Wonder Boy: Anniversary Collection is an arcade, released 26 January 2023 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Wonder Boy: Anniversary Collection is
Wonder Boy: Anniversary Collection was released in 2023. It was published by Bliss Brain. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A curated compilation of classic Wonder Boy action-platformers featuring remastered emulation of the original arcade and console entries. Players run, jump, and explore colorful side-scrolling levels, collect power-ups and equipment, and face varied bosses across multiple game modes that preserve the originals’ challenge while offering hassle-free modern conveniences like save states and difficulty options.
How it plays
Its themes are action.
How it was received
Wonder Boy: Anniversary Collection holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Wonder Boy: Anniversary Collection launched on 26 January 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered and Hi-Fi Rush. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered, Hi-Fi Rush.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wonder Boy: Anniversary Collection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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