Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
First adventure, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, was brilliant, and solidified his role of superstar. Sega decided to revive their fallen hero to take one more crack at getting things right, the way they first were. They made Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, the first real sequel to Miracle World.
The mission this time is to rescue Alex's dad, who's gone missing in the land of Paperock. The name of Paperock comes from the game that every citizen likes to play and is an expert at: paper-rock-scissors, also known as Janken. You've got to guide little Alex through ten stages of punching, jumping and kicking, and “Jankening”, to gain passage to the Enchanted Castle, where you will do battle with Ashra and hopefully rescue your father.
On the bright side, Enchanted Castle is a very colourful game. It's extremely cute, featuring enemies who themselves often look as loveable as Alex. Our protagonist is larger here than ever before, and fans of the series will be pleased with the detail and quality of the visuals in Alex’s ascension to the Genesis platform. He’s never looked better. The looks are charming, and the beautifully simplistic backdrops range from towns to plains to forests to the mountains, before you finally arrive at the castle from the title.
But even more endearing than the scenery, is Alex's repertoire of techniques and items. He is a master of the Shellcore technique, whereby he can punch through almost anything with a fist the size of his head (it only gets that way when he's punching). When he jumps, he automatically extends a foot, so that any airborne foes in the way at the time will vanish into thin air.
The items you can win are similar to the ones in Miracle world; you have a pogo stick, which makes you jump higher. You have your magic staff, which enables you to float temporarily, a cape that gives you limited invincibility that can be handy for harder levels. The bracelet from Miracle World is also back and it's the same as ever. Other items will include vehicles such as a motorbike, which is great because it sends you speeding for ages in one direction, and kills anyone you hit which is very handy. You also have a helicopter that can launch missiles at enemies and is unlimited until you are hit. You also collect items in various treasure chests and rocks which will open and give you cash, which you will need to compete against bad guys because it costs quite a lot later.
A nice variety of levels in the game make it pleasurable experience to play. First of all you start off in a village plagued by seemingly possessed cars and aeroplanes and then continue to an underwater levels with oversized fish and one killer octopus. You will go through a desert and into an old pyramid that will have such stereotypical enemies such as scorpions and mummies. Other worlds include a lush forest filled with dancing baboons. The final stage is the Sky Castle, not the Enchanted Castle, which is full of toy soldiers.
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle is a platform game for the Sega Genesis. It was first released in Japan as a launch title on the February 10, 1989. The fifth game in the Alex Kidd series, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle is the only Alex Kidd game to appear on a 16-bit console.
Alex Kidd discovers that his long-lost father, King Thor, is still alive. He sets off to the planet Paperock to free his father and return him to the planet Aries.
In this game, the player guides Alex through 11 stages on the planet Paperock by fighting and avoiding enemies & obstacles.
Enchanted Castle returns to the original formula of Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Where you have to punch enemies and blocks to destroy them, you can collect vehicles to travel across levels, and reintroduces the classic Janken (Rock, Paper, Scissors) battles, used to fight bosses and to now win items from shops
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