Monster World IV
| Monster World IV | |
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 Cover art featuring different drawings of Asha and Pepelogoo | |
| Developer | Westone |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Artist | Maki Ohzora |
| Composer | Jin Watanabe |
| Series | Wonder Boy/Monster World |
| Platform | Mega Drive |
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| Genre | Platform |
| Mode | Single-player |
Monster World IV is an action-adventure platform game developed by Westone and released in Japan by Sega for the Mega Drive in April 1994.
It is the sixth game in the Wonder Boy series and the fourth game in the Monster World subseries, the other three of which can be identified by their Japanese names: Super Wonder Boy: Monster World for the Sega Mark III (a port of Wonder Boy in Monster Land), Monster World II: Dragon no Wana for the Game Gear (a port of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap), and Wonder Boy V: Monster World III for the Mega Drive (released overseas as Wonder Boy in Monster World).
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. 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 23, 2012. 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.