Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World
Asha, the warrior protagonist of the game, is involved in a serious incident that will affect the survival of her world. Our green-haired heroine doesn’t have to save the world all alone, and sets off on an…
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is a platform developed by Artdink, released 22 April 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is a platform game developed by Artdink and released in 2021. It was published by G Choice. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Asha, the warrior protagonist of the game, is involved in a serious incident that will affect the survival of her world. Our green-haired heroine doesn’t have to save the world all alone, and sets off on an adventure with her cute flying friend, the blue Pepelogoo. Asha and the Pepelogoo have to work together to become the heroes the world needs them to be. The road ahead is long – will they be able to save their world?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Wonder Boy series
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is the 22nd of 23 entries we hold in the Wonder Boy series. It arrived 2 years after Sega Ages Wonder Boy: Monster Land. The next entry was Wonder Boy Collection in 2022. Its critic score of 64 is 12 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Sega Genesis Classics at 83.
How it was received
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World launched on 22 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... and NieR Replicant v1.22474487139.... All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., NieR Replicant v1.22474487139....
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