Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap REMAKE

[KingDrool]

Looks like it's being unveiled tomorrow. There's a countdown timer on the official site:
http://www.thedragonstrap.com/

Developed by Lizardcube, which is Omar Cornut from Media Molecule and Ben Fiquet.

Who?
Lizardcube was founded by:

Omar Cornut / Coder (past lives at Media Molecule "Tearaway" bits of "Dreams", Q-Games "Pixeljunk Shooter" series, "Soul Bubbles", bits of "WiLD", creator of "dear imgui", "meka", etc.) http://www.miracleworld.net

Ben Fiquet / Comic & Animation Artist (past lives on "Soul Bubbles", "Powa", "Les Chevaliers de la Chouette", working with Dreamworks, Zodiac Kids etc.) http://www.benfiquet.com

Here's some art:

[DragonmasterDan]

I hate the art style in the promotional material

[SignOfZeta]

I think I the art is fine, I'd be more likely to question the point of a remake in the first place. 

[Black Tiger]

Is this licensed by Sega? That other Monster World game wasn't last I heard and it has major talent involved. If this is a fan project, they shouldn't be hyping it.

[KingDrool]

I'm guessing that since this is a legit developer this probably isn't a fan project.

[EmperorIng]

I'm guessing that since this is a legit developer this probably isn't a fan project.

Well, "legit developer" is a funny term these days. The makers of the new Monster Boy or w/e it's called are "legit developers"... of mobile games, despite having the input and assistance of Yuzo Koshiro et al. from Sega's back catalog of cool dudes.

Given the fact that Monster Boy is in essence a remake/spiritual sequel of Dragon's Trap, it's an odd choice to flood the market with two similar games, assuming they even release near one another.

[KingDrool]

By legit, I meant two dudes with actual resumes and not just hobbyists.

[KingDrool]

The trailer is up:

A good curse makes a good game (or so they say)! turned into a half-human, half-lizard monstrosity by the Meka-Dragon, a lonesome adventurer is facing the challenge of a lifetime! In search for a cure, our mutated anti-hero will explore the many traps of Monster Land... and defeat many stuff-throwing, curse-wielding dragons. How many more transformations can one hopeful body survive, as it turns into a Lizard, a Mouse, a Piranha, a Lion, and a Hawk... The six different forms of our shape-shifting hero make up the cast of this non-stop action-adventure platformer!

Featuring
◾A huge interconnected world!
◾6 playable forms for our shape-shifting hero, with different abilities!
◾Dragons of all kinds! A Zombie Dragon! A Mummy Dragon! A Samurai Dragon!
◾An eye-patch wearing shop-keeper pig who may or may not provide a sense of warmth and direction!
◾Beautiful, hand-drawn animated graphics!
◾A memorable soundtrack, based on Shinichi Sakamoto's originals, re-imagined and recorded with classical instruments!
◾...and more to be announced!

History
A cult classic
We took on making a modern version of the 1989 Master System / PC Engine cult classic created by Westone (Ryuichi Nishizawa, Takanori Kurihara, Hiromi Kurihara and Shinichi Sakamoto). With the help of Ryuichi Nishizawa (Westone), Shinji Fujiwara (LAT), and a relentless commitment of DotEmu to untangle a bunch of documents covered in pixellated dustwebs, we have licensed the IP to create this new version (a first since 1994).

[xelement5x]

That trailer looks pretty sweet actually.

[Gredler]

Bra f*cking vo, looks great.

[poponon]

looks cool - maybe i can convince my non-retro gaming friends to give this one a shot . I think i'll stick with pce version tho

[Dicer]

[Black Tiger]

Glad it's licensed. The visuals aren't what I want, but unique enough and not off-putting like the Bonk remakes, that I'm interested in playing it at the right price.

I still really want to do a proper 16-bit remake for PC Engine.

[SignOfZeta]

f*cking hell. That looks amazing.

[johnnykonami]

Watched this earlier, looks really nice!  I wonder if the animation is finished though, looks like it could use a couple in between frames here and there.  Not sure about the music, I'd have to hear more of it but remakes always seem to think doing an orchestral/classical version of the original music is the way to go.  I'm not sure that's always a good fit and if anything kinda lends itself to sounding generic.  In any case they put a lot of work into it and I'll definitely buy it should it show up on Steam.