Before Sonic - Sega's Original Mascot - Alex Kidd
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- The Alex Kidd games through the eyes of someone that grew up playing Mario on the NES. As for the title, let me say that he's Sega's first real mascot in my view.
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Episode Notes:
1. Most of the gameplay here is my daughter. It was the very first time she played most of these. Interestingly enough, her opinions basically mirror my own.
2. Alex Kidd in Miracle World recently got a Sega Ages release on the Switch.
3. Most of the footage is captured via the Mega SG.
4. Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is my favorite of these games by a mile.
5. Despite being dropped by Sega, Alex Kidd has still been in a few other games since. Sega Superstars Tennis and the Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing games all have him. - เกม
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
Your house was a great house!!!!
That game SUUUUUUCKS! Alex Kidd in Shinobi World also still gives me PTSD.
@@mr-matt13 Your opinion SUUUUUUUCKS
@@mr-matt13 My favorite Sega Master Sysyem game was Zillion but I enjoyed Alex Kidd in Miracle World too. It was quite hard though
That's an unfortunate childhood
Sometimes SEGA feels like they sit down and are like
"Wait, who are these characters that aren't Sonic?"
Recently it's more like, "games other than Yakuza? Don't think we've ever made those."
@@aweigh1010 Yup all 6 on ps4 are incredibly addicting on the first playthrough.
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?
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?
@@ChibiKami That's an interesting theory. It is a shame that there wasn't a 3D Ristar sequel.
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.
Great ideas for Smash !
The world also dumped their criminals to Australia
"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.**
You forgot "I'm Sega lord X, and I love Mario".
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*
@@NicheCaesar yes, I did.
@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.
0:24: I think Metroid is a pretty cool guy. Eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.
It’s a woman
I can't ever get him past those weird alien jellyfish dudes near the end. {:3
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.
I think you mean a girl.
Lol hope your joking its samus and its a girl
Nobody:
Alex Kidd: *A H H H H*
Always loved Alex Kidd. Hope the remake does well enough for other remakes (Shinobi/Tech world) or new games.
High Tech World sucks.
Shinobi. 👍
We need more big budget ninja games. The PS2 one was great.
Loved shinobi world but even as a 10 year old I beat it on my 2nd go, way too easy
I'm ashamed to say I only learned of Alex Kidd from his appearance in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Opa-opa was actually also the mascot back then too from fantasy zone
Wonderboy also felt like an early Sega mascot, and those games improved with each new one.
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.
I always find SMS footage so pleasing to watch. The system had such an interesting color palette.
I think the Ferrari driver from Outrun and the F-16 pilot from After Burner are brothers.
Or are the same guy
@@BARONXAVIER I thought it was John Tanner.
If the pilot is Roy Fokker, I feel bad for the driver...
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.
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.
@@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev Will there be an official physical release or will we need to use Limited Run?
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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.
Nope it would have been ripped apart by NES fans, Sega Master System owners were just starved for games.
4:40 wtf sega? - thats a credit gobbler!
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!
Same!
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!
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
I had it too. I'd day lost stars in the easiest game on the system. I traded it after a week lol
AHHHHHHHHHH that death cry was so annoying in that game, lol.
I love your content, SLX. Glad you added the original animations back to the intro! Now it is perfect. :)
They try to fix up Saturn with the Outrun guy in Sega Hard Girls.
What's this Sega hard girls i keep reading in the comments?
@@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
@@ChibiKamiDid they ever meet Nep, spirit of the SEGA Neptune?
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 ...
Master System has a lot of great platform games :)
Plinio - Michigan How come you were able to play the Mario games on the NES if Nintendo never released their consoles in Brazil?
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
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 ...
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.
3:16 wow that game is running way faster than it did on the master system here in the UK
behold the power of 60hz refresh
Miracle World is the best one IMO. Loved that game and could easily play it again now.
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.
Agreed. I always think the people who bash Enchanted Castle put very little time into it.
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
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
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.
Games do not age well or bad. They are good or bad. Stop having an archaic mindset
Good work with your recent uploads bud, intelligent/intriguing ideas for videos presented well!
I thoroughly enjoy pretty much every video you make and how you narrate them. Keep up the great work! 🍻
How does he know he will always catch me next time?
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.
Imagine what sega could have done if they kept up with the cross over universe. Alex kidd in sonic world
eh, i'd much rather have ristar. he fits much, much better in the sonic world and his game is fucking awesome.
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.
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 🕹👋😀
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.
I remember playing the Rock Paper Sciccors part in Alex Kidd.
Thats when I stopped playing.
i liked literally all of them. sue me.
Great video, SLX!
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.
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.. :/
@@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.
Nice video man, my favorite title was alex kidd in shinobi world
Loved this game and was actually challenging for the era the music still gets me 👍
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
Nice video! Sega Master system has so many good and unknown (in US) games , including platforms, that I love when TH-camrs expose that ...
He forgot to mention Sonic R on the Saturn.
What about the two mascots before Alex Kidd?You know,Opa-Opa and the professor?
Flicky was also kind of a mascot.
I hope the remake/remaster of the original Alex Kidd gets a physical release.
Tell LRG.
and hopefully not as a limited physical release
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.
I remember buying alex kid on my megadrive/genesis and hating it so much. I used to call it bollocks kid
It's a bad game.
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.
Had Alex Kidd on Mega Drive, was a solid game.
Alex Kidd is just a Master System mascot. Everbody knows Shinobi is the ultimate Sega mascot.
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?
Hope we get to see a video on Snatcher and Shadowrun soon!
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.
That Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX looks cool as hell. So many fond memories with that game. Was nice to have it build into the SMS II.
Only played 3 Alex Kidd games: In miracle world, in Shinobi World and High Tech World. Never liked that last one... never even got out of the house. Once almost and right then the game chose to crash. I hated that there was on flight of stairs that if you would try to go down, you were "dead" and had to start over. That got me frustrated, because the castle was a maze and you didn't know untill it was too late.
Going to keep an eye on on that updated version for sure. I like these classic games getting a new coat of paint, yet retaining what they were.
Alex Kidd in High-Tech World , wow I remember renting this as a kid in the early 90s from Blockbuster in the UK . I got confused , but enjoyed it nevertheless . Wow , sorry its just triggered an very old memory out of nowhere . Thanks for bringing this one up .
Yeah... They really needed Sonic.
Another great video! Here in Brazil miracle world is a much beloved game due, in part, to the fact that the master system was so ubiquitous and very few homes had a NES (the games I played, at that time, were in NES clones). But couldn't agree more with your point: the sonic games were just better all around and a much more fitting proposal for that era.
Lol, and I just played Alex Kidd BMX Trial on emulator. What you said about it being difficult is very accurate.
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.
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.
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.
Sega mascots.
1. Flicky
2. Opa Opa
3. Alex Kidd
4. Sonic
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!
There's always more to say, but I have to draw the line somewhere.
@@SegaLordX Point taken! I grew up with a Master System 2, touchy subject for me:)
In Sega Gaga, a Dreamcast RPG, Alex Kidd is portrayed as being a victim of neglect by Sega and bullying by Sonic!
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.
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.
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - what a great game, and ensured that Alex Kidd went out on a high.
I never got on with alex kidd, it was sonic that got me into gaming.
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 🙂
Alex Kidd is my Mario ♥️
Edited: I TOTALLY AGREE about Alex Kidd in the Shinobi World, is one of my favorite games but it could be a longer game.
The pain of alex kid screaming in Lost stars resumes pretty much all in that Game.
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
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.
Nice Alex Kid , plein de nostalgie ^^
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
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.
yeah, probably not intended as a Dragonball game specifically but I can see him being Sun Wukong
@@ChibiKami for my theory on AK and Monkey see this video!
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@@ChibiKami it actually was intended as a Dragonball game. Alex kid in miracle world. I looked it up.
@@ChibiKami then super sonic happened.Sega really wanted to have an influence in drsgon ball...
Fun fact: Alex Kidd is highly influenced by Sun Wukong and Kid Goku. He was even originally planned to attack with a pole.
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.
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
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
I beat this game.
The rock paper scissors game was easy to win...
Just change your selection at the last minute every time.
I always kept changing my selection and then one last time at the right moment.
I use to love Alex Kidd in Miracle World, it was built into the Master system 2 I got as a present from my uncle, I never thought it was that difficult at the time, as I would easily get to the final levels I found Sonic and Mario to be bigger challanges. I wanted more Alex Kidd games, and the announcement of DX got me reall excited.
Thank you! 😁😃👍
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
I never knew anyone with an NES growing up (in the UK) and hadn't heard of Mario until the 90s - but my best friend has a Master System II with Alex Kidd in Miracle World built in, and we played it a lot. Stupidly hard difficulty, but amazing graphics and diverse enemy designs for the time - it was one of my first video games and, compared to things like games on the BBC Micro, far superior. To me, Mario's World 1-1 is a catchy tune I first heard in 2008, but the Alex Kidd theme IS childhood.
I'll definitely see into miracle world if it comes to the switch... Because of you and Adam koralik, I've become a fan of Sega itself, not just Sonic.
i played shinobi world for the first time this year and it is just great
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is a fantastic platformer, I really wish we got a sequel.
The fan-made Miracle World 2 for SMS is well worth playing if you like the original, it feels like a genuine sequel.
Having to play "paper, scissors, stone" at the end of the level was such a weird idea in hindsight 😁. As a young kid I played the life out of Miracle World and as I was new to games never questioned what it was doing in there. I think I even ended up memorising the order of moves, for the first guy anyway ✋✌️✊
So High tech world was Sega's Mario 2!
The new one coming next year still got the rock paper system
I read it has alternative boss battles as well.
@@SegaLordX It needs them! Janken made AK a quirky Japanese curiosity, when it should have been a system-selling true Mario rival...
Itmis the boss rush mode.
Do the story of sonic 1 you get a million views
Alex Kidd in miracle world is the best platformer ever made. Cant wait til tomorrow for the remaster.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World was a my childhood
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.
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...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
- Alex Kidd
I know how important Mario Bros is for plataforming games (and how Mario Bros 3 is awesome). But my childhood playing this kinda of games was "formed" by Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Mickey Land Of Illusion.