These last two Zelda games have made me realise that I LOVE smaller more restricted worlds with a linear story, for Zelda games at least. I prefer those qualities found in OOT and Majora's Mask to the new formula. Everything you do just feels so much more meaningful in these restricted games, while everything loses meaning through repetition and tedium in TOTK and BOTW. The narratives are also so much more engrossing and powerful in the older games, and they tie into the gameplay beautifully, rather than the bizarre storytelling methods of these last two games.

Oh may gosh. I feel your pain. You poor guy. This reminds me of my first attempt to play this game. It was overwhelming. I only defeated one dungeon, which was the bird one. I also visited Kakiriko and Hateno. That is it. That was a long time ago. I am on a different playthrough now. I am doing much better now. I completed all of the main story except the climax. I am going to delay the final showdown with Ganandorf because I want to complete side activities. I do just fine without duplicating. The trick is to be a better at farming. I want to give my advice. Here is what helps for me. My biggest advice is this. Complete Breath of the Wild first. It is helpful. This KZfaqr seems rusty. In that case I admit doing another playthrough. They should at least complete the Great Plateu to refresh thier memory. Here is how I approach Breath of the Wild. The most important thing to learn is survival. Know how to hunt, garher and cook. Know how to fight bokoblins and how to manage weapons. From the basics of survival work your way up to the more challenging studf. Obviously Breath of the Wild has to start as the Great Plateu. From there I would just spend time making Link stronger. Do the survival stuff. Buy and upgrade armor sets. The most important ones are those that protect from envoronmental conditions. The most important thing is to visit lots of shrines. Then one can raise health and stamina. After the Great Plateau I recomend visiting Kakariko and Hateno. They are great town hubs to visit. They also provide great story help. Impa is a helpful old lady in Kakariko. Purah is a helpful little girl in Hateni. I like to buy a house in Hateno and live in there. From there, I like to go to the volcanoc area. That has an abundence of ore. So it is the best place to farm for rupees. It also has the easiest dungeon, which is nice. Getting fireproof stuff early is well worth it. Before that happens, Link can still safely farm ore in the cool edges around the volcano. The dungeons are really difficult. I don't touch any of them until late game. By then I am strong enough. So I can tackle things better. The thing I struggle the most with is difficult puzzles. So I just look up a solution online whenever I get stuck. I learned to swallow my pride. I think of super obtuse puzzles as being unfair, so looking up anzwerars seem an accessability thing.

It's crazy how many good series I missed out on as a kid. I had Sega genesis but I never played any of the Wonder boy games, I had all the Sonic when it came to platformers and I thought they were basically the same. My cousin's had it NES and SNES but they didn't have mega Man they had super Mario and I figured as a young kid that they were basically the same. And for Castlevania I only ever played a little of the first one on NES and it was just way too hard for me I progress very far. So I never realized how much variation and how many mechanics these three game series featured above Sonic and Mario's very simple gameplay.

Great review. My first game was WBIMW for the Genesis but in the past few years I've been trying out other games in the series and I haven't regretted it.

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TotK was awful. It’s not 1/8th the game that Elden Ring was.

There was an SG-1000 port of the original Wonderboy as well. I think it was the first home version.

The original Wonder Boy arcade game was very popular in the UK. It was one of the first arcade games I played. When i played it on my beloved Master System, it really did feel like having the arcade at home.

im just shocked it has English audio O_O

Aggelos for the PS4 pays homage to the Wonderboy games. I've yet to play it, but the reviews I've seen look amazing

3YGU PYZ ZY7K NRR

I'm a huge Wonderboy series fan. Great video! Ratings were spot on! I didn't know about the MW IV remake.

Super Adventure Island II really tries hard to be Monster World on the SNES

Personally confused by the people who champion breath of the wild and shit on tears of the kingdom what a weird thing to do when they’re basically the same game doesn’t seem possible to like jus one. People who just cannot get over the recycle map I absolutely feel you very fair gripe

I got into Monster Boy from watching a person speed run it on Games Done Quick. ^_^

No way i actually found a video about this thank you so much😭💔

Jesus christ gotta be worst kart racer ive ever played

IF YOU DONT LIKE THE GAME THEN DONT PLAY IT

Answer: no

I love the game yall tripping

You never made that Mega Man video...

While I do like TOTK there is a lot that frustrates me about it. The story is good, but the way it is told is terrible. You get it in random order and that can ruin/spoil it if you get the wrong dragon tear early. I also *HATE* the incredibly repetitive cut scenes. The dialog for all of the ancient sages is almost exactly the same. *BORING!* The continuity errors between TOTK and BOTW are bad enough to break the emersion. The reason people use duplication glitches is because gathering materials is a torturously boring, grinding slog that takes hours. There's too much open space with nothing but enemies to fight or Koroks to find. The sky is cool, but there's not enough there. Too many copy/pasted islands, and most of them have nothing on them at all. The depths were interesting for about 15 minutes maybe, but once you realize that there's no real reason to be down there, they get boring, fast. They're just a hard to navigate barren wasteland. Sure, you can find some cool treasure, but is it really worth it? Yiga Schematics and Schema stones can be cool I guess... but the only vehicle you actually need is the two fans and a steering stick hover bike. In fact, I would say that the only interesting thing in the depths are the Frox enemies! I do enjoy TOTK and have put several hours into it, but there's a lot about it that just kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

It’s miserable to work there. Goals r 25% pro, 8 on preorder, 35 on game warranty, 35 on hardware warranty, and 15 on attach

What? No 'Aggelos'?

The video hadn't touched on what really felt empty to me: unique locations/worldbuilding, story I'll put in my several few words below! unique locations 1. Lookout landing looked cool the first time I'd entered it, but was disappointed by the size of it when I bought the hyrulean set...the design of the lookout landing felt very bland. it was uninteresting enough that I didn't know there was even a bunker, until about 1/3 of my entire gameplay progress. If it had taken any semblance of design or inspiration from castle town in OOT, or at least a variation equivalent, it would feel immersive and engaging. I've grown to hate the repetitive lookout landing theme by association of uninteresting layout. 2. There aren't any other new hyrulean settlements and/or establishments around the continent except for the meat rock shack (?) in "goro" region (it's 3am), the player-built water race track, and the bolson construction site, all else is nearly the same with little variance; Hateno Village was a very nice change but the settlement felt functionally identical save for 2 major differences. The final TOTK trailer gave a strong theme of "reconstruction" and "kingdom growth", showcased by the large zonal-powered truck and the wagon full of people pulled by link's horse. This alone made me excited to expect these modes of transportation to be used as an excuse to discover a new settlement by chance (transporting hyruleans from point A to B) to their place of work, to their new home in the forest, a small settlement, perhaps one that could've served a nod to Lon Lon Ranch, and would make sense for frequence use of zone vehicles to travel to and fro. the lack of Industrial Revolution among the suprlus boson building materials scattered literally everywhere was a wasted opportunity teased for disappointment. 3. the fallen stone ruins, rocks, etc., stopped feeling unique fairly early into the game. They'd come from the sky, which is far less interesting compared to the surface, with much less to do beyond fly to yet another empty island. The game would've done well with at least one other island half as big as the GSI, and/or as big and/or interactive as the dragonhead island. The depths are unimaginative, the flora and fauna could have been just as pretty or creepy as the sky was pretty, but when moving from point A to B or traveling through the dark, the only notable fauana are the trees. It's decently populated by monsters but there isn't much to suggest they've sustained themselves with any diet aside from the bugs or baby foxes. More bugs would've been cool too! technically number 4., all the etceteras about flora and fauna are redundant, however details would benefit an empty world that feels emptier when you're a player only focused moving toward the next goal. the details tend to remind me to slow down and take in the atmosphere, but the atmosphere wasn't as strong to me as BOTW's was, or maybe it wasn't unique in its own TOTK way, to allure seasoned BOTW players. I found myself avoiding walking on the surface entirely about 1/2 through the game. story 1. the overworld dialogue leaves much to be desired, little/no mention of Link's new arm. Zero discussion of the missing sheikah technology of any sort. zero mention of the divine beasts of which had previously taken a very large amount of space within the 4 regions of hyrule. 2. There are no action cutscenes outside of the main quest, nothing as cinematic or fast as the trailer suggested the game would be. for first-time actions, like pulling out the purah pad for the first time, summoning a sage for the first time, etc., have their own cutscenes. what about cooking for the first time, a closeup cutscene unique to the cooking pot next to the construct? GSI could, pan out camera with link lifting off on a wing for the first time. Little things make the game feel more cinematic and complete, these little things make the game feel BIG, but it wouldn't be an exaggeration. It be a relief compared to my own empty, unemotional gameplay control input. The tears quest memories feel inconsequential because of the lack of stakes (they've already happened, revealing no unique twists other than the one twist. A missed opportunity: the sage's wills' locations could've been hinted at by the mommies themselves or the hyrieglyphics, unless they already do and I'm not aware of this.) and stale because of the lack of moving parts. We only see the characters sit, stand, take a few steps, fall, kneel in the defeat, etc. but it feels very stiff compared to BOTW's memories story. Link and Zelda in BOTW were always doing/finished with/alarmed by a task or mission of a sort, none of it feels like they're staying in one. in TOTK, you can literally SEE the characters standing in one place. The affairs of Royalty aren't much to write home about, they're more for the historians to mull over really, but the action scenes do very little to contrast in physical movement. Ganondorf's transformation was phenomenal, however he too was a victim of the standing syndrome. Even Rauru's sealing was just 2 people standing and talking (in a different pose!)...it overshadowed my enjoyment watching the scene. With love comes hate. I love/hate this game to death! I'm already looking forward to the remake decades into the future and hoping for improvements and/or expansions of the game, remastered graphics, improved hair physics, re-imagined tears cutscenes, cinematics, improved emotional storytelling through Link himself, etc... I could go on. I hope my comment makes sense and/orresonates with others who may've felt similar. Oh, and I enjoyed watching your video! Good content. I love everything TOTK discussions.

Excellent commentary and analysis. Thanks. Now that FF7R2 seems to have also been a dud (for good reason, IMO...I still haven't managed to force myself to finish the slog), S-E is in serious trouble. I feel like the only path forward for them is to stop spending 3-5 years building overblown games meant to capture the "general audience," and reduce the scale of their AAA productions to service specific audiences. Final Fantasy is my favorite video game franchise, but FF16 and FF7R2 aren't what I wanted from either game. I hope FF7R3 won't be a bloated, unfocused monstrosity.

14 years late but... THIS REVIEW IS HOT ASS

Mknster land is by far the best one

After Sonic & Knuckles, it was an awkward era Sonic was in, but I don't think it was terrible. Yeah, it wasn't the best games, but some of them were alright. Not to mention, all the characters that we could play as. And some of those games are games Sega should try again, like Sonic the Fighters and Sonic R. And it might actually be better than the nostalgia era (2010-2019), which is a better name than the meta era.

Most people just complain about new games nowadays is because their lives are so void of joy and they can't just buy and game and have fun with it anymore. I get you're "reviewing" it but I guarantee if you go back to games 15 years ago that you said were shit, you'd think they're pretty good now because they're dated so that somehow makes them good again and all the new stuff sucks. It's just so annoying. I feel like most people don't even care, they just jump on the band wagon of saying "this game is trash" because then they can feel smarter than everyone else

Dragons trap is what i first played So nostalgic Loved it

While watching this I was beginning to think Shantae was quite similar, and the. You mentioned this later at the end, may this is why I’m a fan of Shantae! Wonder Boy Dragon’s Trap is one of my favourite titles!

Now is just a toy store. I rather buy my games online.

I can follow and distinguish all the Ys games and their remakes, all the Dragon Slayer and Legend of Heroes games, and even the Final Fantasy/SaGa/Mana spin-offs. Wonder Boy doesn't nearly have as much games as all these franchises, and they still manage to confuse the hell out of me; like for example that there are two distinct Wonder Boy III's, but no Wonder Boy IV, but a Wonder Boy V and Monster World IV. Like, what the actual?

Your opinion on Monster World 4 is fantastic, I'll be real!

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Hate when young people review RETRO games! Monster land sms version RULES!

Oof! I felt this way one month in playing it, when it released. I was getting annoyed with always needing to build something. At first it was fun and cool, but then it started to get redundant. 🙈 I switched back to playing to OG ones. It’s been 11 months since I went back to play it. 🙈 It would have been cool to play breath of the wild, but in Zelda’s prospective or even her journey become Sheik. Or even something of the beginning stages of the whole story, like an ancestral prospective. Something that follows the lore, but gives us more well rounded details of the plot. Yet still have Link somehow in the story game play, to not completely separate him from it.

if i were to make the next Wonder Boy game... It will take notes from warioland 3, as the New Hero will Mainly use a Hammer, and also this new Hero's another Girl, named Beatrix, set on a adventure to stop a Evil being known as the Masked Skull, hence the name. Monster World: Slam-Hammer!

BoW was really boring too. Too much empty spaces.

Great retrospective. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap will always be my favorite in the series, as it's also my favorite game of all time. I agree regarding Monster Land. It is NOT fun in comparison to the other titles...it feels unforgivingly hard with the hour glass mechanic, especially the last dungeon, where going the wrong way, or battling the controls to make a precise jump from one sinking block to another can lead to you having to repeat portions of the castle again and again. I wish Sega/Westone/Anyone would create new games for this series...it's truly one of the best.

I had 500+ hrs into TotK before 1.2 nerfed duping. I never picked it up again. I’ve thought about factory resetting my golden Zelda Switch and starting over with a 1.0.0 file, but I remember how dumb finding Amibo armor is. And how there isn’t another sky island the size of the tutorial. And how there’s nothing in the depths… and I just say it’s not worth it unless you’re a kid…. 🙏🙏🙏

0:00 The legendary NeverChris was born!

I can't believe this clown is expecting the Wii to have HD visuals like a PS3 or Xbox 360. Did he not get the memo? That is NOT what the Wii was about. And if you are reviewing the Wii version, FFS don't whine about how the visuals on some platform no one watching the video owns are much better. It is absolutely irrelevant to us. And yes, I know it has been 15 years since you made this embarrassing video. Your attitude in it made me comment anyway.

Final Fantasy XVI was a really weird experience for me. I think the game took me like 60 hours to beat but for some reason the game felt much MUCH longer. Final Fantasy VII rebirth took me 90 hours to beat but it actually felt shorter to me than Final Fantasy XVI.

Wow, I cannot believe this channel still exists. I remember watching this guy's early reviews for JRPGs and No More Heroes like 16 years ago. I used to comment under a different channel but it has been so long I don't even remember who I was. It's actually inspirational that your passion for gaming hasn't waned in all of these years and your reviews are still great.

Not counting the Japanese releases of Super Mario Bros. 3, Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap and TMNT Arcade were the best games of the 1980's.

Honestly a simple fix for me would’ve been to expand the surface map outwards and start there after that initial landing from the Great Sky Island. have the main land of Hyrule Evacuated and cut off with all of its inhabitants fleeing to the outer regions due to an overabundance of gloom ( going to the areas around the map that’s not excessable in BOTW) as well as going to the Depths and/or Sky. Giving us an incentive to explore again and find our lost friends with new themed biomes possible returning Races like Deku, minish, etc. then after a certain point I’m the story we could retake hyrule and explore the TOTK map as well as the new areas

Boring? We probably just want more. If, making video's questioning certain games already getting boring, i'm looking forward to your Starfield-video.

It’s the same game on the consoles for the most part the Wii version looks worse than Ps2 version, the PS3 version was what I played. I remember the game being just atrociously dark. To the point where I didn’t know how I even finished the game. It popped in my head to see if any other versions had been released since a new one came out. But this is just a bad game.