The 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the successful saga of Wonder Boy , which began with a simple but effective arcade title developed by Escape (later known as Westone). The latest game in the saga was Monster World IV (1994), after which he lowered the curtain for more than twenty years. You heard of it?

Microsoft and FDG Entertainment announced today that, after having managed to involve the creator of the saga Ryuichi Nishizawa , during the year will be released on Xbox One Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom , new game faithful in every way to the spirit of the saga. For all the details on this new and interesting title we leave you the official statement diffused by developers followed by announce trailer that shows us the protagonist take the form of various animals to solve puzzles and make inroads in colorful locations that we can explore: happy reading and enjoy!

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The return of a legend

We are very happy to announce that we were able to engage the creator of the saga Ryuichi Nishizawa and to bring it back into vogue with our new game Monster Boy, due out this year for Xbox One. As a fan of the old classics and like Metroidvania, I found it amazing to realize a new title, faithful in every way to the spirit of the saga.

Loved her Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap for its transformations, so we took it as our main source of inspiration. Monster Boy continues the tradition of colorful side-scrolling adventures with a character able to take the shape of various animals to solve puzzles and Wade through a game environment open and interconnected.

More than a spiritual successor

With the help of Ryuichi Nishizawa and licensed from LAT Corporation, we have obtained access to the entire library of characters, graphic resources, sounds and music to the whole saga of Wonder Boy.

Although we are creating a new experience with the goal of 60 frames per second in Full HD and 2D graphics resolution, we are only too happy to restore luster to the glorious monsters, to music and to the functions of the old classics. We are working hard to create a game that enjoys at most fans of the saga, both new players.

WOW! Yuzo Koshiro, Motoi Sakuraba, Michiru Yamane!

Two years ago, when he began the creation of the game, we wouldn't have believed to be working with so many Japanese musical idols of our childhood. We decided to contact them too and, to our surprise, they agreed to join the team!

Music production is coordinated by Yuzo Koshiro himself, famous for the likes of Streets of Rage, Actraiser, Shinobi and Ys. In addition, we worked with Motoi Sakuraba, Michiru Yamane, Keiki Kobayashi, Takeshi Yanagawa and Haruka Shimotsuki. We believe that music is essential to live a great experience.

In Monster Boy there are a lot of new music, but we also adapted the most popular tracks of the historical saga. Still, the songs will receive the finishing touches with a recording session, where they will be used authentic tools. It is really fantastic!

We expect to complete the game within the second quarter of this year.