Boy (ボーイ) or Wonder Boy, is a recurring character in the Wonder Boy series.
Wonder Boy (1986)[]
Boy is the protagonist of the first Wonder Boy game, where he sets out to rescue his girlfriend Tina from King. To do so, he uses an axe. He would then later be used as the protagonist in Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, with a better arsenal, and then returning for Wonder Boy Returns and Wonder Boy Returns Remix.
According to the English Master System manual from Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Tom-Tom (Boy) and Book (named "Bock Lee Temjin" in the manual) are the same characters, but with Book being Boy 11 years older.[1] Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom contradicts this statement by portraying the two side-by-side as different people. However, this was only done to pay tribute to the different games as stated by the developers.
Wonder Boy Returns/Returns Remix[]
Boy is an energetic youth who gets caught by Tina with him spending time with two female islanders. He goes on a journey to rescue Tanya shortly after when she is kidnapped by the Red Devil (King in Returns Remix). In this remake of the original 1986 adventure, he has a new ability to charge the axes he throws to make them bigger, better and stronger, too.
Trivia[]
- The original manual also states that Tom-Tom is a friendly nickname given to him in the Master System version of the original game, while Wonder Boy is a title he obtained after defeating King.
- In Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Boy, alongside Book and Shion, is one of the spirits from past heroes that appears to assist Jin. He can also be seen in a stained glass alongside Book, Shion, and Asha.
- In the Adventure Island series, Tom-Tom is replaced by Master Higgins, Takahashi Meijin (高橋名人) in Japan, a young man who ventured to Adventure Island in after hearing that the Evil Witch Doctor (King) kidnapped Princess Leilani (Tanya).
Gallery[]
