Switch Version Of Monster Boy Has A Fighting Chance Of Getting A Physical Release

"Because of a less risky business."

Sounds encouraging, and its nice to see Nintendo included when a publisher talks of profitable consoles to release physical games on.

That trailer.... looked amazing and I have no real idea what this is even.

But based on gameplay and soundtrack alone I find myself suddenly wanting whatever this is.

How about both on one physical cartridge? That would be a nice value (but likely a complicated prohibitive process).

I wonder if either of these Teams have the ability or plans to make a new game in the franchise. That could be even better. I guess sales numbers would help with inertia.

I wonder what he means when saying it's a less risky business releasing it physically on PS4 and Switch?Is it because of poor sales for this kind of game on Xbox One or more costs involved releasing physically?Maybe it's a combination of both.

This time unlike wonder boy, i will sit it out till we know about a physical release for sure!

@speedracer216 a great classic game from the past my friend- you will enjoy it 👍

If they release a physical version, then they have my business.

Will be nice, but since I don't own a Switch at the moment and not planning on purchasing one for a while, will be getting it on PS4. Until then, I'll hold off on buying it digital just in case, but will be nice to get a heads up if it's actually going to happen or not.

@aaronsullivan cursed kingdom is a brand new title

@OorWullie I took it to mean install base, more PS4 than XBOne in the wild and optimism for Switch sales.

They should communicate with each other and get it sorted

I haven't bought the game yet but I'd seriously consider a physical version.

My guess as to what "less risky business" means is that the audiences on PS4 and Switch have two different factors in their favor. For the PS4, it's a huge install base that's almost double that of the XB1. For the Switch, it's the low number of competing titles at this time, giving them relatively good chances of selling out the physical copies they produce.

These are the kind of games that really don't need physical versions, and get one is a good way to inflate the price of what might have been a 15-20 dollar game otherwise.

I hope this and Dragons Trap both get physical releases as I'd buy both. I'm just glad there are developers out there keeping Wonderboy alive.

I certainly hope they can, but I'll buy Monster Boy day one regardless. My monster body is ready!

I'll buy physical switch.

I buy both of these day one if they do had physical release (even if I already bought them digitally as well).

Funny enough, this actually makes me think about not buying either before I know if they will be physical. I would much rather have physical and I dont like double dipping.

I would rather choose Dragons Trap, mostly because I like the hand draw visuals.
I like Cursed Kingdom's scenery but there seems to be too much stuff going on in that trailer for me.

I'd buy it on the switch

All this Wonderboy love! <3

Just in case they see this I also would purchase a physical of either/both games

@BlueKnight07 @OorWullie

It is because when you release physical games on Xbox One, there is a certain number of copies that needs to be made, making it a bit trickier for smaller releases. In the case of PS4 and Switch, that number is much lower.

This is also the reason why games like Shantae, Teslagrad and Axiom Verge didn't get physical releases on Xbone, while PS4 and Wii U did.

@JoakimZ How do you mean? What makes there need to be more copies made for Xbox? Is it a Microsoft policy?

Double these games up on to one cartridge please. I don't like buying digital unless well discounted.

@gcunit Yes, if I've understood correctly, it is Microsoft that has a policy about minimum number of prints in a run.

@JoakimZ I didn't know that, cheers. That explains a lot.

...Can we get a digital release of this on Switch?

People keep fawning over physical releases that will likely put the publishers in a hole. Meanwhile, I just want to know if we'll get to play it on NS at all, because that video outlines releases for only Steam, PS4, and XBO.

.....Do they realize that xbox one has around 30 million consoles out there compared to the Switch's around 3 million?These guys sound so foolish in this comment.

Yeah but... I like the art style of dragons trap more...

@JoakimZ @BinaryFragger Thanks

I'm not normally too bothered about physical releases because, frankly, I'm lazy and don't like changing discs/cartridges. That said, I have Wonder Boy, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Monster World IV all boxed, so I should really get it on cartridge.

Should pick up the Master System version of Wonder Boy in Monster World too really...

@EternalDragonX Part of it might be the MS requirement for more copies in a print that BinaryFragger is talking about, but it's also about target market. There may be 30M X1's out there, but how many of those 30M X1 customers are ALSO customers for 2D hand-drawn retro type platformers? Who is the X1 customer base? A massive part of that customer base is primarily interested in certain types of games, overwhelmingly so for sports games and online shooters. And the attach rates show a lot of those customers buy only one or two games. Not exactly the likeliest platform for sales of this game. Meanwhile Switch has only a few M by the time this comes out, but comes with a majority of the install base displaying strong interest in indies, 2D platformers, and high attach rates in that category.

Meanwhile Wii had a >100M install base, but I don't think anyone ever believed Dead Island would have sold well on it

Numbers don't always tell the whole story. Just because a platform sold a lot of units doesn't mean the customers buying them are likely to be customers of a given studio's product.

Edit: There's also the issue that I believe 60% or so of the X1 install base is in the US. And the US is the LEAST familiar territory with the Wonder Boy/Monster Boy brand since the NES pretty much thoroughly shut out Sega during that time period here and only here (and Japan.) EU is a much more important target for Wonder/Monster Boy for nostalgia sales, and they're a lot less interested in X1.

@NEStalgia well me for one, i bought wonderboy on my xb1 and i always buy 2d games on it. Ps4 for exclusives and xbox for multiplats. Of course that may change now w the switch. I intend to buy more 2d games for it than my other 2.

@EternalDragonX Haha, yeah, you're kind of the proof of their point "Nintendo fan who hangs out on Nintendo site bought retro 2D games on X1, but plans to buy that type of game on Switch in future" is probably what they're seeing a lot of.

And in particular Nintendo fans, now with our cartridges, are a lot more likely to be buying physical copies in general of anything than the X1 crowd, so specifically for physical games they have a really solid point on that.

I hope they both get the cartridge treatment.

@NEStalgia I suppose you're right I'm 100% digital though on all my consoles now. So physical releases don't matter much to me.

@brutalpanda I think I knew that it was an new title, once. Heh. Whoops. Thanks for letting me know.

I never jumped into Monster Boy or Wonder Boy in Monster World back in the day, but kept hearing about how good they were, so I'm looking forward to these.

I'm a little bummed that the team with the pedestrian art style has the rights to continue the franchise, though. Both look promising, though.

This one looks better than The Dragons Trap. Am not bothered about a physical release really as it won't take up much space on a hard drive.

I'd definitely get this on PS4 and Switch if they released physical copies.