<s>
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Trap	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Lizardcube	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Dotemu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
1989	O
game	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Trap	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Westone	O
Bit	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
later	O
releasing	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
in	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
in	I-Application
Monster	I-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
has	O
been	O
cursed	O
by	O
the	O
Mecha	O
Dragon	O
and	O
must	O
go	O
on	O
a	O
quest	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
human	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Trap	I-Application
is	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Trap	I-Application
,	O
with	O
gameplay	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Master	O
System	O
code	O
,	O
featuring	O
brand	O
new	O
hand-drawn	O
graphics	O
and	O
musical	O
rearrangements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
in	I-Application
Monster	I-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
an	O
adventurer	O
who	O
,	O
upon	O
defeating	O
the	O
Mecha	O
Dragon	O
,	O
has	O
become	O
afflicted	O
with	O
a	O
curse	O
turning	O
them	O
into	O
a	O
Lizard-Man	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
fan	O
remake	O
of	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Trap	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
by	O
Omar	O
Cornut	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
programmer	O
Cornut	O
and	O
artist	O
Ben	O
Fiquet	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
together	O
on	O
Soul	B-Device
Bubbles	I-Device
,	O
as	O
a	O
fan	O
remake	O
developed	O
by	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
the	O
original	O
Master	O
System	O
game	O
's	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
also	O
applies	O
to	O
using	O
sprites	O
from	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
's	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
that	O
version	O
are	O
currently	O
held	O
by	O
Konami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
replicate	O
the	O
gameplay	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
developers	O
extracted	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
cartridge	O
and	O
then	O
read	O
the	O
information	O
using	O
a	O
hex	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
,	O
developers	O
used	O
a	O
disassembler	O
to	O
convert	O
the	O
data	O
into	O
Z80	O
code	O
;	O
then	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
debugger	B-Application
and	O
the	O
MEKA	O
Sega	O
Master	O
System	O
emulator	O
,	O
they	O
would	O
observe	O
what	O
the	O
blocks	O
of	O
code	O
were	O
doing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Limited	O
Run	O
Games	O
released	O
a	O
physical	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
in	O
both	O
standard	O
and	O
collector	O
's	O
editions	O
in	O
Summer	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
also	O
published	O
a	O
physical	O
edition	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
in	O
Asia	O
in	O
July	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
retail	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
versions	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Nicalis	O
on	O
13	O
February	O
2018	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
by	O
Headup	O
Games	O
on	O
20	O
April	O
2018	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pikii	O
published	O
a	O
physical	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Trap	I-Application
has	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Switch	O
version	O
currently	O
holding	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
79/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Life	O
later	O
called	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
metroidvania	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
"	O
a	O
perfectly-pitched	O
non-linear	O
action	O
adventure	O
 [ and ] 	O
a	O
Metroidvania	O
before	O
the	O
term	O
coagulated	O
into	O
existence	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
