Today, FDG Entertainment has revealed a confirmed, finalised release date for Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. The game will be available on Nintendo Switch on 6th November.
The news comes as part of today's 2018 Indies Showcase, which also revealed that the game will be available to play at this year's Gamescom at the Nintendo booth. The game is said to borrow all the best bits from the series to deliver a "fresh, modern adventure with fun gameplay, memorable music and gorgeous hand-drawn animations".
If you're unfamiliar with the title, allow this feature list below to get you up to speed. We've also shared the game's section from today's new presentation just below that - there's a good minute and a half of lovely footage to enjoy, including a return of the "Monster Boy, fighting for a future made of love and joy" song that we couldn't get out of our heads from the previous trailer.
FEATURES:
- Six awesome forms with unique combat and platforming abilities to make your adventure exciting from start to finish.
- Unlock new paths and secrets with special equipment: look for magic weapons and items that gradually open up the world.
- Over 15 hours of epic adventure: explore the new Monster World in a vast interconnected environment.
- Hand Drawn animations: characters and enemies come to life with detailed animations and fun facial expressions.
- Soundtrack from iconic Japanese composers: Yuzo Koshiro, Motoi Sakuraba, Michiru Yamane, Keiki Kobayashi and Takeshi Yanagawa.
- Full HD graphics at 60 fps: the game supports 1080p/60fps in TV mode and 720p/60fps in Nintendo Switch handheld mode.
- HD rumble support: feel the action with high-performance HD rumble support.
Are you excited to explore the world of Monster Boy on Nintendo Switch?
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SOLD! Looks bloody brilliant
Day one buy !
I'll buy, but only if that song plays on loop throughout the whole game.
@turntSNACO Exactly this ^
Yup that late 90's early 2000's anime art style, and the actual in game art is also nice. 100% in on this.
This looks fantastic
This is the only game that interest me in the whole Nindirect.
To be honest, I'd prefer to get Monster boy with a 32bit pixelart form but I'm so in love with the WonderBoy serie that I'm gonna get the game but only if they make a physical release in Europe.
Bravo Game Atelier !
Looks like you guys get to play it first, before PC release. Steam still shows Q1 2019. Enjoy.
It looks like physical releases have been planned for at least America, so I'm hoping Europe can get it physical too.
Although importing's no barrier either, local copies are preferable.
Nice!! This looks great!
monster Boy for smash! 🤣
No but seriously these kinda games i want to play everyday on the go.
Looking forward to it
For this year, I'll have Megaman, Monster Boy and Smash and some cheaper digital titles (of course I'll get something else, but nothing on my radar right now). I got really excited about the description of monster boy stating 15 hours of gameplay and interconnected worlds. I'm hyped!
Had anything been said about a physical release for this in europe?
Been looking forward to this game for twenty years, yo.
I know nothing about the series. Is this one a remake like the other title on the Switch already?
ugh that music...
Anyways this looks like a solid platformer, so I'll stay tuned.
Looks great. Anybody know the difficulty level with these games? I barely made it through Shantae and the Pirates Curse - last tower was a killer, and Ori and the Blind Forest wore me out. Not looking for anything more difficult that those. Not even DKCTF difficulty really. We own Cuphead but I haven't even bothered to attempt it.
This game looks so impressive! Going to have to pick up Wonderboy before this launches as it looks equally good!
No retail (real retail) no buy for me.
But I don't quite understand if it's meant to be a new entry or competition for Wonder Boy The Dragon's Trap.
Very Cool, loved dragon trap. But already $120 in the hole with FallOut and Darksiders in Nov.
Get it later on when nothing big to play.
Wonder Boy will never die!!!
Anybody have a link for that song??? 🤣🤣
Got all the Wonder Boy, Monster Boy games on Master System and MegaDrive so a must buy. Geez, think I'm living in the early '90's. Monster Boy, Mega Man, Street Fighter, Hamster Neo's... Just need an Alex Kidd compilation next. C'mon Sega you know it makes sense.
@Cobalt Uh... looks like it's more 32-bit than 16.... what do you mean? You mean you want it pixelated? But there was so much work put into the cartoon presentation
@The-Chosen-one Holy crap I would be all in for Monster Boy (and Girl) in smash
@CCore28 Wonder Boy is actually the series that inspired Shantae, and had monster changing forms all the way back in the '80s
Is this a brand new Wonder Boy and not a remake of a previous entry?
@Antraxx777 said : "Uh... looks like it's more 32-bit than 16.... what do you mean? You mean you want it pixelated? But there was so much work put into the cartoon presentation"
Absolutely not buddy !
It looks like a "1080p flash game" I would prefer to have something like the beautiful 2D graphics during the 32bit era...
The 5th generation of consoles was awesome for the 2D and because the last episode of the WonderBoy serie was on a 16bit Megadrive, I thought it would be wonderful to have a 32bit artstyle for the new iteration.
Don't get me wrong, the job that Game Atelier has done with MonsterBoy is great but yeah it's too " Flash type " from my perspective.
@Antraxx777 lol yeah me too, his/her moves are already done 🤣
This looks epic! Looking forward to playing it.
The game looks really solid. But that title, the color scheme and designs and the music just scream "kids game" to me. Far more than even Mario or Pokemon. Nothing wrong with that, but that is the impression I get. Still looks like it could be a lot of fun, but rather than targeting the "family" demographic, it seems like it's straight up targeting little kids.
@dkxcalibur Nah this one is a new entry that's why it doesn't have the "switch between 8bit and HD graphics" system that was implemented in the previous remake version
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