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A series of side-scrolling [[Platform Game|platform games]] developed by Sega and Westone. Originally began as a trilogy of thematically-related arcade games (''Wonder Boy'', ''Monster Land'', and ''Monster Lair''), each with drastically play mechanics from the last. The second arcade game spun-off the ''Monster World'' sub-series on home consoles, which adapted an action RPG approach.

** ''Super Wonder Boy'' on the Sega Mark III

** ''Revenge of Drancon'' on the American Game Gear

** ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' on the Master System, Amiga, and Atari ST

** ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' on the Sega Mark III

** ''Bikkuriman World'' on the PC Engine

* ''[[Wonder Boy III the Dragons Trap|Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap]]'' (Master System, Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16)

** ''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana'' on the Japanese Game Gear

* ''[[Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'' ([[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], Master System)

** ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'' in Japan

* ''[[Monster World IV]]'' (Mega Drive, Japan only until May 2012)

 

[[Tenacious D|Young Nastyman does not feature in this series.]]

* [[Compilation Rerelease]]: The aforementioned ''Monster World: Complete Collection'' not only has all six main games, it also includes all of the cross-platforms ports (at least the ones that came out on Sega consoles) and some of the different regional releases.

* [[Genre Shift]]: The three arcade games in the series are different from each other. The first ''Wonder Boy'' is a straightforward platformer, ''Monster Land'' is an action RPG, and ''Monster Lair'' is an [[Auto Scrolling]] platformer with [[Shoot'Em Up]] segments. All of the console sequels though, stuck to the action RPG format of ''Monster Land''.

* [[Legacy Character]]: The titular "Wonder Boy" is a different character depending on the game, although Bock (the protagonist of ''Monster Land'' and ''The Dragon's Trap'') is said to be Tom-Tom from the original ''Wonder Boy'' in the localized version of the ''Monster Land'' manual. Leo from ''Monster Lair'' and Shion from ''Monster World'' are definitely different characters though, and Asha and Princess Purapril are girls, thus obviously unfit for the "Wonder Boy" title.

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