Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap Review

Back in the 80s when Mega Man and the older Zelda games were all the rage, there was a lesser known yet beloved classic, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon Trap. Released in 1989 for the Sega MasterSystem, Wonder Boy III never really got the attention it deserved. So in 2017, Lizardcube and DotEmu has decided to bring back this classic, with fully updated hand-drawn visuals and enhanced audio, and turns out that this Metroidvania style platformer still holds up really well. You play as Wonder Boy, or, as is the option in the modern remake, as Wonder Girl. After being cursed by a dragon, you turn into a lizard-man/woman, and spend the rest of the game trying to regain your original form and defeat the dragon. The plot is simplistic, but it puts that simplicity to great use in designing an interesti...