The Grand Return of Alex Kidd

The Grand Return of Alex Kidd is a Japanese-American platformer video game developed and published by Sega as an exclusive for their Sega Orion console. The game is the first Alex Kidd game to be published since 1990 and originally came out on April 16, 2020.

Synopsis
After the disappearance of Alex Kidd, an organization calling itself Hammer began to rise and conquered parts of the planet Aries and, with no one left to turn to, the practicing witch known as Dust summons Alex back home to stop Hammer before they officially take over the world.

Main

 * Alex Kidd - a young boy and the prince of the land who, after going missing for years, returns to save his home planet from a new threat.

Supporting

 * Dust - TBD
 * The Merchant - TBD
 * Roger - TBD

Antagonists

 * Hammer, consisting of:
 * Red Mask - TBD
 * Bruno - TBD
 * Helga - TBD
 * Dmitri - TBD
 * Fritz - TBD
 * Faux - a version of Alex from a place known as the Dark Dimension who is self-described as "hate and anger incarnate" and who is a recurring miniboss in the game.

Locations

 * Roger's Spot - a place run by a cowboy-like man named Roger where people challenge Alex to games of rock, paper, scissors.

Gameplay
TBA

Notes & Trivia

 * Rather than having full voice acting, characters just make noises to express emotion and dialogue is conveyed through text boxes.
 * Some of the challengers at Roger's Spot are characters from other Sega video games. Each has a 1 in 10 chance of appearing. They are as follows:
 * The often-overlooked NiGHTS.
 * The almost completely forgotten Arle Nadja.
 * The semi-obscure Aiai.
 * And the remembered by a cult following Gilius Thunderhead.