The poor critical reception of Alone in the Dark (2008) killed off the Alone in the Dark series for several years, as even a rerelease on PlayStation 3 to fix some of the bugs from the Xbox 360 version couldn't save it.It would take over 30 years for Alex to get a new game in 2021's Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX, a remake of the first game courtesy of publisher Merge Games (having acquired the license from Sega) and developer Jankenteam. Instead, he appeared in the Dolled-Up Installment Alex Kidd in Shinobi World before being relegated to making cameos and occasional playable appearances in the Sega Superstars line of crossover games. While Alex probably didn't have much of a future as Sega's mascot anyway, since the company wanted a more "hip" audience for the Genesis, his series would probably have survived if Enchanted Castle had been better received. Alex Kidd and the Enchanted Castle flopped so badly that Sega ditched the eponymous character as their mascot, and replaced him with Sonic the Hedgehog.Things changed when on September 23, 2021, a full remake of the original ActRaiser titled ActRaiser Renaissance was announced and released for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and mobile devices, igniting hope in the fans of the series. ![]() As a consequence, there hadn't been another game in the series since. ActRaiser 2 is an In Name Only sequel that lacks the original game's popular Sim Mode, and the ungodly Sequel Difficulty Spike only made things worse.
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