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| − | ''Wonder Boy'' is one of the most confusing game series ever, hurt further by a complicated release and localization scheme. It might as well be a ''brand'' for its developer [[Westone]] rather than a series.
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| − | ''Then'' you have Westone wanting success beyond Sega and taking nearly all of the ''Wonder Boy'' and ''Monster World'' titles to other platforms, many of these ports being renamed and de-''Wonder Boy'''d. In particular, the first ''Wonder Boy'' was eventually transformed into a huge [[Hudson Soft]] series called ''[[wikipedia:Adventure Island (video game)|Adventure Island]]''.
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| − | The six main titles actually developed by Westone are as follows:
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| − | *''[[Wonder Boy]]''
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| − | *''[[Wonder Boy in Monster Land]]'' ("Land" was changed to "World" for the port, beginning the ''Monster World'' subseries)
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| − | *''[[Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]]''
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| − | *''[[Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap]]'' (''Monster World II'')
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| − | *''[[Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'' (''Monster World III'')
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| − | There is also something of a licensed revival of the series in the form of a remake of ''The Dragon's Trap'', and new title ''[[wikipedia:Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom|Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom]]''. The latter was originally going to be a sequel to a shmup (''Flying Hamster''), which is amazingly appropriate.
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