Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a 2017 platform game developed by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu for the Nintendo Switch. It is a remake of the 1989 Sega Master System game Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap. Several videos of the game was recorded by The D-Pad as part of their weekend Switch videos series, but the footage was lost. A re-recorded playthrough as the female character (an option which changes the game's name to Wonder Girl: The Dragon's Trap) commenced on May 13, 2017.

Episodes

« preceded by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentators	Release date
1	"Aw, That's Nice of Them"	15:07	Lindsay	Rick, Ben	13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Lindsay takes control for the start of the game by working her way through The Last Dungeon and fighting the Meka Dragon, while the group praise the game's art style. After defeating (and being cursed by) the dragon, she finishes the introductory level and begins the game proper. As Rick and Ben try to make sense of the bizarre titles of the games in the Wonder Boy series, Lindsay explores a beach area, but accumulates damage over time and eventually receives a game over. Respawning at the starting town, she buys a set of Mithril gear and finds an extra heart, but further exploration reveals that the beach path is the only way to progress forward. Lindsay makes her way back to the beach, but mistakenly enters a one-way door that returns her to the town.
2	"Chicken Hands"	13:19	Lindsay, Rick	Ben	13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Back at the beach, Lindsay continues to explore both above and below the water and finds some treasure, as Ben reveals his long-running mishearing of a classic AC/DC song. Lindsay eventually reaches a shop selling Goblin Mail, buys it, and obtains a key before deciding to "John out" and hand the control over to Rick. Rick makes his way back across the beach while the group joke about the 'retro' and 'modern' graphical variations on the game's enemies. Arriving back at the town, he uses the key to access a desert area, but decides to head right into a canyon with much more dangerous enemies. He gets a decent way into the area before being overwhelmed and defeated, respawning at the town once again.
3	"Fire Escaping from My Face"	15:12	Rick	Ben, Lindsay	14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)
Rick returns to the desert and goes left instead, while continuing to compare the 'retro' and 'modern' graphic and music options. At the end of the area he finds another extra heart, and explores a pyramid containing a boss battle with Mummy Dragon. Upon defeating the boss, he is cursed again and becomes a mouse. After clearing out the rest of the pyramid's treasure, he enters another one-way door that returns him to the town. Using the abilities of the mouse form, Rick finds a hidden shop stocked with items that are too expensive to buy, along with a path leading to a previously inaccessible area. He heads through it to find himself in a jungle area, where he immediately buys a Shogun Blade and Shogun Shield from a shop at the entrance.
4	"Bamboozle of the Lizard"	16:35	Rick	Ben, Lindsay	14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)
Rick stays near the beginning of the jungle, defeating enemies in order to obtain enough money to buy the final Shogun item from the shop, then heads forward through the area until he reaches a tower. Due to the structure of the level, he has to climb the tower on the left side, then drop back down to the bottom and climb it again on the right side in order to reach the door leading to the next boss, Dragon Zombie. The boss turns out to be very straightforward; he makes quick work of it and becomes cursed once more, this time turning into a "fish-person". Rick leaves the tower and uses his newfound ability to swim to get to an area containing an extra heart, a shop that sells potions, and the next one-way door that leads back to the town.
5	"Horch"	17:27	Lindsay	Rick, John, Ben	20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
The group return to the game, with John present and Lindsay in control once more. She explores the town area and then the beach area, trying to find the correct path to progress through the game. John leaves after a few minutes, and Lindsay finds nothing new in the beach except for a shop selling a better shield. After Rick comes up with a name for the pig salesman, she buys the shield and returns to the town, but is still unsuccessful in finding a newly accessible area. Eventually, they conclude that the previously too-difficult canyon area is the only remaining unexplored path. Lindsay makes her way through the canyon, crossing a long series of floating platforms over lava, and eventually reaches the end of the area, which contains a shop selling Dragon Mail that provides immunity to lava.