Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
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Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is a video game developed by Sega.
It is a parody of the Sega game Shinobi. It features Alex Kidd and was released in 1990 for the Sega Master System. As the title suggests, Alex Kidd is essentially thrust into the hero's role in a Shinobi game. Alex Kidd's abilities in this game are different from his other games, besides jumping.
In the game, Alex Kidd has to rescue his girlfriend, a native of Shinobi World, from an evil ninja named Hanzo. A good ninja fuses into him and gives him his powers.
The first boss, Kabuto, was originally going to be named Mari-Oh, as a parody of the Nintendo character Mario. Despite the name not going through, Kabuto still shares many of his would-be counterpart's qualities; his main attack is shooting fireballs, and he shrinks after taking a certain amount of damage.
