For the Brazillian version, see Turma da Mônica na Terra dos Monstros.

Wonder Boy in Monster World, known as Wonder Boy V: Monster World III (ワンダーボーイV モンスターワールドIII) in Japan, is an action game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System in 1991 and 1993 respectively. It is the fifth game in the Wonder Boy series and a direct sequel to Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Monster World II: Dragon no Wana).

Gameplay

While Wonder Boy in Monster World clearly plays tribute to Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Monster World) and Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Monster World II) it is technically not a sequel to either of them, and doesn't even feature Wonder Boy as its main character. Instead, players control "Shion" to save Monster Land from the alien BioMeka.

Unlike The Dragon's Trap there is no concept of transformations. Instead the game plays similarly to its predecessor, with the player traversing the world, defeating enemies and collecting coins to purchase equipment upgrades.

More of an emphasis is put on the story in Wonder Boy in Monster World. While Shion doesn't speak, other characters do, as opposed to previous games where in-game text could only be found in shops.

Achievements

History

Legacy

Wonder Boy in Monster World was ported several years later on PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD, in 1994, in the form of Dynastic Hero with many changes during the transition. In the same way as Wonder Boy in Monster Land which became Bikkuriman World on PC Engine, Dynastic Hero lacks all Wonder Boy branding and therefore features palette-swapped visuals, new insect-themed graphics for main characters and insects' natural predators as bosses. A Red Book audio soundtrack, which is completely different from original, now takes place and anime-style cutscenes have been added at the intro and ending. Due to the PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD lacks of support for a second background layer, the parallax have been removed. lastly, it should be noted that, oddly, in this version all but last shield look the same.

Both Wonder Boy in Monster World (Mega Drive) and The Dynastic Hero have been released for the Wii's Virtual Console service.

Tec Toy published a sprite edit in Brazil as Turma da Monica na Terra dos Monstros in 1994.

For 21 years, Wonder Boy in Monster World stood as the last title in the series to be released in English, its sequel, Monster World IV being a Japanese exclusive until an official translation was brought to western shores in 2012 (eighteen years after its original release).

Comic adaptation

Sonic the Comic included few "Wonder Boy" comic strips, the plot taking place after Wonder Boy in Monster World. The story arcs are: "Wonder Boy in Demon World" (issue #2 to issue #9) and "Wonder Boy in Ghost World" (#22 to #27).

Versions

Localised names

Also known as Language Localised Name English Translation English Wonder Boy in Monster World Wonder Boy in Monster World English (US) Wonder Boy in Monster World Wonder Boy in Monster World Japanese ワンダーボーイV モンスターワールドIII Wonder Boy V: Monster World III

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Japanese cover artist: Akahuku Ieiri





Digital manuals

Steam manual

Mega Drive Mini US manual

Mega Drive Mini EU manual

Magazine articles

Promotional material

MD JP TV advert

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

85 Based on

15 reviews

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Mega Drive, KR Cart

Mega Drive, KR (Alt) Cover Cart

Mega Drive, CA Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Master System version

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments CRC32 MD5 SHA-1 1991-07-25 Page CRC32 7d7ce80b MD5 5837764c172c8c43c8c7b21f2144cf27 SHA-1 da0acdb1b9e806aa67a0216a675cb02ed24abf8b 512kB Cartridge (EU)

References



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