FDG Entertainment has revealed that the upcoming Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom will launch in both digital and physical formats, with Sega helping in the publication of the latter.
Monster Boy is seen as the spiritual successor to the famous Wonder Boy series, which Sega owns the rights to. Previous Wonder Boy games were released on Sega systems, and the third entry was recently rebooted on Switch.
Both the digital and physical versions of Monster Boy will launch in the summer at the same time.
So far, this has only been confirmed for North America, but we'd hope that a physical edition will be coming to Europe and Japan as well.
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Holy Deep-fried nipple-biscuits! A physical and digital at the same time! This is unprecedented!
I'll be up for the physical version defo
Nice touch that Sega is handling the physical publication. If only they used the grid background of Master System game covers!
I don't have Switch (yet), but the box alone is enough for me to get it. I love physical games in my collection and this game is just charming
@Krull You're right, I'd like to see some uniformity for different company's releases but, being someone who has every single master system release, I have to say that grid pattern on master system boxes is weak. Still, like I said, I concur because I'm a freak for stuff looking all slick and tightly ordered on my shelves.
@HauntingNostrils Every Master System game? North American or European? Either way, that is amazing. My first console of my own was a Sega Master System.
Everything - cards/carts - I even have the Australian HES multi-pack with the gold cover which is rarer than dinosaur nipples, and all the tec toy releases. I admit I don't own Captain Silver North American Version because it sucks compared to the European release. I have some NES stuff but always loved my SMS infinitely more.
Nice, been hoping this would get a physical. Glad it's not Nicalis publishing this.
Awesome news thank you Sega!! Physical for me!
@HauntingNostrils the Tec-Toy ones- aren’t they from the Brazilian market? I have a few of those. Master system was HUGE in Brazil! I only have about 175 Master System games lol 😆
@Lroy hey buddy- I downloaded Crazy Climber last night, got hooked, played for maybe 45 minutes and then passed out right on the couch. So I’ll try the friends code over the weekend....did you give me your code?? Lol 😂
Yeah, fire and Ice, Ren and Stimpy (being my two faves) etc. I believe games production carried on in Brazil long after the "death" of the machine. If i'm not mistaken a few games have been made in the not too distant past and given physical releases too, but I put a lid on collecting about 8 years back.
@HauntingNostrils You Sir are a gaming God. Would love to have a complete set of games for a retro console. Especially one so dear to my childhood. Amazing.
@joey302 That addictive aye? I have only ever tried and failed to play CRAZY CLIMBER on Mame. Couldn't get the controls to work properly but I assume on the Switch you use each JoyCon to control each arm as your climb?
My Switch code is 3127 6508 1219.
@Lroy Master System, or Dreamcast are the easiest to go for, they have a "relatively" small list of software in comparison to other systems, and you're on to a winner if something had hard plastic cases because of longevity. NES, SNES, GBA, N64, Gameboy are all rip-offs for the collector as you'll pay triple just to find a bit of pristine cardboard, which is quite often repro anyway. Plus people cover up the condition of their cardboard game boxes in online auctions by putting them in thin plastic outers and dodging any excess light glare while taking the photo.
It's a minefield, which is why I stopped.
@HauntingNostrils Sage advice for sure.
Back to news of Monster Boy's release. Good stuff, I have WONDERBOY: THE DRAGON'S TRAP on Switch and keep putting off playing it as I told myself I'd replay 1 and 2 on Master System first. But with this release incoming I had better crack on with it, lol!
Went immediately from no buy to must buy because of the physical release. Thanks!
@Lroy yes addictive and yes exactly the controls are just about perfect on the Switch! I use the pro controller instead but same as Joy cons i assume...where each stick controls the right and left arm. You still get stuck here n there but I recall the Arcade game to be similar in that regard. But I was hooked and still could not get to the top of the first building for the helicopter to carry me off lol. Great classic though!! 👍👍 I got the code thx!
@Lroy I love the remake, the option to flip back and forth between old and new graphics on the fly is so sweet, and the soundtrack is one of the best I've heard.
They also remade the original wonderboy on PS4, it was released a few weeks back. Controls wise it's much the same, and to be fair it's not too bad all-round, but It just feels a little lacking when compared to Dragons Trap.
Awesome! Can't wait! A day one physical pickup for me.
Was a great game but I really wish they just rebooted it and not re-skinned the game. Level and gameplay design really shows it's age. Still had a great time playing though.
@EternalDragonX
You're talking about Wonder Boy: A Dragons Trap. This isn't the same game.
@HauntingNostrils Alas no PS4 for me. I'll look up a gameplay video for the WONDER BOY 1 remake. Love that game. Master System version might even trump the arcade original for me.
@Lroy I too have always been partial to a bit of WB and even, the very similar, Adventure Island games. Yeah, check the gameplay out, wouldn't surprise me if it cropped up on Switch pretty soon.
Finally, some release news! Day one, physical.
Cool!
Good job Sega, my wallet will be here for you.
Now Sega if you’d only start looking into your massive back catalogue of games and get that going for us!!! Thx
It's a shame Sega didn't get involved a bit earlier and maybe it would have been Wonder Boy instead of Monster Boy.
It's not a big deal but it would have been nice to continue the franchise in name as well as spirit.
I'll be picking this up none the less
May go digital if the game is small and affordable like Dragon’s Trap. That way both of mine will be digital. But either way, awesome!!!
Yay! I'm gonna get it.
Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom just turned from a spiritual successor into the next mainline Wonder Boy game, even marking Wonder Boy's 30th anniversary.
Day one for me. I got into monster boy 3 on megadrive a lot. Even if it did get mixed reviews it was just fine by me. Love how this seems to be like that but a whole lot better and brought up to todays standards. Also it reminds me of being 16 and going to that shop over the bridge by the lake, this will be day one for me.
@Alcovitch ahhh, in that case...BRING IT ON!!!
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