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Hello, I'm new to the forum, but I've watched many of the speed runs on this site.
I was thinking about trying to do a speed run for Wonder Boy in Monster World for Genesis because there isn't one yet. I didn't see any threads about this game, but the runs for the SMS games in this series were pretty awesome. I haven't officially tried to do a run before, but this is one of my favorite games and probably the only game I could do a run for without some very very serious practice first.
I have the US version. I was confused at first about a video I saw on youtube, but I think it's just because it's the Japanese version.
Big difference: last boss.
Anyone who's played the US/EU version knows how corny that conveyor belt is.
That's actually the only real problem I can foresee, and I would totally hate to have an awesome run and die at the end. Does any one have any good ideas for how to fight the last boss?
The game is fairly linear so I don't have to do much planning for my route (unless anyone knows any short cuts), except for maybe the ocean part, but I've already figured out which items to buy.
You have to grind the snake at the beginning of the game to buy the leather boots because they make you run faster. I'll just keep trying that part until I get large gold drops from the snake since it's the very beginning. The only other spot I might have to grind some enemies is the penguins right before the ice town to buy the ceramic boots. I might not have to though because I realized there was a chest in the ocean I was forgetting. Either way that shouldn't take too long. I shouldn't ever have to worry about grinding for cash to buy any weapons, shields, or armor, just those 2 boots.
I'm trying to keep sleeping at inns at a minimum, but fairly soon it becomes necessary to replenish magic.
I need to experiment on a few enemies to see if I can kill them faster with any magic, and I need to plan my menu navigation a little better, and I need to see if I can reasonably skip a couple of the heart container boxes, namely the one in the forest temple and maybe the one sitting on the clouds before you enter the last castle. That depends on if, after practice, I think I kill the last boss without them. Of course I don't plan to grab hearts that deviate extremely far from the main path or require back tracking.
I think that's about it so far.
I was thinking about trying to do a speed run for Wonder Boy in Monster World for Genesis because there isn't one yet. I didn't see any threads about this game, but the runs for the SMS games in this series were pretty awesome. I haven't officially tried to do a run before, but this is one of my favorite games and probably the only game I could do a run for without some very very serious practice first.
I have the US version. I was confused at first about a video I saw on youtube, but I think it's just because it's the Japanese version.
Big difference: last boss.
Anyone who's played the US/EU version knows how corny that conveyor belt is.
That's actually the only real problem I can foresee, and I would totally hate to have an awesome run and die at the end. Does any one have any good ideas for how to fight the last boss?
The game is fairly linear so I don't have to do much planning for my route (unless anyone knows any short cuts), except for maybe the ocean part, but I've already figured out which items to buy.
You have to grind the snake at the beginning of the game to buy the leather boots because they make you run faster. I'll just keep trying that part until I get large gold drops from the snake since it's the very beginning. The only other spot I might have to grind some enemies is the penguins right before the ice town to buy the ceramic boots. I might not have to though because I realized there was a chest in the ocean I was forgetting. Either way that shouldn't take too long. I shouldn't ever have to worry about grinding for cash to buy any weapons, shields, or armor, just those 2 boots.
I'm trying to keep sleeping at inns at a minimum, but fairly soon it becomes necessary to replenish magic.
I need to experiment on a few enemies to see if I can kill them faster with any magic, and I need to plan my menu navigation a little better, and I need to see if I can reasonably skip a couple of the heart container boxes, namely the one in the forest temple and maybe the one sitting on the clouds before you enter the last castle. That depends on if, after practice, I think I kill the last boss without them. Of course I don't plan to grab hearts that deviate extremely far from the main path or require back tracking.
I think that's about it so far.
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