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Two Wii Virtual Console games coming May 10th from Sega
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Mikey P
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May 04, 2012, 22:13:28
 
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1. Wonder Boy in Monster Land



2. Monster World IV (first time released outside of Japan)



900 Wii points each.

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Posted: 05/04/12, 22:13:28  - Edited by 
Mikey P
  on: 05/04/12, 22:16:11    
 
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I cannot fuckin' wait.


Posted by 
Guillaume
  on: 05/04/12, 22:39:52
One of these will be my first "arcade" purchase on the VC.


Posted by 
anon_mastermind
  on: 05/04/12, 22:43:00
Ironically, the 3DS Virtual Console is more dead than the Wii one.


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 05/04/12, 22:49:38
Sweet! I'm planning on getting these on another platform however; probably the 360. Although it would be really cool if they hit Steam


Posted by 
X-pert74
  on: 05/04/12, 23:32:40
May 10th is tomorrow!

Wonder Boy in Monster Land; thats like Adventure Island stuff? Am I thinking of something else?


Posted by 
Mr_Mustache
  on: 05/10/12, 02:10:35
The original Wonder Boy is what Adventure Island was based on. I haven't played the later Wonder Boy games, but it's my understanding that they're pretty different. For one thing, they have RPG elements and non-linearity.


Posted by 
X-pert74
  on: 05/10/12, 02:50:35
@X-pert74

I don't know if non-linearity is an attractive feature anymore to me. Did I tell you that I bought Solstice recently? Yech....


Posted by 
Mr_Mustache
  on: 05/10/12, 03:05:36
@Mr_Mustache I don't know what Solstice is.


Posted by 
X-pert74
  on: 05/10/12, 03:06:24


Posted by 
Mr_Mustache
  on: 05/10/12, 03:22:27
I have Solstice, and yeah, it's bad. You don't want to know what it is...


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 05/10/12, 03:33:10
I've never even heard of these titles.

Are they good?


Posted by 
New Forms
  on: 05/10/12, 03:40:23
@New Forms The Wonder Boy series is generally very highly-praised. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap I've seen described by multiple people who'ved played it as one of the best 8-bit games ever made; even rivaling Super Mario Bros. 3 for that title. I have yet to play any of the series (aside from the first game, which is unlike the others), but it's one I plan on going through someday, when I have the time.


Posted by 
X-pert74
  on: 05/10/12, 04:05:18
@X-pert74

Sweet. Sounds like something worth looking out for.

Thanks for the heads-up.


Posted by 
New Forms
  on: 05/10/12, 04:07:38


Posted by 
X-pert74
  on: 05/10/12, 04:09:12
While not games I'm interested in, I'm glad the Wii VC is still showing signs of life.


Posted by 
sirmastersephiroth
  on: 05/10/12, 07:22:12
Wonder Boy is awesome, will check out Monster Land.

I don't know anything about Monster World IV. It's kind of part of the Wonder Boy series, but kind of not or something? That series is F-ing confusing.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 05/10/12, 07:28:26
Zero said:
Wonder Boy is awesome, will check out Monster Land.

I don't know anything about Monster World IV. It's kind of part of the Wonder Boy series, but kind of not or something? That series is F-ing confusing.

Yes it is. I have never understood it either.


Posted by 
sirmastersephiroth
  on: 05/10/12, 07:33:47
From what I understand, the Wonder Boy sequels aren't like the first game at all. Where the first game was like the first Adventure Island, but much better, the other games are Metroid-like in design and include RPG elements.

The series IS confusing.


Posted by 
Guillaume
  on: 05/10/12, 07:34:28  - Edited by 
Guillaume
  on: 05/10/12, 07:35:08
There's two separate but intertwining series; Wonder Boy and Monster World. Thus you get stuff like Wonder Boy 5: Monster World 3 or some silly thing like that. Finally Monster World IV came out, as the first game in that series that's not also a "Wonder Boy" game (probably because the main character is a girl), and that is one of the two that will soon finally have an official English release, thanks to this coming VC release


Posted by 
X-pert74
  on: 05/10/12, 09:23:09
The games are now available on PSN, for $5 each.


Posted by 
Guillaume
  on: 05/23/12, 19:36:26
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