Alex Kidd in Miracle World: its past, its preset, and the future?

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a remake of SEGA’s classic side scroller that’s being produced by Merge games and set to be released on June 24th, 2021. This is an intriguing move for a number of reasons, chief being the questionable reputation of the original game itself. While Alex Kidd in Miracle was, undoubtedly, a major hit in Europe, Australia, and Brazil....countries where the NES simply never took off....in the US and Japan the game was virtually trounced by the presence of Super Mario Brothers. This wasn’t for arbitrary reasons.

In this video we explore Alex Kidd’s past, and talk about his creator, Kotaro Hayashida, and question whether or not Alex Kidd was ever ACTUALLY a SEGA mascot. We also explore the game and look at how, in 1986, it was truly at the cutting edge of game design while also, somehow, managing to become a master class in how NOT to design an action platformer. And, of course, we look at Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX. Will it be a big hit, like Wonderboy: the Dragon’s Curse or Streets of Rage 4? Or will it be....you know....another Alex Kidd game?

Time will tell.

Down below is a list of sources and videos that helped inform this one.

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These are some sources for our most recent video:

"Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX coming 24th of June" by SICKR @ MyNintendoNews (April 7th, 2021)

"Merge Games Revives a Platforming Legend with Alex Kidd in Miracle World" @ Gamasutra (June 11, 2021)

Daniel Parrado Ortega @ Twitter

"Remake: Alex Kidd in Miracle World - An Interview with the Devs Narehop and Josyfan1" by Akumajobelmont @ A Certain Kind of Gamer (June 19, 2021)

"The Alex Kidd Remake is Looking Sharp" by Luke Plunkett @ Kotaku (April 7, 2021)

"Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX Lands in June, along with Awesome Signature Edition: by Thomas Whitehead @ NintendoLife(April 7, 2021)

"Feature: Jankenteam On Reviving Alex Kidd for a Whole New Generation of Players" by Stuart Gipp @ NintendoLife (September 22, 2020)
"Alex Kidd in Miracle World was supposed to be a Dragon Ball Game" by Damien McFerran @ NintendoLife (February 28, 2018)
"Alex Kidd, Plagiat de Dragon Ball?" by Anthogeek @ YouTube (February 26, 2016)
"Alex Kidd Retrospective" by Levi Buchanan @ IGN (November 5, 2008)
"Alex Kidd in Miracle World Developer Interview with Kotaru Hayashida (aka Ossale Kohta) by Sega.jp and translated by Shmuplations
"Retrospective: the development of Alex Kidd" by Kpoke @ SEGA Nerds (November 1, 2015)

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