IGN reviews Alex Kidd in the Enchanged Castle for the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console.

Longtime Sega fans have been waiting a while for this one. Well, maybe not for this specific game, but definitely for its headlining character. Sonic the Hedgehog is the star most identified with Sega today, and he has been ever since 1991. But before that year, there was another – Alex Kidd. Alex was a monkey boy. Part human, part chimp. Pointy ears and a goofy demeanor. He was Sega's most notable mascot in the late '80s. But he didn't escape that decade.

Alex was the playable hero of several early Sega adventures, like Alex Kidd in Miracle World, and Alex Kidd in High-Tech World – games that launched on Sega's 8-bit Master System. But after the transition into the 16-bit era, he lost his relevance and notoriety. While many prominent characters from the 8-bit days went on to great success in later generations, Alex got left behind. He only managed to get one game on a system more powerful than the Master – this game, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, which came to the Genesis in 1989.

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