History VideoGame / MonsterWorldIV

** The armors become unavailable after the armor salesman leaves town toward the end, including the best one, the Legendary Armor.

** Once you clear a level, you cannot go back to it. If you missed any valuable items such as Life Drops and Gold Bars...well, you won't be able to go back for them any more.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Queen, and also the citizens to a minor extent.

* HopelessBossFight: Just after completing the Sky Castle/Aegis Island, Asha must encounter the brainwashed Queen again. This time there is no winning the fight as any attack you try does nothing to her and her attacks do triple damage compared to the rest of the game. It is subverted after you are down to one heart when [[spoiler:Pepe returns and sings the Cradle Song of Pepelogoo that reverses all of the corruption that occurred in the town.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: The Wizards in their human forms. Scowling faces with black beards, pointy ears, EvilLaugh... Come on!

''Monster World IV'' is the sixth installment in the ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' franchise, originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]] before the franchise's 20 years long break. The player controls Asha, a young girl who embarks on a journey to help out spirits calling for her, and is accompanied by an amorphous RidiculouslyCuteCritter known as a Pepelogoo and a disgruntled genie who escorts Asha to the Kingdom of Rapadagna. Notable for being the only "Monster World" game without a male protagonist and thus was released without the usual "Wonder Boy" branding.

''Monster World IV'' remained exclusive to the Japanese market until Sega released an English-language version of the game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade (the XBLA release is part of ''Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World'' along with the original versions (in Japanese and English) of ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'') in May 2012, and included the game into the built-in library of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mini in 2019. A remake called ''Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World'' was announced in August 2020 and is set for release on May 28th, 2021 on PC through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [=PlayStation=] 4 and Nintendo Switch.

''Monster World IV'' remained exclusive to the Japanese market until Sega released an English-language version of the game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade (the XBLA release is part of ''Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World'' along with the original versions (in Japanese and English) of ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'') in May 2012, and included the game into the built-in library of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mini in 2019. A remake called ''Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World'' was announced in August 2020 and is set for release in April 22, 2021 on PC through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [=PlayStation=] 4 and Nintendo Switch.

* MarketBasedTitle: With the remake announced it will have a proper "''Wonder Boy''" name attached on its title along with dropped romanic number like 2017's ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' remake just in case that ''Monster World IV'' is part of the series which notably won't make sense to use it since Asha being the female protagonist of the game back then as well as avoiding title confusion & with the release of ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' which included her cameos, it's seems appoparite time to give the remake a proper brand name.

''Monster World IV'' remained exclusive to the Japanese market until Sega released an English-language version of the game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade (the XBLA release is part of ''Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World'' along with the original versions (in Japanese and English) of ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'') in May 2012, and included the game into the built-in library of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mini in 2019. A remake called ''Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World'' was announced in August 2020 and is set for release in early 2021 on PC, [=PlayStation=] 4 and Nintendo Switch.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Official artwork of the remake, depicting Asha & Pepelogoo, Purapril XIII, The Genie, all 4 previous little companions (now as a spirits), & many important NPC.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Official artwork of the remake, depicting Asha & Pepelogoo, Purapril XIII, The Genie, all 4 previous little companions, & many important NPC s]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Official artwork of the remake, depicting Asha & Pepelogoo, Purapril XIII, The Genie, all 4 previous little companions, & many important NPCs]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Official artwork of the remake]]

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[[caption-width-right:240:Asha, protagonist of ''Monster World IV'']]

''Monster World IV'' remained exclusive to the Japanese market until Sega released an English-language version of the game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade (the XBLA release is part of ''Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World'' along with the original versions (in Japanese and English) of ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'') in May 2012, and included the game into the built-in library of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mini in 2019.

''Monster World IV'' remained exclusive to the Japanese market until Sega released an English-language version of the game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade (the XBLA release is part of ''Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World'' along with the original versions (in Japanese and English) of ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'') in May 2012.

* BadassBoast: Fear Incarnate gives "I am forever!" as his final boast before the boss battle.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Once you clear a level, you cannot go back to it. If you missed any valuable items such as Life Drops and Gold Bars...well, you won't be able to go back for them any more.

** Shion himself is mentioned in one of the books. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it's not good news: a hole suddenly appeared in front of his house, he disappeared and was never heard from again]]. Then again, the official 2012 English version doesn't have the bad part.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Unlike previous heroes, Asha cannot swim, so she has to call Pepe to rescue her if she falls into deep water.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Unlike previous heroes, Asha cannot swim, so she has to call her Pepelogoo to rescue her if she falls into deep water.

* SeriesFauxnale: [[spoiler:Asha is the one who finally puts an end to Biomeka]]. This game used to be the SeriesFinale until the announcement of a [[VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom new game]] in 2015. It is also the final game of the series to be released under Sega's helm, and thus the last one to sport the familiar ''Monster World'' title.

* TheChosenOne: It's written in the books of the library that there is one, and it's obviously Asha. Biomeka realizes this far too late.

* RecurringRiff: Nearly the entire soundtrack consists of rearrangements of the game's main theme.

* VolumetricMouth: Asha does this whenever she yawns if you don't touch the controler for a while.

''Monster World IV'' is the sixth installment in the ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' franchise, and the last one to be released before the franchise's 20 years long break. The player controls Asha, a young girl who embarks on a journey to help out spirits calling for her, and is accompanied by an amorphous RidiculouslyCuteCritter known as a Pepelogoo and a disgruntled genie who escorts Asha to the Kingdom of Rapadagna. Notable for being the only "Monster World" game without a male protagonist and thus was released without the usual "Wonder Boy" branding.

Originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]] on April 1994, ''Monster World IV'' remained exclusive to the Japanese market until Sega released an English-language version of the game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade (the XBLA release is part of ''Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World'' along with the original versions (in Japanese and English) of ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'') in May 2012.

''Monster World IV'' is the sixth installment in the ''Franchise/WonderBoy'' franchise, and the last one to be released before the franchise's 20 years long break. The player controls Asha, a young girl who embarks on a journey to help out spirits calling for her, and is accompanied by an amorphous RidiculouslyCuteCritter known as a Pepelogoo and a disgruntled genie who escorts Asha to the Kingdom of Rapadagna. Notable for being the only "Monster World" game without a male protagonist and thus was released without the usual "Wonder Boy" branding.

* TheChosenOne: It's written in the books of the library that there is one, and it's obviously Asha. Biomeka realizes this far too late.