What happened to Kid Icarus?
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Among the many star franchises of Nintendo, there exists a few that have been forgotten to time. One of those is Kid Icarus a franchise that believe it or not is as old as some of the other legendary Nintendo Franchises. The question becomes then...What happened to it? Why was it that unlike Mario, Zelda, Metroid...Kid Icarus failed to prosper. Today we look to recount its story, and figure out why its become Nintendo's fallen angel.
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Spiderwebs - FE Three Houses
Kid Icarus - Title Theme
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Game & Wario - Miiverse Gallery
Nintendogs + Cats - Pafe Petrov
Kid Icarus Uprising - Solo Menu (Viridi)
Super Smash Bros Melee - Trophy Lottery
Kid Icarus - The Space Pirate Ship (Route A)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate - Kid Icarus Title Theme
@Legend-of-Kai Жыл бұрын
Kid Icarus Uprising Nintendo Switch Port Waiting Room...
@MasterKnightDH Жыл бұрын
My body is ready!
@evolutioner8573 Жыл бұрын
@@MasterKnightDH lol
@adamhernandez8479 Жыл бұрын
@@MasterKnightDH me too
@alphonsejohnson5601 Жыл бұрын
If Kid Icarus uprising does get a switch port, Then lets hope that it doesn't get a $59.99 price tag like literally every other switch port except for the Metroid prime remaster.
@emishimaru-sama6449 Жыл бұрын
Nope. Bad Idea. It would just become another TWEWY: *It would not be the same anymore.*
@adamcampbell3263 Жыл бұрын
Damn, Nintendo really rebooted this franchise, got a ton of critical acclaim, only to shove it back in a drawer somewhere and act like it doesn’t exist
@purplechameleon35 Жыл бұрын
It’s a crime not many people are talking about this franchise. Great vid!
@ergastolo4281 Жыл бұрын
Kid Icarus is Metroid's little brother and Metroid is Kid Icarus' big sister. I think it''s sweet and if ever there'll be a Smash Bros. movie in the future, it'd be wholesome to see Pit and Samus having a bro/sis moment together ♥️
@SonicTheCutehog Жыл бұрын
Sakurai not wanting to make sequels outside of Smash at its finest
@emishimaru-sama6449 Жыл бұрын
Kirby Air Ride collecting dust be like:
@SonicTheCutehog Жыл бұрын
@@emishimaru-sama6449 Sakurai left HAL after developing Kirby Air Ride
@jmurray1110 7 ай бұрын
He didn’t even want to make smash sequels he just didn’t want Nintendo to make them or port them to newer consoles
@DannyLopez07 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t really say it’s a decline, more like stuck in limbo until Nintendo decides to do something with it again
@drivojunior Жыл бұрын
KIU is my favorite videogame ever in all honesty, and the one I've poured the most hours out of all games. I still remember back when the online was incredibly active and I'd stay up all night playing in different groups made especifically for Uprising online play.
@MagillanicaLouM Жыл бұрын
Another example of "sales aren't the main thing they keeps a game series going, it's just having a dev with street cred that wants to do more with it".
@forrestannis909 Жыл бұрын
Didn't Mario play Kid Icarus in the Super Mario Bros movie? Didn't he also have an F-Zero poster as well?
@jhoncartagenapena6797 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@yungmuney5903 Жыл бұрын
Looks like illumination wants them to return too.
@forrestannis909 11 ай бұрын
Mario also had an Arwing on top of his TV in the movie.
@BulbaWhat98 Жыл бұрын
Kid Icarus unfortunately doesn't have a dedicated development studio for the series similar to Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, etc. If they are able to get a studio to stick with the series and not just be there once like with Project Sora for Uprising, then it could maybe get more games without huge droughts, but we'll see
@erickmaverick3128 Жыл бұрын
There has to be someone there who could find a studio for them outside of Sora Ltd.
@brandonwilliams6119 Жыл бұрын
@@erickmaverick3128 Maybe Bandai Namco? They are still apparently working on a remake of a 3D Action Game that we still don’t know about yet. It could either be Uprising or Starfox Assault, they worked on the latter in the past.
@erickmaverick3128 Жыл бұрын
@@brandonwilliams6119 That's what I'm speculating on, but we haven't heard news since.
@kurokamina8429 Жыл бұрын
@@brandonwilliams6119is it too much to ask for both? If I'm being honest bandai should be the one to work on star fox and kid icarus games
@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын
@@erickmaverick3128 Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
@alphonsejohnson5601 Жыл бұрын
I love the series as well, But Sakurai explained in an interview years ago, That he put everything he had in kid Icarus uprising and MAYBE in another 25 years will another kid Icarus game come out. At the time, i was devastated. Now i can remember the source so just look up "kid Icarus uprising interview" or "Will there be another kid Icarus gane?". Edit: 16:09 Yep that interview, I made my comment before watching the video, my bad😅.
@meta_knight Жыл бұрын
For every new Direct, some form of Kid Icarus Uprising reboot or even just a port has been something I’ve anticipated , and every time I’ve been disappointed lmao
@Agramsch Жыл бұрын
Always wondered what a Kid Icarus Open World game would look like, with Kid being able to fly and all it kinda leans itself into that being the main feature.
@MathematicalVoid Жыл бұрын
One of Pit's things is that he can't fly. He needs to be granted the Power of Flight, which only lasts five minutes, or else his wings burn up.
@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын
@@MathematicalVoid Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
@jonathonsirlord8251 11 ай бұрын
@@orangeslash1667owlboy? Got a link
@markcambrone8369 Жыл бұрын
I always thought maybe Kid Icarus would make a decent Ratchet and Clank style platformer.
@leroiarouf1142 Жыл бұрын
Bro the 3ds game is so good
@ElJosher Жыл бұрын
Uprising is great. This series needs a serious comeback.
@some_guy117 Жыл бұрын
Well if it took 21 years the first time for them to revisit the series, we’re halfway there on the second revisit Edit: We’re all gonna get old
@ThecatThecat-hq1op Жыл бұрын
Uprising is literally my favorite game. I've enjoyed this game more than any other I've ever played.
@Nakamako1 Жыл бұрын
bro im with you i played all the classics and this is the one that sticks out.
@ast8177 Жыл бұрын
The issue with uprising is that it was so dependent on the 3DS, that i can't imagine a sequel without remaking the controls, look and other stuff all over again. it sounds like a lot of work to do so for a game like Kid icarus
@admiralarroyo777 Жыл бұрын
At least i played the gamemode light vs dark (pit vs dark pit) once last time until the servers shut down..😢 i really want this game ported over someday. Also i miss the spotpass palutena gives you a weapon once in a while before they discontinued that early on...
@EricoTheFandomWonder Жыл бұрын
Kid Icarus Uprising Has Been One Of Many In My Childhood. I Never Thought How Underrated The Series Was Till Now. I Hope Nintendo Makes Either A Sequel Or A Remastered Of Uprising For The Switch One Day. If Anything, I Want To See Nintendo Do A Anime Series Like Pokemon And Sonic Or A Animated CGI Movie Or Live-Action Movie Like They Did With Mario, Sonic And Pikachu.
@luisadolfothewolf7042 Жыл бұрын
Better start to save some tears for the day a video about the decline of Star Fox is a thing
@luisadolfothewolf7042 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know therr was already a video about SF on this channel, sorry
@kap1618 5 ай бұрын
What I love most about this game is that it was a one and done. It doesn't need a sequal, what it needs is a switch port.
@evolutioner8573 Жыл бұрын
thanks i din't knew about the story. i realy enjoyd this video :D
@mjdevlog Жыл бұрын
Amazing video as always, Kai! Been binge watching your stuff lately, and every video was amazingly written! Gonna play Uprising soon!
@ForeverRetro31 8 ай бұрын
Nintendo should make a 2D side scrolling Kid Icarus for Switch, entitled Super Kid Icarus: An homage to the SNES game that was in development in the early '90s but never completed.
@chromenoir4603 Жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@CommanderSpooks Жыл бұрын
Best Nintendo series ever
@SonicTheCutehog Жыл бұрын
My brother is Christ, the series only has one game people care about
@CommanderSpooks Жыл бұрын
@@SonicTheCutehog The first kid Icarus was literally one of the first games I’ve ever played. I have literally all the games and still play uprising to this day. I don’t only care about uprising, I care about the whole series
@SonicTheCutehog Жыл бұрын
@@CommanderSpooks Oh, okay because I know a lot of people who say that have only played Uprising
@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын
@@CommanderSpooks Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
@JsYTA Жыл бұрын
We have 14 years left until the sequel!
@vapsLMAO Жыл бұрын
WAIT 14 YEARS?
@JsYTA Жыл бұрын
@@vapsLMAO according to Hades in 2012.
@vapsLMAO Жыл бұрын
@@JsYTA ooh
@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын
Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.
@DETahaX Жыл бұрын
#KIUprisingSwitchPort
@JabamiLain 11 ай бұрын
What happened to the classic pantheon in this universe ? Who are these new deities such as Viridi and Palutena ?
@emishimaru-sama6449 Жыл бұрын
I love Kid Icarus Uprising a lot, but I do so so much that I hate Its few flaws that ruins the game, and that Is so Sakurai to make these little flaws make someone hate the game >:(
@retropalooza 9 ай бұрын
U forgot to mention the snes kid Icarus lost media. Would have loved to hear more of it
@brandonwilliams6119 Жыл бұрын
That ending was beautiful 🥹 Maybe Sakurai will surprise us in a KZfaq video, Twitter Shadowdrop (like Nintendo did with that 1-2 Switch Sequel), or if and whenever Nintendo decides to do a full on Direct. The only big switch game left is Pikmin 4.
@LargoAnimations Жыл бұрын
Considering there's a remake of a 3rd person action game in the works with Bandai Namco and Nintendo, this could be a sign that Kid Icarus is being ported. Considering Sakurai has worked with Bandai Namco and Nintendo for Smash Ultimate, this could be a sign that a new game is close
@therealjaystone2344 Жыл бұрын
Bandai is working on a 3D action game and kid Icarus is not one of them
@Reflecterr 4 ай бұрын
damn i miss this game so bad
@retropalooza 10 ай бұрын
Plus it was one of the first 3 game to use the mmc1 mapper chip
@pringrings22 Жыл бұрын
My second 3DS game ever and the game that I played more than Ocarina of Time 3D. I truly love the game for story(pretty iconic) and its gameplay even tho my hands hurt now when I try to play it on my OG Flame Red 3DS.
@retropalooza 10 ай бұрын
Dantes devine inferno...pit flew too close to the sun on the isle of crete with his wings his father gave him and attached with wax and it melted and he fell to the underworld where he must escape to the over world to defeat medusa and save palutena but his mirror turned medusa to stone. He was a sword weilder not a bowman. Its a myth in itself. Uprising get it, go up to the overworld. Gotta love that hat in the nes version
@DEVENATER10 Жыл бұрын
Yo can you do a video on Zone of the ENders? please
@tanzolo4487 Жыл бұрын
Fenyx Rising is probably closest to what we could’ve get
@Corey1067-si2wc 4 ай бұрын
I hope 🙏
@Iheartdrumzz Жыл бұрын
I feel like kid icarus could be as big as metroid
@TheDr502 7 күн бұрын
Well, 2024's a little over halfway over, so it's gettin' onto 2025. It's been 13 years since the last game. Any news about a home console port for this soon-to-be 13 year old game on Switch or the next Nintendo console? No? Alright, I was just curious.
@retropalooza 10 ай бұрын
Kid Icarus' is the third in my Metroid Zelda best memories of Nintendo. It's a shame he wasn't loved more than what it is. It's another way Nintendo can print money if they make a new one. Video game directors cuts made cool nostalgia videos if u look em up. U may need the way back machine
@jennasloan396 Жыл бұрын
Kid Icarus Uprising broke the L button on my 3DS
@retropalooza 10 ай бұрын
U could feather your landing on the fds game
@pringrings22 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes! Another video about my favorite video game that I didn't make
@houragents5490 Жыл бұрын
I blame Jim Sterling
@Minecraftsmewtwo Жыл бұрын
#legendofkaikisunderated
@CGGYT Жыл бұрын
Hi
@user-be3qc7re9o Жыл бұрын
#FireSakurai For those who couldn't tell, this is based off an old Smash Bros Meme suggesting that the series would be better off without Sakurai at the helm. This is obviously not the case for this franchise.
@powerbolt2846 Жыл бұрын
you know if we fire sakurai we'll never get another kid icarus game right?
@DETahaX Жыл бұрын
He was never hired in the first place.
@CGGYT Жыл бұрын
No
@RF-Ataraxia Жыл бұрын
@@powerbolt2846 We'll never get another Kid Icarus with or without him anyway, by the look of things.
@gioarevadze2703 Жыл бұрын
Like
@DamontheDemon7 7 ай бұрын
It faded into obscurity that’s what
@Magister_Magi Жыл бұрын
If anyone is able to give Kid Icarus a new title , then I'd like to give it a shot
@angelicplay3419 Жыл бұрын
The game is already death. There will not be a franchise. I can only say to fans: look for another game, for Nintendo Mario and Zelda are the only important franchises.