NOTE: At 6:54, my editing software messed up the placement of the text. It's meant to read "to match the whirlwind of changing events in the air, the music will need to match every development." Sorry that I let that one slip through!

Honestly, I always just imagined the development as Sakurai running into the character design room with whatever weird Ideas he had. "Have you guys ever played Kirby and the Amazing Mirror?" "Yeah?" "Literally just do exactly that." "Okay, you guys know Demeter?" "Yeah, the Greek goddess of nature." "And you know atomic warheads?" "Wait excuse me?" "Space nudist firebender." "I-I'm sorry what?" "DID I STUDDER?"

Everytime iwata is brought up in game development he is always doing something incredible. R.I.P

Not only does Uprising have the best voice acting in gaming ever, and not only is the English voice acting leagues better than the Japanese voice acting, but it's also the only game I've ever played where voice acting straight up improved the game

I love kid Icarus uprising so much, to hear about this game's development is the most amazing story ever. I must thank Mr. Sakurai for making my favorite 3DS game game I have ever played and hope to see another one for the switch

This game has, in my opinion, one of the best OSTs in all of gaming. It is superbly sublime, and the graphical quality of the game itself far outstrips almost every other 3DS game. To this day, it is my favorite video game.

10:37 Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than Hell itself... That is coffee.

Me: *pulled an all nighter, sleepy as h e c k* KZfaq: *was autoplaying* Me: *Hears Kid Icarus* *W o k e*

" _Good Shooters_ from overseas." America: *AMERICA INTENSIFIES*

*sees the dead Kid Icarus franchise.* Sakurai: I’m going to save this man’s whole career! [Snaps his fingers] *Saves the franchise from obscurity.*

Was looking forward to this after last week! Sakurai's perspective on game design is so honest and genuine. I also love his subtle shade to what was probably sm64 ds

Quite a nice video! I'd like to point out that Pit was a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so Mr. Sakurai had already put a lot of work into reviving the brand and reimagining the characters. I imagine that had something to do with why he chose the Kid Icarus franchise.

Pit still can't read

This game is my heart and soul

One of the best games for 3ds I would love another kid icarus

Wait... The 3DS was planned since 2008???? Wow...

I absolutely adore Kid Icarus Uprising. Simply put, it's easily the funniest game I've ever played. The voice acting is the best in video game history, no contest.

This is one of my favorite games of all time and I love almost everything about it. The gameplay is super fun, the voice acting is one of the best I've heard in my life, the music is amazing and the characters are just some of the most likeable in existence. My man Sakurai deserves a break.

I got kid Icarus uprising when it came out and I still play it AND still have a blast with it one of my favorite DS games ever and to think that I learned about Pit from Smash Bros brawl one of my favorite series

4:44 I actually enjoyed Uprising's story and how it tied into the gameplay

This video was great! As a die-hard Kid Icarus Uprising fanboy, I'm glad to see content about the game being uploaded. However, I do have one eensy complaint (no problem, really). When that sheet music popped up, I was really expecting the main theme. You see, I'm currently working on arranging every piece in the game for an orchestra, and it would have been wonderful to see the actual main theme to (shhhh...) maybe get a bit of a shortcut. As I'm sure you're aware, that was Palutena's Temple. No hard feelings, I was just a little disappointed, that's all. Thanks for the awesome video. 👍

I need an ICE CLIMBER GAME TO BE REIMAGINED

Kid Icarus Uprising is one of my favorite games. I really hope that we get a sequel for the Switch or some other console.

Hopefully one day Sakurai gathers a humongous team to make a sequel of Kid Icarus for the Nintendo Switch after when he gets a long vacation of course

ahhh i remember when i first played this game. my god was it the best thing ever. i played it non stop, every second i had the chance to play it for a whole week, and luckily i had a week off from school at the time. the gameplay was great and the multiplayer aspect was even greater imo. the amount of weapons you can choose too? hooo boy, you would definitely find one you're comfortable with. you got your long range, close combat, speedy ones, slow ones, hybrids of close and long range but sacrificed for speed and/or damage, and vice versa. i can go on, but you get what i'm saying. the story was ok, nothing mind blowing, but the banter and incredible voice acting definitely made it funner, even if it doesnt fit the atmosphere of literally killing off some of the bosses you fight. granted some do get resurrected, so maybe thats why they can have light discussions with each other. and even with the basic game stuff being awesome, the game's graphics and colors were so appealing and there were still small cool stuff, like the idols (similar to trophies in smash) and the challenge board. (also similar to smash) yeah. this game is hands down one of the best games i ever played, and this might not happen, but im in the camp of waiting for a switch remake, or even better: a sequel.

God you just keep crushing every video The editing, the SFX, the animation, the compositing, the VO, all just m'chwah ❤️ So fantastic You keep up the great work

I don't know about you, but Sakurai definitely was interested in reviving Kid Icarus since brawl, when he still had total control of smash

Kid Icarus Uprising is an amazing and underappreciated game. The gameplay is super fun, the difficulty control allows it to be as easy or as hard as you want

It's so relaxing to watch your vids. Borderline therapy :) 5:10 those arms coming out of the lady's chest tho 😂

Thomas, I really liked this!! Your voice is very soothing, and I love that you cover these topics. You have earned yourself a new subscriber my friend!

been waiting for this, looks good!

Listening to your videos on low volume REALLY helps me go to sleep when I just can't seem to... (Of course, I also watch them during the day when I'm energized. Lol) Good stuff. Thank you for making these and keep it up!

I have discovered your channel pretty recently and I'm rather charmed with your videos! Your editing is very nice and your voice is rather pleasant!

Great job ! Thanks for always adding english subtitles, as a non native english speaker it really helps me to understand the video :)

Good job on the piano at the end!

Keep up the excellent work! Love to watch them and learn stuff in an entertaining matter!

Your videos are always such a delight!

I just found out about your channel recently and your videos are great!

I really enjoy your videos. I subscribed recently after having watching over the past week and I really like the style. I think you even commented on it at one point describing it as a paper cutout look. There is a lot of history that I already kind of knew about, but some of the videos I have seen kind of give me a bigger behind the scenes look that I was missing. I didn't even know what kind of computers Nintendo developed on back in the day and that was something I was actually curious about. I haven't played Kid Icarus the original nor the newer 3DS version, but I still find these videos to be enlightening as well as entertaining. I love your cute "bye" at the end of your videos. Thank you! I have disabled my adblocker for KZfaq. Honestly though, we will just have to see how long that lasts. Please consider making a Patreon!

8:28 this is what we got in smash 4 and ultimate =) since it's from sakurai it makes a lot of sense

I'm not gonna stop bitching im internet comment sections about there not being a sequel until a sequel happens! And that's a promise!

Your videos are incredible and so underrated.

Kid Ikarus Uprising the reason i bought a 3ds on launch day..just to realise it wouldn't come out for a while...

This is among my top 10 video games of all time. An underappreciated masterpiece, for sure. Really hope Sakurai revisits it, on the Switch, one day!

Dude, I hope that you'll have a million subs someday :)

This game is still replayable

I'm just here for your piano playing at the end. :)

You forgot to mention that a Kid Icarus game was planned for the Wii

Great video! I always love watching them. It's really cool to see what developers think, despite it being summarized (perfectly at that). I wonder if you'll ever do one on Echo Shift/Echo Chrome for the PSP.

Kid Icarus uprising is perfect game. Perfect music, perfect story, perfect voice acting.

Love your content! You deserve more subs!!

I loved this game, it was so much fun! I liked to use Laser Staff and Cutter Palm!

I love kid Icarus Uprising

I just hope Hades was joking about waiting another 25 years for the next game... Edit: I love how you added in the game’s main theme on piano at the end.

Nice job, again :)

Loved this game. Great vid

One of my favorite games of all time, and tied with Pokemon X and Y for favorite 3DS game. First played it last year and do not regret buying it at all.

Still probably the best game on the 3DS

I have one issue. You completely forgot how he was in Brawl before he appeared uprising. It creates some time issues that don't make sense

Playing this game back when it came out was ace. Loved it and the stuff in Club Nintendo

so the idea that this game was supposed to be a Star Fox title was a lie?

hes so... flamboyant. i love it

Kid Icarus Uprising's uprising!

Thomas must have a huge library of stock office building pictures

Wonder how long it took to get dark pits theme perfect

Luckily I bought myself a 2DS this year, instead of switch... my only reason was the price and that it's full handheld console with some cool games I always wanted to play. Maaybe one day I will take one copy if I spot it on a shelf... Again a great video and summary Thomas! Have a good day

This is my favorite game of all time. I NEED it to continue #KidIcarusNow

Oh, I still have to play this game! It sounds interesting, and if the adjustable difficulty is like Smash's, then I think I'd enjoy playing it!

Thomas! You are good at playing on piano/keyboard.

I just want to make an addendum to the information you provided. early in development the game was actually planned to be a Star Fox game. You kind of glossed over that part early in the video and didn't mention it but that was the original development plan

love that word fun core

Like your content wish you’d have done the Gameboy game as well.

Interesting typo in the opening screengrab of the last video... What kind of Brit could forget the T like that!? (Also, the other contender for this game's adopted IP was Star Fox, but spaceships aren't as nimble as Pit needed to be. I'm sure a lot of increasingly desperate Star Fox fans lament this decision.)

Spotted your "concentration tongue" look at the end! xD

happy 9th anniversary kid icarus uprising!!! :3 favorite story,characters(pit & palutena are cinnamon rolls.:3) and music in a nintendo game.

This game was one of my favorite ds games next to explorers of sky, the online play was so fun and we got a certain green haired waifu from it :^) i remember crafting a magnus club that one shot people and forgot the name of the bow but it shot a slow moving heart that could one hit people if used right. I miss the online play

I have a suggestion for another video: Katamari Damacy. I'm playing the switch version and I'm really curious to know how in the world the highers-ups approved this game xD

People are asking how old Pit is. Kid Icarus: Uprising was created in 2012. Since Pit defeated Medusa 25 years from 2012, that would take place in 1986-1987 and since he has the appearance of a 13 year old, it's safe to assume he was born in 1973-1974 making him now 45-46.

I love the series

happy 10th anniversary kid icarus uprising!!! :3

Soo, idk if anyone knows this, but what is the music used in these videos? Big jazz fan and idk where to find these tunes.

Wasn't Sakurai interested in the Kid Icarus series since Super Smash Bros Brawl? So either his idea for the air land battle game originated since Brawl, which got him to design Pit and Palutena in smash, OR his initial revival of Kid Icarus in Brawl gave him the idea to make such a game

The difficulty slider is something a lot of games have been using. That doesn't mean one copied the other, but rather that it's a system that works really well. However, I do see one flaw with it. It doesn't encourage people to try higher difficulties enough. If someone sees themselves as a bad player, they won't try harder difficulty levels. I know that one from experience. It would be interesting if a game used the system in combination with another mechanic. It would let you pick the difficulty at the start of the game or level, but the game would then dynamically adjust the difficulty to meet the player where their true difficulty lies. Maybe it could even challenge them a little. And then at the end it would show a graphic of how the difficulty was dynamically adjusted throughout the level. It would give players a better idea of their strengths and weaknesses, as well as encourage them to try the higher difficulty. Games often dynamically adjust difficulty already. Making it more transparent would just make it a lot better. And it would be perfect for making players more skilled at the games

I loved kid icarus uprising and i still do, this love makes me deeply sad that there isnt a switch remake sigh........

"Extra life hearts" ...Thomas, have you even played this game?

Still one of my favorite games ever, even though I sadly have never played the original Kid Icarus or the second game, but I also don't think that the second game is really that important. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Your videos just get better and better. There hasn't been one that I didn't enjoy

The thumbnail for this video made me think this was a Game Theory video.

happy 35th anniversary kid icarus!!! :3

My hands still hurt from playing this game

This game is the reason I bought a 3ds

So... Shall we call Pit as Sakurai's adopted boi?

I loved this game!

where do you get this information?

It's cool how it was through the creation of Brawl the 3D design of Pit was created. Also Sakurai = Daddy

god dam i love this game

As far as I'm aware,Sakurai mentioned that Smash Ultimate will be the only Smash game to feature every character,meaning that there will be more Smash games.

I want a Kid Icarus on the Switch by Sakurai. The controls on the 3DS are a bit painful with bigger hands.

1:01 Also I was born and I was TOTALLY important to kid Icarus uprising

It makes me so happy that people still care about this game. Best game ever ngl