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The boss fights themselves are much less frustrating than Monster Land. The area designs have been further expanded with each area associated with each dragon boss feels unique with desert settings, haunted ships, beautiful gardens and more. Swings sword in a arc motion and can break bricks. Wonder Lizard – Can swim into the watery depths Has a little sword so less reach but is dead cute Wonder Mouse – small, fast and can climb walls. Wonder Dragon – Breaths fire can duck and can’t be harmed by lava Here’s a quick summary on their abilities: Playing as these animals will give you a unique ability which will access a new area of Monster Land to help you further your quest. As you travel across Monster Land you will fight other large dragons and this in turn will turn you into another weird wonder animal thing. The goal of the game is pretty simple lift the curse and turn back to the boy you once were. You fight the final boss the Meka Dragon but rather than saving Monster Land and finishing the game super early you get cursed and turn into a cute little dragon yourself.
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The game starts out with you playing the ending to Monster Land, only this time it’s significantly easier you have full health, full gear and the last level is not as convoluted and confusing as Monster Land. I hear people call these sort of games metroidvanias now for some reason. The level based design is also gone and the game now plays out as one large connected world you can explore at your own pace.
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The stupid timer is no where to be seen and you actually grind enemies for gold to upgrade your equipment. The game is a direct sequel to Monster Land only this time the game has finally been adapted for consoles in all the right ways. The Dragon’s Trap is very beloved by Wonder Boy and Sega Master System fans alike with good reason. I first played The Dragon’s Trap when I downloaded the Master System version on the Wii Virtual Console (an online store now closed) and this would actually be the last game in the series I would play. Monster Lair would be the first Wonder Boy III game I would play. In North America The Dragon’s Trap released in 1989 on Master System alongside Monster Lair on the Turbografx-CD, and while Turbografx-16 owners could get this title as Dragon’s Curse in 1991 there was no Genesis release. You see, on consoles in Europe The Dragon’s Trap released first in 1989 on Master System and Monster Lair released on the Mega Drive in 1991. This is not the case on consoles in the West, where The Dragon’s Trap actually released first. In all regions Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair was also released, and technically it was first if you count the first release in Japan. Yes, this is the second Wonder Boy III in this Wonder Boy retrospective.
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How to play today: PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch (on the remastered version of the game) Other releases: Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine, Mobile, iOS, Wii VC
