’80s Sega platformer Alex Kidd is making a comeback with Miracle World DX

“Alex Kidd” is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of Sega characters—the form of largely forgotten sequence that may encourage Sega diehards to mutter now that is a reputation I have not heard in a very long time… However he is again, and regardless of not happening a 2D platformer journey since 1990, Alex’s knees appear to be they nonetheless work simply advantageous.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a remake of the primary Alex Kidd sport, launched on the Grasp System in 1986. The trailer above exhibits off a fairly cute pixel artwork makeover, in addition to a “retro mode” that appears to protect the unique‘s way more restricted graphics. It total seems like a less complicated remake than the lusciously hand-drawn Marvel Boy: The Dragon’s Entice from just a few years again, however even within the one minute trailer above, I am critically digging the music.

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