The History of Kid Icarus - Full Series Retrospective

The History of Kid Icarus - Full Series Retrospective | Rewind Arcade

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Learn the history behind one of Nintendo's most niche and neglected franchises from its humble beginnings in 1986, to its drought throughout the 90s, and its revival in 2012. This is the story of how Pit and his Greek mythology-inspired cohorts struggled for relevance over the past three and a half decades.
NOTE/CORRECTIONS:
1. The Legend of Zelda's Japanese title is "Zelda no Densetsu", not "Densetsu no Zelda". This got flipped around in the script at some point. Thanks to Omega579 for catching this.
2. I later noticed that SNK's arcade game Athena (or "Atena" in Japanese) released near when Hikari Shinwa began production in 1986 which may also have influenced Osawa's naming of Palutena.
0:00 - Chapter 1: A New Hero on the Famicom Disk System
18:46 - Chapter 2: Portable Pit and the Long Drought
28:58 - Chapter 3: Kid Icarus Regains Its Wings
47:29 - Credits & Outro
A HUGE thanks to MrMatthews ( ‪@AuthorativeMrM‬ ) for helping video edit a good chunk of this documentary with me. Please check out his amazing channel on KZfaq here:
/ @authorativemrm
Credits:
Research & Writing:
Chris Baines
Video Editing:
Robert "MrMatthews" Bycroft
Chris Baines
Script Editor:
Jonathan McNamara ( Check him out on Twitch!: / lifebeginsat8bit )
Special Thanks:
Azita "KittyMecha" Marie
Stacey B aka "MrsMatthews"
Nick Des Barres
Omega Ace Gaming
Divipedia
Gameplay:
MrMatthews - / @authorativemrm
Chris Baines
Nenriki Gaming Channel - / @nenrikigaming
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SaikyoMog - / @saikyomog
Ragey0 - / @ragey0
RetroGameUp - TAS Videos - / @retrogameup
MJ - / @retrogamer.mj48
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Nintendo World Report - / @nintendoworldreport
Dominic Tarason - / @dominicwhite
Sprite Rips:
Mister Mike
Superjustinbros
Moku
Ploaj
Chris Baines
Peardian
Perseus
Graphics & Video:
Unseen64
The Cover Project
Retromags
Gheedo
Divinipedia
Altar of Gaming
Nintendo
All graphics, video, gameplay, and audio are property of their respective copyright holders. All Kid Icarus media is property of Nintendo.
For inquiries on sources, please feel free to email me or reach out on social media outlets.
Games covered:
Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami ( 光神話パルテナの鏡 )
Kid Icarus ( NES )
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters ( Game Boy)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl ( Wii )
Kid Icarus: Uprising ( 3DS )
(Music list coming soon!)
#kidicarus #kidicarusuprising #nintendo

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@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Hey everyone! If you enjoyed this video, please consider checking out (and subscribing to) MrMatthews who helped me out with a lot of the video editing and animations on this documentary. He does awesome work and is criminally under-appreciated on KZfaq. Check out his "NES Hard" video series here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7F1frx_seC9pWQ.html

@insert-name-here6777 10 ай бұрын

I see Myths and Monsters as a kind of Prequel where Pit learns how to use the treasures and loses his ability to fly

@RewindArcade 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, that certainly would make sense.

@lohgameon Жыл бұрын

Kid Icarus totally deserves a new game. I've been playing it again these days to keep improving the point-power up-scoring system. NES Kid Icarus is a a gem. I enjoy the soundtrack a lot. This video is awesome. Greetings!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Could not agree more! Hopefully Sakurai was actually hinting at a comeback in his KZfaq video last year. Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial Жыл бұрын

Honestly, this video is MUCH better than what the Angry Video Game Nerd gave us recently. Very informative, and I really enjoyed the editing! Very well-done, and as always, you do not disappoint with your work. I hope that when we get a sequel to Kid Icarus Uprising, hopefully it will reference the Game Boy game since it was entirely ignored in the first game.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton, really appreciate the kind words! I had some help with the editing on this video from MrMatthews (you should check out his YT channel too) so we were able to make a lot of the animations much more involved. I also firmly agree about Of Myths and Monsters needing more representation in Uprising. I assume it was because the game never released in Japan, but it was sad to see it completely absent in the overall story. Thanks again for watching!

@AuthorativeMrM Жыл бұрын

Hurray, WE'RE FINISHED!!! Thank you again for having me join you on this project, it was a ton of fun! I've been a banner-waving fan of the Kid Icarus series for years (mainly the NES and 3DS games), but I was surprised by how much I learned about the games while working on this video with you!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

It's been a pleasure and an honor working with you my friend. You did incredibly amazing work on your parts and I'm now an even bigger fan of Diskun than before because of your animations. I'm praying this helps more people discover your awesome videos on KZfaq as well! Cheers, man!

@TotallySearch Жыл бұрын

Crazy how they never made another Icarus Game

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Hopefully that changes soon! 👍

@ty_sylicus Жыл бұрын

I love the origins story here. I didn't know it was a Disc System game.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, a lot of people are also unaware that it was Nintendo's first game to use a password system when it released on the NES which is pretty cool.

@PkmnMasterNeb 4 ай бұрын

Kid Icarus Uprising is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember one of my friends lending it to me at school and getting hooked, running to GameStop a few days later to pick up a copy for myself. I have so many hours playing the multiplayer mode with him and my other friends. A sequel or just another game in the franchise is one of the games I hope will eventually happen…

@RewindArcade 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I really hope they announce something in the near future. I’d even take a simple remaster at this point. 😮‍💨

@ty_sylicus Жыл бұрын

A wealth of knowledge here. Kid Icarus needs to return!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciate you watching! Fully agree!

@cedarvalleygaming Жыл бұрын

I always wanted to play Kid Icarus as a kid, it looked so cool and different. When I finally did play it as an adult I didn't really enjoy it, that said it's in my collection and I have no intention of getting rid of it.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Totally understandable, it's certainly not for everyone and is pretty unforgiving early on. These days I'd probably recommend starting with the Game Boy entry first since it's far less brutal.

@dancrowdus 2 ай бұрын

It all gets better once you get that second block of life!

@super10zx Жыл бұрын

Found your channel through the Star Fox documentary and I’m disappointed this didn’t get recommended to me until Sakurai’s video on Uprising had me going on a Kid Icarus binge. Very high quality video. Really hoping all of Sakurai’s sudden mentions of how cool an Uprising remaster would be allows the series to grow wings once again. It absolutely has the charm and fun to stand with Nintendo’s bigger series like it’s older sister Metroid.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, I'm really hoping that at the very least we get a remaster so that the game is more accessible for people moving forward. Fingers crossed!

@Nintendofan570 Жыл бұрын

My history with the kid icarus franchise like most started with super smash bros brawl, it was cool how they got an obscure character and he had a big role, then eventually I saw that Sakurai is making a new game and it looked really fun, Kid Icarus Uprising, i remember watching videos about the game on the eshop, specifically the multiplayer showdown presentation and thinking that's a really fun looking game, and about 5 days after the game was released I got my hands on it and wow did I fall in love with the gameplay, the music, and most of all the characters, Pit is one of my favorite Nintendo characters and still is to this day even though he hasn't had a new game in over 10 years and the likelihood of a remake or new game is very very low. On top of that I also got the NES Kid Icarus on my 3DS and Myths and Monsters, and I even enjoyed the first Kid Icarus, hard difficulty and all, and whenever I see someone make a video about Uprising on the Original I will always be happy knowing someone else is discovering this underrated franchise

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I know a lot of people were introduced to Pit and the Kid Icarus series with Brawl. I was very happy to see the franchise finally get some love after so long. Kid Icarus was the second NES game I ever played back in 1987 and I instantly became a huge fan! The two decade drought from 1992 to 2012 without a single new entry in the series for nearly four console generations was really depressing. Even without a new game in the past 10 years, I'm happy that Pit and the rest of the characters have lived on in Smash Bros. That said, I'd still love a new game at some point, or at the very least a port of Uprising to the Switch. Fingers crossed!

@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын

Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen it before but never played it. Definitely need to give it a shot now. Didn’t that same guy also do a short mock up trailer for Chrono Break?

@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade I don't think so??

@PragmatikReviews Жыл бұрын

The Palace Athene is also one of my favorite Mobile Suits! Who knew that kid Icarus had so much going into it. I need to check it out again sometime! And I'm blown away by the amount of composers for uprising. No idea yuzo did some work on it! you seriously did good work! Maybe one day we will see more of pit!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

The Palace Athene fact was actually a last minute addition that a friend pointed out which is pretty crazy. And yeah, the Uprising OST is insane with the amount of talented composers involved with it. Fingers crossed we get some more KI goodness in the future. Thanks for watching man, really appreciate it!

@8BitAlchemy Жыл бұрын

What an excellent documentary! Kid Icarus is a series I never got into, but I loved Uprising and bought the ARIKA remake of the original later and had a fun time! I hope Pit gets a new console title soon!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly my man, glad you enjoyed it!! I finally played Uprising for this video and really enjoyed it. Fingers crossed for a port or sequel soon!

@BassicBits 10 ай бұрын

This was another excellent documentary! As a musician, I love how you always devote some time to the composer. Tanaka is a legend!

@RewindArcade 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate it man, this particular documentary was a blast to make! And yeah, Hip Tanaka is the man!

@musicalicarus7322 Жыл бұрын

This has made my day, to see someone share something so detailed and personal about my favorite game gives me the fuzzies. Here's to the remaining 12 years we've got to wait till the sequel or port

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching! Man, I'm praying it isn't another 12 years for a sequel or port, but you're probably right sadly. 😅 Always nice to see people who are as big of fans of the series as we are!

@musicalicarus7322 Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade Don’t worry, you guys aren’t alone! There’s a lovely discord community to this amazing game

@TheOneRhythm Жыл бұрын

Ive absolutely adored uprising - ive played it at least once a year since i bought it on release year. I am super hopeful for a new game coming soon

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I really do hope we get a port or sequel in the near future.

@trapez77 Жыл бұрын

Kid Icarus uprising would be perfect for the pointer controls of the Wii remote and nunchuck

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Agreed! It really would have worked perfectly on the Wii. Hoping it gets another shot at life on the Switch in the future.

@trapez77 Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade but the switch doesn’t have the sensor bar so you have to constantly recalibrate the pointer, and that ruined Mario galaxy for me on the switch

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

@@trapez77 Yeah, I get what you're saying. I struggled a bit trying to play SMG that way too and eventually just ended up using the classic controller instead. Either way, I still think Uprising deserves a second chance in some form. 👍

@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын

@@trapez77 Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.

@bakireggie7795 Жыл бұрын

The first video I see from this channel and the one that assures a sub of mine to you guys: Kid icarus uprising is probably one of my favorite pieces of media to this day, not to mention my favorite videogame ever. And you guys made an amazing work on this. Keep up with the great work!!!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words and I'm really happy you enjoyed the video!! I'm really hoping Uprising gets a port to the Switch so more people can experience it (and maybe even a sequel too!).

@nostartia Жыл бұрын

Top notch production, a joy to watch and listen, and spot on and so interesting to me explanations about the Japanese names. Congratulations for an awesome piece of work!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton man, appreciate you watching and glad you enjoyed it!

@dustybunny6716 Жыл бұрын

Shame the disc system never made it to the states. Would have saved lots of carts getting blown on.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Haha, I think by the time they were considering bringing it to the West it was already starting to struggle in Japan.

@tugg_speedoman Жыл бұрын

Your vids are always extremely informative, but the editing in this vid is absolutely top notch! Really great work

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks tugg, really appreciate that man! A lot of work went into this one so I’m very happy you enjoyed it.

@OmegaAceGaming Жыл бұрын

I just got around to finishing this retrospective! Fantastic job Rewind Arcade and MrMatthews with this beast of a project! Ya'll make me want to go back and play these games again 🙏🙏

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton man, and appreciate your help early on with the FDS manual art! There’s never a bad time to back and replay the Kid Icarus games. 😎

@AuthorativeMrM Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Omega!

@Nathan-rb3qp Жыл бұрын

Factor 5 was also in a financial crisis at the time due to the catastrophic failure of Lair. Because of that, their Kid Icarus and Turrican reboots along with their open world Superman game were cancelled and the company shut down in 2009.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Lair really put a big hurting on Factor 5's financial situation sadly. It's one of those things where I'd love to see an alternate timeline where Lair reviewed well and was a big success since I'd love to know what the studio would have made years later, especially since they had so much talent.

@Nathan-rb3qp Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade I blame Sony for forcing half baked Six Axis motion controls into the game.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

You’re not wrong there! 👍

@skywalkerranch Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. The production on this is beyond belief.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it! This video took an absurd amount of time to animate and edit.

@newbieninja8878 Жыл бұрын

Your retrospectives are always a blast to watch there really informative and entertaining

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton, really glad you enjoy them!!

@newbieninja8878 Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade I'm having mix opinions about the SFX it gives the video personality and stuff but sometimes it's kinda annoying I'm not saying the video is bad or anything I really like it

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

All good, I know not everyone is crazy about the sound effects, haha. The main reason I use them is to give the animations more weight and life, but I get why some people don’t like them. 👍

@newbieninja8878 Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade I was actually caught of guard by how the editing was different then the star fox video then I saw your comment about getting helped with the editing and it made sense but still a great video

@willmistretta Жыл бұрын

First video of yours I've seen. Subscribed in the first thirty seconds. Keep it up!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, really appreciate it!!

@lifebeginsat8bit Жыл бұрын

OMG I'm so excited.

@burgergud2804 Ай бұрын

This video was so well made and the edits were clean af. So underrated

@RewindArcade Ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it! Big props to MrMatthews for splitting editing duties with me on this one. Def check out his channel too if you enjoyed this vid (link in description).

@bv3713 12 күн бұрын

This video is really well done. I typically skip through videos like this. Very thorough and entertaining. I'm subscribing.

@RewindArcade 12 күн бұрын

Thank you, really appreciate it! I recommend checking out MrMatthews on KZfaq as well since he helped out with a lot of the editing and animations on this.

@DIASTCartoons Жыл бұрын

I always look forward to seeing the retrospectives! I hope you can get to doing series such as Pac-Man World, Tak and the Power of Juju, F-Zero, and Wario Ware soon.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoy them! I’m taking a short break from longer documentaries, but F-Zero is definitely a series I’d like to cover in the future. 👍

@AuthorativeMrM Жыл бұрын

The Wario series would be a fun one!

@lukeisthebestguy 7 ай бұрын

the editing was perfect and you managed to give a very informative video. your got yourself a new subscriber

@RewindArcade 7 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed the video, and appreciate the sub!

@Arcterran 11 ай бұрын

Commenting for the algorithm gods That was a heck of a documentary on one of my favorite Nintendo Series, Informative, Well edited and well paced, Well done! (Also nice to see a chad of Myths and Monsters Enjoyer, I love uprising too even with hand cramps, but that game seriously is mad underrated, Give it a shot if you bounced off of the OG)

@RewindArcade 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and support!! I really enjoyed Of Myths and Monsters, even though it was far easier than first game. The quality of life changes were very welcome and the controls felt a bit tighter. I'm really hoping they add it to Switch Online so that more people have a chance to play it. Thanks again for watching!

@3rooklyn Жыл бұрын

Immortals Phoenix Rising on PS5 is what Kid Icarus always looked like in my head.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

That honestly makes a lot of sense! I've never played the game, but the art direction and setting definitely feel like they would suit the Kid Icarus series really well.

@flyingpigdesign 6 ай бұрын

Whew! That was awesome! I just binged the whole thing and all I can say is Wow.

@RewindArcade 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton, really glad you enjoyed it!

@hampaita 11 ай бұрын

really loved this video, ive been waiting for a good and long kid icarus video essay! thank you !! :D

@RewindArcade 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Had a lot of fun putting it together.

@headman82 Жыл бұрын

Top notch editing! I love all the detail in it and great video

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, really happy you liked it and appreciate you watching!

@staceyb.5878 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, guys. great work!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton, much appreciated!!

@tonymarsala6939 Жыл бұрын

Kick ass, great work bro

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it dude!!

@SergioPL Жыл бұрын

The amount of information and the great presentation, it’s incredible on this channel. Keep going! P.S. I love to see a video like this on Mach Rider and Ice Climber. I know that are games with just one and two games released respectively, but a man can dream.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton, appreciate the kind words! I'd really like to cover more of Nintendo's earlier games in the future like the ones you mentioned. My only concern is how much information there is about their development. Thanks again for watching!

@NefariousWes Жыл бұрын

Man, I love Kid Icarus! I played it shortly after Metroid in '88. Boy, was it tough back then. Still is at the beginning of the game. I have a lot of nostalgia for it. Like drawing maps of the three dungeons. I didn't even know about the GameBoy game until I came across it at a game store eight years ago. I think it was less than $10. I played through and finished it. I liked it, but haven't played it since. I need to dust it off. I don't own a 3DS, so I've never played Uprising. All I really know about it is from what I've heard Dongled bitch about. The controls. 😂 Another criminally neglected franchise by Nintendo. And it's a damn shame. I remember getting hyped for Super Kid Icarus on SNES... and it never happened!! Something on the Switch would be sweet. But I'm not holding my breath. Excellent video as always, dude! I learned a lot of new stuff. I recommend checking out GTV's Kid Icarus video from years ago if you haven't already. He also has a video covering the manga. Anyway, I really enjoyed this. Looking forward to learning about the next franchise you dive into.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Ayyy, really appreciate it Wes!! That's awesome you played it right around the same time I did. So much nostalgia for the game, and just like you I was immensely disappointed when a Super NES entry never released. I honestly only played the Game Boy game for the first time when putting together video. I really liked it, but it was WAY easier than the NES original and I ended up beating it in one sitting, barely breaking a sweat. As for Uprising, I had the same complaints as most which were the controls, haha. I ended up using an emulator to capture footage for this and was able to map everything to a twin-stick layout which made it FAR more enjoyable. Makes me hope a Switch port is in the works even more! Not sure if you've watched any of MrMatthews' videos who collabed on this project with me, but I think you'd probably dig his stuff. Especially his NES Hard series. Anyways, it's always awesome to hear from you dude! Thanks for watching and hope you're doing well.

@8bitbros Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this so much! Great job. I know these take an insane amount of time but I think it will payoff for you eventually. Love all the graphics and sound effects you add 👍

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it and really appreciate the kind words! I get a lot of comments about people not liking the sound effects so it’s nice to finally get one that appreciating them. Thanks again!

@JoAfterWork Жыл бұрын

I FINALLY caught this! I’ve always been curious about the gameboy one, and this video continues to remind me that I need to finish the 3DS game 😭

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

The Game Boy game is so much more forgiving than the NES one. Also still hoping Uprising gets a Switch port so I have an excuse to play through it again!

@JoAfterWork Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade Looks like I'm gonna have to put my games to switch curse to the test huh

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

@@JoAfterWork Yes!! 🤣

@MattHughson Жыл бұрын

Awesome work!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@dezm101 Жыл бұрын

ah what a nice surprise! I have been awaiting this one

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude, hope you enjoy it!!

@dezm101 Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade holy cow this is sooo good! Your animations keep getting better

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

MrMatthews actually helped out with some of the video editing on this one and he did an amazing job! Definitely worth checking out his channel: youtube.com/@AuthorativeMrM

@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын

@@dezm101 Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.

@masterseal0418 Жыл бұрын

I'm just glad Factor 5's revival of Kid Icarus was canceled. They initially decided that it would be a God of War-esque game with an older Pit taking revenge against Palutena for banishing him, with heavy emphasis on action. If the game released, it would've become the franchise and Nintendo equivalent to DmC Devil May Cry in terms of reputation and controversy. I couldn't thank Sakurai-san enough for giving Uprising it's charm as a zany yet intimidating work and one of my favorite 3DS games of all time next to Fire Emblem Awakening and Animal Crossing New Leaf, among others. Hades will always be renowned as one of the funniest Nintendo villains(next to Bowser in Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Fawful in the thirdly mentioned, Ghirahim in Zelda Skyward Sword, King K. Rool in the Donkey Kong series, et cetera), as well as one of my favorite demons in video games such as Dante from the Devil May Cry series(no pun intended), Morrigan, her alter ego Lilith, and Jedah from Darkstalkers, Dracula, Soma Cruz, and Alucard from Castlevania, Demi-Fiend and Nahobino from Shin Megami Tensei, and Dark Gaia from Sonic Unleashed.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’m very happy that they didn’t take Kid Icarus in Factor 5’s direction and ended up doing Uprising instead. It has some of the best and funniest writing I’ve ever seen in a video game. Thanks so much for watching!

@MannyGM 3 ай бұрын

The editing of the video are really well done.

@RewindArcade 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! It was really fun to put together, but also quite a bit of work.

@OMEGA521 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!!

@WhiteHat94 Жыл бұрын

Great vid as usual.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@ConejoZing Жыл бұрын

Daedalus is like an old fashioned Dr Wily, an ancient inventor who behaved like an ÆON FLUX character. Which carries into his myth... if you fly too close to the sun and claim to be God you will meet disaster. If you go low and cold like a sullen wretch, you will drown. So this Western myth says very blatantly choose a middle path on your escape from a labyrinth of woes! Kid Icarus also happens to evoke on his good days... an Angel fighting demons.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Pretty much, haha!

@CHanafuda Жыл бұрын

Greetings, good documentary about Kid Icarus and I have some curiosities that do not appear in the video and that may surprise everyone, my comment will be a bit long but it will be worth giving that information and complementing it with this documentary: -The date of the first game was not exactly December 19th, originally its date was December 15th and that can be seen in the official game posters and game magazines of the time. -The original game had almost no censorship, I mention it because the crosses on the tombs of the overworld and especially the Syrens and the venus sculptures at the end of the game were not censored by Nintendo of America, the only censorship was the Water of Life that In the original Japanese version it was the wine, that's right, Pit drank wine in the first 2 games. (As additional information, in Kaeru no Tame Ni Kane Wa Naru, a game made by the same developers as Kid Icarus, the main character, the Prince of Sable, like Pit, also drinks wine to recover life) -There are details of the Eggplant Wizard and Specknose, the rod that the Eggplant Wizard holds and his creation is a reference to the bonus that the developers received in the winter bonus season during the development of Kid Icarus and regarding Specknose in addition to based on Hirokazu Tanaka is also based on party supplies called "nose glasses" or known as Groucho Marx glasses. -Dark Pit is not the only clone that Pit had, in Of Myths and Monsters there is a group of characters called Putt and their description is as follows: ''Looks like an Amazing Pit (Amazing Pit is Pit with the three sacred treasures equipped, that is, Putt's appearance takes from the three sacred treasures) and attacks in groups''. -in the unused graphics of Of Myths and Monsters, there is a lion and a goat that were not used in the final game, and even though the game didn't make it to Japan there is a set of characters written in partial katakana: ウエオカキワクコサシスセ That's all, greetings from Captain Hanafuda🎴👺♠

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the extra facts! We talk a little bit about the censorship stuff in the add-on Kid Icarus video released alongside the documentary which was very bizarre for the time, but either Nintendo of America was still working out their censorship policies or the Western port was simply rushed to market. It's also sad how little information there is about the Game Boy entry. Really hoping more information surfaces about it's development at some point.

@SconnerStudios 3 ай бұрын

I always knew Kid Icarus would have a comeback after he was given serious consideration for Smash Bros. melee and appeared as a trophy. I'm not sure if we'll get another kid icarus game for a long time, but if it's half as good as Uprising was, it'll be worth the wait.

@Doodoovessel 7 ай бұрын

Bro made a high quality video and didn’t think we would notice smh

@worldserpent731 5 ай бұрын

Back in the early 2000s I created a Kid Icarus game engine for fun. I messed around with the physics and everything, but I could never get that funky movement aiming just right 🤣 Hope they create another Kid Icarus game 😍😍😍😍😍😍with RPG elements like a Zelda game. That'd be awesome. Thanks so much for this video!

@RewindArcade 5 ай бұрын

That’s really cool about the Kid Icarus game engine! And yeah, I agree that a more adventure-based Kid Icarus game would be amazing. Fingers crossed we get something new at some point. Thanks so much for watching!

@Retrofire-47 10 ай бұрын

Kid Icarus is such a deceptively simple yet _brilliant_ game...

@RewindArcade 10 ай бұрын

100% agreed!

@Retrofire-47 10 ай бұрын

@@RewindArcadei have played it roughly 50 times now and barely made it 5 minutes in so far lol. I am going to make a more serious effort!

@RewindArcade 10 ай бұрын

@@Retrofire-47 Well the good news is that it gets easier and easier as you progress. The first few stages are by far the toughest. The Game Boy game is also much more forgiving if you have access to it.

@KelvinMMoore69 Жыл бұрын

GAWD, how really, Really, REEEEALY want a "Kid Icarus: Uprising" HD Remaster on the Switch. 👼🏻🛐 🖥🕹

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed it happens one of these days! 🤞

@AuthorativeMrM Жыл бұрын

BIG agree on this one 👍👍👍

@chromenoir4603 Жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@BlondeBarbarian 2 ай бұрын

I'm still waiting for a proper Kid Icarus 3. A platformer that evolves from the gameplay of the originals. I've only been waiting for about oh, 33 years now... Good God I'm old

@RewindArcade 2 ай бұрын

Something tells me we're going to be waiting at least another 33 more years before we see that. 😅

@sinisis2000 Жыл бұрын

Kid Icarus Uprising, I like That Game

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

‘Tis a fine game. 👍

@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын

Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.

@sinisis2000 Жыл бұрын

@@orangeslash1667 i have owlboy, i never played it though, i also never played the other 2 kid icarus games other than uprising

@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын

@@sinisis2000 The original game got a port on the 3ds that fixes the problems of the original. Sadly the non 3ds version didn't age well. So stick with Owlboy.

@VGMFan20XX Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Keep up the excellent work! [Yea I know I'm only 4 minutes in, but I know it's gonna be solid :P] *Edit after actually watching* This is a series I have always wanted to know more about and this is by far the S-Tier of vids for this. So many tidbits. Love it.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton as always man!

@bigdeagle1331 Жыл бұрын

The super Mario movie! Mario was playing kid Icarus in his room! I think there will be a new game soon

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Yes! I was so happy to see that and couldn't believe that Nintendo chose Kid Icarus to be featured in the movie. I wanted to include it in the video, but the script and a lot of the editing was already done by that point and I was worried people would be mad about Mario movie spoilers. 😅

@commanderjames5564 9 ай бұрын

Intresting showing the black market who can’t be haggled

@RewindArcade 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I realized that after publishing the video. I think the idea still gets across alright though. 😅

@springbonnidreamer87 4 ай бұрын

I wonder if Nintendo minds if we make a Kid Icarus fan game? They probably would, but since they never DMCA the Mother 3 translation patch, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind a fan game of Kid Icarus

@RewindArcade 4 ай бұрын

There’s a fan game mentioned in this video and that never got shut down (nor was it ever finished) so it’s possible it would be okay.

@VegetaHimself Ай бұрын

I recently had a theory about the original ending in the first game where Pit becomes an “adult” and a budding romance develops with Palutena. The scoring system determines the ending which focuses on Pits experience and inner growth through his battles, but in my theory, I noticed that none of the other “centurions” you rescue are any bigger that pit himself, implying that all angels in this universe are but children who do not possess the ability to age and grow as humans do, thus, despite their bravery, valor and experiences in many battles, these soldiers also remain but children. Pit’s struggle to accomplish feats that no other centurion was capable of separated him from these brave warriors and in the end, his efforts gave way to a new path. You see, pit doesnt grow up to become a man if you get the best ending; he ascends to godhood, thus, winning the heart of the goddess Palutena, sadly, and ending that was never futher emphasized on in future games where he retains his “child” state.

@RewindArcade Ай бұрын

Very cool theory! I definitely could see that being the idea behind the ending. Would love to hear Ozawa talk more about the ideas behind the game.

@VegetaHimself Ай бұрын

Indeed. I imagine if they ever make another Kid Icarus, it would be a much darker tone (similar to metroid) and Nintendo’s answer to God Of War…

@MrMetokur Жыл бұрын

good vid

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@vito Жыл бұрын

OH YEAHHHHHHH

@vito Жыл бұрын

How you have time for all these effects is beyond me. Disc System man leaping onto the box is great.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

I actually split the video editing workload on this one with a friend on KZfaq, MrMatthews, who does amazing work, so we were able to go pretty crazy on some of the animations, haha.

@jacealbine Ай бұрын

That "mature" look for pit looked so bad lol I would've pulled the plug too.

@RewindArcade Ай бұрын

Yeah, definitely glad it was never made canon. 😅

@lukebf6254 5 ай бұрын

My older sister had the NES and a few games and I would play them. She had Kid Icarus but never played it so one time I played it and had fun and it would be the one I would try to beat

@RewindArcade 5 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Did you ever beat it?

@lukebf6254 5 ай бұрын

@@RewindArcade no, my sister left for college and took her nes with her so i only got so far

@Omega579. Жыл бұрын

You got the Japanese title of Zelda backwards at 1:39. Should be Zelda no Densetsu.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Oh man, you're totally right. I originally had it as Zelda no Densetsu in the script, but it somehow got flipped around during editing.

@Omega579. Жыл бұрын

@@RewindArcade I'm sure no one noticed😀. You still have the best video game docs around!

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated! I’m going to add a correction in the description and credit you as well. 👍

@KoalaMarch77 Жыл бұрын

nice 😊

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@yunarose84 2 ай бұрын

I remember borrowing it from my brother when he had it for the game boy (we both got our own game boy and a game, mine was balloon kid and I hated it 😅) and I never got far 😭 it was so hard!

@orlandeuce6567 5 ай бұрын

I KNEW KID ICARUS WAS CONNECTED TO METROID

@Terranigma23 Жыл бұрын

I'm not the biggest knowledgeable guy about Kid Icarus, and still you made me want to try it (Switch Online) and I really liked it. So thanks a lot. PS: maybe it's too late ahah, but a video about the Pikmin series would be nice before the release of Pikmin 4. However maybe you will prefer to play Pikmin 4 before doing this video. 😅😁

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, glad you tried it out and enjoyed it! It's a pretty fun game and really deserves more attention. Pikmin seems to have a very interesting story and would be a lot of fun to cover, but my plan moving forward is to take a break from longform history videos for a while. Definitely an idea to put on the backburner potentially for later though. Thanks a ton!

@snipersouls299 Жыл бұрын

Hey I love your retro spectives I was wondering if you would be interested in doing one for r.type ? It’s a Shmup it would mean the world as your previous gradius one was awsome

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you are enjoying them! I had actually considered doing a “History of R-Type” documentary right after Gradius, but I found that Shmup Junkie had already did an excellent one on his channel so there was really no need. Highly recommend check his R-Type documentary out. 👍

@Retroman8077 5 ай бұрын

No no no Metroid was finishing up and the team was looking forward to holiday. But they decided to help toru osawa finish up kid Icarus. Right before Xmas Hiroshi yaumachi said it's bug free then it's done. So basically osawa got the dream team to help him out. I own a prototype in my collection it's one of my holy grails. the only problem is that to play it I need the intelligent systems programmer to play the game. I got a hold of one at a private auction and there is several differences between proto and finished version. I don't usually post my collection because it's more fun hearing oh this is one of a kind or there's only so many nwc90 carts out there. Someday I'll piss a lot of collector know it all off when I show them why their rare games now have lower values.

@MrDirkles 11 ай бұрын

Interesting video about a game that i haven't really played that much. I desperately wanted to play the 3ds game but i found the controls totally unusable. Though to be fair i do struggle with playing the 3ds because of the positioning of the controls.

@RewindArcade 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, I had the same issue with the 3DS game when it first came out. I actually went through Uprising for this video using an emulator with the controls mapped to twin analog sticks which made it soooo much better to play. The 3DS in general always cramps my hands to play so I’m always really happy when they port its games to other platforms.

@MrDirkles 11 ай бұрын

@@RewindArcade thanks for the emulator heads up!

@superhenrybrother7359 8 ай бұрын

The NES game was in the super Mario bros movie

@RewindArcade 8 ай бұрын

Yup, unfortunately I had finished the script and had begun editing this video before the movie released. It was still awesome to see it be referenced though!

@scottmog Жыл бұрын

The only thing I don't understand is why you don't have 10x-100x more subs.

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks, haha! I don’t think KZfaq likes my channel very much. 😅

@andreworders7305 7 ай бұрын

1:44 kind of weird that your playing the NES version of the theme and not the Famicom one when talking about the Famicom version

@Mari_Izu Жыл бұрын

I still have my Uprising stand, I use it to hold my tablet or Switch (because Switch's stand is horrible) xD

@gersonsalinas7960 10 ай бұрын

42:32 song

@RewindArcade 10 ай бұрын

Aurum Island from Kid Icarus Uprising: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9-Pe8xly5yXeps.html

@gersonsalinas7960 10 ай бұрын

@@RewindArcade oh wow I was just making this comment for myself to come back to look for it later. Thanks so much man!

@gersonsalinas7960 10 ай бұрын

@@RewindArcade this song is amazing, I could have sworn it was from an action movie or something else

@trapez77 Жыл бұрын

This game is too hard

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the original Kid Icarus is one of those strange games where it starts out very difficult, but gets easier as you progress, since you're gaining levels and power ups. Definitely worth another shot, but it's certainly not for everyone.

@Mari_Izu Жыл бұрын

1:40 *Zelda no Densetsu 🤓

@RewindArcade Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correction, I’ve had a few others let me know too, haha. I had it correct in the script originally, but at some point the words got flipped around. 😅