Thank you to Dave for writing this one for us. Check out our recent collab video on his channel here: - ruclips.net/video/SMDNakbFJDA/видео.html Will you be picking this one up? Let us know in the comments section! Looking for eshop credit? Get OFFICIAL Nintendo Eshop Cards and other bits and bobs, at our new website and online store here - switchup.gg/ If you are a physical collector you can use code "SWITCHUPQ3" to save 5% at PlayAsia www.play-asia.com Happy gaming! Glen
I didn't have much interest in this to begin with, but this kind of terrible business practices has made it a definite no buy for me. If this was all the games I might have shelled out some of my dough, but to hear it isn't on the digital... I definitely am not buying. Terrible 😔.
Grew up with this series and have a lot of nostalgia. It was some of the first games I got to play growing up. I picked up a copy from strictly limited because you get more versions of all these classics. Really enjoyed Monster boy. The music and gameplay brought me back to simpler times.
I'll probably get this on sale just so I can play Wonder Boy in Monster World on the Switch. But locking two games in this collection behind a limited edition physical version is beyond scummy!
If only it was two. The Strictly Limited ‘Anniversary’ release will have no less than 21 versions of the Wonderboy games when it arrives in early 2024..
@@jawessome *Hopefully* they'll do the right thing and at least make this complete collection a DLC for the available platforms. Locking that much versions of 6 games is just a plain dick move, Wonder Boy is already a niche series, and by omitting that much games is like not wanting the series to be more well known, especially since SLG is notoriously known for not delivering their products in time, if at all. It's almost like they actively don't want the series to sell, then say "Well damn, people aren't interested in WB anymore, better stop revitalizing it.", and this is not what the fanbase wants. On an unrelated mote, hope this collection also hits Xbox and PCs like Clockwork Aquario is doing (And MW4 remake did, although for PCs only), preferably not gimped like it currently is. Despite the jankiness on some titles, these are great pieces of history for the franchise, especially since they plan to include other versions of the games like SEGA AGES did back then.
First Sega omit Wonderboy from their rerelease of their Sega Classics compilations, and now they omit both the SMS Wonderboy 3 and the arcade Wonderboy 3 from their Wonderboy compilation. Thanks to you Sega, I’m now the proud owner of a Abernic RG350.
Nice review, Dave! And thanks to SwitchUp for this review, been wondering how this one would turn out. I love these games, especially Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. But I agree it's a shame that Dragon's Trap wasn't included. However the Dotemu remake of Dragon's Trap is excellent and a fine example of how great a remake can and should be. To anyone who hasn't played these games, I highly recommend them if you enjoy adventure platformers and metroidvanias.
I love this series so I ordered the ultimate collectors edition on strictly limited. But strictly limited/inin games have been really greedy in terms of putting exclusive content on strictly limited carts. Like the turrican collection, Darius collection, and now this. Really shady. I get that they say “not everyone wants to pay a premium for every game included” but idk I feel like people would if it had everything so make it retail and make the limited editions on strictly limited
Wonder boy arcade version is my favourite arcade game of all time. Got me hooked on arcade speed running and needed serious skill. I'm not a fan of the rpg game it turned into. Had it on pre order since I found out about it cos its the only release of the original arcade on consoles. Finally finally finally get to play it legally again.
The original Wonder Boy received a perfect port on the PS2, courtesy of renowned studio M2 -> SEGA Ages volume 29: Monster World Collection even supports 240p/256p for CRTs.
Well there is the adventure island series which basically is like classic wonder boy( one or two titles have rpg elements aswell like the snes game), they should also make a collection for that series.
I grew up a Nintendo kid so I never played any of these games the first time around. My first experience with the series was Dotemu’s remake of Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon’s Trap. I finished that and enjoyed it quite a bit!
Yeah, skipping this because of the limited version, I've had it with these companies exploiting my nostalgia to charge exorbitant prices. The actually BEST physical releases with the nicest extras have NOT been from Limited Run or SRG or Strictly Limited, it's things like Hollow Knight, Ty 1&2, DDLC+, Ion Fury, Untitled Goose Game, etc. The limitation mafia are really lazy now because they've cornered part of the market and they know it. If they have a limited edition with physical goodies, fine, I might even buy one every now and then, but when you lock significant content that should be in the regular edition in to suck more money from retro gamers? Nah, not having it, I'm fully done with those things. Lol sorry for rant, but damn this crap is annoying, I was looking forward to this release too since I'm a big fan of the Monster World games. Thanks for a thorough review as always.
Not only does the strictly limited version include two additional games but it includes multiple versions of each game like the Master System version of three of these games. So I pretty much refuse to get such a stripped back collection seeing as the strictly limited version will now probably go on ebay for several times the price because of this.
Having my original SMS with a Wonder Boy cartridge, I must say…nostalgia rules the land. I’ve never played any other, but they look cool. However, I’m content with what I have and it’s a hard pass. Now…what about that TMNT Cowabunga Collection? 🤔 SOLD
Kind of messed up that the trailer shows footage from the console version of Monster Land, but the actual game features the arcade version. The console version doesn't have the weird timer, and it's presentation works better on a home console. I was really excited for this collection. Disappointed with a number of the decisions they made.
The one thing that always annoyed me about these games is having to chase the coins. You can't just run along, kill things, and grab the coins quickly. At least I can't.
I just realized this collection is missing Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (SMS). Not to mention Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (arcade). *FAIL! INCOMPLETE!* If was already wasn't going to buy this, I certainly wouldn't now.
Are we learning now that ALL these limited run companies are con artists. Open your eyes fellow gamers and avoid them like the plague upon gaming that they are. Smaller developers want to grow and expand? Why get involved with a company that does the bare minimum and attaches an arbitrary sales number because of fear of failure. Be confident in your products and give EVERYONE a chance to purchase them
I know a few people, myself included, that are are refusing to buy this game because it is not a complete collection, so the publisher is losing out on our business by deciding to go this route with SLG and gating off content behind a limited edition.
That's true. The thing about having a review brain on is to talk about the game as it is, I mean the complaints I had about the music can be rectified by muting it and listening to something else as I play 😆
Hmm, wir haben uns das Spiel leider über den ESHOP gekauft. Somit keine Chance auf eine Rückerstattung. Das Spiel Wonderboy hat einen KO-Fehler. Im originalen Spiel konnte man schneller laufen, indem man lange auf dem Attack Button blieb und dabei den Joystick in Laufrichtung hielt. Hier geht das nicht!!! Man kann zwar die Steuerung individuell belegen, jedoch kann man den Run Button nicht identisch dem Attack Button belegen. Wenn man zB auf Run den Button B legt und dann auf den Attack Button auf B auswählt, wird der B Button bei Run entfernt. Es ist aber zum effektiven Spielerfolg maßgeblich, dass diese beiden Funktionen auf einen Button liegen. Leider antwortet Nindento nicht auf Anfragen. Zumindest haben wir keine erhalten. Echt Schade, 30€ umsonst ausgegeben.
Really pisses me off for people like me who own the 3 remakes, kind of shitty like when they added one more game to that Disney collection and people who got the lion king and Aladdin missed out on jungle book…
@@Gameitupchannel with the digital copy ? Hmm I did not know that still it’s kind of bs we are forced to buy it additionally but at least it’s an option
Although the remake has retro graphics aka essentially a port of the first built into a remake. I don’t mind what’s annoying is for those of us who have the 3 remakes have to buy this if they want all in retro style and for one additional game.
@@TheVioletBunny I am not talking about the remake. Monster world is a terrible game, and dragons trap is the perfect end to the trilogy. Dragons trap should have been in this collection. It is by far the best wonderboy game of them all.. again, money comes in an ruins everything because they want us to buy dragons trap separately, because they know it’s the best game
@@TheVioletBunny I like the remake so far, but I would have prefered to have all 6 games RETRO. I have Pandoras Box and got lucky with WB, WBIML, WB III: IML, WBIMW and MW4 (JP only :( )
Yep also annoying being dragons trap has the retro feature but the other 2 remakes don’t offer that. Instead if you want to play then old school style and plan an additional game you need to buy this. I wish they offered it as a dlc or something in addition to the others. I have the 3 remakes and while they are great I always wondered 1 only one has a retro mode.
I just find that I do not stand pixelart, so this is a skip for me, even though the remakes monster boy and the cursed kingdom and wonder boy the dragons trap looks great
It's what Hudson published the original Wonder Boy under on the NES. Then the sequels that used the adventure island name were no longer Wonder Boy games but continued in a style similar to the first. Essentially one game created the adventure island and monster world games based on different elements of the first game.
Guys please be aware that (certainly on the PS5) the controls for the original Wonder Boy have been messed up. They have separated out the Run function and put it on a separate button. The original Arcade game has attack/run and jump on two buttons, now you have Attack - Run - Jump on three separate buttons making the game a mess. A shame really.
hard pass on this one, wonder boy 4 is the only one of these games that really aged well, and if you want to play that you might as well buy the remake which gives you the original game as well.
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Thank you to Dave for writing this one for us. Check out our recent collab video on his channel here: - ruclips.net/video/SMDNakbFJDA/видео.html
Will you be picking this one up? Let us know in the comments section!
Looking for eshop credit? Get OFFICIAL Nintendo Eshop Cards and other bits and bobs, at our new website and online store here - switchup.gg/
If you are a physical collector you can use code "SWITCHUPQ3" to save 5% at PlayAsia www.play-asia.com
Happy gaming! Glen
Is this a game full of wonders? Or no better than a little boy’s after school educational tv special? Let’s find out!
Yay Dave!!!
Wonder Dave in Review World
I can understand the goodies are strictly for limited editions but locking some games behind Strictly Limited Games is bs imo.
I didn't have much interest in this to begin with, but this kind of terrible business practices has made it a definite no buy for me. If this was all the games I might have shelled out some of my dough, but to hear it isn't on the digital... I definitely am not buying. Terrible 😔.
It’s pretty crazy how different the versions are. Strictly limited version has like 10 different versions of these games
It's available to buy right now from at least 6 UK retailer's. Maybe hold back the tears for a bit
That's part of what makes something collectable. Isn't that the whole point of their business model?
Grew up with this series and have a lot of nostalgia. It was some of the first games I got to play growing up. I picked up a copy from strictly limited because you get more versions of all these classics. Really enjoyed Monster boy. The music and gameplay brought me back to simpler times.
A trip down memory lane, I played these on the sega master system back in the day.
I'll probably get this on sale just so I can play Wonder Boy in Monster World on the Switch. But locking two games in this collection behind a limited edition physical version is beyond scummy!
That the reason y refuse to buy the game
If only it was two. The Strictly Limited ‘Anniversary’ release will have no less than 21 versions of the Wonderboy games when it arrives in early 2024..
@@jawessome judging by Turrican, which I am still waiting for, you could be right!
@@jawessome *Hopefully* they'll do the right thing and at least make this complete collection a DLC for the available platforms. Locking that much versions of 6 games is just a plain dick move, Wonder Boy is already a niche series, and by omitting that much games is like not wanting the series to be more well known, especially since SLG is notoriously known for not delivering their products in time, if at all. It's almost like they actively don't want the series to sell, then say "Well damn, people aren't interested in WB anymore, better stop revitalizing it.", and this is not what the fanbase wants.
On an unrelated mote, hope this collection also hits Xbox and PCs like Clockwork Aquario is doing (And MW4 remake did, although for PCs only), preferably not gimped like it currently is. Despite the jankiness on some titles, these are great pieces of history for the franchise, especially since they plan to include other versions of the games like SEGA AGES did back then.
@@jawessome If anyone seriously believes that they are receiving their Anniversary Edition from SLG as early as 2024, well...
I remember Adventure Island as a kid and wondered why this game looked familiar XD
First Sega omit Wonderboy from their rerelease of their Sega Classics compilations, and now they omit both the SMS Wonderboy 3 and the arcade Wonderboy 3 from their Wonderboy compilation. Thanks to you Sega, I’m now the proud owner of a Abernic RG350.
Nice review, Dave!
And thanks to SwitchUp for this review, been wondering how this one would turn out.
I love these games, especially Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. But I agree it's a shame that Dragon's Trap wasn't included. However the Dotemu remake of Dragon's Trap is excellent and a fine example of how great a remake can and should be.
To anyone who hasn't played these games, I highly recommend them if you enjoy adventure platformers and metroidvanias.
I love the series especially the remakes. I didn’t play these as a little one so I may take a look ….on a sale of coarse.
Thanks for the amazing video as always, even if I don’t like the game I love the channel so I support it!
Thank you for explaining exactly the type of games these are. I've been confused about this series for a long time.
Said it before, gonna say it again: it's very simple, I hear SwitchUp chime, I hit thumbs up.
I love this series so I ordered the ultimate collectors edition on strictly limited. But strictly limited/inin games have been really greedy in terms of putting exclusive content on strictly limited carts. Like the turrican collection, Darius collection, and now this. Really shady. I get that they say “not everyone wants to pay a premium for every game included” but idk I feel like people would if it had everything so make it retail and make the limited editions on strictly limited
Wonder boy arcade version is my favourite arcade game of all time. Got me hooked on arcade speed running and needed serious skill. I'm not a fan of the rpg game it turned into.
Had it on pre order since I found out about it cos its the only release of the original arcade on consoles. Finally finally finally get to play it legally again.
The original Wonder Boy received a perfect port on the PS2, courtesy of renowned studio M2 -> SEGA Ages volume 29: Monster World Collection even supports 240p/256p for CRTs.
@@Gryzor88 well I never knew this, I have all M2 ports on switch..thanks pal, will look this up for my ps2
Well there is the adventure island series which basically is like classic wonder boy( one or two titles have rpg elements aswell like the snes game), they should also make a collection for that series.
I grew up a Nintendo kid so I never played any of these games the first time around. My first experience with the series was Dotemu’s remake of Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon’s Trap. I finished that and enjoyed it quite a bit!
I've pre ordered the physical of this. I'm looking forward to playing through these games again on Switch.
Yeah, skipping this because of the limited version, I've had it with these companies exploiting my nostalgia to charge exorbitant prices. The actually BEST physical releases with the nicest extras have NOT been from Limited Run or SRG or Strictly Limited, it's things like Hollow Knight, Ty 1&2, DDLC+, Ion Fury, Untitled Goose Game, etc. The limitation mafia are really lazy now because they've cornered part of the market and they know it.
If they have a limited edition with physical goodies, fine, I might even buy one every now and then, but when you lock significant content that should be in the regular edition in to suck more money from retro gamers? Nah, not having it, I'm fully done with those things.
Lol sorry for rant, but damn this crap is annoying, I was looking forward to this release too since I'm a big fan of the Monster World games. Thanks for a thorough review as always.
Thanks for letting me play this Glen. Been interested in it but the glaring omissions do bother me. But what is actually here is still good
Not only does the strictly limited version include two additional games but it includes multiple versions of each game like the Master System version of three of these games. So I pretty much refuse to get such a stripped back collection seeing as the strictly limited version will now probably go on ebay for several times the price because of this.
Having my original SMS with a Wonder Boy cartridge, I must say…nostalgia rules the land. I’ve never played any other, but they look cool. However, I’m content with what I have and it’s a hard pass. Now…what about that TMNT Cowabunga Collection? 🤔 SOLD
Kind of messed up that the trailer shows footage from the console version of Monster Land, but the actual game features the arcade version. The console version doesn't have the weird timer, and it's presentation works better on a home console.
I was really excited for this collection. Disappointed with a number of the decisions they made.
Ohh, I was actually considering getting this on either PS4 or Switch for that reason.
This collection reminds me of the valis collection. A incomplete collection of four games that's slightly overpriced.
The one thing that always annoyed me about these games is having to chase the coins. You can't just run along, kill things, and grab the coins quickly. At least I can't.
I was just about to sleep when suddenly ding a new upload didn’t want to wait till morning to watch so sleep has been put on hold
Used to rent WB in Monster Land (away) back in the day 👴🏻
I still get confused with Adventure island 😄😄😄
Haha true. Me too. I think copycat
I just realized this collection is missing Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (SMS).
Not to mention Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (arcade).
*FAIL! INCOMPLETE!*
If was already wasn't going to buy this, I certainly wouldn't now.
Never played the wonder boy games, they definitely look fun and interesting.
Are we learning now that ALL these limited run companies are con artists. Open your eyes fellow gamers and avoid them like the plague upon gaming that they are. Smaller developers want to grow and expand? Why get involved with a company that does the bare minimum and attaches an arbitrary sales number because of fear of failure. Be confident in your products and give EVERYONE a chance to purchase them
Wonder boy, what is the secret of your power? Wonder boy, won't you take me away from this mucky-muck now
This is not the greatest Collection in the world... this is just a tribute
Would love to see a review of the new release "Souldiers" I tend to try things you rate highly haha
Great Stuff as always!
A incomplete collection for some and a complete one for others.I will wait until the whole thing became available for all of us.
Odd omissions for this being a Wonder Boy Collection, not specific to Monster
Can you disable the side art and just have it as plain black bars?
I know a few people, myself included, that are are refusing to buy this game because it is not a complete collection, so the publisher is losing out on our business by deciding to go this route with SLG and gating off content behind a limited edition.
What's worse is it sold out pretty much instantly and those copies will probably be on ebay at several times the price.
@@freddiejohnson6137 Yup, scalpers cashing in like always.
1:32 you can always change the controls in the Switch settings
That's true. The thing about having a review brain on is to talk about the game as it is, I mean the complaints I had about the music can be rectified by muting it and listening to something else as I play 😆
Nice to have a collection.
Wonderboy iii monster lair arcade version should be in this collection too...
When you hear contorls criticism it means the emulation has noticeable input delay.
I could never get into this series. Decent bundle for those that enjoy it.
If I bought this collection, I'd play the newest game and _maybe_ the second newest. I wouldn't touch the others.
Hmm, wir haben uns das Spiel leider über den ESHOP gekauft. Somit keine Chance auf eine Rückerstattung.
Das Spiel Wonderboy hat einen KO-Fehler. Im originalen Spiel konnte man schneller laufen, indem man lange auf dem Attack Button blieb und dabei den Joystick in Laufrichtung hielt. Hier geht das nicht!!! Man kann zwar die Steuerung individuell belegen, jedoch kann man den Run Button nicht identisch dem Attack Button belegen. Wenn man zB auf Run den Button B legt und dann auf den Attack Button auf B auswählt, wird der B Button bei Run entfernt. Es ist aber zum effektiven Spielerfolg maßgeblich, dass diese beiden Funktionen auf einen Button liegen.
Leider antwortet Nindento nicht auf Anfragen. Zumindest haben wir keine erhalten. Echt Schade, 30€ umsonst ausgegeben.
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Never played these. I'll add to my watch list ^_^
Really pisses me off for people like me who own the 3 remakes, kind of shitty like when they added one more game to that Disney collection and people who got the lion king and Aladdin missed out on jungle book…
There is the option to buy the extra disney games as DLC for that collection
@@Gameitupchannel with the digital copy ? Hmm I did not know that still it’s kind of bs we are forced to buy it additionally but at least it’s an option
!!I DECLARE THIS COLLECTION!!!
*whew!!
had this pre-ordered, found out about the limited edition having exclusive games and I canceled it, oh well
So dumb they had a "limited" run with 21 different versions and leave the rest of the retail/digital release with just the 4.
Omg! 4 gold get! Amazing!
Jesus… They chose monsterworld 4 over dragons trap? Count me out 😕
Although the remake has retro graphics aka essentially a port of the first built into a remake. I don’t mind what’s annoying is for those of us who have the 3 remakes have to buy this if they want all in retro style and for one additional game.
@@TheVioletBunny I am not talking about the remake. Monster world is a terrible game, and dragons trap is the perfect end to the trilogy. Dragons trap should have been in this collection. It is by far the best wonderboy game of them all.. again, money comes in an ruins everything because they want us to buy dragons trap separately, because they know it’s the best game
@@TheVioletBunny I like the remake so far, but I would have prefered to have all 6 games RETRO. I have Pandoras Box and got lucky with WB, WBIML, WB III: IML, WBIMW and MW4 (JP only :( )
@@reeanimationgaming1034 Which Monster World are you talking about? WBIMW or MW4?
@@Vinnay94 the one with the girl
Too pricey for a series of games that I have zero nostalgia for. I'll pass and save my cash for some games towards the end of the month.
Is weird for me play this version if they already launched the newest with better graphics
Wonderboy is good in my nostalgic minds eye but in reality playing it today is crap
Into my wishlist this will not go...
😅
Good collection, but it kinda sucks that this is the _only_ way to get Wonder Boy in Monster World on Switch.
Yep also annoying being dragons trap has the retro feature but the other 2 remakes don’t offer that. Instead if you want to play then old school style and plan an additional game you need to buy this. I wish they offered it as a dlc or something in addition to the others. I have the 3 remakes and while they are great I always wondered 1 only one has a retro mode.
@@TheVioletBunny Monster World IV did include retro mode, but only on the physical version
I just find that I do not stand pixelart, so this is a skip for me, even though the remakes monster boy and the cursed kingdom and wonder boy the dragons trap looks great
WHAT IS THE SECRET OF YOUR POWAAHHH?!!!
Yeah, that this isn't actually a complete package means it is a no from me.
adventure island?
It's what Hudson published the original Wonder Boy under on the NES. Then the sequels that used the adventure island name were no longer Wonder Boy games but continued in a style similar to the first. Essentially one game created the adventure island and monster world games based on different elements of the first game.
Guys please be aware that (certainly on the PS5) the controls for the original Wonder Boy have been messed up. They have separated out the Run function and put it on a separate button. The original Arcade game has attack/run and jump on two buttons, now you have Attack - Run - Jump on three separate buttons making the game a mess. A shame really.
MW4 fuck yes let's goooo
Fuck yeah, Modern Warfare 4! URAAAAH!!!!
hard pass on this one, wonder boy 4 is the only one of these games that really aged well, and if you want to play that you might as well buy the remake which gives you the original game as well.
😎🤙👍👍
Never played any of these, so tbh have no urge to buy them now upon your review, especially if half the titles are kinda clunky.
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dude how do you not know how to pronounce a th sound? th is not pronounced as a F sound. how embarrassing
Never heard of an accent ? What’s more embarrassing is xenophobia