Artwork for Pit and Magnus from Kid Icarus: Uprising for Nintendo 3DS. He looks like a mean SOB, eh!
Part 4 of my WatchMePlay Kid Icarus: Uprising Let’s Play on the Nintendo 3DS!
After struggling a bit to figure things out in this somewhat complicated handheld title, we dive in to Chapter 2! It is there that we meet one of the all-new Kid Icarus franchise characters, a toughguy named “Magnus” who kind of reminds me of Auron from Final Fantasy X. There is lots of funny banter between our player character, the angel Pit, and his Goddess Palutena, which is an aspect of Kid Icarus: Uprising that differentiates it from any other Nintendo game yet made. It is fully voiced with lots of great voice acting from the characters!
Fans who remembered when Kid Icarus: Uprising was first announced way back, will recall Magnus from one of the earliest gameplay videos of the game. Enjoy. :)
Part 3 of my WatchMePlay Kid Icarus: Uprising Let’s Play on the Nintendo 3DS!
In this video we finally dive into some ACTUAL gameplay of this action shooter and play through a good chunk of the tutorial and opening level of the game. IT is here that we see some real action though that is NOT necessarily tutorial based. Just keep in mind this is the first real level.
In WatchMePlayGames: Kid Icarus Uprising Part 2, we jump into the tutorial sections of Nintendo’s latest Angelic shooter/action game for the Nintendo 3DS.
WatchMePlay Kid Icarus Uprising Part 2
This section of the game walks you through how this unique title plays, from running on the ground to attack enemies, to avoiding and dodging enemy attacks, to flying through the skies to shoot down the forces of Medusa.
You get to hear lots of funny banter between Pit and the Goddess Palutena as she informs Pit on the nuances of becoming a great Angelic warrior!
Nintendo’s angel Pit, finally returned for 3DS in 2012 with Kid Icarus: Uprising.
WatchMePlay Kid Icarus: Uprising Part 1 for 3DS!
Here is WatchMePlay: Kid Icarus: Uprising Part 1:
Kid Icarus: Uprising was the long-awaited first modern-day release in the beloved Kid Icarus franchise, a videogame series that Nintendo hadn’t touched since the 1991 Game Boy sequel to the 1986 8bit NES original.
However main character Pitt caught a break when he appeared anew in Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. Nintendo then had the developer of that game, Masahiro Sakurai, take the reigns on a bonafide new entry in the Kid Icarus series, and that’s what brought us Kid Icarus: Uprising!
This new game has all-new mechanics and introduces players to a fully voiced world, and a game that mixes shooting and on-foot battles with touch-screen or button-based controls. This is the first Nintendo title to be nearly fully voiced, which really makes it feel different compared to most of Nintendo’s games.
And the game has a really funny narrative style where Pit is continuously interacting with and talking to the Goddess Palutena as the player makes his way through the levels. She offers advice, ridicules him and jokes back and forth with some well-written, funny banter that really makes the game very lively.
This is what Wii Kid Icarus: Uprising looked like from prototype footage on the PC and Wii before Sora got 3DS development kits!
Kid Icarus: Uprising began its 3DS development life on the PC and the Wii, according to all-new Kid Icarus: Uprising prototype footage of the title and as revealed by producer Masahiro Sakurai.
Sakurai, the creator of Kirby and producer of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, said that work began on Kid Icarus: Uprising before his development team at Sora even had a 3DS Development Kit. Because of that fact, they had to start development on a PC (where most games begin development, actually) and even on the Wii; before the development was moved to a 3DS Development Kit later on. So it was on the PC and Wii that they came up with the core mechanics of the Air Battle and Land Battle gameplay that would end up in the final 3DS version. Of course, using the Wii Remote pointer is somewhat similar to the stylus on the 3DS touchscreen, so this probably gave the team a useful simulation early on, and allowed them to further work on creating the game’s mechanics and design even before they could try it out on the 3DS itself.
As a result, this video shows as close to a Wii Kid Icarus game as we may ever get! Although, one would be shocked if the highly successful series (assuming sales of Kid Icarus: Uprising are steller, which they seem like they will be) didn’t eventually makes its way to the Wii U. Of course a Kid Icarus: Uprising Wii U entry is probably a ways off, as Sakurai’s next task, now that Kid Icarus: Uprising on 3DS is complete, it so move onto to developing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS!
Here is what Kid Icarus: Uprising on the Wii looked like in this new video.
From this Air Battle video you can easily imagine playing the game with the Wii Pointer, although I am not sure if it would work better than the controls on the 3DS. In an Iwata Asks Kid Icarus: Uprising interview regarding Kid Icarus: Uprising, Sakurai discussed this by saying:
“At first we didn’t have the Nintendo 3DS development kit, so we started making it on a PC. Oh, and for a while we were using a Wii to make it!”
Here is what Land Battles looked like in Kid Icarus: Uprising Wii, in this prototype video.
Very, VERY interesting! It’ll be just as interesting to see what Nintendo does with the series now that Kid Icarus: Uprising seems to be such a critical and commercial success.
Let’s Play Kid Icarus: Uprising in the first installment of my “Through A Virgin’s Eyes” series! For my initial installment, Nintendo’s 3DS masterpiece, Kid Icarus: Uprising, is in the spotlight!
Kid Icarus: Uprising is Nintendo’s 2012 revival of a legendary 8bit masterpiece originally released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System; a game developed by Metroid-creator Gunpei Yokoi!
The game used many of the same elements as Metroid, but Kid Icarus was never nearly as popular as the first great female videogame character Samus Aran’s Metroid adventures. Regardless through Kid Icarus’ and it’s main character, the angel Pit, gained it’s own fan-following and the series got a sequel to the NES game for the Game Boy in 1991 with Kid Icarus: Of Myth and Monsters.
That game built on the original NES titles action, but fans were disappointed when Pit fell off the face of the earth, never to be seen again! He was finally revived by Nintendo with Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, a fighting game that pit (pun non intended) many of Nintendo’s most-popular characters against each other!
Six AR Cards included with Kid Icarus: Uprising, here is my Pit card.
My Kid Icarus: Uprising Unboxing video gives you an indepth look at what you can expect when you get the game in your hands.
Hopefully you pre-ordered Kid Icarus: Uprising, if so you also got your grubby little mitts on 3D Classics: Kid Icarus, a pre-order incentive that gives a new stereoscopic 3D coat of paint to the original NES game.
I’ve yet to dive into Kid Icarus: Uprising, but I will do so just after I post this article! In the video I even show off the entire instruction book that is included with Kid Icarus: Uprising. In addition to the full manual, you get to see the six AR Cards that were included with my copy of the game, and a look at the 3DS Stand that is included in the box, as well as the brochures it comes with (outside of the Club Nintendo code, of course. Which btw, the survey to complete your registration of Club Nintendo currently isn’t working for me and many others. Hopefully Nintendo gets it fixed pronto and gives those who pre-ordered the game their extra 10 Coins…).
Finally, after more than 20 years, Kid Icarus returns on the scene for an epic adventure! Most modern gamers will recognize Pit, the Angelic hero of Kid Icarus, from the Super Smash Bros. series where Nintendo originally revived the character after many requests that Pit be revived by the gaming press (like gaming magazine EGM) and retro Nintendo fans alike.
But this is the first time that the Kid Icarus series has been fully revived as a AAA, high-quality Nintendo title that reimagines the world and the characters in an intense single and multiplayer action shooter and creates what is being hailed as one of the best, most unique games that the 3DS has to offer!
Here is the launch trailer for Kid Icarus: Uprising!
Did you pick the game up?
I pre-ordered it at the last minute by trading in three previous 3DS titles at GameStop (Tetris: Axis, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Mario Kart 7) to buy the game (since I’m broke, it was the only way), and in order to help improve pre-order sales of the title as well as snag the exclusive 3D Classics: Kid Icarus pre-order bonus!
3D Classics: Kid Icarus is a free game only available to those who pre-ordered Kid Icarus: Uprising, which remasters the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System classic with full glasses-free stereoscopic 3D graphics! The 2D Side-scroller has never looked so good, and I can’t wait to jump in and finally beat the retro favorite. Since I never completed the NES version…. In fact I never got very far at all. FOR SHAME!
Look forward to much more coverage on Kid Icarus: Uprising as I tear into the main adventure and multiplayer, and look forward to my review of the game soon. Keep your eyes on Watch Us Play Games in the days ahead for much more, such as an unboxing video that’ll be up in a manner of minutes.
Another really cool promotion for Kid Icarus: Uprising was a tournament held today, on launch day, in New York City!
Here is a picture of the grand prize winner, Sam Buzby of Nesconset, NY, with his INCREDIBLY SWEET Kid Icarus: Uprising Pit trophy! Man I’d pay a high price to have that baby! He’s flanked by runners up Jay Demry of Oakland, CA (left) and Jacob Effertz of Orlando, FL (right) who got second and third place in the tournament at GameStop. The New York event concludes a nationwide tournament that also stopped in San Francisco, Orlando, Fla., and Los Angeles.
Sam Buzby wins the Kid Icarus: Uprising tournament, holding his trophy prize! On the left is 3rd place winner Jay Demry and the right 2nd place winner Jacob Effertz
Here various pictures taken from the Kid Icarus: Uprising New York City Tournament Event!
Gamers getting hands-on with Kid Icarus: Uprising and its multiplayer at the Kid Icarus: Uprising New York City tournament at GameStop
You couldn't miss the Kid Icarus: Uprising Tournament, as this guy proudly displays.
Attendees got to purchase Kid Icarus: Uprising food at the tournament via this Food Truck!
Fans got a unique experience playing Kid Icarus: Uprising at the tournament via these large screen displays! Don't you wish you had this in your house?
Give a round of applause to the Kid Icarus: Uprising Multiplayer Tournament Winner!
Pit, the main character of Kid Icarus: Uprising, floats to you!
Kid Icarus: Uprising lands VERY soon exclusively for 3DS! The Angel touches ground on March 23rd, that’s in only four days on Friday! GET READY!
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Helping to promote the game and get fans excited is Club Nintendo, who is offering up free Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Idol Cards, for use with the AR Card Battling feature, wherein you can face two AR Cards towards each other and have them enter a battle! Using the Nintendo 3DS stereoscopic 3D camera, the characters, items, and weapons on the cards will pop up in front of your eyes and come to life before you! Six Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards will come included with the game out of a group of 20, and there are numerous ways to get your greedy mitts on additional cards! Have fun finding and collecting them, and trade them with your friends to try and collect a full set! (not sure how many cards there are total)
Other ways you can get your hands AR Cards include:
Trade cards with friends, attend events and try to get a complete set!
Game Informer
Game Informer subscribers can find the Power of Flight AR Card in the April 2012 issue, distributed starting March 5th.
Card: Power of Flight
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power subscribers can find this pack of cards in the April 2012 issue of Nintendo Power magazine, which will also be available on newsstands starting April 3rd.
Cards: Poseidon, Thanatos-God of Death, Medusa (Battle)
Nintendo World Store
Be one of the first 250 customers to purchase Kid Icarus: Uprising on launch day, 3/23! Doors open at 9 am.
Card: Three Sacred Treasures
Events
At several upcoming events, Nintendo will be handing out packs with a random selection of AR Cards while supplies last.
WonderCon – March 16-18
PAX East – April 6-8
San Diego ComicCon – July 12-15
PAX Prime – August 26-28
Local Retailers/Gatherings
“After launch, check with your local retailers to find Nintendo representatives and receive AR Card packs. This offer is subject to availability,” says Nintendo.
Studio 4C impresses with it's handdrawn Medusa's Revenge Kid Icarus: Uprising anime exclusively on Nintendo Video!
Another way Nintendo is promoting Kid Icarus: Uprising is via an anime series of shorts developed by select famous anime studios that is currently running exclusively on Nintendo Video, a channel available to 3DS owners on their Nintendo 3DS. Go to the Nintendo Video Channel now and you can watch Thanatos Rising by Production I.G. in three installments, and the first installment of Medusa’s Revenge by Studio 4C! After Medusa’s Revenge, Kid Icarus: Uprising fans will have one more anime to look forward to, the next one by Shaft Inc.!
In my humble opinion the Thanatos Rising episode was pretty dumb, but Medusa’s Revenge was totally awesome so far. AND Medusa’s Revenge makes use of actual handdrawn artwork, instead of in-game quality CG.
Get 3D Classics: Kid Icarus for eShop free for pre-ordering Kid Icarus: Uprising for 3DS!
In addition, those who pre-order Kid Icarus: Uprising at GameStop, Amazon or Best Buy will get a special code included, that allows you to download a free copy of the exclusive 3D Classics: Kid Icarus! This special title (which, so far, has not been announced for release elsewhere) gives the stereoscopic, glasses-free remake treatment to the 8-bit NES classic “Kid Icarus”! Previous games in the “3D Classics” line include 3D Classics: Xevious (a game I’m totally addicted too!), 3D Classics: Excitebike, 3D Classics: Urban Champion, 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure and 3D Classics: TwinBee.
Here’s a trailer for Kid Icarus: Uprising!
I CAN’T WAIT for this game! Hopefully Nintendo will provide me with a review copy so I can review it for you guys! Who else is looking forward to Kid Icarus: Uprising, and do you think it represents a real “revival” of the 3DS? Considering the landslide of quality games that have hit the system since late last year.
I’m speaking of games like Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Star Fox 64 3D, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, Pokemon Rumble Blast, Mario Kart 7, Resident Evil: Revelations, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked, Shinobi and Tetris Axis, they’ve really given the 3DS quite a great lineup.
When you consider all things, the 3DS has quite a great little library when you really think about it. :)
WOW, this week marks a HUGE week in videogame releases with tons of great, long-awaited titles for all systems! What will you be picking up?
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Four big new series get updated today, they are: Resident Evil (with Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City), Ninja Gaiden (with Ninja Gaiden 3, the long awaited core-sequel to Ninja Gaiden 2, released way back in 2008), Armored Core (with Armored Core 5) and Kid Icarus (with Kid Icarus: Uprising)!
Silent Hill fans will also be extremely happy to finally see Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 get proper remakes on Xbox 360 and PS3 with Silent Hill HD Collection! This follows on the heels of Silent Hill Downpour, the latest installment in the long-running survival horror series (Eighth!) released two weeks ago!
NEW VIDEOGAME RELEASES AT RETAIL
Armored Core V (Xbox 360, PS3)
Dirt 3: Complete Edition (Xbox 360, PS3)
Go-Go’s Crazy Bones (DS)
Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS) — Releases worldwide on Friday!
Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (Xbox 360 Kinect)
Let’s Ride: Best of Breed (3DS)
Mystery Case Files 8: Escape from Ravenhurst (PC)
Ninja Gaiden 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets Resort (3DS)
Phantom Breaker – Special Edition (Xbox 360)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Xbox 360, PS3)
Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai – Limited Edition (PC)
Silent Hill HD Collection (PS3)
Viva Media Insider Chronicles 4-Pack – The Complete Collection (PC)
NEW VIDEOGAME RELEASES – DIGITAL
PlayStation Network This Week (Release To PlayStation Store Tuesday, March 20th)
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc HD (PS3)
Warriors Orochi 3 (PS3)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PS3)
Sumioni: Demon Arts (PS Vita)
SAR: Search and Rescue (PSP)
Xbox Live Arcade This Week (Release To XBL Marketplace Wednesday, March 21st)
Sine Mora
Dungeon Fighter Live: Fall of Hendon Myre
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc HD
