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Also, why was the seemingly finished English version of the WBIML arcade left unreleased? Who made that decision?

Bock wrote

I will be spending time doing a sort of back-and-forth interview with Ryuichi Nishizawa in about ten days. If you have any questions either to be asked to him/them or to us, regarding the old game, the new game, the series or anything peripheral to Westone, feel free to ask here!

There was some artwork on the old westone site that showed a possible new wonderboy game, i can't really find the picture i had it mind but was there a wonderboy game in progress after the last megadrive game ?

and don't forget to say, wonderboy 1 is running on saturn !!

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Wow, I had forgotten about that GIF already! I remember waiting eagerly for that game to be announced...

In case anybody missed Bock's presentation at bitsummit, here it is:

https://www.twitch.tv/bitsummit/v/77206989

Skip to around 1h20m mark

Looking great

Was so exciting to see gameplay footage from the game, and I have to say I'm really, really impressed! This was just as good as I had hoped it would be! Looking even more forward to the game now!

To save me watching hours of footage on twitch, can someone tell me are the Q&A stuff (about the old games) with Ryuichi Nishizawa included in this video?

I'm guessing not but just checking as I'm keen to find the answer to my question about the Wonderboy name and how they came up with it

This looks beautiful! I did notice some screen tearing, but hopefully that will be fixed before release. Otherwise, bravo! The affection and respect you have for Wonder Boy is apparent.

TheAssassin wrote

To save me watching hours of footage on twitch, can someone tell me are the Q&A stuff (about the old games) with Ryuichi Nishizawa included in this video?

I'm guessing not but just checking as I'm keen to find the answer to my question about the Wonderboy name and how they came up with it

It is not, no.

Centrale wrote

This looks beautiful! I did notice some screen tearing, but hopefully that will be fixed before release. Otherwise, bravo! The affection and respect you have for Wonder Boy is apparent.

I don't know where that tearing is coming from but I had to run the game on a computer that not's mine and I don't know about their capture setup. Moreover I couldn't get it working fullscreen there so it is weirdly bordered and not full resolution. There's no tearing that I know of on regular computers.

LuckySword wrote

TheAssassin wrote

To save me watching hours of footage on twitch, can someone tell me are the Q&A stuff (about the old games) with Ryuichi Nishizawa included in this video?

I'm guessing not but just checking as I'm keen to find the answer to my question about the Wonderboy name and how they came up with it

It is not, no.

OK thanks

LuckySword wrote

In case anybody missed Bock's presentation at bitsummit, here it is:

https://www.twitch.tv/bitsummit/v/77206989

Skip to around 1h20m mark

Looking great

I'm biased since I think that the original is one of the best games ever.
But with this remake, the levels, the paralax scrolling, the animation, the backgrounds just look delicious. And that wind mill in the old town. omg.
Would a Dreamcast port be possible? It would be great to have it running on the most powerful Sega console.

We briefly talked to Famitsu. My colleague Ben started telling them about my collection and they published the pictures (I believe it'll be in the paper edition?). The interviewer said he was into SG/SC stuff.
Somehow they mixed up each other's answers a few times (no big deal).

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201607/20111262.html

We build a custom box and cartridge of an hypothetical Mark III release, which Ichigobankai designed with great care and talent. We gave one to Ryuichi Nishizawa, and a spare box was at the Bitsummit event so Famitsu took a picture of that.

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That's really cool, Bock.
And it's nice to see pics of your mighty collection.

Just seen another video of it in action and I can't stress enough how much I love the looks in this game.... However!

If I had to pick something to change in what I've seen so far, it would be the squiggle speed of the drawn outlines while inside the shops.

Right now, they're more "Dr. Katz stressful" than "Yoshi's island" doodle-y, which seems a little odd in such a calm scene.

ICEknight wrote

Just seen another video of it in action and I can't stress enough how much I love the looks in this game.... However!

If I had to pick something to change in what I've seen so far, it would be the squiggle speed of the drawn outlines while inside the shops.

Right now, they're more "Dr. Katz stressful" than "Yoshi's island" doodle-y, which seems a little odd in such a calm scene.

That video ICEknight refer you what extracted from the twitch stream:

I'm not pushing that video too much because I think the build is a little early (we really didn't footage for bitsummit to be public, but when asked to do a twitch on official twitch channel we couldn't really refuse the opportunity).

Back to the squiggling, yeah, that's possible. At least one person said the same thing as you did, but when we first tried it felt better at this
speed. We'll revisit that when we put more work to the interfaces.

Thanks for the feedback :) and everyone thanks for sharing info about the game around, it is really helpful.

This looks fantastic. I can't wait to play it.
The amount of love and quality is astonishing. :)

Ichigo rocks the town again! =D

So much to see on the photos - I´m one of the guys who love collector´s cards (in postcard size) =P And these cards look damn good, I would love it to get my hands on these.

I wish you guys the best of success; this is what today´s mainstream should be. Thanks for sharing Bock!

Thanks for the kind comments, tibone, gordman!

Started a simple blog now:
http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/

And we released 2 new high-def screenshots.

About the cards (they are business cards), I'm sure I can hold on a pile to share at some point if you want them :)

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Bock wrote

Thanks for the kind comments, tibone, gordman!

Started a simple blog now:
http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/

And we released 2 new high-def screenshots.

About the cards (they are business cards), I'm sure I can hold on a pile to share at some point if you want them :)

Good idea to use a blog to share informations.
The screenshots are outstanding. The hanami tree, the pirate ship, the cloud with the sunglasses 8) and the Lizardman are so great. The Lizardman looks so angry now. In the original game, he is something like a coward =D

I would be very thankful to get some of the business cards =) They could be a nice addition to physical releases as well.

Are you at the Gamescom in Cologne tomorrow?

Gordman wrote

Are you at the Gamescom in Cologne tomorrow?

I was but I just left week and went back to Paris this morning, sorry :(

Bock wrote

Gordman wrote

Are you at the Gamescom in Cologne tomorrow?

I was but I just left week and went back to Paris this morning, sorry :(

No problem dude, thanks for the answer =)

Blog post (bit of a general thing)

http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_ReverseEngineering

If you are on twitter and want to RT:
https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/773899043080658944

Bock any update on that Q&A with Ryuichi Nishizawa you mentioned a few months ago?

I'd still love to hear the story behind the name "Wonder Boy", how they came up with it, what were the inspirations, etc if you had chance to ask

We ran out of time as shooting preparation took much longer than expected, so didn't get to ask all questions (I missing asking this specific question, sorry..) though I may e-mail Mr Nishizawa with some followups.

We've been working through the footage but it isn't as good as we hoped - sound is meh, lack of preparation, and we were super jet-lagged. That said, we are still working out to release some of that contents, perhaps in different segments.

Bock wrote

We ran out of time as shooting preparation took much longer than expected, so didn't get to ask all questions (I missing asking this specific question, sorry..) though I may e-mail Mr Nishizawa with some followups.

We've been working through the footage but it isn't as good as we hoped - sound is meh, lack of preparation, and we were super jet-lagged. That said, we are still working out to release some of that contents, perhaps in different segments.

Ah that's a shame, yeh if you could email him to ask that would be great. I wonder if perhaps other names were considered for the character or game before they settled on Wonder Boy? Or perhaps just other names used in development like how Sonic was "Mr. Needlemouse" and Streets of Rage was "D-Swat" etc

TheAssassin wrote

I wonder if perhaps other names were considered for the character or game before they settled on Wonder Boy? Or perhaps just other names used in development like how Sonic was "Mr. Needlemouse"

Sonic was never called Mr. Needlemouse.

The early sketch said "Mr. Harinezumi", which translates as "Mr. Hedgehog", not "Mr. Needlemouse". Somebody at an old TV program didn't know his Japanese and the rest is made up history.

ICEknight wrote

Sonic was never called Mr. Needlemouse.

The early sketch said "Mr. Harinezumi", which translates as "Mr. Hedgehog", not "Mr. Needlemouse". Somebody at an old TV program didn't know his Japanese and the rest is made up history.

Ah right, that makes more sense, cheers. I find this kind of stuff fascinating, how characters developed and evolved before being seen by the public

The thing is that many of the interesting new questions I asked, the answers were along the line of "I don't remember" "I'm not sure".

What already filtered from existing (better) interviews (e.g. the Untold Story of Japanese Gamedev and HG101 interviews) covers a lot of the publishable stuff.

Mini-video:

https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944

http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/

Bock wrote

Mini-video:

https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944

http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/

Many thanks, the Lizardman looks amazing! =D It all looks so well done, holy cow.

Good god, this game is frickin' EYE CANDY. Such a nice looking art style.

Hope it plays just as good, or even better than the Master System original!!

I can't wait for the release.

This is a very special up close and personal look at the game with Ryuichi Nishizawa and the team. A must watch!

http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_DevDiary1/

I have a great idea; SMSPower members should have a priority opportunity to be BETA testers :)

LuckySword wrote

I have a great idea; SMSPower members should have a priority opportunity to be BETA testers :)

Also, the more posts, the higher chance. :D

Bock wrote

Mini-video:
https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944
http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/

A tasteful and stylish arrangement of "Side-Crawler's Dance" (often incorrectly called "Mind of Hero"). A tango in latino/french style :)

Landale wrote

Bock wrote

Mini-video:
https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944
http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/

A tasteful and stylish arrangement of "Side-Crawler's Dance" (often incorrectly called "Mind of Hero"). A tango in latino/french style :)

According to the official OST it is called Adventure Zone!

Bock wrote

According to the official OST it is called Adventure Zone!

This song has two names:

Side-Crawler's Dance (in the game)
Adventure Zone (official OST)

Thanks for the info, I thought it was "Mind of Hero" which was youtube leading me astray.

How do you know that Adventure Zone == Side-Crawler's Dance (in the game)? What is the reasoning for it?

There's 3 tracks for which I haven't yet mapped the OST names with the in-game names:

OST:
Desert Zone
Adventure Zone (mouse zone, jungle, lion rocky underground)
Take It Easy (dungeon)

Game Credits:
?? Side-Crawler's Dance
?? The Monster's Lair
?? The Danger Zone

And I don't know which one maps to which one.
One could be tempted to say that "The Monster's Lair" == Dungeon Music, however:
a) note the mismatching order
b) in the original game code the dungeons are refered as "dan"/"danger"

So I'm stuck there with those 3 names.

It's probably all quite wrong on Youtube, most probably because of us: when we (what it me?) named the WBIII VGM package we had to guess a few of those names.

There's a thread somewhere on here with Shinichi Sakamoto telling us we got two mixed up.

The other threads are:
http://www.smspower.org/forums/9740-SongTitlesForWonderboy
http://www.smspower.org/forums/11958-VGMPackWonderBoyIII
http://www.smspower.org/forums/549-ShinichiSakamotoReleasesSheetMusic

Can't really find what you refer to. Sakamoto posted a few times under his name or Shintan but I don't remember that info. Will search again..

It seems the order from the game credits is actually:

Side-Crawler's Dance
The Danger Zone
The Monster's Lair

In fact the whole order of the soundtrack matches similarly with the credits which would mean:

Side-Crawler's Dance = Desert Zone ( 砂漠 Desert )
The Danger Zone = Adventure Zone ( 森 Forest )
The Monster's Lair = Take It Easy ( 沈没船 Sunken Ship )

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Logbomber wrote

In fact the whole order of the soundtrack matches similarly with the credits which would mean:

Order wise it doesn't really fully match. What are you comparing it with?

- OST
23 Title (title)
24 Monsterland Revenge (John rust Don)
25 VS.Dragon (boss game)
26 Opening (opening)
27 Marine (town)
...
28 Shop (store)
29 ROOMs BGM (room)
30 Mind of Hero (sea)
31 Item (item procurement)
32 Desert Zone (desert)
33 Adventure Zone (forest)
34 Monsterland? (Don John falling)
35 Take It Easy (sinking boat)
36 Staff Roll (staff roll)
37 Ending (ending)
38 Game Over (game over)
39 Test BGM (sound source test) [* unused tune]

- SMS Credits IN ORDER
The Last Dungeon
Vs. Dragon
And now...
Monster-Town
...
Mind of Hero
Side-Crawler's Dance
The Danger Zone
It's a Treasure Box
The Monster's Lair
Endless War
The Dragon's Trap

Yeah, I only meant there were some similarities between the lists, which doesn't prove anything conclusively.

Side-Crawler's Dance could be a reference to the side-crawlers in the under water section of the Desert. The name sounds like the music for a water level.

Danger Zone and Adventure Zone have a similar meaning.

The Monster's Lair sounds like an appropriate title for a boss dungeon.

Just copying Bock's recent Pirate Dragon gif for those who aren't social mediaphiles

http://www.lizardcube.com/presskit/TheDragonsTrap/gifs/Boss_Captain01.gif

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this looks so good! crazy this is my first time seeing it, but man, between this & Monster Boy next year, things are finally looking up for the classic series!

Thanks so much :)
It's been tough handling all of it but we are starting to see the end of the tunnel!

Just posted a third mini video:
https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/803989102643257344

It's coming along looking so incredible! Do you have an ETA on the Music DevDiary?

Also Ben needs the biggest pat on the back possible. The artwork is unbelievable to me. Especially Pirate Dragon. It's just perfect, I cannot believe how much you guys are nailing it.

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ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:06 pm
	Also, why was the seemingly finished English version of the WBIML arcade left unreleased? Who made that decision?

vbt Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 161	Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:39 pm
vbt Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 161	Bock wrote I will be spending time doing a sort of back-and-forth interview with Ryuichi Nishizawa in about ten days. If you have any questions either to be asked to him/them or to us, regarding the old game, the new game, the series or anything peripheral to Westone, feel free to ask here! There was some artwork on the old westone site that showed a possible new wonderboy game, i can't really find the picture i had it mind but was there a wonderboy game in progress after the last megadrive game ? and don't forget to say, wonderboy 1 is running on saturn !! wb1.jpg (110.66 KB) str_icn.gif (127.6 KB) Attachment fairy

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:01 am
	Wow, I had forgotten about that GIF already! I remember waiting eagerly for that game to be announced...

LuckySword Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:14 am
	In case anybody missed Bock's presentation at bitsummit, here it is: https://www.twitch.tv/bitsummit/v/77206989 Skip to around 1h20m mark Looking great

tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 114 Location: Norway	Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:50 am
	Was so exciting to see gameplay footage from the game, and I have to say I'm really, really impressed! This was just as good as I had hoped it would be! Looking even more forward to the game now!

TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:28 am
TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	To save me watching hours of footage on twitch, can someone tell me are the Q&A stuff (about the old games) with Ryuichi Nishizawa included in this video? I'm guessing not but just checking as I'm keen to find the answer to my question about the Wonderboy name and how they came up with it

Centrale Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Posts: 89	Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:53 pm
Centrale Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Posts: 89	This looks beautiful! I did notice some screen tearing, but hopefully that will be fixed before release. Otherwise, bravo! The affection and respect you have for Wonder Boy is apparent.

LuckySword Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:43 am
	TheAssassin wrote To save me watching hours of footage on twitch, can someone tell me are the Q&A stuff (about the old games) with Ryuichi Nishizawa included in this video? I'm guessing not but just checking as I'm keen to find the answer to my question about the Wonderboy name and how they came up with it It is not, no.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:19 am Last edited by Bock on Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:55 pm; edited 1 time in total
	Centrale wrote This looks beautiful! I did notice some screen tearing, but hopefully that will be fixed before release. Otherwise, bravo! The affection and respect you have for Wonder Boy is apparent. I don't know where that tearing is coming from but I had to run the game on a computer that not's mine and I don't know about their capture setup. Moreover I couldn't get it working fullscreen there so it is weirdly bordered and not full resolution. There's no tearing that I know of on regular computers.

TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:44 pm
TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	LuckySword wrote TheAssassin wrote To save me watching hours of footage on twitch, can someone tell me are the Q&A stuff (about the old games) with Ryuichi Nishizawa included in this video? I'm guessing not but just checking as I'm keen to find the answer to my question about the Wonderboy name and how they came up with it It is not, no. OK thanks

D Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 250 Location: Almere, The Netherlands	Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:01 pm
	LuckySword wrote In case anybody missed Bock's presentation at bitsummit, here it is: https://www.twitch.tv/bitsummit/v/77206989 Skip to around 1h20m mark Looking great I'm biased since I think that the original is one of the best games ever. But with this remake, the levels, the paralax scrolling, the animation, the backgrounds just look delicious. And that wind mill in the old town. omg. Would a Dreamcast port be possible? It would be great to have it running on the most powerful Sega console.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Famitsu interview Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:23 am
	We briefly talked to Famitsu. My colleague Ben started telling them about my collection and they published the pictures (I believe it'll be in the paper edition?). The interviewer said he was into SG/SC stuff. Somehow they mixed up each other's answers a few times (no big deal). http://www.famitsu.com/news/201607/20111262.html We build a custom box and cartridge of an hypothetical Mark III release, which Ichigobankai designed with great care and talent. We gave one to Ryuichi Nishizawa, and a spare box was at the Bitsummit event so Famitsu took a picture of that. l_578ec0643e306.jpg (127.8 KB) l_578ec0643a442.jpg (122.07 KB) l_578ec064342dd.jpg (115.03 KB)

tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 292	Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:13 pm
tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 292	That's really cool, Bock. And it's nice to see pics of your mighty collection.

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 5:15 pm
	Just seen another video of it in action and I can't stress enough how much I love the looks in this game.... However! If I had to pick something to change in what I've seen so far, it would be the squiggle speed of the drawn outlines while inside the shops. Right now, they're more "Dr. Katz stressful" than "Yoshi's island" doodle-y, which seems a little odd in such a calm scene.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 6:52 pm
	ICEknight wrote Just seen another video of it in action and I can't stress enough how much I love the looks in this game.... However! If I had to pick something to change in what I've seen so far, it would be the squiggle speed of the drawn outlines while inside the shops. Right now, they're more "Dr. Katz stressful" than "Yoshi's island" doodle-y, which seems a little odd in such a calm scene. That video ICEknight refer you what extracted from the twitch stream: I'm not pushing that video too much because I think the build is a little early (we really didn't footage for bitsummit to be public, but when asked to do a twitch on official twitch channel we couldn't really refuse the opportunity). Back to the squiggling, yeah, that's possible. At least one person said the same thing as you did, but when we first tried it felt better at this speed. We'll revisit that when we put more work to the interfaces. Thanks for the feedback :) and everyone thanks for sharing info about the game around, it is really helpful.

tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 292	Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:06 am
tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 292	This looks fantastic. I can't wait to play it. The amount of love and quality is astonishing. :)

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 8:41 am
	Ichigo rocks the town again! =D So much to see on the photos - I´m one of the guys who love collector´s cards (in postcard size) =P And these cards look damn good, I would love it to get my hands on these. I wish you guys the best of success; this is what today´s mainstream should be. Thanks for sharing Bock!

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Two new screenshots & blog opening Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 8:30 pm
	Thanks for the kind comments, tibone, gordman! Started a simple blog now: http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/ And we released 2 new high-def screenshots. About the cards (they are business cards), I'm sure I can hold on a pile to share at some point if you want them :) WonderBoyTheDragonsTrap-07.jpg (440.35 KB) WonderBoyTheDragonsTrap-08.jpg (411.92 KB)

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:56 pm
	Bock wrote Thanks for the kind comments, tibone, gordman! Started a simple blog now: http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/ And we released 2 new high-def screenshots. About the cards (they are business cards), I'm sure I can hold on a pile to share at some point if you want them :) Good idea to use a blog to share informations. The screenshots are outstanding. The hanami tree, the pirate ship, the cloud with the sunglasses 8) and the Lizardman are so great. The Lizardman looks so angry now. In the original game, he is something like a coward =D I would be very thankful to get some of the business cards =) They could be a nice addition to physical releases as well.

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:41 pm
	Are you at the Gamescom in Cologne tomorrow?

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:00 pm
	Gordman wrote Are you at the Gamescom in Cologne tomorrow? I was but I just left week and went back to Paris this morning, sorry :(

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:17 pm
	Bock wrote Gordman wrote Are you at the Gamescom in Cologne tomorrow? I was but I just left week and went back to Paris this morning, sorry :( No problem dude, thanks for the answer =)

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:00 pm
	Blog post (bit of a general thing) http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_ReverseEngineering If you are on twitter and want to RT: https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/773899043080658944

TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:22 pm
TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Bock any update on that Q&A with Ryuichi Nishizawa you mentioned a few months ago? I'd still love to hear the story behind the name "Wonder Boy", how they came up with it, what were the inspirations, etc if you had chance to ask

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:09 am
	We ran out of time as shooting preparation took much longer than expected, so didn't get to ask all questions (I missing asking this specific question, sorry..) though I may e-mail Mr Nishizawa with some followups. We've been working through the footage but it isn't as good as we hoped - sound is meh, lack of preparation, and we were super jet-lagged. That said, we are still working out to release some of that contents, perhaps in different segments.

TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:18 pm
TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Bock wrote We ran out of time as shooting preparation took much longer than expected, so didn't get to ask all questions (I missing asking this specific question, sorry..) though I may e-mail Mr Nishizawa with some followups. We've been working through the footage but it isn't as good as we hoped - sound is meh, lack of preparation, and we were super jet-lagged. That said, we are still working out to release some of that contents, perhaps in different segments. Ah that's a shame, yeh if you could email him to ask that would be great. I wonder if perhaps other names were considered for the character or game before they settled on Wonder Boy? Or perhaps just other names used in development like how Sonic was "Mr. Needlemouse" and Streets of Rage was "D-Swat" etc

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:38 am
	TheAssassin wrote I wonder if perhaps other names were considered for the character or game before they settled on Wonder Boy? Or perhaps just other names used in development like how Sonic was "Mr. Needlemouse" Sonic was never called Mr. Needlemouse. The early sketch said "Mr. Harinezumi", which translates as "Mr. Hedgehog", not "Mr. Needlemouse". Somebody at an old TV program didn't know his Japanese and the rest is made up history.

TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:09 am
TheAssassin Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 177	ICEknight wrote Sonic was never called Mr. Needlemouse. The early sketch said "Mr. Harinezumi", which translates as "Mr. Hedgehog", not "Mr. Needlemouse". Somebody at an old TV program didn't know his Japanese and the rest is made up history. Ah right, that makes more sense, cheers. I find this kind of stuff fascinating, how characters developed and evolved before being seen by the public

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:56 am
	The thing is that many of the interesting new questions I asked, the answers were along the line of "I don't remember" "I'm not sure". What already filtered from existing (better) interviews (e.g. the Untold Story of Japanese Gamedev and HG101 interviews) covers a lot of the publishable stuff.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 7:42 pm
	Mini-video: https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944 http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/

Gordman Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 363 Location: Berlin, Germany	Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 9:47 pm
	Bock wrote Mini-video: https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944 http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/ Many thanks, the Lizardman looks amazing! =D It all looks so well done, holy cow.

JomasterII Joined: 11 Sep 2016 Posts: 24	Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:54 am
JomasterII Joined: 11 Sep 2016 Posts: 24	Good god, this game is frickin' EYE CANDY. Such a nice looking art style. Hope it plays just as good, or even better than the Master System original!! I can't wait for the release.

Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:26 pm
Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	This is a very special up close and personal look at the game with Ryuichi Nishizawa and the team. A must watch! http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_DevDiary1/

LuckySword Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:54 am
	I have a great idea; SMSPower members should have a priority opportunity to be BETA testers :)

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:17 am
	LuckySword wrote I have a great idea; SMSPower members should have a priority opportunity to be BETA testers :) Also, the more posts, the higher chance. :D

Landale Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 45 Location: Sweden	Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:39 pm
Landale Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 45 Location: Sweden	Bock wrote Mini-video: https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944 http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/ A tasteful and stylish arrangement of "Side-Crawler's Dance" (often incorrectly called "Mind of Hero"). A tango in latino/french style :)

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:27 am
	Landale wrote Bock wrote Mini-video: https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/778240040916946944 http://www.thedragonstrap.com/blog/post/201609_TheLizardMan/ A tasteful and stylish arrangement of "Side-Crawler's Dance" (often incorrectly called "Mind of Hero"). A tango in latino/french style :) According to the official OST it is called Adventure Zone!

Landale Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 45 Location: Sweden	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:25 am
Landale Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 45 Location: Sweden	Bock wrote According to the official OST it is called Adventure Zone! This song has two names: Side-Crawler's Dance (in the game) Adventure Zone (official OST)

Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:21 pm
Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	Thanks for the info, I thought it was "Mind of Hero" which was youtube leading me astray.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:31 pm
	How do you know that Adventure Zone == Side-Crawler's Dance (in the game)? What is the reasoning for it? There's 3 tracks for which I haven't yet mapped the OST names with the in-game names: OST: Desert Zone Adventure Zone (mouse zone, jungle, lion rocky underground) Take It Easy (dungeon) Game Credits: ?? Side-Crawler's Dance ?? The Monster's Lair ?? The Danger Zone And I don't know which one maps to which one. One could be tempted to say that "The Monster's Lair" == Dungeon Music, however: a) note the mismatching order b) in the original game code the dungeons are refered as "dan"/"danger" So I'm stuck there with those 3 names. It's probably all quite wrong on Youtube, most probably because of us: when we (what it me?) named the WBIII VGM package we had to guess a few of those names.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14732 Location: London	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:55 pm
	There's a thread somewhere on here with Shinichi Sakamoto telling us we got two mixed up.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:13 pm
	The other threads are: http://www.smspower.org/forums/9740-SongTitlesForWonderboy http://www.smspower.org/forums/11958-VGMPackWonderBoyIII http://www.smspower.org/forums/549-ShinichiSakamotoReleasesSheetMusic Can't really find what you refer to. Sakamoto posted a few times under his name or Shintan but I don't remember that info. Will search again..

Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:32 pm
Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	It seems the order from the game credits is actually: Side-Crawler's Dance The Danger Zone The Monster's Lair In fact the whole order of the soundtrack matches similarly with the credits which would mean: Side-Crawler's Dance = Desert Zone ( 砂漠 Desert ) The Danger Zone = Adventure Zone ( 森 Forest ) The Monster's Lair = Take It Easy ( 沈没船 Sunken Ship ) music.jpg (108.96 KB)

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:08 pm
	Logbomber wrote In fact the whole order of the soundtrack matches similarly with the credits which would mean: Order wise it doesn't really fully match. What are you comparing it with? - OST 23 Title (title) 24 Monsterland Revenge (John rust Don) 25 VS.Dragon (boss game) 26 Opening (opening) 27 Marine (town) ... 28 Shop (store) 29 ROOMs BGM (room) 30 Mind of Hero (sea) 31 Item (item procurement) 32 Desert Zone (desert) 33 Adventure Zone (forest) 34 Monsterland? (Don John falling) 35 Take It Easy (sinking boat) 36 Staff Roll (staff roll) 37 Ending (ending) 38 Game Over (game over) 39 Test BGM (sound source test) [* unused tune] - SMS Credits IN ORDER The Last Dungeon Vs. Dragon And now... Monster-Town ... Mind of Hero Side-Crawler's Dance The Danger Zone It's a Treasure Box The Monster's Lair Endless War The Dragon's Trap

Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 4:38 am
Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 207	Yeah, I only meant there were some similarities between the lists, which doesn't prove anything conclusively. Side-Crawler's Dance could be a reference to the side-crawlers in the under water section of the Desert. The name sounds like the music for a water level. Danger Zone and Adventure Zone have a similar meaning. The Monster's Lair sounds like an appropriate title for a boss dungeon.

LuckySword Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:26 am
	Just copying Bock's recent Pirate Dragon gif for those who aren't social mediaphiles http://www.lizardcube.com/presskit/TheDragonsTrap/gifs/Boss_Captain01.gif Boss_Captain01.gif (221.81 KB)

IrishNinja Joined: 08 May 2016 Posts: 7 Location: Vice City	Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:35 pm
	this looks so good! crazy this is my first time seeing it, but man, between this & Monster Boy next year, things are finally looking up for the classic series!

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:28 pm
	Thanks so much :) It's been tough handling all of it but we are starting to see the end of the tunnel! Just posted a third mini video: https://twitter.com/lizardcube/status/803989102643257344

LuckySword Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:07 am
	It's coming along looking so incredible! Do you have an ETA on the Music DevDiary?

LuckySword Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:10 am
	Also Ben needs the biggest pat on the back possible. The artwork is unbelievable to me. Especially Pirate Dragon. It's just perfect, I cannot believe how much you guys are nailing it.

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