CFK is a company that acts both as publisher, and developer located in Korea. Their specialization was localizing many Japanese language game to Korea for more than a decade. Using their previous experiences and game development skill, they have developed a new version of the classic side scroller game, Wonder Boy. Titled WONDER BOY RETURNS, the game is anticipated to be released through Steam Platform this fall.
Wonder Boy is a classic title that was released back in 1986, by Escape (Currently known as Westone Bit Entertainment). The game had intuitive gameplay, and some fast paced side scrolling action game that gained it overwhelming popularity. Due to its popularity, it also managed to be ported into many numerous consoles in various forms. Those here in the states may know the game as Adventure Island.
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap (the 3rd game in the series) is getting a full HD mastering coming out next year, but CFK is taking a different approach with the original arcade game. Their goal is to keep the classic game play and feel but improve the visual aspect. While keeping the classic gameplay feel, they have added more colorful graphics that fit the modern era, and added additional elements to the game itself. The newly reborn action game WONDER BOY RETURNS is set to be released on Steam this fall.
Even if the players are not familiar with the Wonder Boy game, the WONDER BOY RETURNS should be appealing to players with its newly designed visual graphics. To fit more to current trend, all characters including our hero, the heroine Tina, and various monsters had been re-designed from scratch. Under a supervision of the original creator, this remake has added new stages and monster to amplify the fun aspect of the original game.
It’s really great to see Wonder Boy get some love as it’s a pretty underrated series here in the West. WONDER BOY RETURNS is set to be released globally this year.
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