Finally got around to beating Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap remake. Still have most of the new dungeons to get through but that's mostly just for the sword that makes more magic stuff drop.
I forgot I already did a huge retrospective on this a year ago so here's an update: I completed Hard Mode. The "ridiculously long mercy invincibility" actually gets worked against you with the new "take damage after a set amount of time" mechanic which, yeah okay I dig it. Vampire Dragon sure was a pain but, hey, still beat the game without a game over or anything.
I started a playthrough of Normal again to show the polycule, although I also need to finally do a replay of Monster Boy, one of the only games I have 100% achievements for on Steam because I love this series so much.
