This was the first of these modified ports (originally released in Japan as Takahashi-Meijin no Bōken Jima) for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Hudson Soft, a modified version of the first Wonder Boy in which the main character replaced with a caricature of real-life Japanese video game expert named Takahashi Meijin.
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They also modified some games to replace characters with local licenses; that way, Teddy Boy became Geraldinho of Glauco, certain Wonder Boy titles became Monica's Gang games and Ghost House also starred El Chapulín Colorado ("Chapolim Colorado"), a Mexican character very popular in Brazil.
Wonder Boy in Monster Land, the second game in the Wonder Boy series, first released for the arcade in 1987