History VideoGame / WonderBoyInMonsterLand

* AllThereInTheManual: This game is virtually disconnected from the original ''Wonder Boy'' game except for a mention in the localized manual for the Master System port as the event having taken place eleven years prior. The citizens of Monster Land somehow heard the tale, and call the hero by the legendary title "Wonder Boy" (the manual also mentions that his moniker in the home ports, "Tom-Tom", is actually a childhood nickname). Now a teenager, Wonder Boy (real name Bock Lee Temjin) is summoned to save the kingdom. While there is no indication of this in the original Arcade version, both characters were reaffirmed as [[RetCon one in the same]] in the manual for ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap]]''.

'''''Wonder Boy in Monster Land''''' is the second game in the "Franchise/WonderBoy" series. A departure from the original ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'', rather than being a standard platformer like the original, ''Monster Land'' employed a more action RPG-like approach to its game design, allowing the player to equip his characters with swords, spells and various pieces of armor. The player controls a young lad named Bocke Lee Temjin as he sets out to rescue his homeland of Wonder Land, which has been taken over by an army of monsters led by an evil dragon.

''Monster Land'' was originally released in Japan as an arcade game in 1987, before getting an international release for the MasterSystem in 1989. The Mark III version was titled '''''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World''''' in Japan, making it the first game in the "Monster World" sub-series. Computer versions were also released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC, along with licensed remakes for non-Sega platforms such as '''''Bikkuriman World''''' for the PCEngine and '''''Saiyuki World''''' for the {{Famicom}}.

* AllThereInTheManual: This game is virtually disconnected from the original ''Wonder Boy'' game except for a mention in the localized manual for the Master System port as the event having taken place eleven years prior. The citizens of Monster Land somehow heard the tale, and call the hero by the legendary title "Wonder Boy" (the manual also mentions that his moniker in the home ports, "Tom-Tom", is actually a childhood nickname). Now a teenager, Wonder Boy (real name Bock Lee Temjin) is summoned to save the kingdom.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The hero's name. The arcade game spells his full name as "Bocke Lee Temjin" (with "Book the Hero", the name given in the instruction card, being his nickname) in the casting roll, while the manual for the Master System version spells it "Bock Lee Temjin" (removing the "e" from "Bocke"). Some of the enemies have their names spelled differently as well, most notably the final boss of the game - which was originally called the Mechanic Dragon, and called the MEKA dragon, Meka Dragon and Mecha Dragon in later sources such as ''The Dragon's Trap''.

* AllThereInTheManual: This game is virtually disconnected from the original ''Wonder Boy'' game except for a mention in the localized manual for the Master System port as the event having taken place eleven years prior. The citizens of Monster Land somehow heard the tale, and call the hero (who is referred by his home port name "Tom-Tom") by the title "Wonder Boy" (incidentally, his original Arcade name).

* RoboticReveal: The FinalBoss.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The hero's name. The arcade game spells his full name as "Bocke Lee Temjin" (with "Book the Hero", the name given in the instruction card, being his nickname) in the casting roll, while the manual for the Master System version spells it "Bock Lee Temjin" (removing the "e" from "Bocke"). Some of the enemies have their names spelled differently as well, most notably the final boss of the game - which was originally called the Mechanic Dragon, and called the MEKA dragon, Meka Dragon and Mecha Dragon in later sources such as ''Dragon's Trap''.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Contrast the image above (the Japanese box art) with the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Monster_Land_for_the_Master_System_cover_artwork.jpg American version]] of the Master System version of the game, featuring a more realistically proportioned Wonder Boy in full plate grinning wildly while cutting down a knight.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The hero's name. The arcade game spells his full name as "Bocke Lee Temjin" (with "Book the Hero", the name given in the instruction card, being his nickname) in the casting roll, while the manual for the Master System version spells it "Bock Lee Temjin" (removing the "e" from "Bocke"). Some of the enemies have their names spelled differently as well.

* ShockingSwerve: Surprise!! The final boss is actually a robot. Possibly from space.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: When completing a world on the Amiga port.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The hero's name. The arcade game spells his full name as "Bocke Lee Temjin" (with "Book the Hero", the name given in the instruction card, being his nickname) in the casting roll, while the manual for the Master System version spells it "Bock Lee Temjin" (removing the "e" from "Bocke"). Some of the enemies have their names spell differently as well.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Contrast the image above (the Japanese box art) with the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Monster_Land_for_the_Master_System_cover_artwork.jpg American version]] featuring a more realistically proportioned Wonder Boy in full plate grinning wildly while cutting down a knight.

--> [[AWinnerIsYou War is over]]

* DivorcedInstallment: ''Saiyuki World'', the Famicom version.
** DolledUpInstallment: The PC Engine version became a game based on the ''{{Bikkuriman}}'' series of trading stickers. And in Brazil, the SMS version had Wonder Boy replaced with the protagonist of local comic ''MonicasGang''.

* StealthPun: The Grim Reaper and its upgraded version Gold Collector. The certainties of death and taxes come to mind.
* TheGrimReaper: The first boss, who later has a {{palette swap}} that steals your gold.

* NintendoHard: Within the Sega Master System version, the bosses can be killed in just a few hits each, but you only have one life no continues, unless you gain more lives through score. Wherein the PSN version the bosses are much much more difficult but you have unlimited continues, take your pick.

* NintendoHard

** DolledUpInstallment: The PC Engine version became a game based on the ''{{Bikkuriman}}'' series of trading stickers.

''Monster Land'' was originally released in Japan as an arcade game in 1987, before getting an international release for the MasterSystem in 1989. The Japanese Mark III version was titled '''''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World''''' in Japan, making it the first game in the "Monster World" sub-series. Computer versions were also released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC, along with licensed remakes for non-Sega platforms such as '''''Bikkuriman World''''' for the PCEngine and '''''Saiyuki World''''' for the {{Famicom}}.

''Monster Land'' was originally released in Japan as an arcade game in 1987, before getting an international release for the MasterSystem in 1989 under the title of '''''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World''''' in Japan[[hottip:*:it was still called ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' everywhere else]], starting the "Monster World" sub-series of "Wonder Boy" games. Computer versions were also released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC, along with licensed remakes for non-Sega platforms such as '''''Bikkuriman World''''' for the PCEngine and '''''Saiyuki World''''' for the {{Famicom}}.

''Monster Land'' was originally released in Japan as an arcade game in 1987, before getting an international release for the MasterSystem in 1989 under the title of '''''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World''''' in Japan[[hottip:*:it was still called ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' everywhere else]]). Computer versions were also released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC, along with licensed remakes for non-Sega platforms such as '''''Bikkuriman World''''' for the PCEngine and '''''Saiyuki World''''' for the {{Famicom}}.

''Monster Land'' was originally released in Japan as an arcade game in 1987, before getting an international release for the MasterSystem in 1989 (which was titled '''''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World''''' in Japan). Computer versions were also released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC, along with licensed remakes for non-Sega platforms such as '''''Bikkuriman World''''' for the PCEngine and '''''Saiyuki World''''' for the {{Famicom}}.

The second game in the ''Franchise/WonderBoy'' series. When an evil Dragon and his monster minions invade the land, a young warrior named Bocke Lee Temjin is asked to defeat him, a quest he accepts.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The hero's name. The arcade game spells his full name as "Bocke Lee Temjin" (with "Book the Hero", the name given in the instruction card, being his nickname) in the casting roll, while the manual for the Master System version spells it "Bock Lee Temjin" (removing the "e" from "Bocke"). Some of the enemies have their names spell differently as well.

* PaletteSwap: Some of the monsters, such as the knights and the kongs, have recolored variants.

--> War is over

--> He may come from star.

--> But be careful. More tests wait for you.
--> Bye! MONSTER LAND. So long.