Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World sees Asha freeing four sprits from impending doom, and in doing so unravels the mysteries of the evil forces and more as she goes on her journey to bring back peace and stability alongside her cute Pepelogoo friend she meets along the way that will help her with traversal and some light puzzle-solving.

Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World is now the third of these remakes we've seen over the last few years, remaking Monster World IV, but to add to Wonder Boy's long series of confusing names and design, Wonder Boy actually has no boy in sight, as players play as Asha going on a newfound quest and purpose. It truthfully makes no sense, but after finding a loyal following on Sega's Master and Genesis systems it remained dormant for decades before being revived and ported via single releases and in compilations, as well as now getting full blown remakes. In the case of Wonder Boy, it's one of those odd series’ that has seen so many different variations of naming and life that it's honestly hard to keep up with, being originally Monster World before turning into Wonder Boy and back to Monster World and now Monster Boy. Nowadays we still continue to have hits - mostly Indie - like Shovel Knight, Hollow Knight, Rain World, Double Cross, Celeste, and more that run from side to side with torch in hand, continuing to help move the genre forward with tons of awards to their portfolio, and because of this, new inspirations and properties come to fruition by developers and publishers of all sizes and backgrounds, keeping one of gaming's forefather genres as fresh and alive as ever. There's no denying the appeal that side-scrolling platformers have had since the dawn of time, and though a big portion of this had to do with technical limitations of an era where a 3D plane didn't exist outside of very few exceptions, the format and genre still holds strong today as the growth within the medium has allowed us to do so much more with gameplay elements and mechanics that keep the genre ever-evolving.

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