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Kid Icarus
Genre(s)Platform games
Developer(s)Nintendo Research & Development 1
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Kid Icarus series
Kid Icarus (Pit)
Of Myths and Monsters
Uprising

Kid Icarus is a video game series consisting of Kid Icarus and. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters. At E3 2005 there was a brief mention of a possible new Kid Icarus game,[1] which was later confirmed as Kid Icarus: Uprising. The series follows Pit, a young angel, usually after he is contacted by the goddess of light, Palutena, to protect Angel Land from the evil Medusa.

Gameplay[edit]

The first two games consist of a platforming design with elements of action and adventure games, with the first being unable to backtrack, which was changed in Of Myths and Monsters. Pit must explore areas, collecting power-ups in the first game and encountering shops in the second. According to Mashrio Sakurai, a developer of Uprising, the third game will include new weapons and abilities.[2]

Games[edit]

Kid Icarus[edit]

Main article: Kid Icarus

Earlier, Palutena transformed Medusa into a hideous monster and banished her to the Underworld for destroying mortal's crops and turning them to stone. However, Medusa raised an army from the monsters in the Underworld and attacked Palutena's home, the Palace in the Sky. After being trapped, Palutena sends a message of help to Pit, an angel trapped in the Underworld, hands him a magical bow and sends him to collect the Sacred Treasures and escape the Underworld to thwart Medusa.

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters[edit]

Main article: Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

Kid Icarus: Uprising[edit]

Main article: Kid Icarus: Uprising

Characters[edit]

Pit[edit]

Main article: Pit (Kid Icarus)

Pit is the protagonist of the Kid Icarus series. In the first game, he is a young angel trapped in the Underworld who Palutena contacts in order to send him on a quest to escape the Underworld and defeat Medusa. In Of Myths and Monsters Pit is once again summoned by Palutena and sent out to protect Angel Land from the demon Orcus. Director Masahrio Sakurai claimed that Pit would feel like a brand new character for Uprising, with various new weapons and abilities.[2] Pit also appeared as one of the brawlers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and in Captain N: The Game Master, though in the latter he was known as "Kid Icarus".

Palutena[edit]

Palutena is the goddess of light who calls upon Pit to save Angel Land in Kid Icarus and Of Myths and Monsters.

Eggplant Wizard[edit]

The Eggplant Wizard is a recurring character in the Kid Icarus series. He hurls eggplants at Pit and if touched by one of the eggplants, Pit becomes defenceless and changes appearance to a large eggplant with legs. The character was a recurring villain in the TV series Captain N: The Game Master.

The Eggplant Wizard was one of Lucas Thomas', from IGN, wanted villains in Brawl, in order to better represent the Kid Icarus series.[3] GamesRadar chose the Wizard as one the top 7 edible enemies in videogames, partially due to his appearance in Captain N: The Game Master.[4] Joystiq said that Eggplant Wizard's ability to turn Pit into an eggplant was their top video game infection.[5] The Wizard was also chosen as 2nd top enemy plant by 1UP.com's David Wolinsky.[6] Destructoid editor Conrad Zimmerman, while discussing the Captain N episodes, frequently criticizes the primary antagonist, Mother Brain, for using King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard.[7] In his review of the Captain N: The Game Master DVDs, DVD Verdict editor Judge Johnson criticized King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard as being idiots.[8] Game Informer listed him tenth on their list of the "Top 10 WTF Moments in Gaming", saying "getting turned into an eggplant is a humorous moment, until you realize that the only way to remove the curse is to navigate to the level's hospital".[9]

Others[edit]

The antagonist for the first game and Uprising is Medusa, the goddess of darkness. She was banished by Palutena to the Underworld and turned into a monster after causing mayhem in the mortal world.

Reception and legacy[edit]

The first game was chosen as the 84th Top 100 Games of All Time in a list by IGN[10] and came 20th in IGN's Top 100 NES Games.[11]. It was put into the GameSpy Hall of Fame.[12] In Volume 199 of Nintendo Power, it was voted 54th place in a list of the top 200 Nintendo games of all time.[13] Nintendo Power also listed it as the 20th best Nintendo Entertainment System video game, praising it for its gameplay and music despite its "unmerciful difficulty".[14]

The second game did not receive any awards, with the Nintendo Magazine System giving the game a 71%.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matt Casamassina (19 May 2005). "E3 2005: Shigeru Miyamoto Interview". IGN. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b Thomas East (5 August 2010). "Kid Icarus 3DS: 'Pit feels like a new character'". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  3. ^ Lucas M. Thomas (29 June 2007). "Smash It Up! - Volume 2". IGN. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ "The Top 7 Edible Enemies in Video Games". GamesRadar. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ^ Kaes Delgrego (1 December 2008). "Top 5: Infections". Joystiq. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ^ David Wolinsky. "Top 5 Enemy Plants". 1UP.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  7. ^ Conrad Zimmerman (2008-04-17). "Death By Cartoon: 101 - Kevin in Videoland". Destructoid. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  8. ^ Judge Johnson (2007-04-27). "Captain N The Game Master: The Complete Series". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  9. ^ Jeff Marchiafava (June 2011). Game Informer: 18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  10. ^ "IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time (81–90)". IGN. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2006.
  11. ^ "IGN's Top 100 NES Games". IGN. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  12. ^ Cassidy, William. "Like its mythological namesake, Kid Icarus's time in the sun was entirely too brief". GameSpy. 14 September 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2006.
  13. ^ "NP Top 200". Nintendo Power. Vol. 200. February 2006. pp. 58–66..
  14. ^ "Nintendo Power - The 20th Anniversary Issue!". Nintendo Power. 231 (231). San Francisco, California: Future US. August 2008: 71. {{cite journal}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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