I just picked up Wonderboy Returns Remix as I watched a decent retrospective the other day and this news put me in the mood for some OG Wonderboy.
Jesus christ do not buy that game if you have a high refresh rate monitor. The clouds disappear above 60hz.......THE CLOUDS DISAPPEAR ABOVE 60HZ.
also, apparently Wonderboy Returns & Wonderboy Returns Remix are 2 different games? and its impossible to get just Returns anymore? Returns was a new game in the style of the original with new boss fights? but people didnt like it so they patched it into the 'Remix' which is a more faithful remake instead of a new game? its hard to find info on this does anyone know for sure what the OG Remix was like?
You can still get OG Returns on PS4, I think--it's definitely not a new game, it's more like a really bad from-memory interpretation of the original with new content crammed in every so often, and I can't even judge whether it was good or bad content because everything about that version felt so immediately wrong, and that was after multiple patches, it was literally unfinished when it launched.
When they announced Returns, they said Nishizawa would be supervising the remake, but then they released it before even showing it to him. Remix is the version Nishizawa actually touched and it's true, he pretty much took what was there and molded it into something much closer to the arcade game... there's nothing novel about it, but at least it's something someone could play and enjoy and not be repulsed by.