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    Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

    Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Apr 17, 2017

    A remake of the classic Wonder Boy game by Lizardcube and DotEmu.

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    3.7 stars

    Average score of 3 user reviews

    A new coat of paint may update this yet that doesn't mean the gameplay manages to retain its luster. 1

    Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (eShop)(Nintendo Switch) by riostarwind on May 26, 2018

    From one direct remake to another with one very notable difference. While Punch Out had added new challenges this is 100% the same game with a new coat of paint. Sure they did add in Wonder Girl mode but other than it being awesome it adds very little to the overall game. Which leaves me pondering if a old Sega Master System game can still be fun to this day.Being able to swap directly to the old game at a touch of a button is always a nice touch.Storywise Wonder Boy has traveled through the la...

    3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

    Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap review – a faithful remake 0

    Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap(Xbox One) by dfgooner on May 18, 2018

    Remaking games from the eight and 16-bit eras was all the rage a few years ago, and indie developers who grew up with hits like Super Mario Bros and Mega Man were keen to craft their own contemporary takes on that period of gaming as well. As a result we got critical darlings such as Shovel Knight and Axiom Verge.Developer Lizardcube could be accused of being somewhat late to the party with a remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap, originally released in 1989 for the SEGA Master Syste...

    2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

    Far away from mucky muck 0

    Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (eShop)(Nintendo Switch) by old_bo on May 22, 2017

    This remake feels like it should be the template for retro remakes. The core game has problems, sure, owed to the obtuse nature of open world action/adventure games of its era (think of it as a far less impenetrable cousin to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest), but the care that developer Lizardcube put into this game's audio/visual makeover and the work they did to preserve the original release's look and sound should be the benchmark for how these sorts of things are handled.The newly drawn art st...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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