So... should I buy wonder boy in monster world for $15?

[tim333]

Sorry for making a whole topic for this, but I don't know where I'd put it. Is that a good price with box and manual?

[Melf]

That might be a bit expensive, but if it's complete and in good condition I'f buy it. The game is great.

[George Foreman]

I only paid five dollars for mine(complete) at some M&P game store. Where are you thinking of buying it from?

[tim333]

Ebay. I've never seen a copy, complete or otherwise, at any store I've been to that carried Genesis games. The $15 is after shipping, by the way.

[Russman]

$15 shipped for a complete copy? Yes buy it.

[djtwok]

Its the best part of wonderboy. Great graphics, fantastic Music (i like it even better than the PC Engine CD Music), and backup battery for saving.

[108 Stars]

Yeah, it´s pretty good.
Definately worth the price.

[Demonic Weasel]

If you don't buy it I may have to set rabid weasels on you. Muhahahaha!

[tim333]

Ok, ok, I bought it. Call off the weasels.

[Alianger]

Well, it's a good game overall but not without flaws.. Don't go into it thinking it's gonna top WB3, cause it won't. At least not gameplay-wise. I just beat it today, so now I can safely say it's slightly worse than both the prequel and the sequel (jap only). I typed down some good & bad points for future reference that I'm posting in case you're interested.

(+)
- cute, colorful, and nostalgic graphics with interesting boss designs.
- Music is well composed and nostalgic in the right places.
- The magic is actually useful this time, and enemies have different immunities/resistances to figure out.
- You can equip a spear to sacrifice some defense for longer reach.
- Multiple cities with habitants of various races.
- Cute familiars.
- Less long, flat surfaces in the level design than in the other games. Better dungeon designs than the prequel overall.
- Nice amount of characters to meet.
(-)
- Control is lacking. Shion moves slowly (better boots help, but not soon enough) and you can't really attack up- or downwards except with the spear, if you do a weak spin attack.
- The game starts out pretty slow and dull overall.
- Too short, too easy (if you grind for equipment, but if you don't you'll have to beat ordinary enemies 10+ times before they go down), and probably the smallest monster world in the series.
- You can only transform into a pygmy version of Shion, and your stats drop way down when you do it, plus you can't change equipment.
- There's not much equipment to buy, and you'll have to grind for some of it.
- The story is the lamest ever.
- Steep difficulty curve towards the end, especially the last 2 bosses where you'll pretty much rely on potions and spells to succeed, rather than good gaming.
- Shield spell is useless.
- The familiars are weak overall, and one of them actually makes the game harder for you.
- Towards the end the money starts rolling in extremely fast, but you don't really have any use for it.
- Music repeats a couple of times, but not like in MW4.
- Only 1 Savefile.

[Zebbe]

- Towards the end the money starts rolling in extremely fast, but you don't really have any use for it.

I think I used the money to buy a charm stone to get another heart (very useful).

[Alianger]

Sure, but you could've found the heart through exploring (if you get all 14 you can't buy an extra heart), and it's not that hard to find a charm stone either :) It's faster than collecting 500k.

Anyone know what happens if you blow it at the Sphinx quiz? I only got 4/5 right, but he let me through anyway.. I wanted a fight!

[Genesis Knight]

The familiars are weak overall, and one of them actually makes the game harder for you.

Which one is that?

[Alianger]

That little reaper looking guy who joins you in the ice area. It actually got me killed once.