single video... The narrator has an amazing voice and its perfectly edited. This channel is gonna get BIG in no time!
Dragons Trap was my life, i even had a dragons trap themed party and my grandma made me a cake with the bird level on it, i LOVED that game
Wow that's awesome :) Dragon's Trap is also one of my favorites.
btw: they are working on a HD remaster.
Now we have Monster boy! Looking forward to playing it!
It's a really cool game, especially for Wonder Boy fans :) So have fun with it.
Great video as always chase man the work you place in your video is top shelf
Another great work. I've played this game A LOT when I was a kid, it's so addicted. Loved the video ending, nice catch!
Man, this series of games is so convoluted, I will never really understand it. :D Great video, as always. Nice to hear Mr. McCaskill again!
Thank you so much for this fantastic retrospective. The wonderboy/monsterworld series is my all time favourite. I hope the series is continued.
neardark77 Thanks! and glad you liked it! Wonderboy is also one of my favorite series. and yeah a new monsterworld would be sooo awesome. otherwise a HD remake is welcome too :)
I have that Asha figurine sitting here in my Desk! I love MW4!! used to play it so much as a kid but over at a friend's house since I had an SNES.
All of your video's are so well made.
Thank you for creating such great content!
DaveControlLive Thanks for watching! Glad you like my vids. :)
I really feel like playing Wonderboy in Monsterland again. Thanks for another spectacular video.
I said this once but I feel it needs to be said again - I love your work folks. Amount of work put into these videos is simply stunning
Thanks so much :)
Great video, the best production value I have ever seen, it was simply amazing! Thank you for such a great retrospective.
Thanks for watching :)
Such talent. So gorgeous. Much wow.
Seriously though I can't tell you how much watching your videos makes me want to improve me own ability to create. You are extremely gifted. Brava.
Wow thanks so much! :)
I loved the WonderBoy Series, so much fond memories playing them, still awesome video too bro =D can't wait for more.
Thanks :)
I absolutely love Wonderboy! Great video!
The quality of your vids is on point bro keep it up gotta get u to a milli subs good work...🙌🏾
Can't wait for 'Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom'..... it's nearly here.
Boy was it ever worth the wait!
Congratulations Fox, amazing and epic show, keep going man we support you !
Thanks! :)
Just recently I've finished all the four Wonder Boy games (Monster Land, Dragon's Trap, Monster World, Monster World IV), and it was a great ride, the franchise is amazing. My favorite is probably Monster World IV just because it's so polished, but Dragon's Trap would trump it if it wasn't for the awful charm system which can restrict what you can buy in shops.
Excellent video, by the way.
Thanks! and great to hear you enjoyed the wonderboy games, it's really one of my favorite series.
Btw they dropped the charmpoint system in the 2017 Wonderboy3 remake.
Also: be sure to check out the upcoming MonsterBoy game! :)
strafefox I didn't know that they dropped the charm system in the remake, all the more reason to play it, thanks for the info. I know of the upcoming Wonder Boy game, I'll definitely check it out.
Keep up the great work with your videos.
Happytreefriendsfan3 I've finished both MB in Monsterland and The Dragon's Trap (both original and remake). Do you think Monstetworld should be my next challenge? For me there's something about it that doesn't look quite right. I think it's the turning point where the graphics go from Wonder Boy looking to silly cutesy Anime looking. IV certainly got to that anime stage.
Also have you tried the Wonder Boy 1 arcade game? It doesn't get the same respect as the others but I think it's awesome. It's one of the original "speed runner" games - making you constantly move.
Great video! I can come here every time I forget which game is which in this series.
***** Thanks! And glad you find it helpfull. Wonderboy is such an awesome, but sometimes confusing series.
Great video, excellent production value!
Wonderboy in Monsterworld on the Megadrive, will always have a special place in my heart. ☺
That uncanny valley artwork at 1:30 is terrifying!
A really cool Retro on a game I knew very little about. Thanks for sharing this awesome series. ^_^
another great video. there are many game reviewers out there, but I've never seen one with such amazing graphical effects. you should be proud.
also, anyone who loves wonderboy as much as you seem to, is a pretty cool guy :)
Haha thanks :) I hope more people will get to appreciate this fantastic series.
Brings back memories, thanks alot!
Fantastic work on a fantastic series
Ah, OK, I have played Monster Lair. I remember now that I owned it on the PC Engine CD for a little while. However, I have not played Wonderboy in Monster World on the Megadrive. I think what I will do is finally finish the SMS Wonderboy III on stream sometime, then I'll give the Megadrive follow-up a try.
Another great vid. Like many have said before you creative skills are top notch. It doesn't feel like your watching some guys videos on TH-cam it feels like a full on TV production. To be fair thanks to Chromecast you and other retro game channels do make up 90% of my TV viewing. Thanks for making your vids. Surely 20000 sub's by the end of the year
Liam Isaacs Thanks so much! 20000subs I can only dream of that :)
Excellent video, a lot of thought time and effort was put into this. Subbed.
Thanks so much for the sub! :)
Wonder boy on the switch was amazing. Such beautiful animation.
Yes!!! Great video! As always.
Damn, high quality video much. Subbed.
Awesome! Thanks so much for the sub!
wow! Thank you for giving the series the credits it deserves.
Those were Metroidvanias before it was cool! ;)
I see a theme on all of your videos and I Totally AGREE! Production quality is amazing
I would love to see your take on nec s TurboGrafx
Dude this was amazing and glad to see some love to this gem of a series :)
Another amazing video.
Great videos man, too overlooked for my liking
DuckAlert UK Thanks!
I *Love* Wonder Boy! I had Wonder Boy Monsterworld 4 on Mega Drive/Genesis ... what a awesome game! Nice presentation here!
Nice video, back in the day I played the C64 version of WonderBoy in MonsterLand.
Later on I played the MegaDrive WonderBoy's with a lot of fun. If i have the time I play them again ;)
what a peaceful place, full with nostalgia and stuff...soothing.
the rendering you have done is clean and delicious hhhh vive toi frere !
Thanks :) I always try to capture the feel and spirit of the game in my videos
strafefox ive noticed the details in each frame ! bravooo
You deserve more subscribers.
your work is amazing :D
I pkayed this game sooo much as a child!!! My sis would help me past the first level almost every time I booted the game up. Sadly I never beat it. Nice vid:)
Thanks! And yeah the original Wonderboy is a pretty hard game :)
Amazing video!
Amazing!! good memories ^^
how do you have such amazing production value?.. i mean this is ridiculous! (in a good way) wow!
ColdSkyClouds Thanks so much! I'm a graphic designer, so that helps :)
Until the game was given to LizardCube to make an HD version of the third game, Dragon's Trap, which is now on all platforms. Which was really amazing and how well drawn it is. Such an amazing job into recreating the game with HD graphics, better music. I hope they let them remake the other two WonderBoy games. Really a splendid work.
The intro🤯 the nostalgia
This is too gold, i cant take it 😭😭😭😭❤
Splash wave 🌊🌊🌊🌊
Great as always 🤟🤟🤟🤟
🎶Wonder Boy 🎶
🎶What is the secret of your power 🎶 WONDER BOYYYY🎶
Thanks :) Btw: The new video should be ready real soon
Now this video needs to be updated with Monster Boy.
Another great video :-)
Thanks :)
Remake of monster world 4 is coming. And of course there's monster boy which came out sometime ago and it's really excellent
i remember monsterworld fondly in the very early 90s
my dad used to come into my room at nine and say its bedtime ( havin school the nextday) well i used to put the tv on mute and turn the brightness down and cover the red power light on the megadrive ( just incase i gotta quickly turn the tv off lol) turning the console off i had no intention of doing
i had so many stealthy nights of fun on this game
such amazing fun
the snow level music was great too
Thanks for sharing those cool memories! I got this game for my birthday and although I was already 13 years old It was a great summer playing it over and over again :) Especially the "to be continued message" at the end got me hyped.
Glad the comic got a mention!
great video!! thanks man!@!!!!!!
All your videos are really really excellent.... we dont have that in france
Great video, gotta check out the game series! A developer that goes with Sega is ok in my book 😊
A good and informative video about a great gaming series. So I'm guessing you are pretty excited about the new Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom coming out sometime next year? Ryuichi Nishizawa is finally able to bring his vision out again.
+AdvisorEquiste Oh yes I am! :) Monster Boy and La Mulana 2... 2016 is going to be great!
A history of Wonderboy, and Young Nasty Man...
This this series growing up.
Brilliant ☺
Monster World IV is amazing and the fact that us Americans missed out on it really pisses me off.
What an awesome work! too bad this franchise didn't grow with me. By the way did you made this presentation all by your self?
Thanks so much! Yeah I pretty much make them myself and of course Chase does the narration.
Humans will leave the Milky Way before anyone could ever truly understand the Wonder Boy cannon.
Rest In Peace Westone
I didn't see you mention The Dynastic Hero. It's basically a reskin of Wonderboy in Monster World TurboGraphX-16, but I still think it's worth mentioning. And I think there's a new Wonder Boy game being developed, but it has been delayed a few times (supposedly comes out this year). I won't mention the remake of Dragon's Trap since it's pretty recent.
Yeah really looking forward to Monsterboy! Btw I also enjoyed the Wb3 remake, but it was not released or even announced when I made this video. As for Dynasic Hero I decided to focus on the Wonderboy games and mention that they were ported over to the pc-engine but not cover every single port because it would break the flow of the video.
great video as with all your videos i love Wonderboy series and it was a shame that Sega never released monsterworld 4 for out side of Japan we all missed out Australia ,Europe , US and the rest of the world and their was more great games we didnt get for mega drive
Thanks! Yeah that was a shame. I remember being really excited to see "to be continued" after finishing Wonder Boy in Monster World back in 92.
Curious enough, I was presented to this title because this strange brazilian ripoff Turma da Mônica. I learned more about the franchise cause a friend - actually @BanjoGuyOllie - is a huge fan and was part of the team on the remake of Monsterboy for PS4. He's actually a NPC on the game himself after the team decided to add him. Also, he played some tunes for the remake.
MWIV is my most favorite one in the wonderboy series.Follow by wonderboy in monster world.
Dude are you a local DJ or something? You sound like a pro!
I wish - I'm just a gamer who knows his way around Adobe Audition. Thank you!
What soft do you use to edit your videos?
Adobe Audition to record and master audio, Adobe Premiere to mix everything together. I believe Jeroen (Strafefox) uses Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, and a 3D design software I can't remember.
Ah! The Adobe Master Collection is a thing to behold. Cool!
A bit disappointed that you didn't mention the PC Engine version of Wonder Boy V Monster World III that was edited and renamed into Dynastic Hero.
Otherwise, I enjoyed this.
Love this game on the sms
I've been wondering about buying the Wonderboy Collection on Live so that I can play the final game in the series, I've already played all the others and completed a few of them. Nice to see a female lead for a change, they're so rare
Man! How could you forgot to mention the introduction of an OCARINA in an adventure game!? :'(
In Brazil they even have the Megadrive 3
This video was released in 2014 and this channel still has less than 100k subs. Thanks for proving there is no god, youtube!
Curious if you've played the Wonder Boy Dragon's Trap remake and/or Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom? Both are fantastic and I recommend you check them out if you haven't.
Yes I've played them both! Excellent games. When I made this video I never imagined that we would get new 2d Wonder Boy games :)
@@strafefox hey, just finished another game I think you'd enjoy--Aggelos! Check it out when you get a chance Very enjoyable and extremely Wonder Boy inspired.
My ranking of the series so far
1. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
2. Wonder Boy in Monster World
3. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (2017)
4. Asha in Monster World
5. Monster World IV
6. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
7. Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Game 1: Wonder Boy
Me: OK
Game 2: Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Me: nice
Game 3: Wonder Boy 3 Monster Lair (on Genesis)
Me: make sense
Game 4: Wonder Boy 3 The Dragons Trap (on Master System)
Me: wait...what?
Game 5: Wonder Boy in Monster World (on Genesis)
Me: ah, back on track
The way you said "Turma da Monica" made it sound like it was something satanic. It is a very beloved comic book in Brazil!