History YMMV / WonderBoyInMonsterWorld

* ThatOneAttack: [[spoiler:Biomeka would be so much easier if not for the dreaded buzzsaw on the floor.]]

* WakeUpCallBoss: The Myconid is a decent challenge but doable if you have the best gear. But Knarrg and Klarrg are the point where the bosses will show no mercy on you and need very good strategy to win.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. All the dialogue referring to the Sphinx utimately leads nowhere, since the Sphinx itself [[AdaptedOut never appears]], being replaced by the Tyrant Dragon. Shion's attacking distance is pathetically short, and the sprite work is so inconsistent, that the distance between his eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the sky castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og_L4KuHyig the underwater/ice world music]] is aptly cold yet beautiful

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_AZzeDf30 The theme for the sky castle itself]]: Particularly for how the intro is completely different from the rest of the song yet still appears in the bridge

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. All the dialogue referring to the Sphinx utimately leads nowhere, since the Sphinx itself [[AdaptedOut never appears]], being replaced by the Tyrant Dragon. Shion's attacking distance is pathetically short, and the sprite work is so inconsistent, that the distance between his eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the sky castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The in-game dialogue referring to the Sphinx utimately leads nowhere, since the Sphinx itself [[AdaptedOut never appears]], being replaced by the Tyrant Dragon. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent, that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the sky castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The in-game dialogue referring to the Sphinx utimately leads nowhere, since the Sphinx itself never appears, being replaced by the Tyrant Dragon. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent, that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the sky castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent, that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the sky castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent, that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the Nightmare Castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. The OST is ''very'' incomplete, notably lacking the series' iconic "Last Dungeon" theme, playing the underwater/ice world theme in the Nightmare Castle instead. And to top it all off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. To top it off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* AwesomeMusic:

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. To top it off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the fan-favorite, and much better made, ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* AwesomeMusic:

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. To top it off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. To top it off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the series' MagnumOpus ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.

* PortingDisaster: The Master System version starts cutting corners on pretty much everything after the first dungeon. Three dungeons are outright dropped, one of the remaining dungeons features no enemies at all, the scene where Shion saves the dwarf child is ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed [[note]]instead of running off, the child appears as a block... which Shion has to push around and use as a stepping stool to go back to the village[[/note]], and even the BossRush in the final level is incomplete. The attacking distance is pathetically short and the sprite work is so inconsistent that the distance between Shion's eyes and the size of his head constantly change. To top it off, instead of the save feature, the game has passwords, which are '''forty-five''' characters long! The fact that the port is as bad as it is becomes even worse when you remember that it came out on the same console that hosted the series' MagnumOpus ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''.