Wonderland Online
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Wonderland Online is an MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

 video game developed by Chinese Gamer International. In North America, the closed beta client was published on April 9, 2008 by Internet Gaming Gate
Internet Gaming Gate
IGG is an online game operator in North America run by the company of Skyunion Co., Ltd. Currently, IGG's business is primarily focused on operating free MMORPGs which would allow thousands of players to concurrently log on to network servers to "role-play" characters in a virtual world.IGG has...

. In China, Wonderland is also titled 飄流幻境 ("Drift Illusion").

Gameplay

Wonderland Online is a story of a group of shipwreck survivors stranded on an isolated island. Players may perform quests, solve puzzles, manufacture items and indulge in interior decoration. The graphics are anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

-style 2D. The game world is based on the real-world Earth, and includes representations of countries such as China, Egypt, Maya and the South Pole.

Characters have attributes and magical powers based on the four elements
Four elements
Four elements may refer to:* Classical elements, such as air, fire, earth and water* 4 Elements, an album by Chronic Future* Group 4 element, one of the chemical elements in Group 4 of the periodic table...

: defensive ability is based on earth, support abilities on water, attack abilities on fire and agility and speed on wind.

Development

Wonderland Online was developed by Taiwanese studio Chinese Gamer International. Pre-production began in 2003 and formal development in 2004. Wonderland was published in Taiwan on December 14, 2005. Initially, players had to pay for subscription. The business model switched to free-to-play on May 16, 2006, with revenue generated by points cards redeemable at an in-game item mall. Wonderland was made available in mainland China on April 7, 2006, in Japan on December 3, 2007 and in Thailand on January 25, 2008. Finally, Internet Gaming Gate
Internet Gaming Gate
IGG is an online game operator in North America run by the company of Skyunion Co., Ltd. Currently, IGG's business is primarily focused on operating free MMORPGs which would allow thousands of players to concurrently log on to network servers to "role-play" characters in a virtual world.IGG has...

published Wonderland in North America on May 12, 2008.
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