Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap

2017

Developer: Lizardcube
Original developer: WestOne
Publisher: Dotemu
Price: $19.99

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Masterpiece from the 80’s

A good curse makes a good game (or so they say)! turned into a half-human, half-lizard monstrosity by the Meka-Dragon, a lonesome adventurer is facing the challenge of a lifetime! In search for a cure, our mutated anti-hero will explore the many traps of Monster Land… and defeat many stuff-throwing, curse-wielding dragons. How many more transformations can one hopeful body survive, as it turns into a Lizard, a Mouse, a Piranha, a Lion, and a Hawk… The six different forms of our shape-shifting hero make up the cast of this non-stop action-adventure platformer!

We took on making a modern version of the 1989 Master System / PC Engine cult classic created by Westone (Ryuichi Nishizawa, Takanori Kurihara, Hiromi Kurihara and Shinichi Sakamoto). With the help of Ryuichi Nishizawa (Westone), Shinji Fujiwara (LAT), and a relentless commitment of Dotemu to untangle a bunch of documents covered in pixellated dustwebs, we have licensed the IP to create this new version (a first since 1994).

Imagine if Zelda, Metroid and Mario had a love child.

“Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap shines as one of the best retro remakes yet.”

GAMESPOT

“A remake handled with the care and attention of true fans.”

NintendoLife

“Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is everything a remake should be.”

Waypoint/Vice

Features

A huge interconnected world!
6 playable forms for our shape-shifting hero, with different abilities!
Dragons of all kinds! A Zombie Dragon! A Mummy Dragon! A Samurai Dragon!
An eye-patch wearing shop-keeper pig who may or may not provide a sense of warmth and direction!
Beautiful, hand-drawn animated graphics!
A memorable soundtrack, based on Shinichi Sakamoto’s originals, re-imagined and recorded with classical instruments!
Play as the game’s classic character, Hu-Man, or as his brand-new, long-awaited co-star Hu-Girl.
Switch from modern graphics and sound to 8-bit graphics/audio at any time – even during gameplay!
Enjoy 3 difficulty levels catering to players of all types!
…and more to be announced!