Kid Icarus was a game released for the NES about the same time as Metroid, it used the same game engine that Metroid did. Nintendo probably thought that people would like it, but there was something wrong with it…
THE DIFFICULTY!!
That game was almost impossible to beat, Whenever you died you had to start back at the beginning of a level with nothing but what you had when you started the level. Here’s an example: You start a level, collect 999 Hearts( Hearts are money ), buy a whole lot of useful items, then fall off the screen. You are forced to start at the beginning of the level with what you had when you started, it’s as if nothing you did happened! This get extremely annoying at the dungeon levels, where you have to explore huge dungeons, most of them have eggplant-men who will turn you into an eggplant. When you’re turned into an eggplant, you have to find out where in the dungeon the hospital is so you can be turned back to normal, not only that, but you cannot use any weapons while in eggplant-form. You’re completely defenseless, But even with all of that it was still a good game. Oh, sure it had its problems and glitches, but it was still a great gaming experience.
“Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters” was released for the gameboy, it used the Metoid 2 engine just like Kid Icaurs used the Metroid engine. I never played it, but from what I heard it was a good game. People enjoyed this game and hoped that Nintendo would release a third game, because only after three games is a series truly considered a series, But Nintendo never released a third game. They just stopped…
Many years later, it was announced that Pit( The main character from kid Icarus. ) would be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Then Kid Icarus was released on the virtual console, modified so cheaters couldn’t cheat their way to the last level, cheating up the game. Even with the return of Pit and the original Kid Icarus, we still haven’t seen a new Kid Icarus game.
Will Nintendo Ever release a new Kid Icarus game, or is it forever forgotten, never again to grace our gaming consoles. Only time will tell, until then, NINTENDO, MAKE A NEW KID ICARUS GAME!!!
Thank you for reading.
July 17, 2008 at 11:44 am
I never clocked Kid Icarus either =) I too hope there a new Kid game is made for Wii, as long as Pit looks like he does in smash bros and not like some fugly pics I’ve seen of him mutating into some 30year old dark angel with a six-pack. Yeuch! Does the word ‘Kid’ in Kid Icarus mean anything to these people??!??!?! Doh!