Before Sonic - Sega's Original Mascot - Alex Kidd

[@EpsiIonEagle]

Alex Kidd in Miracle World is my childhood. I never had an NES. I play it at a friend's house. My house was Sega

[@thomaselers7416]

Your house was a great house!!!!

[@mr-matt13]

That game SUUUUUUCKS! Alex Kidd in Shinobi World also still gives me PTSD.

[@mep6302]

@@mr-matt13 Your opinion SUUUUUUUCKS

[@EpsiIonEagle]

@@mr-matt13 My favorite Sega Master Sysyem game was Zillion but I enjoyed Alex Kidd in Miracle World too. It was quite hard though

[@KaneRobot]

That's an unfortunate childhood

[@abhitron]

The Master System was popular here in Australia. A couple of my friends and family had the Master System II, and the cool thing was that it had Alex Kidd in Miracle World built into the console itself, so while I never owned a Master System, I still have great memories playing this game at their homes. Also imagine if Alex Kidd was in Smash Bros? He obviously would punch as his standard attack, but maybe the rock-paper-scissors element could play a part, and he could change costumes to take on the roles he played in games like Shinobi World and such.

[@TheDistorted]

Great ideas for Smash !

[@zufriedenernutzer8227]

The world also dumped their criminals to Australia

[@atomicskull6405]

0:24: I think Metroid is a pretty cool guy. Eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.

[@piglet7240]

It’s a woman

[@supernapclub]

I can't ever get him past those weird alien jellyfish dudes near the end. {:3

[@Tom-jw7ii]

Paul Hole Bro you did not understand the joke you utter fool. Prepare for your insolence to be exploited by me to gain epic reddit gold.

[@ahmadkazan7994]

I think you mean a girl.

[@legros731]

Lol hope your joking its samus and its a girl

[@Proticity]

Sometimes SEGA feels like they sit down and are like "Wait, who are these characters that aren't Sonic?"

[@fistfullofglass]

Recently it's more like, "games other than Yakuza? Don't think we've ever made those."

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

@@JohnSmith-XYZ Yup all 6 on ps4 are incredibly addicting on the first playthrough.

[@fistfullofglass]

Ultra CNC calm your tits, I didn't say I disliked the Yakuza franchise, only gripe about the games themselves is the story getting in the way of my next mini-game, brawl or locker to open. Hell, even the Yakuza/FotNS clone was fun. But goddamn, can they put something else out that's decent once in a while?

[@ChibiKami]

I read in an interview with a former sega developer that Sega's model worked like this: team comes up with new original IP that looks great, executives force them to shove Sonic into it do you think Sonic Unleashed's night levels started life as anything other than a new Ristar game?

[@tempestfennac9687]

@@ChibiKami That's an interesting theory. It is a shame that there wasn't a 3D Ristar sequel.

[@philmason9653]

When I finally played Alex Kidd years later, I couldn't get over the floaty jumps & bad hit detection. THIS was the thing 8-bit Sega fans had been hanging their hats on? It's charming & cute, but I don't think it would have rated in the top 50 NES games.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Nope it would have been ripped apart by NES fans, Sega Master System owners were just starved for games.

[@exactspace]

"I'm Sega Lord X. Thank you guys for watching, and I WILL catch you next time." **Sega Lord X runs triumphantly down a dark alleyway in slow mo with his cape blowing in the wind.**

[@thomaselers7416]

You forgot "I'm Sega lord X, and I love Mario".

[@NicheCaesar]

Did anyone else hear the Danny Elfman Batman theme in the back of their head when they read that? Just me? Well you WILL *raises a hood over my face and does a somersault down the alleyway, trying to catch up to Sega Lord X*

[@exactspace]

@@NicheCaesar yes, I did.

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@thomaselers7416 Sonic was cut from the cloth of SMB 1 as like a branched evolution of what Mario could have become while it was experimenting until it found its footing with SMB 3, so a Sonic fan enjoying Murphy is no big surprise.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Always loved Alex Kidd. Hope the remake does well enough for other remakes (Shinobi/Tech world) or new games.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

High Tech World sucks.

[@Gruntvc]

Shinobi. 👍 We need more big budget ninja games. The PS2 one was great.

[@smartl4d]

Loved shinobi world but even as a 10 year old I beat it on my 2nd go, way too easy

[@damonpaoli8979]

I love your content, SLX. Glad you added the original animations back to the intro! Now it is perfect. :)

[@TonyFrancis]

I always find SMS footage so pleasing to watch. The system had such an interesting color palette.

[@Ziko577]

The remake of Miracle World is gonna be lit! I really want to play that one someday but instead, I can at least play these hacks of it. There's some good stuff on SMS Power and man that community really loves the Master System.

[@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev]

Well the Wonderboy/Monsterboy remakes are already shooting up in price. I'll be keeping an eye on the Alex Kidd remake and snatching up a copy when it's done.

[@EpsiIonEagle]

@@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev Will there be an official physical release or will we need to use Limited Run?

[@BasementBrothers]

Sega had Shinobi. Ninjas were a big thing in the late 80's and NES kids venerated Ninja Gaiden a lot. But most of those NES ninja fans were aware of Shinobi and seriously respected the game.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

Wonderboy also felt like an early Sega mascot, and those games improved with each new one.

[@SegaLordX]

The video title isn't wrong. Fantasy Zone and Alex Kidd were released weeks apart in most European countries. And it was Alex Kidd that was heavily advertised and the face of Sega, and would even built in with the system. There's no comparison. Alex Kidd was Sega's mascot on a far grander scale worldwide.

[@Gobsmackedsquid]

Opa-opa was actually also the mascot back then too from fantasy zone

[@shadow479]

My first game ever was Alex Kidd in Miracle Word and it was in built from my Master System II memory. Whenever there was no cartridge it would pop out this game. I could never beat it, those hand-paper-rock games made it even more difficult

[@Fuuntag]

Good work with your recent uploads bud, intelligent/intriguing ideas for videos presented well!

[@martinaurik2189]

I played the first “Alex Kidd” game and never understood and got bored.You explained a lot for me with this video and I definitly like to try the good “Alex Kidd” games.Thanks and have a Nice day

[@DJVexillum]

I'm ashamed to say I only learned of Alex Kidd from his appearance in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

[@noisecommander590]

Pretty much the only reason Alex Kid did well in Europe was because Nintendo completely neglected other parts of the world next to Japan and the USA. I mean, we didn't even see Super Mario Bros 3 until 1991, pretty much at the same time as Sega released Sonic here. We did get the Mario Bros movie on TV and VHS, and the Super Mario Bros Super Show, but other than that kids didn't know who Mario was until Super Mario Land on the Game Boy in 1991, and for most of them, Super Mario 64 in 1997. No one I knew knew that Super Mario World existed and Super Mario All-Stars didn't get a release until 1995. Hell, it wasn't until the Wii that Nintendo got ahead in console sales in comparison to it's competition over here. Their portables did always sell great, though. So yeah, we had Alex Kid in the early days, and Commander Keen.

[@Diwasho]

To be fair, the NES box art in the west was also very simple and literal, portraying the exact sprite graphics you see in the game. The trend of minimalistic box art eventually came to Japan in late 90's and early 00's when the western covers were going in the opposite direction with progressively more and more busy packaging artworks (compare Silent Hill 1/2 and Kirby Super Star boxes across regions, or look at Seaman for a Sega example). Japan's versions were still better since they weren't just lacking, they were tasteful.

[@CrystlRain27]

I think the Ferrari driver from Outrun and the F-16 pilot from After Burner are brothers.

[@SENTRYXX]

Or are the same guy

[@WhiteJarrah]

@@SENTRYXX I thought it was John Tanner.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

If the pilot is Roy Fokker, I feel bad for the driver...

[@jamesstewart9056]

3:16 wow that game is running way faster than it did on the master system here in the UK

[@ChibiKami]

behold the power of 60hz refresh

[@TheJadeFist]

I wonder if the North American box minimal art on the master system was in response to Nintendo's black box games earlier in the NES life, where they had bare minimum graphics and maybe some pixel character or two, swapping the black for white.

[@Austroid]

Nobody: Alex Kidd: *A H H H H*

[@fuxbox]

Hell yea when I was a young boy I was absolutely obsessed with alex kidd in miracle world! From then on sega die hard for life!

[@secretsofthemeatsack]

Same!

[@johnhearn7329]

I remember playing Alex the Kidd and the lost stars as a kid thinking to myself this game is weird as shit but I like it!

[@Astrotrain99]

Yeah I had it as a kid as well. I remember when I got to the forest/swamp area and ran into an enemy what was basically a naked punk with a Mohawk that was mooning the screen and would, for lack of a better term, crap out skull turds that rolled at Alex like a bowling ball. That was a real WTF moment for me as a kid. lol

[@specialformula14]

I had it too. I'd day lost stars in the easiest game on the system. I traded it after a week lol

[@afropowa1598]

AHHHHHHHHHH that death cry was so annoying in that game, lol.

[@joanacaldas1724]

Excellent video! I learn a lot about the history of video games with you! I would sugest a video about the Sonic games for the Master System or one about the importance of Sonic for Sega when he first showed up on the Mega Drive. And how do you feel about Sonic? Are his games among your favourites for the Mega Drive? Cheers from Brazil

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

4:40 wtf sega? - thats a credit gobbler!

[@dancingwiththedogsdj]

I thoroughly enjoy pretty much every video you make and how you narrate them. Keep up the great work! 🍻

[@duckfield2520]

If the Enchanted Castle had tighter controls it would have been a good game. Once you got a handle on the controls it was still pretty fun.

[@WorldWithOEnd]

"Ahhh!" my new notifications sound

[@roninomega4135]

Yeah... They really needed Sonic.

[@Rasputin.Bogard]

Miracle World is the best one IMO. Loved that game and could easily play it again now.

[@matthewhall6288]

They try to fix up Saturn with the Outrun guy in Sega Hard Girls.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

What's this Sega hard girls i keep reading in the comments?

[@ChibiKami]

@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP slice of life anime surrounding 3 girls enrolled in the illustrious SeHaGaga Academy. They go into worlds based on various Sega properties to learn (?) stuff. One scene has them walking alongside and in pace with Ulala from Space Channel 5, for instance

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@@ChibiKamiDid they ever meet Nep, spirit of the SEGA Neptune?

[@marcelotakahashi520]

Just played on my Master System last week, after 15 years, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, the Lost Stars and in Shinobi World. After all that time I think that only the first and third games aged well enough to play in 2020. The Lost Stars is too repetitive. My only complaint regarding Shinobi World is that it's too short... Anyway, it was nice to revisit those games from my childhood.

[@mep6302]

Games do not age well or bad. They are good or bad. Stop having an archaic mindset

[@Velcrochicken1]

The rock paper scissors was very unique at the time and personally I loved it. (as a child) I think you were a bit harsh on the megadrive game but I see where you're coming from. It's all personal opinion after all.

[@TheLocalFuzz]

Agreed. I always think the people who bash Enchanted Castle put very little time into it.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

When you got to the port of the lost stars on the master system and said it was hard I remember renting it as a child and beating in in an afternoon thinking it was too easy because it was so straightforward. Personally Sega had no clue what to do with Alex Kidd and seemed to think sticking him in random games with limited quality was the way to go. The one good game outside of the original wasn't even supposed to be an Alex Kidd game and just Sinobi Kid so it is like the Mario 2 of the series.

[@marcelopires711]

Alex Kidd is just a Master System mascot. Everbody knows Shinobi is the ultimate Sega mascot.

[@AGZhark]

Listening to him scream 5 times in a row.

[@Redeemartstudios]

Awesome video review! Great details on this episode!

[@willmistretta]

I feel like they really struggled to deliver that refined "next level" follow-up to Miracle World; something that would be like the SMB3 of the series. It just sort of never materialized.

[@michaelromeo9567]

Alex Kidd in Shinobi world was Dope. Other games called alex Kidd in the west weren't A.K games but other franchises rebranded "Alek kidd". Mega Drive version was trash but because developpers began working on computers even not having a clue on what would be the hardware in wich the game will run on.. :/

[@willmistretta]

@@michaelromeo9567 It's fine, but in all honesty, it would have been just as fine under its original development title Shinobi Kid. Adding Alex didn't really elevate it any way.

[@MrArcadius83]

Back in the Days, my mother loves Sonic and buys an Master System with the In Build-Version, but at home ... she remarks, she has the console with Alex Kidd. One Rage later, she goes to the Shop again and buys another Master System with the right Game! xD

[@clydethomas52]

Since alex kid in miracle world was the built in game for the later SMS, the original boxed cart is actually pretty rare and worth quite a bit.

[@tsangpogorge]

In Sega Gaga, a Dreamcast RPG, Alex Kidd is portrayed as being a victim of neglect by Sega and bullying by Sonic!

[@pliniomsann]

The Alex Kidd that mattered in that time were Miracle and Shinobi World, which were great games. Nobody cared for the others ... and yes , I think they were more challenging and less repetitive than Mario games. Mario 3 though is a master piece

[@LITTLE1994]

I never knew much about Alex Kidd aside from having some games in the Master System, but yeah, he was Sega's mascot before Sonic, but he's unsuccessful. Sonic the Hedgehog (game) saved the company.

[@ubercomrade]

How does he know he will always catch me next time?

[@chibisf4]

i played shinobi world for the first time this year and it is just great

[@musicismypassion7686]

Imagine what sega could have done if they kept up with the cross over universe. Alex kidd in sonic world

[@GraveUypo]

eh, i'd much rather have ristar. he fits much, much better in the sonic world and his game is fucking awesome.

[@ElVlogdeBob]

Alexx kid in shinobi world was the first game of the series I played. I downloaded it from the wii virtual console and I enjoyed it a lot. I downloaded Miracle world and I thought it was boring. Although the DX remake looks awesome. Great video as always.

[@SonictheBedHog]

We never got that 3D Alex Kidd adventure game.

[@KenMasters.]

We'd all rather have 3D Alex Kidd games instead of those Sonic R, Sonic the Fighters and Sonic 3D Blast trash games.

[@scaryhobbit211]

Alex Kidd really represents SEGA trying waaaaaaay too hard to emulate Mario's rise to popularity - thinking that having a smiling face with quirky stuff surrounding him will automatically make him a star. Toss in the character riding motorbikes, hopping on a pogo, and playing Rock, Paper, Scissors - and _surely_ Alex Kidd will stand out, right!? ...Obviously, no. What SEGA completely missed when designing Alex Kidd is that it wasn't Mario's character or antics that made people fall in love with him and made Nintendo into a juggernaut - it was Mario's _gameplay._ Nintendo both introduced and perfected concepts in their games that revolutionized the industry. Mario himself was designed in a very utilitarian way as both a visual aid during gameplay and as a character Nintendo could easily copy & paste into other games. That Mario became so embraced as a character by the public was almost entirely an accident. It's a similar story with other big franchises on the NES - their characters were built around their killer gameplay. Compared to the NES' offerings, Alex Kidd's gameplay is godawful - and the constant pandering to make the character "cool" just makes things worse. Nothing except AK In Shinobi World gels, and that game itself is just a parody of Shinobi. SEGA learned the right lessons from AK's failure, though. They hit a home run with Sonic - not only building the character naturally around the gameplay, but also attacking the areas where Mario was weak.

[@Gruntvc]

I hope the remake/remaster of the original Alex Kidd gets a physical release.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

Tell LRG.

[@SneakyGreninja]

and hopefully not as a limited physical release

[@jymfiskburk2256]

Nice video man, my favorite title was alex kidd in shinobi world

[@lonman80]

Alex Kidd is what truly got me into video games, and the Master System was my very first Japanese console. Some of my absolute best childhood memories were spending all summer long playing my Master System. Wonder Boy, Quartet, The Ninja, Hang-On, Kenseiden, Black Belt, and countless others made sure Sega will always have a special place in my heart.

[@VirtuaBros]

I read somewhere that Alex kid was originally intended to be Goku in a Dragonball video game. Not sure if that was the original Alex kid or the DX version coming out though.

[@ChibiKami]

yeah, probably not intended as a Dragonball game specifically but I can see him being Sun Wukong

[@deadcentre-retro-meaningma6209]

@@ChibiKami for my theory on AK and Monkey see this video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5Xbg5aCiJKLbJY

[@VirtuaBros]

@@ChibiKami it actually was intended as a Dragonball game. Alex kid in miracle world. I looked it up.

[@ahmadkazan7994]

@@ChibiKami then super sonic happened.Sega really wanted to have an influence in drsgon ball...

[@scifu7e91]

Thank you for making this and I don't nothing about a remake and after seeing this it was 😍. This game is important for me and I'm happy that I have (like you) seen the (r)evolution of games from pixels to polygons... on different platforms. Have a lot of fun and happy days 'Sega Lord X' and everyone too 🕹👋😀

[@megagrey]

I was lucky enough to find a complete copy of the first Alex Kidd over a year ago. Within minutes I was getting my ass kicked.

[@GraveUypo]

i liked literally all of them. sue me.

[@martinpetersson4350]

Had Alex Kidd on Mega Drive, was a solid game.

[@polancoboomer]

If there's something "The Lost Stars" is better known for, is the scream Alex Kidd (or Stella for 2-player co-op in the arcade version) lets out whenever dies, falls into a pit or loses all of his time. There were plans to have more voices for Alex Kidd and Stella, but was scrapped for reasons unknown. The infamous scream was the remains of the original plan to add more voices for them.

[@fuzzball130]

12:12 - I swear, there was another Master System game that used the same background. For the life of me I can't remember what it was...

[@Gaming_since_the_eighties]

I remember playing the Rock Paper Sciccors part in Alex Kidd.

[@e.r.8710]

Thats when I stopped playing.

[@demonhighwayman9403]

I never got on with alex kidd, it was sonic that got me into gaming.

[@Carlixyz]

The pain of alex kid screaming in Lost stars resumes pretty much all in that Game.

[@BareKnuckleBlaze]

Imagine if Sega randomly dropped a 3D Alex Kidd Game

[@PaperBanjo64]

Ditch the rock paper scissors crap Alex Kidd might make for a decent Super Mario 64 clone...why the hell didn't Sega do that for the Saturn or Dreamcast!?

[@pliniomsann]

Nice video! Sega Master system has so many good and unknown (in US) games , including platforms, that I love when KZbinrs expose that ...

[@pda1799]

Great video, SLX!

[@pliniomsann]

I’m from Brazil and had much more fun with Alex Kidd, Sonic, Mickey and Donald, Asterix, Tasmania and other great platforms that made me more happy than any Mario game in the Nes ...

[@TheDistorted]

Master System has a lot of great platform games :)

[@cutiefriendsadventures7129]

Plinio - Michigan How come you were able to play the Mario games on the NES if Nintendo never released their consoles in Brazil?

[@pliniomsann]

Cutie & Friends Adventures you don’t know ? We had an army of official console clones that Nintendo sold the license. Google for Phantom System, Turbo Game, Dynavision etc. it was way cheaper to play Nes games

[@pliniomsann]

It’s also false that they never sold in Brazil. They had distribution through other companies but their products were available on all malls , after the NES time. I personally had a SNES sold there through Playtronic , who distributed the console there ...

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Huh .... I loved my Master System, but I still had more fun with Mario 3 at my friend's houses, I can't pretend any different. Sure, Mario is the lamest mascot, a racially biased stereotypical Italian plumber with a pudgy frame. I don't know WHAT Nintendo was thinking making a boring-ass mascot like that. Even creepy Alex was more interesting than some dumb plumbers.

[@diebesgrab]

I played Alex Kidd in Shinobi World for the first time less than a year ago, and it somehow evokes a massive sense of nostalgia for me. I think it’s the music.

[@swahiliranger1022]

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" - Alex Kidd

[@psistis80]

What about the two mascots before Alex Kidd?You know,Opa-Opa and the professor?

[@FreedomDaveX]

Flicky was also kind of a mascot.

[@25hztolife86]

He forgot to mention Sonic R on the Saturn.

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

Loved this game and was actually challenging for the era the music still gets me 👍

[@officerzed1344]

Dear SLX, very nice video as always. However, there was so much more to say: the appearance of Mario as a boss in Shinobi world, censorship in the Genesis version, Alex Kidd homebrew community, Alex Kidd cameo in Segagaga and other games.... Oh well, maybe next time!

[@SegaLordX]

There's always more to say, but I have to draw the line somewhere.

[@officerzed1344]

@@SegaLordX Point taken! I grew up with a Master System 2, touchy subject for me:)

[@Onlineengelberg]

thoughts on the remake? edit: commented before i saw him adress it in the video

[@SegaLordX]

Looks pretty damn good. I hope the alternative to the Rock Paper Scissors BS is open from the get go.

[@Onlineengelberg]

@@SegaLordX same here, man

[@noobdave]

I remember buying alex kid on my megadrive/genesis and hating it so much. I used to call it bollocks kid

[@musicryandave]

It's a bad game.

[@Haganeren]

Yeaah i remember why i never liked Alexx Kidd.... You really have to grow up with this one to appreciate it. Didn't knew Shinobi World was good though, it's good to know.

[@philipmarable8698]

Now he’s Tails’ sidekick. You know the sidekick of the mascot who took his position.

[@lessthanbrilliant3672]

SEGA and their lack of personalities is an excellent point. I feel like that’s one of the major reasons Tekken remains successful, while Virtua Fighter has been gone for a while. VF has incredible gameplay, but the characters lack personality. A compelling story was never a priority, and in my opinion, that makes it harder for players to care.

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

The fan-made Miracle World 2 for SMS is well worth playing if you like the original, it feels like a genuine sequel.

[@datboitmic]

Dem sideburns tho lmao.

[@jonhard12]

The new one coming next year still got the rock paper system

[@SegaLordX]

I read it has alternative boss battles as well.

[@deadcentre-retro-meaningma6209]

@@SegaLordX It needs them! Janken made AK a quirky Japanese curiosity, when it should have been a system-selling true Mario rival...

[@ahmadkazan7994]

Itmis the boss rush mode.

[@MrLuciusrm]

There is an alternate timeline where alex kidd became sega main mascot, and they had alex kidd aventure, Alex Kidd 06 and alex Kidd and mario at the Olympic Games

[@TheArtyDans]

Dont forget, Miracle World was ported to the PS3 as well

[@DeviantDragonFurry]

In the first Alex Kidd game. How come many videos never show the pause menu where you equip the fire ring and such. Or point out that for being able to to do it, you needed the console close. As the pause button is on the console it self.

[@SMS-iz9ud]

I sincerely liked Alex Kidd for the Mega Drive back in 1991, when I was a kid. And today, I still look this with the same eyes. I don't understand why internet painted it as a bad game. Now, I play it on my sega genesis mini.

[@mysega]

Another great video😃 Funny how different we are. I personally think Alex Kidd: The Lost World is way to easy. Maybe a video of the classic 2D Sonic the Hedgehog games next time?

[@stormshadow75x]

I member that Karate game, lol What was it called?

[@SomeOrangeCat]

"The Three Dimensional Adventures of Diarrhea Bombay"...or possibly "Kung Fu Kid"

[@ChibiKami]

yep, Kung Fu Kid Makai Retsuden in Japan Sapo Xule: O Mestre do Kung Fu in Brazil, where the main character was changed into a martial artist frog

[@OfficialColinRidgway]

If we really wanna go back in time, Professor Hasbin was the very first Sega mascot, though he was only in the manuals for the SG-1000 games, then being later replaced Dr. Games, Captain Commando is the only thing similar to them.

[@spacepiratejacen2258]

Thank you! 😁😃👍

[@Kangaroos_News]

8:55 gives us the clue as to why they had the rock paper scissors thing in there. You can hear little matey say 'jan, ken, pon'. That's what we say in Japanese for rock paper scissors. It's how we settle most arguments about where to go and what to do lol and Sazaesan had it at the end of the show for many years. At 15:50 we see the Princess' side have 0ryou while the US version has 0gold. Sen was the currency before the Yen and Ryou was before Sen :D We still say 'I don't have even one sen' to say we have no money. 'Issen demo nai desu'.

[@ManillaHeep]

Hope we get to see a video on Snatcher and Shadowrun soon!

[@TimelordUK]

How are these graphics so Chrystal clear?

[@ShadowArtist]

Hime is pronounced Hee-MAY. I totally disagree with you on the Alex Kidd game on the Genesis. i used a special invincibility trick and played through the whole game to finish and for me it was pretty damn fun

[@BasementBrothers]

What an odd evaluation of The Lost Stars on SMS. The game is easy -- could be completed as a weekend rental -- and has fantastic graphics and music. I think most SMS fans hold a lot of nostalgia for it.

[@rafaeltogami]

I’m from Brazil and played many Alex Kidd titles, but my favorite was the Shinobi World, I had this cartridge and played it in all possible ways. It was a really good game

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

As someone who wasn’t alive during the shift to the 16-bit generation, I actually really like Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle. I enjoy the slower-paced platforming and the world just feels really vibrant 🙂

[@TyTye]

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - what a great game, and ensured that Alex Kidd went out on a high.

[@tombrady5433]

Opa Opa is is Sega's original mascot. He/It has his own series (Fantasy Zone) and is featured in a dozen other games including 2 Alex Kidd games. Alex Kidd became Sega's mascot in 1987 to compete with Mario's image.

[@SegaLordX]

Opa Opa was never Sega's mascot in NA. The first real company/region wide mascot was Alex Kidd.

[@Preteristboy]

Fun fact: Alex Kidd is highly influenced by Sun Wukong and Kid Goku. He was even originally planned to attack with a pole.