Physical Wonder Boy Slated for Europe, Australia, NZ

<p>The 2017 remake of the Sega Master System platformer&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wonder-boy-dragons-trap-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Wonder Boy 3&colon; The Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Trap<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; is getting a new lease on life&period; Initially released last year on PC&comma; Playstation 4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and Nintendo Switch&comma; it has been available both digitally and at retail for quite some time in North America&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;Nintendo-Switch-dragons-No-Operating-System&sol;dp&sol;B077QSYBNP&sol;ref&equals;sr&lowbar;1&lowbar;2&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;qid&equals;1519257930&amp&semi;sr&equals;8-2&amp&semi;keywords&equals;wonderboy&amp&semi;dpID&equals;515y6hTjNaL&amp&semi;preST&equals;&lowbar;SY300&lowbar;QL70&lowbar;&amp&semi;dpSrc&equals;srch" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Switch<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;Wonder-Boy-Dragons-Trap-PlayStation-4&sol;dp&sol;B0777CXJ46&sol;ref&equals;sr&lowbar;1&lowbar;1&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;qid&equals;1519257930&amp&semi;sr&equals;8-1&amp&semi;keywords&equals;wonderboy&amp&semi;th&equals;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PS4<&sol;a> copies can be grabbed for &dollar;39&period;99&period; <em>Wonder Boy&colon; The Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Trap <&sol;em>for Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch heads to major retailers across Europe&comma; New Zealand&comma; and Australia&period; It launches on April 18th for €39&period;99 &sol; £34&period;99&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Wonder Boy&colon; The Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Trap <&sol;em>replaces the 8-bit pixels of the original with high definition hand-drawn artwork&period; Developer Lizardcube&comma; reverse engineered the original game code to produce the most faithful replication of character movement&comma; secret door locations&comma; and item drop logic&period; The remake adds a new playable character and a toggle to replace the remade visuals and music with the original&&num;8217&semi;s pixelated graphics and sound&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;135830" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-135830" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-135830 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Wonder-Boy-Dragons-Trap-Shot-01-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-135830" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Wonder Boy&colon; The Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Trap&comma; DotEmu&comma; Nicalis&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Wonder Boy&colon; The Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Trap<&sol;em> boasts a positive Metacritic average of 79 with a matching 7&period;9 user average&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pushsquare&period;com&sol;reviews&sol;ps4&sol;wonder&lowbar;boy&lowbar;the&lowbar;dragons&lowbar;trap" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Pushsquare<&sol;a> gave the game a 7&sol;10 while concluding that it &&num;8220&semi;<em>is a ruthlessly faithful remake of the Master System classic that boasts a dramatic and beautiful audiovisual makeover&period; The game itself is still very enjoyable with a world map that&&num;8217&semi;s fun to work through and a lean Metroidvania structure that introduces new ideas right to the end&period; The controls are quite loose&comma; which can lead to some frustration&comma; but by and large&comma; this is a wonderful recreation that both fans and newcomers will enjoy<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the higher end of the scale&comma; Worthplaying awarded it a 9&sol;10&comma; concluding the review with &&num;8220&semi;<em>Wonder Boy&colon; The Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Trap is an excellent example of the right kind of remastering for a sprite-based game&period; Everything from the original is kept intact&comma; with only a few changes that make the game more bearable in the modern era without affecting the difficulty at all&period; The presentation is what everyone will be talking about&comma; however&comma; as this game surpasses expectations&comma; which is a bigger feat for an indie developer than a larger studio&period; The game length may be short initially&comma; but the many secrets will keep you coming back&comma; making this title a must-have for platforming fans of all types<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;