{"id":87283,"date":"2019-03-08T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/wonder_boy_returns_is_getting_remixed_for_switch_release"},"modified":"2019-03-08T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T13:45:00","slug":"wonder-boy-returns-is-getting-remixed-for-switch-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/08\/wonder-boy-returns-is-getting-remixed-for-switch-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonder Boy Returns Is Getting Remixed For Switch Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc6e9807de041\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc6e9807de041\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/wonder_boy_returns_is_getting_remixed_for_switch_release\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Hv0LYQ90-0?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After years of inactivity, the Wonder Boy franchise is enjoying something of a resurgence thanks to the release of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/wonder_boy_the_dragons_trap\">Wonder Boy: The Dragon\u2019s Trap<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/monster_boy_and_the_cursed_kingdom\">Monster Boy<\/a><\/strong>, the latter being a kind of spiritual sequel. However, it&#8217;s not the only Wonder Boy-themed release we&#8217;ve seen in recent years; the PC and PS4-based <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/09\/turns_out_theres_no_such_thing_as_too_many_wonder_boy_games\">Wonder Boy Returns<\/a><\/strong> hit the market in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to a listing on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grac.or.kr\/Statistics\/Popup\/Pop_StatisticsDetails.aspx?e75876c12367668eead2b6d518082724a6c813a6a053e8e5ec12581d53453bb0\">Korean Game Ratings and Administration Committee<\/a>, we can be pretty sure that the game will be making the leap over to Switch in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>As the title suggests, this is a remake of the original game with improved visuals, but it was met with a rather lukewarm reception at launch due to the iffy controls, lacklustre animation and general lack of polish.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Remix&#8217; at the end of the title would suggest that Switch owners might benefit from some additional content, but what shape that might take is anyone&#8217;s guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Hv0LYQ90-0?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] After years of inactivity, the Wonder Boy franchise is enjoying something of a resurgence thanks to the release of Wonder Boy: The Dragon\u2019s Trap and Monster Boy, the latter being a kind of spiritual sequel. However, it&#8217;s not the only Wonder Boy-themed release we&#8217;ve seen in recent years; the PC and PS4-based Wonder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}