Hey everyone! If you enjoyed this video, please consider checking out (and subscribing to) MrMatthews who helped me out with a lot of the video editing and animations on this documentary. He does awesome work and is criminally under-appreciated on UA-cam. Check out his "NES Hard" video series here: ua-cam.com/video/yKEKYNLzYu0/v-deo.html
Honestly, this video is MUCH better than what the Angry Video Game Nerd gave us recently. Very informative, and I really enjoyed the editing! Very well-done, and as always, you do not disappoint with your work. I hope that when we get a sequel to Kid Icarus Uprising, hopefully it will reference the Game Boy game since it was entirely ignored in the first game.
Thanks a ton, really appreciate the kind words! I had some help with the editing on this video from MrMatthews (you should check out his YT channel too) so we were able to make a lot of the animations much more involved. I also firmly agree about Of Myths and Monsters needing more representation in Uprising. I assume it was because the game never released in Japan, but it was sad to see it completely absent in the overall story. Thanks again for watching!
I wonder if Nintendo minds if we make a Kid Icarus fan game? They probably would, but since they never DMCA the Mother 3 translation patch, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind a fan game of Kid Icarus
Kid Icarus totally deserves a new game. I've been playing it again these days to keep improving the point-power up-scoring system. NES Kid Icarus is a a gem. I enjoy the soundtrack a lot. This video is awesome. Greetings!
Could not agree more! Hopefully Sakurai was actually hinting at a comeback in his UA-cam video last year. Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Hurray, WE'RE FINISHED!!! Thank you again for having me join you on this project, it was a ton of fun! I've been a banner-waving fan of the Kid Icarus series for years (mainly the NES and 3DS games), but I was surprised by how much I learned about the games while working on this video with you!
It's been a pleasure and an honor working with you my friend. You did incredibly amazing work on your parts and I'm now an even bigger fan of Diskun than before because of your animations. I'm praying this helps more people discover your awesome videos on UA-cam as well! Cheers, man!
I always wanted to play Kid Icarus as a kid, it looked so cool and different. When I finally did play it as an adult I didn't really enjoy it, that said it's in my collection and I have no intention of getting rid of it.
Totally understandable, it's certainly not for everyone and is pretty unforgiving early on. These days I'd probably recommend starting with the Game Boy entry first since it's far less brutal.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, a lot of people are also unaware that it was Nintendo's first game to use a password system when it released on the NES which is pretty cool.
What an excellent documentary! Kid Icarus is a series I never got into, but I loved Uprising and bought the ARIKA remake of the original later and had a fun time! I hope Pit gets a new console title soon!
Thank you kindly my man, glad you enjoyed it!! I finally played Uprising for this video and really enjoyed it. Fingers crossed for a port or sequel soon!
My history with the kid icarus franchise like most started with super smash bros brawl, it was cool how they got an obscure character and he had a big role, then eventually I saw that Sakurai is making a new game and it looked really fun, Kid Icarus Uprising, i remember watching videos about the game on the eshop, specifically the multiplayer showdown presentation and thinking that's a really fun looking game, and about 5 days after the game was released I got my hands on it and wow did I fall in love with the gameplay, the music, and most of all the characters, Pit is one of my favorite Nintendo characters and still is to this day even though he hasn't had a new game in over 10 years and the likelihood of a remake or new game is very very low. On top of that I also got the NES Kid Icarus on my 3DS and Myths and Monsters, and I even enjoyed the first Kid Icarus, hard difficulty and all, and whenever I see someone make a video about Uprising on the Original I will always be happy knowing someone else is discovering this underrated franchise
That's awesome! I know a lot of people were introduced to Pit and the Kid Icarus series with Brawl. I was very happy to see the franchise finally get some love after so long. Kid Icarus was the second NES game I ever played back in 1987 and I instantly became a huge fan! The two decade drought from 1992 to 2012 without a single new entry in the series for nearly four console generations was really depressing. Even without a new game in the past 10 years, I'm happy that Pit and the rest of the characters have lived on in Smash Bros. That said, I'd still love a new game at some point, or at the very least a port of Uprising to the Switch. Fingers crossed!
The Palace Athene is also one of my favorite Mobile Suits! Who knew that kid Icarus had so much going into it. I need to check it out again sometime! And I'm blown away by the amount of composers for uprising. No idea yuzo did some work on it! you seriously did good work! Maybe one day we will see more of pit!
The Palace Athene fact was actually a last minute addition that a friend pointed out which is pretty crazy. And yeah, the Uprising OST is insane with the amount of talented composers involved with it. Fingers crossed we get some more KI goodness in the future. Thanks for watching man, really appreciate it!
Kid Icarus Uprising is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember one of my friends lending it to me at school and getting hooked, running to GameStop a few days later to pick up a copy for myself. I have so many hours playing the multiplayer mode with him and my other friends. A sequel or just another game in the franchise is one of the games I hope will eventually happen…
Daedalus is like an old fashioned Dr Wily, an ancient inventor who behaved like an ÆON FLUX character. Which carries into his myth... if you fly too close to the sun and claim to be God you will meet disaster. If you go low and cold like a sullen wretch, you will drown. So this Western myth says very blatantly choose a middle path on your escape from a labyrinth of woes! Kid Icarus also happens to evoke on his good days... an Angel fighting demons.
Top notch production, a joy to watch and listen, and spot on and so interesting to me explanations about the Japanese names. Congratulations for an awesome piece of work!
Found your channel through the Star Fox documentary and I’m disappointed this didn’t get recommended to me until Sakurai’s video on Uprising had me going on a Kid Icarus binge. Very high quality video. Really hoping all of Sakurai’s sudden mentions of how cool an Uprising remaster would be allows the series to grow wings once again. It absolutely has the charm and fun to stand with Nintendo’s bigger series like it’s older sister Metroid.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, I'm really hoping that at the very least we get a remaster so that the game is more accessible for people moving forward. Fingers crossed!
@@RewindArcade but the switch doesn’t have the sensor bar so you have to constantly recalibrate the pointer, and that ruined Mario galaxy for me on the switch
@@trapez77 Yeah, I get what you're saying. I struggled a bit trying to play SMG that way too and eventually just ended up using the classic controller instead. Either way, I still think Uprising deserves a second chance in some form. 👍
Fantastic! Keep up the excellent work! [Yea I know I'm only 4 minutes in, but I know it's gonna be solid :P] *Edit after actually watching* This is a series I have always wanted to know more about and this is by far the S-Tier of vids for this. So many tidbits. Love it.
I always look forward to seeing the retrospectives! I hope you can get to doing series such as Pac-Man World, Tak and the Power of Juju, F-Zero, and Wario Ware soon.
Thank you, glad you enjoy them! I’m taking a short break from longer documentaries, but F-Zero is definitely a series I’d like to cover in the future. 👍
Factor 5 was also in a financial crisis at the time due to the catastrophic failure of Lair. Because of that, their Kid Icarus and Turrican reboots along with their open world Superman game were cancelled and the company shut down in 2009.
Yeah, Lair really put a big hurting on Factor 5's financial situation sadly. It's one of those things where I'd love to see an alternate timeline where Lair reviewed well and was a big success since I'd love to know what the studio would have made years later, especially since they had so much talent.
I'm just glad Factor 5's revival of Kid Icarus was canceled. They initially decided that it would be a God of War-esque game with an older Pit taking revenge against Palutena for banishing him, with heavy emphasis on action. If the game released, it would've become the franchise and Nintendo equivalent to DmC Devil May Cry in terms of reputation and controversy. I couldn't thank Sakurai-san enough for giving Uprising it's charm as a zany yet intimidating work and one of my favorite 3DS games of all time next to Fire Emblem Awakening and Animal Crossing New Leaf, among others. Hades will always be renowned as one of the funniest Nintendo villains(next to Bowser in Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Fawful in the thirdly mentioned, Ghirahim in Zelda Skyward Sword, King K. Rool in the Donkey Kong series, et cetera), as well as one of my favorite demons in video games such as Dante from the Devil May Cry series(no pun intended), Morrigan, her alter ego Lilith, and Jedah from Darkstalkers, Dracula, Soma Cruz, and Alucard from Castlevania, Demi-Fiend and Nahobino from Shin Megami Tensei, and Dark Gaia from Sonic Unleashed.
Yeah, I’m very happy that they didn’t take Kid Icarus in Factor 5’s direction and ended up doing Uprising instead. It has some of the best and funniest writing I’ve ever seen in a video game. Thanks so much for watching!
Yes! I was so happy to see that and couldn't believe that Nintendo chose Kid Icarus to be featured in the movie. I wanted to include it in the video, but the script and a lot of the editing was already done by that point and I was worried people would be mad about Mario movie spoilers. 😅
This has made my day, to see someone share something so detailed and personal about my favorite game gives me the fuzzies. Here's to the remaining 12 years we've got to wait till the sequel or port
Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching! Man, I'm praying it isn't another 12 years for a sequel or port, but you're probably right sadly. 😅 Always nice to see people who are as big of fans of the series as we are!
Greetings, good documentary about Kid Icarus and I have some curiosities that do not appear in the video and that may surprise everyone, my comment will be a bit long but it will be worth giving that information and complementing it with this documentary: -The date of the first game was not exactly December 19th, originally its date was December 15th and that can be seen in the official game posters and game magazines of the time. -The original game had almost no censorship, I mention it because the crosses on the tombs of the overworld and especially the Syrens and the venus sculptures at the end of the game were not censored by Nintendo of America, the only censorship was the Water of Life that In the original Japanese version it was the wine, that's right, Pit drank wine in the first 2 games. (As additional information, in Kaeru no Tame Ni Kane Wa Naru, a game made by the same developers as Kid Icarus, the main character, the Prince of Sable, like Pit, also drinks wine to recover life) -There are details of the Eggplant Wizard and Specknose, the rod that the Eggplant Wizard holds and his creation is a reference to the bonus that the developers received in the winter bonus season during the development of Kid Icarus and regarding Specknose in addition to based on Hirokazu Tanaka is also based on party supplies called "nose glasses" or known as Groucho Marx glasses. -Dark Pit is not the only clone that Pit had, in Of Myths and Monsters there is a group of characters called Putt and their description is as follows: ''Looks like an Amazing Pit (Amazing Pit is Pit with the three sacred treasures equipped, that is, Putt's appearance takes from the three sacred treasures) and attacks in groups''. -in the unused graphics of Of Myths and Monsters, there is a lion and a goat that were not used in the final game, and even though the game didn't make it to Japan there is a set of characters written in partial katakana: ウエオカキワクコサシス セ That's all, greetings from Captain Hanafuda🎴👺♠
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the extra facts! We talk a little bit about the censorship stuff in the add-on Kid Icarus video released alongside the documentary which was very bizarre for the time, but either Nintendo of America was still working out their censorship policies or the Western port was simply rushed to market. It's also sad how little information there is about the Game Boy entry. Really hoping more information surfaces about it's development at some point.
The first video I see from this channel and the one that assures a sub of mine to you guys: Kid icarus uprising is probably one of my favorite pieces of media to this day, not to mention my favorite videogame ever. And you guys made an amazing work on this. Keep up with the great work!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and I'm really happy you enjoyed the video!! I'm really hoping Uprising gets a port to the Switch so more people can experience it (and maybe even a sequel too!).
I just got around to finishing this retrospective! Fantastic job Rewind Arcade and MrMatthews with this beast of a project! Ya'll make me want to go back and play these games again 🙏🙏
Man, I love Kid Icarus! I played it shortly after Metroid in '88. Boy, was it tough back then. Still is at the beginning of the game. I have a lot of nostalgia for it. Like drawing maps of the three dungeons. I didn't even know about the GameBoy game until I came across it at a game store eight years ago. I think it was less than $10. I played through and finished it. I liked it, but haven't played it since. I need to dust it off. I don't own a 3DS, so I've never played Uprising. All I really know about it is from what I've heard Dongled bitch about. The controls. 😂 Another criminally neglected franchise by Nintendo. And it's a damn shame. I remember getting hyped for Super Kid Icarus on SNES... and it never happened!! Something on the Switch would be sweet. But I'm not holding my breath. Excellent video as always, dude! I learned a lot of new stuff. I recommend checking out GTV's Kid Icarus video from years ago if you haven't already. He also has a video covering the manga. Anyway, I really enjoyed this. Looking forward to learning about the next franchise you dive into.
Ayyy, really appreciate it Wes!! That's awesome you played it right around the same time I did. So much nostalgia for the game, and just like you I was immensely disappointed when a Super NES entry never released. I honestly only played the Game Boy game for the first time when putting together video. I really liked it, but it was WAY easier than the NES original and I ended up beating it in one sitting, barely breaking a sweat. As for Uprising, I had the same complaints as most which were the controls, haha. I ended up using an emulator to capture footage for this and was able to map everything to a twin-stick layout which made it FAR more enjoyable. Makes me hope a Switch port is in the works even more! Not sure if you've watched any of MrMatthews' videos who collabed on this project with me, but I think you'd probably dig his stuff. Especially his NES Hard series. Anyways, it's always awesome to hear from you dude! Thanks for watching and hope you're doing well.
Commenting for the algorithm gods That was a heck of a documentary on one of my favorite Nintendo Series, Informative, Well edited and well paced, Well done! (Also nice to see a chad of Myths and Monsters Enjoyer, I love uprising too even with hand cramps, but that game seriously is mad underrated, Give it a shot if you bounced off of the OG)
Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and support!! I really enjoyed Of Myths and Monsters, even though it was far easier than first game. The quality of life changes were very welcome and the controls felt a bit tighter. I'm really hoping they add it to Switch Online so that more people have a chance to play it. Thanks again for watching!
Yup, unfortunately I had finished the script and had begun editing this video before the movie released. It was still awesome to see it be referenced though!
I'm not the biggest knowledgeable guy about Kid Icarus, and still you made me want to try it (Switch Online) and I really liked it. So thanks a lot. PS: maybe it's too late ahah, but a video about the Pikmin series would be nice before the release of Pikmin 4. However maybe you will prefer to play Pikmin 4 before doing this video. 😅😁
That's awesome, glad you tried it out and enjoyed it! It's a pretty fun game and really deserves more attention. Pikmin seems to have a very interesting story and would be a lot of fun to cover, but my plan moving forward is to take a break from longform history videos for a while. Definitely an idea to put on the backburner potentially for later though. Thanks a ton!
The Game Boy game is so much more forgiving than the NES one. Also still hoping Uprising gets a Switch port so I have an excuse to play through it again!
The amount of information and the great presentation, it’s incredible on this channel. Keep going! P.S. I love to see a video like this on Mach Rider and Ice Climber. I know that are games with just one and two games released respectively, but a man can dream.
Thanks a ton, appreciate the kind words! I'd really like to cover more of Nintendo's earlier games in the future like the ones you mentioned. My only concern is how much information there is about their development. Thanks again for watching!
@@RewindArcade I'm having mix opinions about the SFX it gives the video personality and stuff but sometimes it's kinda annoying I'm not saying the video is bad or anything I really like it
All good, I know not everyone is crazy about the sound effects, haha. The main reason I use them is to give the animations more weight and life, but I get why some people don’t like them. 👍
@@RewindArcade I was actually caught of guard by how the editing was different then the star fox video then I saw your comment about getting helped with the editing and it made sense but still a great video
Enjoyed this so much! Great job. I know these take an insane amount of time but I think it will payoff for you eventually. Love all the graphics and sound effects you add 👍
Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it and really appreciate the kind words! I get a lot of comments about people not liking the sound effects so it’s nice to finally get one that appreciating them. Thanks again!
Hey I love your retro spectives I was wondering if you would be interested in doing one for r.type ? It’s a Shmup it would mean the world as your previous gradius one was awsome
Thanks, glad you are enjoying them! I had actually considered doing a “History of R-Type” documentary right after Gradius, but I found that Shmup Junkie had already did an excellent one on his channel so there was really no need. Highly recommend check his R-Type documentary out. 👍
That honestly makes a lot of sense! I've never played the game, but the art direction and setting definitely feel like they would suit the Kid Icarus series really well.
I was never really exposed to this series until Brawl came out, but man Uprising was such an amazing game. I spent hours playing that game with my best friend.
I always knew Kid Icarus would have a comeback after he was given serious consideration for Smash Bros. melee and appeared as a trophy. I'm not sure if we'll get another kid icarus game for a long time, but if it's half as good as Uprising was, it'll be worth the wait.
Interesting video about a game that i haven't really played that much. I desperately wanted to play the 3ds game but i found the controls totally unusable. Though to be fair i do struggle with playing the 3ds because of the positioning of the controls.
Thank you! Yeah, I had the same issue with the 3DS game when it first came out. I actually went through Uprising for this video using an emulator with the controls mapped to twin analog sticks which made it soooo much better to play. The 3DS in general always cramps my hands to play so I’m always really happy when they port its games to other platforms.
Honestly, the original Kid Icarus is one of those strange games where it starts out very difficult, but gets easier as you progress, since you're gaining levels and power ups. Definitely worth another shot, but it's certainly not for everyone.
MrMatthews actually helped out with some of the video editing on this one and he did an amazing job! Definitely worth checking out his channel: youtube.com/@AuthorativeMrM
No no no Metroid was finishing up and the team was looking forward to holiday. But they decided to help toru osawa finish up kid Icarus. Right before Xmas Hiroshi yaumachi said it's bug free then it's done. So basically osawa got the dream team to help him out. I own a prototype in my collection it's one of my holy grails. the only problem is that to play it I need the intelligent systems programmer to play the game. I got a hold of one at a private auction and there is several differences between proto and finished version. I don't usually post my collection because it's more fun hearing oh this is one of a kind or there's only so many nwc90 carts out there. Someday I'll piss a lot of collector know it all off when I show them why their rare games now have lower values.
I remember borrowing it from my brother when he had it for the game boy (we both got our own game boy and a game, mine was balloon kid and I hated it 😅) and I never got far 😭 it was so hard!
@@sinisis_sinisis The original game got a port on the 3ds that fixes the problems of the original. Sadly the non 3ds version didn't age well. So stick with Owlboy.
I actually split the video editing workload on this one with a friend on UA-cam, MrMatthews, who does amazing work, so we were able to go pretty crazy on some of the animations, haha.
Thank you, really appreciate it! I recommend checking out MrMatthews on UA-cam as well since he helped out with a lot of the editing and animations on this.
I'm still waiting for a proper Kid Icarus 3. A platformer that evolves from the gameplay of the originals. I've only been waiting for about oh, 33 years now... Good God I'm old
@@Retrofire-47 Well the good news is that it gets easier and easier as you progress. The first few stages are by far the toughest. The Game Boy game is also much more forgiving if you have access to it.
Back in the early 2000s I created a Kid Icarus game engine for fun. I messed around with the physics and everything, but I could never get that funky movement aiming just right 🤣 Hope they create another Kid Icarus game 😍😍😍😍😍😍with RPG elements like a Zelda game. That'd be awesome. Thanks so much for this video!
That’s really cool about the Kid Icarus game engine! And yeah, I agree that a more adventure-based Kid Icarus game would be amazing. Fingers crossed we get something new at some point. Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for the correction, I’ve had a few others let me know too, haha. I had it correct in the script originally, but at some point the words got flipped around. 😅
I recently had a theory about the original ending in the first game where Pit becomes an “adult” and a budding romance develops with Palutena. The scoring system determines the ending which focuses on Pits experience and inner growth through his battles, but in my theory, I noticed that none of the other “centurions” you rescue are any bigger that pit himself, implying that all angels in this universe are but children who do not possess the ability to age and grow as humans do, thus, despite their bravery, valor and experiences in many battles, these soldiers also remain but children. Pit’s struggle to accomplish feats that no other centurion was capable of separated him from these brave warriors and in the end, his efforts gave way to a new path. You see, pit doesnt grow up to become a man if you get the best ending; he ascends to godhood, thus, winning the heart of the goddess Palutena, sadly, and ending that was never futher emphasized on in future games where he retains his “child” state.
Thanks, glad you liked it! Big props to MrMatthews for splitting editing duties with me on this one. Def check out his channel too if you enjoyed this vid (link in description).
My older sister had the NES and a few games and I would play them. She had Kid Icarus but never played it so one time I played it and had fun and it would be the one I would try to beat
Hey everyone! If you enjoyed this video, please consider checking out (and subscribing to) MrMatthews who helped me out with a lot of the video editing and animations on this documentary. He does awesome work and is criminally under-appreciated on UA-cam. Check out his "NES Hard" video series here: ua-cam.com/video/yKEKYNLzYu0/v-deo.html
Honestly, this video is MUCH better than what the Angry Video Game Nerd gave us recently. Very informative, and I really enjoyed the editing! Very well-done, and as always, you do not disappoint with your work.
I hope that when we get a sequel to Kid Icarus Uprising, hopefully it will reference the Game Boy game since it was entirely ignored in the first game.
Thanks a ton, really appreciate the kind words! I had some help with the editing on this video from MrMatthews (you should check out his YT channel too) so we were able to make a lot of the animations much more involved.
I also firmly agree about Of Myths and Monsters needing more representation in Uprising. I assume it was because the game never released in Japan, but it was sad to see it completely absent in the overall story.
Thanks again for watching!
I wonder if Nintendo minds if we make a Kid Icarus fan game? They probably would, but since they never DMCA the Mother 3 translation patch, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind a fan game of Kid Icarus
There’s a fan game mentioned in this video and that never got shut down (nor was it ever finished) so it’s possible it would be okay.
Kid Icarus totally deserves a new game. I've been playing it again these days to keep improving the point-power up-scoring system. NES Kid Icarus is a a gem. I enjoy the soundtrack a lot. This video is awesome. Greetings!
Could not agree more! Hopefully Sakurai was actually hinting at a comeback in his UA-cam video last year. Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Hurray, WE'RE FINISHED!!!
Thank you again for having me join you on this project, it was a ton of fun! I've been a banner-waving fan of the Kid Icarus series for years (mainly the NES and 3DS games), but I was surprised by how much I learned about the games while working on this video with you!
It's been a pleasure and an honor working with you my friend. You did incredibly amazing work on your parts and I'm now an even bigger fan of Diskun than before because of your animations. I'm praying this helps more people discover your awesome videos on UA-cam as well! Cheers, man!
Crazy how they never made another Icarus Game
Hopefully that changes soon! 👍
I see Myths and Monsters as a kind of Prequel where Pit learns how to use the treasures and loses his ability to fly
Yeah, that certainly would make sense.
Shame the disc system never made it to the states. Would have saved lots of carts getting blown on.
Haha, I think by the time they were considering bringing it to the West it was already starting to struggle in Japan.
I always wanted to play Kid Icarus as a kid, it looked so cool and different. When I finally did play it as an adult I didn't really enjoy it, that said it's in my collection and I have no intention of getting rid of it.
Totally understandable, it's certainly not for everyone and is pretty unforgiving early on. These days I'd probably recommend starting with the Game Boy entry first since it's far less brutal.
It all gets better once you get that second block of life!
I love the origins story here. I didn't know it was a Disc System game.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, a lot of people are also unaware that it was Nintendo's first game to use a password system when it released on the NES which is pretty cool.
What an excellent documentary! Kid Icarus is a series I never got into, but I loved Uprising and bought the ARIKA remake of the original later and had a fun time! I hope Pit gets a new console title soon!
Thank you kindly my man, glad you enjoyed it!! I finally played Uprising for this video and really enjoyed it. Fingers crossed for a port or sequel soon!
My history with the kid icarus franchise like most started with super smash bros brawl, it was cool how they got an obscure character and he had a big role, then eventually I saw that Sakurai is making a new game and it looked really fun, Kid Icarus Uprising, i remember watching videos about the game on the eshop, specifically the multiplayer showdown presentation and thinking that's a really fun looking game, and about 5 days after the game was released I got my hands on it and wow did I fall in love with the gameplay, the music, and most of all the characters, Pit is one of my favorite Nintendo characters and still is to this day even though he hasn't had a new game in over 10 years and the likelihood of a remake or new game is very very low. On top of that I also got the NES Kid Icarus on my 3DS and Myths and Monsters, and I even enjoyed the first Kid Icarus, hard difficulty and all, and whenever I see someone make a video about Uprising on the Original I will always be happy knowing someone else is discovering this underrated franchise
That's awesome! I know a lot of people were introduced to Pit and the Kid Icarus series with Brawl. I was very happy to see the franchise finally get some love after so long. Kid Icarus was the second NES game I ever played back in 1987 and I instantly became a huge fan! The two decade drought from 1992 to 2012 without a single new entry in the series for nearly four console generations was really depressing.
Even without a new game in the past 10 years, I'm happy that Pit and the rest of the characters have lived on in Smash Bros. That said, I'd still love a new game at some point, or at the very least a port of Uprising to the Switch. Fingers crossed!
Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
I’ve seen it before but never played it. Definitely need to give it a shot now. Didn’t that same guy also do a short mock up trailer for Chrono Break?
@@RewindArcade I don't think so??
The Palace Athene is also one of my favorite Mobile Suits! Who knew that kid Icarus had so much going into it. I need to check it out again sometime! And I'm blown away by the amount of composers for uprising. No idea yuzo did some work on it! you seriously did good work! Maybe one day we will see more of pit!
The Palace Athene fact was actually a last minute addition that a friend pointed out which is pretty crazy. And yeah, the Uprising OST is insane with the amount of talented composers involved with it.
Fingers crossed we get some more KI goodness in the future. Thanks for watching man, really appreciate it!
Kid Icarus Uprising is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember one of my friends lending it to me at school and getting hooked, running to GameStop a few days later to pick up a copy for myself. I have so many hours playing the multiplayer mode with him and my other friends. A sequel or just another game in the franchise is one of the games I hope will eventually happen…
Yeah, I really hope they announce something in the near future. I’d even take a simple remaster at this point. 😮💨
Daedalus is like an old fashioned Dr Wily, an ancient inventor who behaved like an ÆON FLUX character. Which carries into his myth... if you fly too close to the sun and claim to be God you will meet disaster. If you go low and cold like a sullen wretch, you will drown. So this Western myth says very blatantly choose a middle path on your escape from a labyrinth of woes! Kid Icarus also happens to evoke on his good days... an Angel fighting demons.
Pretty much, haha!
A wealth of knowledge here.
Kid Icarus needs to return!
Thanks, appreciate you watching! Fully agree!
You got the Japanese title of Zelda backwards at 1:39. Should be Zelda no Densetsu.
Oh man, you're totally right. I originally had it as Zelda no Densetsu in the script, but it somehow got flipped around during editing.
@@RewindArcade I'm sure no one noticed😀. You still have the best video game docs around!
Thanks, much appreciated! I’m going to add a correction in the description and credit you as well. 👍
Top notch production, a joy to watch and listen, and spot on and so interesting to me explanations about the Japanese names. Congratulations for an awesome piece of work!
Thanks a ton man, appreciate you watching and glad you enjoyed it!
Found your channel through the Star Fox documentary and I’m disappointed this didn’t get recommended to me until Sakurai’s video on Uprising had me going on a Kid Icarus binge. Very high quality video. Really hoping all of Sakurai’s sudden mentions of how cool an Uprising remaster would be allows the series to grow wings once again. It absolutely has the charm and fun to stand with Nintendo’s bigger series like it’s older sister Metroid.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, I'm really hoping that at the very least we get a remaster so that the game is more accessible for people moving forward. Fingers crossed!
Kid Icarus uprising would be perfect for the pointer controls of the Wii remote and nunchuck
Agreed! It really would have worked perfectly on the Wii. Hoping it gets another shot at life on the Switch in the future.
@@RewindArcade but the switch doesn’t have the sensor bar so you have to constantly recalibrate the pointer, and that ruined Mario galaxy for me on the switch
@@trapez77 Yeah, I get what you're saying. I struggled a bit trying to play SMG that way too and eventually just ended up using the classic controller instead. Either way, I still think Uprising deserves a second chance in some form. 👍
@@trapez77 Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
Fantastic! Keep up the excellent work! [Yea I know I'm only 4 minutes in, but I know it's gonna be solid :P]
*Edit after actually watching*
This is a series I have always wanted to know more about and this is by far the S-Tier of vids for this. So many tidbits. Love it.
Thanks a ton as always man!
This was another excellent documentary! As a musician, I love how you always devote some time to the composer. Tanaka is a legend!
Appreciate it man, this particular documentary was a blast to make! And yeah, Hip Tanaka is the man!
Ive absolutely adored uprising - ive played it at least once a year since i bought it on release year. I am super hopeful for a new game coming soon
That’s awesome! I really do hope we get a port or sequel in the near future.
Bro made a high quality video and didn’t think we would notice smh
I always look forward to seeing the retrospectives! I hope you can get to doing series such as Pac-Man World, Tak and the Power of Juju, F-Zero, and Wario Ware soon.
Thank you, glad you enjoy them! I’m taking a short break from longer documentaries, but F-Zero is definitely a series I’d like to cover in the future. 👍
The Wario series would be a fun one!
Your vids are always extremely informative, but the editing in this vid is absolutely top notch! Really great work
Thanks tugg, really appreciate that man! A lot of work went into this one so I’m very happy you enjoyed it.
Factor 5 was also in a financial crisis at the time due to the catastrophic failure of Lair. Because of that, their Kid Icarus and Turrican reboots along with their open world Superman game were cancelled and the company shut down in 2009.
Yeah, Lair really put a big hurting on Factor 5's financial situation sadly. It's one of those things where I'd love to see an alternate timeline where Lair reviewed well and was a big success since I'd love to know what the studio would have made years later, especially since they had so much talent.
@@RewindArcade I blame Sony for forcing half baked Six Axis motion controls into the game.
You’re not wrong there! 👍
I'm just glad Factor 5's revival of Kid Icarus was canceled. They initially decided that it would be a God of War-esque game with an older Pit taking revenge against Palutena for banishing him, with heavy emphasis on action. If the game released, it would've become the franchise and Nintendo equivalent to DmC Devil May Cry in terms of reputation and controversy. I couldn't thank Sakurai-san enough for giving Uprising it's charm as a zany yet intimidating work and one of my favorite 3DS games of all time next to Fire Emblem Awakening and Animal Crossing New Leaf, among others. Hades will always be renowned as one of the funniest Nintendo villains(next to Bowser in Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Fawful in the thirdly mentioned, Ghirahim in Zelda Skyward Sword, King K. Rool in the Donkey Kong series, et cetera), as well as one of my favorite demons in video games such as Dante from the Devil May Cry series(no pun intended), Morrigan, her alter ego Lilith, and Jedah from Darkstalkers, Dracula, Soma Cruz, and Alucard from Castlevania, Demi-Fiend and Nahobino from Shin Megami Tensei, and Dark Gaia from Sonic Unleashed.
Yeah, I’m very happy that they didn’t take Kid Icarus in Factor 5’s direction and ended up doing Uprising instead. It has some of the best and funniest writing I’ve ever seen in a video game.
Thanks so much for watching!
The super Mario movie! Mario was playing kid Icarus in his room! I think there will be a new game soon
Yes! I was so happy to see that and couldn't believe that Nintendo chose Kid Icarus to be featured in the movie. I wanted to include it in the video, but the script and a lot of the editing was already done by that point and I was worried people would be mad about Mario movie spoilers. 😅
This has made my day, to see someone share something so detailed and personal about my favorite game gives me the fuzzies. Here's to the remaining 12 years we've got to wait till the sequel or port
Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching! Man, I'm praying it isn't another 12 years for a sequel or port, but you're probably right sadly. 😅
Always nice to see people who are as big of fans of the series as we are!
@@RewindArcade Don’t worry, you guys aren’t alone! There’s a lovely discord community to this amazing game
Greetings, good documentary about Kid Icarus and I have some curiosities that do not appear in the video and that may surprise everyone, my comment will be a bit long but it will be worth giving that information and complementing it with this documentary:
-The date of the first game was not exactly December 19th, originally its date was December 15th and that can be seen in the official game posters and game magazines of the time.
-The original game had almost no censorship, I mention it because the crosses on the tombs of the overworld and especially the Syrens and the venus sculptures at the end of the game were not censored by Nintendo of America, the only censorship was the Water of Life that In the original Japanese version it was the wine, that's right, Pit drank wine in the first 2 games. (As additional information, in Kaeru no Tame Ni Kane Wa Naru, a game made by the same developers as Kid Icarus, the main character, the Prince of Sable, like Pit, also drinks wine to recover life)
-There are details of the Eggplant Wizard and Specknose, the rod that the Eggplant Wizard holds and his creation is a reference to the bonus that the developers received in the winter bonus season during the development of Kid Icarus and regarding Specknose in addition to based on Hirokazu Tanaka is also based on party supplies called "nose glasses" or known as Groucho Marx glasses.
-Dark Pit is not the only clone that Pit had, in Of Myths and Monsters there is a group of characters called Putt and their description is as follows: ''Looks like an Amazing Pit (Amazing Pit is Pit with the three sacred treasures equipped, that is, Putt's appearance takes from the three sacred treasures) and attacks in groups''.
-in the unused graphics of Of Myths and Monsters, there is a lion and a goat that were not used in the final game, and even though the game didn't make it to Japan there is a set of characters written in partial katakana: ウエオカキワクコサシス セ
That's all, greetings from Captain Hanafuda🎴👺♠
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the extra facts!
We talk a little bit about the censorship stuff in the add-on Kid Icarus video released alongside the documentary which was very bizarre for the time, but either Nintendo of America was still working out their censorship policies or the Western port was simply rushed to market. It's also sad how little information there is about the Game Boy entry. Really hoping more information surfaces about it's development at some point.
The first video I see from this channel and the one that assures a sub of mine to you guys: Kid icarus uprising is probably one of my favorite pieces of media to this day, not to mention my favorite videogame ever. And you guys made an amazing work on this. Keep up with the great work!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and I'm really happy you enjoyed the video!! I'm really hoping Uprising gets a port to the Switch so more people can experience it (and maybe even a sequel too!).
OMG I'm so excited.
I just got around to finishing this retrospective!
Fantastic job Rewind Arcade and MrMatthews with this beast of a project! Ya'll make me want to go back and play these games again 🙏🙏
Thanks a ton man, and appreciate your help early on with the FDS manual art! There’s never a bad time to back and replay the Kid Icarus games. 😎
Thanks for watching, Omega!
I still have my Uprising stand, I use it to hold my tablet or Switch (because Switch's stand is horrible) xD
First video of yours I've seen. Subscribed in the first thirty seconds. Keep it up!
Thanks man, really appreciate it!!
GAWD, how really, Really, REEEEALY want a "Kid Icarus: Uprising" HD Remaster on the Switch. 👼🏻🛐 🖥🕹
Fingers crossed it happens one of these days! 🤞
BIG agree on this one 👍👍👍
Man, I love Kid Icarus! I played it shortly after Metroid in '88. Boy, was it tough back then. Still is at the beginning of the game. I have a lot of nostalgia for it. Like drawing maps of the three dungeons.
I didn't even know about the GameBoy game until I came across it at a game store eight years ago. I think it was less than $10. I played through and finished it. I liked it, but haven't played it since. I need to dust it off.
I don't own a 3DS, so I've never played Uprising. All I really know about it is from what I've heard Dongled bitch about. The controls. 😂
Another criminally neglected franchise by Nintendo. And it's a damn shame. I remember getting hyped for Super Kid Icarus on SNES... and it never happened!! Something on the Switch would be sweet. But I'm not holding my breath.
Excellent video as always, dude! I learned a lot of new stuff. I recommend checking out GTV's Kid Icarus video from years ago if you haven't already. He also has a video covering the manga. Anyway, I really enjoyed this. Looking forward to learning about the next franchise you dive into.
Ayyy, really appreciate it Wes!! That's awesome you played it right around the same time I did. So much nostalgia for the game, and just like you I was immensely disappointed when a Super NES entry never released.
I honestly only played the Game Boy game for the first time when putting together video. I really liked it, but it was WAY easier than the NES original and I ended up beating it in one sitting, barely breaking a sweat.
As for Uprising, I had the same complaints as most which were the controls, haha. I ended up using an emulator to capture footage for this and was able to map everything to a twin-stick layout which made it FAR more enjoyable. Makes me hope a Switch port is in the works even more!
Not sure if you've watched any of MrMatthews' videos who collabed on this project with me, but I think you'd probably dig his stuff. Especially his NES Hard series.
Anyways, it's always awesome to hear from you dude! Thanks for watching and hope you're doing well.
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That was a heck of a documentary on one of my favorite Nintendo Series, Informative, Well edited and well paced, Well done!
(Also nice to see a chad of Myths and Monsters Enjoyer, I love uprising too even with hand cramps, but that game seriously is mad underrated, Give it a shot if you bounced off of the OG)
Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and support!!
I really enjoyed Of Myths and Monsters, even though it was far easier than first game. The quality of life changes were very welcome and the controls felt a bit tighter. I'm really hoping they add it to Switch Online so that more people have a chance to play it.
Thanks again for watching!
The NES game was in the super Mario bros movie
Yup, unfortunately I had finished the script and had begun editing this video before the movie released. It was still awesome to see it be referenced though!
I'm not the biggest knowledgeable guy about Kid Icarus, and still you made me want to try it (Switch Online) and I really liked it. So thanks a lot. PS: maybe it's too late ahah, but a video about the Pikmin series would be nice before the release of Pikmin 4. However maybe you will prefer to play Pikmin 4 before doing this video. 😅😁
That's awesome, glad you tried it out and enjoyed it! It's a pretty fun game and really deserves more attention.
Pikmin seems to have a very interesting story and would be a lot of fun to cover, but my plan moving forward is to take a break from longform history videos for a while. Definitely an idea to put on the backburner potentially for later though. Thanks a ton!
I FINALLY caught this! I’ve always been curious about the gameboy one, and this video continues to remind me that I need to finish the 3DS game 😭
The Game Boy game is so much more forgiving than the NES one. Also still hoping Uprising gets a Switch port so I have an excuse to play through it again!
@@RewindArcade Looks like I'm gonna have to put my games to switch curse to the test huh
@@JoAfterWork Yes!! 🤣
The amount of information and the great presentation, it’s incredible on this channel.
Keep going!
P.S. I love to see a video like this on Mach Rider and Ice Climber.
I know that are games with just one and two games released respectively, but a man can dream.
Thanks a ton, appreciate the kind words! I'd really like to cover more of Nintendo's earlier games in the future like the ones you mentioned. My only concern is how much information there is about their development. Thanks again for watching!
Your retrospectives are always a blast to watch there really informative and entertaining
Thanks a ton, really glad you enjoy them!!
@@RewindArcade I'm having mix opinions about the SFX it gives the video personality and stuff but sometimes it's kinda annoying I'm not saying the video is bad or anything I really like it
All good, I know not everyone is crazy about the sound effects, haha. The main reason I use them is to give the animations more weight and life, but I get why some people don’t like them. 👍
@@RewindArcade I was actually caught of guard by how the editing was different then the star fox video then I saw your comment about getting helped with the editing and it made sense but still a great video
Enjoyed this so much! Great job. I know these take an insane amount of time but I think it will payoff for you eventually. Love all the graphics and sound effects you add 👍
Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it and really appreciate the kind words! I get a lot of comments about people not liking the sound effects so it’s nice to finally get one that appreciating them. Thanks again!
Hey I love your retro spectives I was wondering if you would be interested in doing one for r.type ? It’s a Shmup it would mean the world as your previous gradius one was awsome
Thanks, glad you are enjoying them! I had actually considered doing a “History of R-Type” documentary right after Gradius, but I found that Shmup Junkie had already did an excellent one on his channel so there was really no need. Highly recommend check his R-Type documentary out. 👍
That "mature" look for pit looked so bad lol I would've pulled the plug too.
Yeah, definitely glad it was never made canon. 😅
the editing was perfect and you managed to give a very informative video. your got yourself a new subscriber
Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed the video, and appreciate the sub!
I KNEW KID ICARUS WAS CONNECTED TO METROID
Immortals Phoenix Rising on PS5 is what Kid Icarus always looked like in my head.
That honestly makes a lot of sense! I've never played the game, but the art direction and setting definitely feel like they would suit the Kid Icarus series really well.
really loved this video, ive been waiting for a good and long kid icarus video essay! thank you !! :D
Thank you!! Had a lot of fun putting it together.
The only thing I don't understand is why you don't have 10x-100x more subs.
Thanks, haha! I don’t think UA-cam likes my channel very much. 😅
Whew! That was awesome! I just binged the whole thing and all I can say is Wow.
Thanks a ton, really glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video, guys. great work!
Thanks a ton, much appreciated!!
I was never really exposed to this series until Brawl came out, but man Uprising was such an amazing game. I spent hours playing that game with my best friend.
I always knew Kid Icarus would have a comeback after he was given serious consideration for Smash Bros. melee and appeared as a trophy. I'm not sure if we'll get another kid icarus game for a long time, but if it's half as good as Uprising was, it'll be worth the wait.
Intresting showing the black market who can’t be haggled
Yeah, I realized that after publishing the video. I think the idea still gets across alright though. 😅
Awesome video. The production on this is beyond belief.
Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it! This video took an absurd amount of time to animate and edit.
Interesting video about a game that i haven't really played that much. I desperately wanted to play the 3ds game but i found the controls totally unusable. Though to be fair i do struggle with playing the 3ds because of the positioning of the controls.
Thank you! Yeah, I had the same issue with the 3DS game when it first came out. I actually went through Uprising for this video using an emulator with the controls mapped to twin analog sticks which made it soooo much better to play. The 3DS in general always cramps my hands to play so I’m always really happy when they port its games to other platforms.
@@RewindArcade thanks for the emulator heads up!
Great vid as usual.
Thanks so much!
This game is too hard
Honestly, the original Kid Icarus is one of those strange games where it starts out very difficult, but gets easier as you progress, since you're gaining levels and power ups. Definitely worth another shot, but it's certainly not for everyone.
ah what a nice surprise! I have been awaiting this one
Thanks dude, hope you enjoy it!!
@@RewindArcade holy cow this is sooo good! Your animations keep getting better
MrMatthews actually helped out with some of the video editing on this one and he did an amazing job! Definitely worth checking out his channel:
youtube.com/@AuthorativeMrM
@@dezm101 Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
No no no Metroid was finishing up and the team was looking forward to holiday. But they decided to help toru osawa finish up kid Icarus. Right before Xmas Hiroshi yaumachi said it's bug free then it's done. So basically osawa got the dream team to help him out. I own a prototype in my collection it's one of my holy grails. the only problem is that to play it I need the intelligent systems programmer to play the game. I got a hold of one at a private auction and there is several differences between proto and finished version. I don't usually post my collection because it's more fun hearing oh this is one of a kind or there's only so many nwc90 carts out there. Someday I'll piss a lot of collector know it all off when I show them why their rare games now have lower values.
I remember borrowing it from my brother when he had it for the game boy (we both got our own game boy and a game, mine was balloon kid and I hated it 😅) and I never got far 😭 it was so hard!
Kid Icarus Uprising, I like That Game
‘Tis a fine game. 👍
Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
@@orangeslash1667 i have owlboy, i never played it though, i also never played the other 2 kid icarus games other than uprising
@@sinisis_sinisis The original game got a port on the 3ds that fixes the problems of the original. Sadly the non 3ds version didn't age well.
So stick with Owlboy.
1:44 kind of weird that your playing the NES version of the theme and not the Famicom one when talking about the Famicom version
OH YEAHHHHHHH
How you have time for all these effects is beyond me. Disc System man leaping onto the box is great.
I actually split the video editing workload on this one with a friend on UA-cam, MrMatthews, who does amazing work, so we were able to go pretty crazy on some of the animations, haha.
Top notch editing! I love all the detail in it and great video
Thanks for the kind words, really happy you liked it and appreciate you watching!
Very nice!
Thank you!
This video is really well done. I typically skip through videos like this. Very thorough and entertaining. I'm subscribing.
Thank you, really appreciate it! I recommend checking out MrMatthews on UA-cam as well since he helped out with a lot of the editing and animations on this.
I'm still waiting for a proper Kid Icarus 3. A platformer that evolves from the gameplay of the originals. I've only been waiting for about oh, 33 years now...
Good God I'm old
Something tells me we're going to be waiting at least another 33 more years before we see that. 😅
Kid Icarus is such a deceptively simple yet _brilliant_ game...
100% agreed!
@@RewindArcadei have played it roughly 50 times now and barely made it 5 minutes in so far lol. I am going to make a more serious effort!
@@Retrofire-47 Well the good news is that it gets easier and easier as you progress. The first few stages are by far the toughest.
The Game Boy game is also much more forgiving if you have access to it.
Back in the early 2000s I created a Kid Icarus game engine for fun. I messed around with the physics and everything, but I could never get that funky movement aiming just right 🤣
Hope they create another Kid Icarus game 😍😍😍😍😍😍with RPG elements like a Zelda game. That'd be awesome. Thanks so much for this video!
That’s really cool about the Kid Icarus game engine! And yeah, I agree that a more adventure-based Kid Icarus game would be amazing. Fingers crossed we get something new at some point.
Thanks so much for watching!
Kick ass, great work bro
Appreciate it dude!!
Fantastic video!
Thanks a ton!!
Awesome work!
Thank you!!
1:40 *Zelda no Densetsu 🤓
Thanks for the correction, I’ve had a few others let me know too, haha. I had it correct in the script originally, but at some point the words got flipped around. 😅
nice 😊
Thanks!!
I recently had a theory about the original ending in the first game where Pit becomes an “adult” and a budding romance develops with Palutena. The scoring system determines the ending which focuses on Pits experience and inner growth through his battles, but in my theory, I noticed that none of the other “centurions” you rescue are any bigger that pit himself, implying that all angels in this universe are but children who do not possess the ability to age and grow as humans do, thus, despite their bravery, valor and experiences in many battles, these soldiers also remain but children. Pit’s struggle to accomplish feats that no other centurion was capable of separated him from these brave warriors and in the end, his efforts gave way to a new path. You see, pit doesnt grow up to become a man if you get the best ending; he ascends to godhood, thus, winning the heart of the goddess Palutena, sadly, and ending that was never futher emphasized on in future games where he retains his “child” state.
Very cool theory! I definitely could see that being the idea behind the ending. Would love to hear Ozawa talk more about the ideas behind the game.
Indeed. I imagine if they ever make another Kid Icarus, it would be a much darker tone (similar to metroid) and Nintendo’s answer to God Of War…
This video was so well made and the edits were clean af. So underrated
Thanks, glad you liked it! Big props to MrMatthews for splitting editing duties with me on this one.
Def check out his channel too if you enjoyed this vid (link in description).
My older sister had the NES and a few games and I would play them. She had Kid Icarus but never played it so one time I played it and had fun and it would be the one I would try to beat
That's awesome! Did you ever beat it?
@@RewindArcade no, my sister left for college and took her nes with her so i only got so far
promo sm
The editing of the video are really well done.
Thank you! It was really fun to put together, but also quite a bit of work.
42:32 song
Aurum Island from Kid Icarus Uprising: ua-cam.com/video/iy_Hi4f63Jg/v-deo.html
@@RewindArcade oh wow I was just making this comment for myself to come back to look for it later. Thanks so much man!
@@RewindArcade this song is amazing, I could have sworn it was from an action movie or something else
good vid
Thanks!!