Wonder Boy vs. Master Higgins

[Anonymous No.7856489]

Whose series is superior?

[Anonymous No.7856494]

>>7856489
Wonderboy is shit

[Anonymous No.7856531]

>>7856489
Not a fan of the first game itself, but I love Monster World series and Monster Lair.

[Anonymous No.7856585]

Can somebody tell me the story of why these games are so similar. WTF happened?

[Anonymous No.7856616]

>>7856585
They are the same game. AI is just a console port of Wonderboy with this guy >>7856494 reskinned in the game cause the developer sold the Wonderboy character to Sega.

[Anonymous No.7856713]

What went wrong? Its so much worse than the ones for NES and PC Engine.

[Anonymous No.7856757]

>>7856585
Wonder Boy's developer, Westone (pronounced "west stone"), got around Sega's ownership of the franchise by porting the titles under various new franchises and publishers, most notably via Hudson under the Adventure Island branding.

[Anonymous No.7856783]

Why eggplants are evil?

[Anonymous No.7856818]

>>7856489
The better question is what the fuck were they thinking by taking Mario and making him fat(ter) and shirtless?

[Anonymous No.7856820]

>>7856713
This and the sequel are my biggest disappointments, i like the nes ones so i dont know why hate the SNES ones so much.

[Anonymous No.7856904]

>>7856616
>>7856757
Thanks for the history lesson, appreciated!

[Anonymous No.7856908]

>>7856489
Hudson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Westone

AAAAAHHHHHHHHH! It's good to be a bee in Hokkaido! ~~

[Anonymous No.7857150]

>>7856489
Monster World>Adventure Island>Wonder Boy

[Anonymous No.7857172]

>>7856489
Wonder Boy had better colors, so Wonder Boy.

[Anonymous No.7857209]

>>7856908
Why does this bee have whiskers and a smiley face?

[Anonymous No.7857216]

>>7857209
Because you are a casual bitch and should shut up, desuwa.

[Anonymous No.7857224]

>>7857150
wait so there are 3 versions of the same game?
or are there more as implied here >>7856757

[Anonymous No.7857232]

>>7857224
yes

[Anonymous No.7857246]

>>7856585
They eventually branched apart though.

[Anonymous No.7857248]

>>7856585
>>7856616
And Saiyuuki World for the Famicom is essentially the Famicom port of WonderBoy in Monsterland. Not sure how different it is beyond the reskin.

[Anonymous No.7857250]

>>7857224
No, don't listen to >>7857232
Adventure Island as a series perfected whay Wonder Boy, the original, was going for. But Wonder Boy morphed into the Monster World series, going in a completely different direction.

[Anonymous No.7857275]

>>7857224
Some of the Wonder Boy (Monster World subseries) games were also published by other people in different franchises, yet still developed by Westone. Some examples: Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Sega) is also Bikkuriman World (Hudson), Wonder Boy III is also Dragon's Curse/Adventure Island (Hudson), and Wonder Boy in Monster World (Sega) is The Dynastic Hero (Hudson/TTi).

[Anonymous No.7857316]

>>7856489
AI2 > AI3 > New AI > WB1 = AI1 > WB3 > Super AI1 > WB2/MW1 > WB4/MW2 > WB6/MW4 > WB5/MW3 > AI4 > Super AI2

[Anonymous No.7857378]

>>7857248
Don't forget about Bikkuriman World.

[Anonymous No.7858762]

>>7857209
>smiley face
Enjoying the view.

[Anonymous No.7858765]

>>7857216
you will never be an anime girl

[Anonymous No.7858771]

>>7858762
kek

[Anonymous No.7859354]

Between Wonder Boy and Adventure Island 1, I vastly prefer AI simply because of the music. Otherwise they're almost the same game, except WB's music is unexplicably annoying, while AI's music is timeless classic chiptune catchiness.
As for the rest of the series, I also favor Adventure Island for pushing the pure platforming forward and perfecting the formula. Adventure Island 2 and 3 are easily on my top platformers of all time.
From Wonder Boy, I really like WBIII: Monster Lair on Mega Drive, kinda underrated entry that actually goes for an arcade platformer instead of an adventure game.