''Kung Fu Kid'', known in Japan as , is a

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. It is the follow-up to the Sega

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title ''Dragon Wang''. Players control Wang as he faces an onslaught of enemies using his martial arts skills and

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ing technique. The Brazilian release, published by

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, was renamed ''Sapo Xulé O Mestre do Kung Fu'' and as with ''

Psycho Fox ''Psycho Fox'' is a platform video game published by Sega for the Master System. In Brazil, Tectoy released the game as (translated as "Xulé Frog: Invaders of the Swamp"), in which Psycho Fox and his friends were replaced by Sapo Xulé (a Brazil ...

'' and ''

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'', replaced the main character with the cartoon frog character Sapo Xulé.

Reception

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'' criticized ''Kung Fu Kid''s "incredibly contrived play-mechanics" (including a lobster that would give the player extra powers) and the "tiny and cartoon-like" graphics, and mocked the

Engrish ''Engrish'' is a slang term for the inaccurate, nonsensical or ungrammatical use of the English language by native speakers of Japanese, as well as Chinese and other Asian languages. The word itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to s ...

documentation that stated that the player would fight "the unnaturally evil one".

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* 1987 video games Master System games Master System-only games Side-scrolling beat 'em ups Video games developed in Japan {{action-videogame-stub