Retro Weekends Episode 41: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World

"This game was really short, I mean, I gave Chip N' Dale a 2/5 for being too easy, but this is far shorter than that game was and frankly I never felt like we were in danger of a game over here. I do like the multiple paths system in the game, and the spinning move (which was under-utilised) but I can't give a game from 1990 that is this short a positive score, for me to give it the 3/5 all it would've needed is just one more level."

"I kinda' like this game, I like the art designs and the theming and I think the game play is pretty solid, but it really is just too short, way way too short. Its not that the game play is easy as there's some tricky stuff in there, there's just not enough levels. Mostly the presentation of the game is pretty good (except where it comes to the lackluster ending) and I do like the graphics and the sound in it as well as the way the levels include secret routes, but yeah, its just too short."