A short and breezy spin off that manages to be the second best of the Alex Kidd games in my opinion. It's a clear parody of Sega's beloved Shinobi franchise with a few added mechanics that I really wish would have been explored more. You can wall jump and launch off of lightposts and ropes Ristar style (sort of), and there's also a hidden spear to find that will trivialize the already easy boss encounters. If it weren't for its incredibly short length and mind-boggingly bad swimming controls (which is odd considering they got everything else mostly right), this could've been an easy 5 stars.