In 2017, Lizardcube and Dotemu brought Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, an awesome remake of Wonder Boy III, to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Today, over two years after the title’s initial launch, the pair have confirmed that it has nearly sold 500,000 copies and revealed that they are bringing Wonder Boy: The
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. It’s no secret
Lizardcube and DotEmu’s remake Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap was one of the biggest surprises of the year for me, and I ended up giving the title an 8.5 in my review. Since then, the game’s soundtrack has been released and it was revealed that the game will be getting a physical release for PS4
Nicalis revealed that the will publish the retail version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in the first quarter of 2018 for $39.99. Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is an animated remake of the Sega Master System game Wonder Boy III. Players will control a hero cursed by a dragon,
Though the Switch has only been out for just over six months, the handheld/portable hybrid has already built up a stable of indie hits, with this year’s Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap in particular drawing significant sales from the game’s Switch port according to a recent report. Speaking with Gamasutra, Lizardcube’s Omar Cornut spoke on the Switch version
While the last few days have been dominated by news from the top developers and console makers, some of the smaller studios have been making E3 announcements of their own.This included, surprisingly, physical copy distributor Limited Run Games as they released two game reels of their upcoming library (something they hinted at a few weeks