OMG I was just thinking about this game yesterday and how weird it is that such a popular game never had any sequels! I didn't realize Nintendo is finally coming out with a new one. I used to LOVE this game as a kid, although I can't figure out why because I don't remember being able to get very far AT ALL. Half of those stages you showed in the video I've never even seen before! I loved the sound effects though and still do! Gets in my head for some reason. CLASSIC!
The game was developped by Nintendo R&D1 team (Yokoi, Okada...). Yet a few months after its release, the team worked fully on the development of the Game Boy hardware. Miyamoto's team (R&D4) will focus on softwares to later become Nintendo EAD.
the thing I remember the most of kid icarus is the credit card, hell, at age 5 I had my first finances lesson through that game, learning how unforgiving debt can be. Love the game and I'm waiting for the 3ds to arrive in order to play with pit again.
Seeing how Kid Icarus stood toe to toe with the big men back in the day, it's so sad that we didn't get the same for the next generations, come to think of it, even Metroid went on sideline during the N64.
@Lugmillord yup it's perfectly logical, it scrolls side to side, sides can be vertical. it has been called like that by when the genre started what would you now argue about that?
@Lugmillord (I don't know if you got replies or not) No that actually makes sense. It's a side scrolling game where you go upwards. (Metroid lets you go up AND down and it's a side scrolling game. :P) Vertical scrolling would be something like Xevious or something.
Most of my knowledge of Kid Icarus is from that Captain N cartoon, which doesn't say much considering how different the cartoon version of Simon Belmont is from his character in the Castlevania game. I decided to buy Kid Icarus on the Wii Virtual Console because it's one of the few retro NES games I hadn't played. Now that I've played it, it's OK, I guess. I would have preferred if they had added a save option like they did in the Game Boy Advance ports of NES games. Having to type passwords is not fun. Still, it's only $5 on the Virtual Console, which is no big loss.
Man i just got Kid Icarus Uprising yesterday for my Birthday and it wuz awesome and i had heard that there wuz a Original Kid Icarus and I had no idea so i went looking for the history of it and i found this video and another by the same person i gotta play the original one day i alwayz woundered whut video game did Pit come from on Super Smash Bros!
"mostly upwards scrolling" Ah, yes. That one pixel difference that turns solid ground to lethal fall. Oh, how often I cursed that angel out for jumping to push the screen up, only to fall upon WHAT SHOULD have been harmless...just unseen.
I loved this game as a kid, but along with games like Ninja Gaiden, I learned the idea of "rage-quit" at a very young age. Ah, to experience such strong love/hate so early :P.
Just got Kid icarus for 150 coins on Club Nintendo for my 3DS, downloading now. For anyone interested, i think it will be available until April 7th on Club Nintendo :)
i dont see what they could do with ice climbers. It was meant to be an arcade style game. Maybe if they made the game 2.5d and made the jumping mechanics better it could sell on the eshop.
I used to get in fights with my friends when I was little about how the title of this game was pronounced. I was INSISTENT that it was pronounced "kid iCARus" and I'd get super pissed when anyone would tell me I was saying it wrong. I still to this day call it kid iCARus. DOH!
I hate it when I start a CGR Undertow review, and Derek isn't narrating. I'm sorry guys, you all do a nice job, but Derek is the best. Thank you, Derek, for another great review.
how did this come out right when the NES did? it's an impossible game maybe that's how . they never tested it. it would have been ok if Pit could fly but he just can barely hover or not at all in the beginning. the mazes are impossibe the Death and mini Death reapers are a pain. the Eggplant Wizard is unavoidable.
I think the only reason Kid Icarus games is wanted so much is because its made by Nintendo's top development team. If this game was made by 3rd Party devs, then it definetly wouldn't have gotten as much demand to be honest.
The best CGR reviews are of the Classic games. As in Classic Game Room!! lol. Im not downing the newer game reviews. I find the best though are the reviews of classic games.
Heck yes. If Pit came back from the old days, then Nintendo should bring back a lot of other awesome yet lost franchises. Imagine Balloon Fight, Duck Hunt, Geist, Ice Climbers (especially since we saw them in SSB), Eternal Darkness, StarTropics, or Earthbound (HECK YEAH!) being brought back in a 3D game of something. How awesome would that be?! If Kid Icarus can, then so can these other awesome ones. I don't usually say this but... thumbs up for the support!!!!!
Kid Icarus Uprising is my favourite game. I'm gonna get this game on VC and judge for myself how this game is. But from the trial version in Brawl...this game is pretty damn good!
it is just imfknpossible to listen to these “reviews”. Like so many others, it reeks of a well-written 7th grade book report that has humped the online dictionary and thesaurus to death.
Dem eggplant wizards. Probably the worst mechanic in that game. I spent at least two hours on the last dungeon running around in circles after getting hit by them. The last level sucked too. At the very least I got Medusa in a spot where she was unable to hit me, and I could just sit there and spam my shots at her til she died. Hey, it's Zelda II all over again, but not nearly as difficult. Still a great game. I'm glad I stuck it through to the end.
All of those uncollected hearts are giving me PTSD even today.
The eggplant curse.. man I f'ing hated that. Good review!
such an epic game man, gameplay and music and graphics 10/10
I thoroughly enjoyed this review.
very very very nice review, best for the last weeks thou
the music in this game is epic
We're do I find my preorder code from GameStop
Now that I hear your voice while thinking of Uprising, it's kind've in the same range as Pit's.
You did this game justice, Derek. Great work
@joeyseto Which look? Classic or modern?
@Lugmillord ya it makes sence because by saying vertical side your specifying the side
OMG I was just thinking about this game yesterday and how weird it is that such a popular game never had any sequels! I didn't realize Nintendo is finally coming out with a new one. I used to LOVE this game as a kid, although I can't figure out why because I don't remember being able to get very far AT ALL. Half of those stages you showed in the video I've never even seen before! I loved the sound effects though and still do! Gets in my head for some reason. CLASSIC!
The game was developped by Nintendo R&D1 team (Yokoi, Okada...). Yet a few months after its release, the team worked fully on the development of the Game Boy hardware. Miyamoto's team (R&D4) will focus on softwares to later become Nintendo EAD.
what an awesome game!
PLEASE review the gameboy game of the kid icarus series since i might get it from the gameboy virtual console for my 3ds if it's good.
I want to be able to get further into this game but I'm just so bad! I can't get passed stage 1-3...
can someone tell me where I can find the intro music please!!!!!
the thing I remember the most of kid icarus is the credit card, hell, at age 5 I had my first finances lesson through that game, learning how unforgiving debt can be.
Love the game and I'm waiting for the 3ds to arrive in order to play with pit again.
Seeing how Kid Icarus stood toe to toe with the big men back in the day, it's so sad that we didn't get the same for the next generations, come to think of it, even Metroid went on sideline during the N64.
@Lugmillord yup it's perfectly logical, it scrolls side to side, sides can be vertical. it has been called like that by when the genre started what would you now argue about that?
why does this guy always sound pissed
@Lugmillord (I don't know if you got replies or not) No that actually makes sense. It's a side scrolling game where you go upwards. (Metroid lets you go up AND down and it's a side scrolling game. :P) Vertical scrolling would be something like Xevious or something.
man, i love this game. reminds me of the original zelda and ice climbers (waiting for another ice climber game too)
Whatchu talkin' bout Willis? He sounds a bit like a Pit, that's an added bonus to this review.
@AmericanVideoGames Yup, same tune.
love this game
Most of my knowledge of Kid Icarus is from that Captain N cartoon, which doesn't say much considering how different the cartoon version of Simon Belmont is from his character in the Castlevania game. I decided to buy Kid Icarus on the Wii Virtual Console because it's one of the few retro NES games I hadn't played. Now that I've played it, it's OK, I guess. I would have preferred if they had added a save option like they did in the Game Boy Advance ports of NES games. Having to type passwords is not fun. Still, it's only $5 on the Virtual Console, which is no big loss.
Isn't Icarus the name from the greek myth with the minotaur and the island names Icaria
This game is hard as nails, took me at least 16 tries to beat the first level back in the day
Cool story bro!
Man i just got Kid Icarus Uprising yesterday for my Birthday and it wuz awesome and i had heard that there wuz a Original Kid Icarus and I had no idea so i went looking for the history of it and i found this video and another by the same person i gotta play the original one day i alwayz woundered whut video game did Pit come from on Super Smash Bros!
"mostly upwards scrolling"
Ah, yes. That one pixel difference that turns solid ground to lethal fall. Oh, how often I cursed that angel out for jumping to push the screen up, only to fall upon WHAT SHOULD have been harmless...just unseen.
I loved this game as a kid, but along with games like Ninja Gaiden, I learned the idea of "rage-quit" at a very young age. Ah, to experience such strong love/hate so early :P.
Yeah, those eggplant wizards...
Just got Kid icarus for 150 coins on Club Nintendo for my 3DS, downloading now.
For anyone interested, i think it will be available until April 7th on Club Nintendo :)
i dont see what they could do with ice climbers. It was meant to be an arcade style game. Maybe if they made the game 2.5d and made the jumping mechanics better it could sell on the eshop.
I was never told the reason why Nintendo got rid of the original passwords when they ported it onto the Virtual Console.
I used to get in fights with my friends when I was little about how the title of this game was pronounced. I was INSISTENT that it was pronounced "kid iCARus" and I'd get super pissed when anyone would tell me I was saying it wrong. I still to this day call it kid iCARus. DOH!
awesome game for its time anything bad you can say is mute because of its age this game is awesome
I beat this game when I was 8 and so did my mom lol. She beat it first. It took some time but we both did it! :)
try nintendo lands balloon trip. its like a full sequel sequel
I hate it when I start a CGR Undertow review, and Derek isn't narrating. I'm sorry guys, you all do a nice job, but Derek is the best. Thank you, Derek, for another great review.
how did this come out right when the NES did? it's an impossible game maybe that's how . they never tested it. it would have been ok if Pit could fly but he just can barely hover or not at all in the beginning. the mazes are impossibe the Death and mini Death reapers are a pain. the Eggplant Wizard is unavoidable.
OH MY GOD! CAN no one else hear the super smash bros brawl music for the create a stage mode in this game? specifically at around 4:50 ?
Are you voice acting pit in the new game?
@Lugmillord TOP side. Bottom side. LEFT side. RIGHT side. Yah, it makes sense.
@Mzero2k3 I know! Me to!
I think the only reason Kid Icarus games is wanted so much is because its made by Nintendo's top development team. If this game was made by 3rd Party devs, then it definetly wouldn't have gotten as much demand to be honest.
amazing review
The best CGR reviews are of the Classic games. As in Classic Game Room!! lol. Im not downing the newer game reviews. I find the best though are the reviews of classic games.
@sonicblast2404
We should put your comment above the internet.
i had the gameboy version :)
Darn that dreaded eggplant!
Long live Gunpei Yokoi
cool
Damn those Eggplants!
Wow, sounds professional!
I know right. Stop talking about the legacy tell me about the game!
So have Wave Race, F-Zerp and Starfox in the Wii Generation... So sad.
Heck yes. If Pit came back from the old days, then Nintendo should bring back a lot of other awesome yet lost franchises. Imagine Balloon Fight, Duck Hunt, Geist, Ice Climbers (especially since we saw them in SSB), Eternal Darkness, StarTropics, or Earthbound (HECK YEAH!) being brought back in a 3D game of something. How awesome would that be?! If Kid Icarus can, then so can these other awesome ones. I don't usually say this but... thumbs up for the support!!!!!
Kid Icarus NES > Metroid NES
Come at me.
Ryans Channel I like both
What a minute I thought kid icarus was the little brother of Metroid?
@acidsyringe69 SPOILER BELOW!
Well that doesn't help. But you can fly, actually.
5:03 Contradictory! Crosses in a game that has greek gods? Lmao
all beautifully said.
I heard that they gonna make a eternal darkness game on the Wii U.
Kid Icarus Uprising is my favourite game. I'm gonna get this game on VC and judge for myself how this game is. But from the trial version in Brawl...this game is pretty damn good!
it is just imfknpossible to listen to these “reviews”.
Like so many others, it reeks of a well-written 7th grade book report that has humped the online dictionary and thesaurus to death.
LOL eggplant curse
I like that after all of the new folks on CGR, Derek doesn't seem so bad....
i still cant belive, that derik isent a kid >_
his name's Pit. Sorry, I nitpick.
Shame I never beat this or the original metroid :( *** turns in gamer card***
well samus was in super smash bros
Agreed, a 14 year old talking about something he knows nothing about.
whh ever bring pit to super smash bros brawl is a genuis
me too
there was actually a chance kid iccarus was going to be very popular and donkey kong left in the dust
rareware WHY DIDIN'T YOU PICK KID ICCARUS
Inexplicable sabbatical? That's honestly the first word in your reviews that's beyond my vocabulary lol
HES AWESOME IN SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL
Dem eggplant wizards. Probably the worst mechanic in that game. I spent at least two hours on the last dungeon running around in circles after getting hit by them.
The last level sucked too. At the very least I got Medusa in a spot where she was unable to hit me, and I could just sit there and spam my shots at her til she died. Hey, it's Zelda II all over again, but not nearly as difficult.
Still a great game. I'm glad I stuck it through to the end.
All in the same game...
any other undertoads exited for 3d Clasics Kid Icarus?
You guys should give each reviewer a different review title. CGR abyss, etc
That way I know which reviews are Dereks :D
@Frothenbath1 That fucking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? That game taught me to hate...
i was 12 when this world was created. im now going to reenter the world at 32. wish me luck
This is one of the longest reviews on CGR
Just wast made Kid Icarus unique, anyway?
... Why can't you fly?
half rail shootwe
don't fogit the traggite that happened in 1997 the creator of kid icarus died in a car crash
Is this guy an english teacher or something? His vocab is beyond words lol
@sonicblast2404 above me lies a genius
its not all rail shooting
he's not an angel although he looks like Cupid or a Seraphim but he's Icarus ! hello ! Icarus had artificial wings built by his father Daedalus .
my ears are bleeding from the volume/pitch of your voice.
Kid Icarus: Penguin Hunter.
I have the 3DS version of this ...IT'S SO FUCKING HARD!!!
Kid Icarus is a game that should never have attempted the 3D transition IMO.... It was possibly one of the worst games I had ever PLAYED
i can't listen to this guy..
I hope you realize the Greek mythology in this game is more inaccurate than God of War.
Wow, Nintendo allowed crosses.
FIRRRRST