| Monster World IV | |
|---|---|
 Cover art featuring different drawings of Asha and Pepelogoo | |
| Developer(s) | Westone |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Artist(s) | Maki Ohzora |
| Composer(s) | Jin Watanabe |
| Series | Wonder Boy/Monster World |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive |
| Release |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Monster World IV[a] is an action-adventure platform game developed by Westone and released in Japan by Sega for the Mega Drive in April 1994. The game title is slightly confusing: It is the sixth game in the Wonder Boy series and the fourth game in the Monster World subseries (the other three being Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap/Curse and Wonder Boy in Monster World/Wonder Boy V: Monster World III). It was later released for the PlayStation 2 on March 8, 2007, as part of the Sega Ages 2500 series under the name Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection.[b] It was released on the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan on January 15, 2008. An English-language version was released in North America and Europe for Virtual Console on May 10, 2012, with a release on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network to come on May 22, 2012.[1][2][3][4] Monster World IV was the last Wonder Boy game to both be published by Sega and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment. A remake by Artdink, titled Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World, was released in May 2021.
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