Alex Kidd

Alex Kidd (アレックス・キッド Arekkusu Kiddo) is a video game character whose popularity peaked during the late 1980s and who was the protagonist of both a series of video games released by Sega and their fictional universe, as well as in numerous spin-offs such as novelizations and comics.

Alex Kidd is the protagonist of several video games, spanning various platforms, and appeared in the arcade and on the Master System and Mega Drive/Genesis home consoles. Alex Kidd's popularity was at a peak with the release of the first game in the series, Alex Kidd in Miracle World in 1986. However, Sega wished to have a mascot to rival Nintendo's flagship character Mario, a task which Alex Kidd was not considered up to. In 1991, Sega introduced Sonic the Hedgehog. After this, Alex Kidd fell into obscurity as the development of new games in the series had stopped. Despite that, he has made cameo appearances in other games. A remake of the first game was released on June 22, 2021, making it the first main appearance of the character since 1990’s Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.

Why He Rocks, Paper, Scissors, Shoe!
His design looks like a little boy in a Red Jumpsuit, It's kinda cute if you think about it.
 * 1) Just like Mario and Sonic, he is one of the most iconic video game characters
 * 2) Alex Kidd does have an interesting backstory explained in the first installment
 * 3) Selflessness, Unlike Mario who has to just rescue the princess, Alex Kidd has to rescue his brother and sister-in-law and help them retrieve the throne, he didn't do any of that for himself, unlike Mario, Also, after learning that his father might be in danger, Alex Kidd goes to rescue his father, This shows how selfless Alex Kidd can be.
 * 4) Unlike Sonic, He does have the ability to swim
 * 5) he is really good at Ninjitsu, as shown in Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
 * 6) He also does rock, paper scissors really well.
 * 1) In the remake of the first game, Alex Kidd actually had an interesting personality, that can be applied to interesting stories
 * 2) His physical strength is at the max, He can kill enemies in One Punch, (the Saitama of the 1980s)
 * 3) His Peticopter, Motorcycle and Pogostick skills are also really good.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He can sometimes be too narcisistic, impatient and prideful to be likable.
 * 2) Most of the time he says very cheesy quotes, such as "Nothing starts before you take action".
 * 3) He kinda overreacts when his species is mislabeled, like when Erazor Djinn called him a "blue rat".
 * 4) He was a jerk in Sonic Lost World, where Sonic is portrayed as having a kind of one-track, arrogant mind that manages to do some very impulsive, foolhardy stuff.
 * 5) Most of the time makes absolutely terrible puns that no one can enjoy. Not even unironically.
 * 6) He was one of the reasons why mh:awesomegames:Super Smash Bros. Brawl took so long to release.
 * 7) * Not only that, but he has a very poor moveset in all the Smash Bros. games prior to Ultimate, As most of his moves simply consist of him attacking in his ball form and his D-air is poorly-executed, as it disqualifies him from recovering especially after meteor-spiking or edgeguarding. Fortunately, this was fixed in Smash Ultimate.
 * 8) In spite of having a great and iconic character design, he barely looks like a hedgehog and more like a blue-furred, mutated cat.
 * 9) His English voice in the Sonic OVA isn't that good, as it sounds like he has a southern accent.
 * 10) He was flanderized in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.
 * 11) Some of his designs weren't that great, like his first movie design and his Pakistan Mcdonald's commercial design.