Riddle given to you as Mouse-man

[SmashTom]

Does this point to any secret treasure somewhere...? Or is it just for fun?
Regardless, I can't figure out the solution. Can you?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1287492380

[Kakhi]

I bet this refers to some other riddles from Wonder Boy II. ;) - Maybe it's just here as an easter egg ?

[AnvilMAn]

its an easter egg from wonder boy in monster land aka wonderboy 2

the sphinx asks you riddles, you can learn the answer from buying booze at the bar or fight him

[Omar]

Yes they are references to the Sphinx riddle in wb2. So it’s not really a riddle you can understand without that knowledge. The pig says it when you forgot to grab the Heart container located in the Sphinx.

[SmashTom]

I see! Well, since I never played WB II I guess it makes sense that I don't know the answer. I tried googeling for said bar, sphinx or riddles but didn't come across the one in the screenshot. Could anyone provide a link...? I still wanna try solve it.

[AnvilMAn]

there were different riddles, you had to learn the answer by going into the bar and buying drinks so the bartender would give you the answer and iirc the answer wasnt always the same

[Omar]

Originally posted by SmashTom:

I see! Well, since I never played WB II I guess it makes sense that I don't know the answer. I tried googeling for said bar, sphinx or riddles but didn't come across the one in the screenshot. Could anyone provide a link...? I still wanna try solve it.

There’s not really an answer to this one apart from the fact that the pig is alluding to the sphinx itself. It’s more of an obscure private joke that a riddle.

[SmashTom]

Originally posted by Omar:

Originally posted by SmashTom:

I see! Well, since I never played WB II I guess it makes sense that I don't know the answer. I tried googeling for said bar, sphinx or riddles but didn't come across the one in the screenshot. Could anyone provide a link...? I still wanna try solve it.

There’s not really an answer to this one apart from the fact that the pig is alluding to the sphinx itself. It’s more of an obscure private joke that a riddle.

Aww ok. And here I was trying to find a word that could apply to all three, haha.
Club almost works (only for the first two though).
Drunkard maybe? In the morning he has ale, afternoon likes to play golf (kinda weird...?) and the evening he's way too drunk to even sit down.

But still, this easter egg makes me really curious about the other game. So in that sense, you guys succeeded ;)

[Omar]

You can play Wonder Boy in Monster Land on Arcade or many systems Master System/Amiga/CPC etc. (Arcade version is better). Unfortunately the Arcade it's not in Steam but only PS2/PS3/X360 and stuff like MAME.

The original arcade version was not officially translated into English until very late and most of the versions floating around that were exploited in the Western used a dodgy translation with made the Sphinx questions more confusing. The recent digital releases have the proper English translation.

Basically in the game you are supposed to get drinks at the tavern in the pyramd to get hints about what the Sphinx has been doing lately (hobbies include golf, karaoke, etc. what he hates) and when you encounter the boss he asks you a question. If you get it wrong you have to fight the Sphinx and its one of the hardest boss in the game.

Monster Land Arcade is an amazing game imho.

[SmashTom]

Originally posted by Omar:

You can play Wonder Boy in Monster Land on Arcade or many systems Master System/Amiga/CPC etc. (Arcade version is better). Unfortunately the Arcade it's not in Steam but only PS2/PS3/X360 and stuff like MAME.

The original arcade version was not officially translated into English until very late and most of the versions floating around that were exploited in the Western used a dodgy translation with made the Sphinx questions more confusing. The recent digital releases have the proper English translation.

Basically in the game you are supposed to get drinks at the tavern in the pyramd to get hints about what the Sphinx has been doing lately (hobbies include golf, karaoke, etc. what he hates) and when you encounter the boss he asks you a question. If you get it wrong you have to fight the Sphinx and its one of the hardest boss in the game.

Monster Land Arcade is an amazing game imho.

I'll be sure to check it out. Thank you for all the feedback and the amazing game on Steam of course :D

[Cynder]

I really hated the Sphinx in Wonder Boy II because I never knew I could learn answers drinking ale. So I never got them right. And always had to fight him. And almost always lost.

When I saw that riddle from the screenshot I thought, "Man, this is just as ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up as those riddles of that Sphinx." I'm not sure if the developers wanted to make me remember Sphinx the way I have, but still.

[AnvilMAn]

bonus points for having to drink both kinds before you get the answer but once you figure out the pattern to sphinx he wasnt that hard