Remember last year's Wonder Boy Collection? It gave us a relatively meagre selection of games, considering just how many Wonder Boy outings there have been over the years.
Only four titles made the cut: Wonder Boy (arcade), Wonder Boy in Monster Land (arcade), Wonder Boy in Monster World (Mega Drive / Genesis) and Monster World IV (Mega Drive / Genesis).
At the same time the standard edition launched, Strictly Limited Games also published an exclusive physical edition which boasted six games spread across a whopping 21 different versions.
Unless you got your pre-order in quick, then it's likely you missed out on that one – but the good news is that the collection is getting a digital release early next year, thanks to publisher Bliss Brain and ININ Games.
Here's what's included:
|
Original Title |
Version |
Console Port |
|
Wonder Boy |
International/Western |
Arcade (SYSTEM 1) |
|
Wonder Boy |
JP |
SG-1000 |
|
Super Wonder Boy |
JP |
Master System / Sega MARK III |
|
Wonder Boy |
International/Western |
Master System / Sega MARK III |
|
Revenge of Drancon (Wonder Boy) |
International/Western |
Game Gear |
|
Wonder Boy |
JP |
Game Gear |
|
Wonder Boy in Monster Land |
International/Western |
Arcade (SYSTEM 2) |
|
Wonder Boy in Monster Land |
International/Western |
Master System |
|
Wonder Boy in Monster Land |
JP |
Arcade (SYSTEM 2) |
|
Super Wonder Boy: Monster World |
JP |
Master System / Sega MARK III |
|
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap |
International/Western |
Game Gear |
|
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap |
International/Western |
Master System |
|
Monster World II (Dragon’s Trap) |
JP |
Master System / Sega MARK III |
|
Monster World II: The Dragon’s Trap |
JP |
Game Gear |
|
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair |
International/Western |
Arcade (SYSTEM 16) |
|
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair |
International/Western |
Mega Drive / Genesis |
|
Wonder Boy in Monster World |
International/Western |
Master System / Sega MARK III |
|
Wonder Boy in Monster World |
International/Western |
Mega Drive / Genesis |
|
Wonder Boy V: Monster World III |
JP |
Mega Drive |
|
Monster World IV |
International/Western |
Mega Drive / Genesis |
|
Monster World IV |
JP |
Mega Drive |
The collection will be released digitally worldwide on January 26th, 2023 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Comments 9
So Japanese exclusive most likely? At least you can get other region games digitally on Switch and PS4/5.
@mrbogus No, this is the western release.
@Damo Good to hear.
This is great news. I'll definitely be getting this! Glad I was too annoyed to purchase the lame version.
am I kind of annoyed that I preordered the physical edition from Strictly Limited like a year ago and still haven't gotten the game but I was patient because it was the only way to get the games and now they are releasing it digitally and I could have just done that....
A little bit
Really nice to see so many games in the one collection.
No Xbox version 😞
I preordered the supposed physical only PS4 version of those games and it has not been shipped yet. I should have waited!
Finally. While I do wish that we could have also gotten the Turbographx versions and the weird Brazilian versions, I can't really complain about this one, since it does have international versions and home ports. It's at least way better than anything Capcom has ever given us, and far as I'm concerned, that's the bar for a decent collection.
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