Kid Icarus

About

Kid Icarus is an action-platforming game with role playing elements released for the NES (Famicom in Japan). The player takes the role of Pit, a young angel who is given a bow and arrow from the goddess of light, Lady Palutena, who ruled the Earth as the goddess of light, alongside the goddess of darkness, Medusa. When Palutena saw that Medusa was turning the humans crops into stone she was furious and banished her to the underworld. As revenge, Medusa conspired with the monsters of the underworld to take over Palutena's rule at the Sky Temple. Palutena was defeated and imprisoned inside the Sky Temple. Throughout the story of the game, Pit finds the Three Sacred Treasures and equips himself with them in order to stop Medusa and rescue Palutena. The game sold close to two million copies, and gained a large fan base, the game has firmly planted itself as an iconic Nintendo IP.

History

The original Kid Icarus was released back in 1986, for the Nintendo Famicom, and later released in 1987 for the NES in North America, the game's design, story, and characters take inspiration from Greek mythology, with the title of the game being based off the Greek myth, Icarus. The game was well praised for it's challenging difficulty and it's mixed gameplay elements from different genres and became a cult classic on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game later received a sequel in 1991, for the Game Boy titled Kid Icarus: of Myths and Monsters which was mostly the same game with not that many notable differences. In 2010, Nintendo announced at E3 that there was going to be a new Kid Icarus game for the Nintendo 3DS titled Kid Icarus: Uprising, the game was a run and gun/rail shooter, being developed by Super Smash Brothers series creator, Masahiro Sakurai. The game was delayed multiple times until it finally released on March 22nd, 2012. The game was a major success, being called by many players one of the best 3DS games. After Pit's appearance as a newcomer in Super Smash Bros.: Brawl and the huge success that was Kid Icarus: Uprising, Kid Icarus went on to become an iconic Nintendo franchise.

Online Presence

Kid Icarus was rarely seen on the internet due to there only being two games in the series that were released nearly twenty years ago, and the fact that they were old NES and Game Boy games, that were not very well known outside of hardcore Nintendo fans. Kid Icarus did not start trending on the internet until Pit appeared in the Super Smash Bros.: Brawl E3 2006 trailer, where he was showcased as a newcomer alongside Meta Knight, Zero Suit Samus, Wario, and Solid Snake. Pit was seen as an annoying character to fight in Super Smash Bros.: Brawl due to his side B attack being a multi-hit, damage racking attack, that when activated, causes Pit to yell in a loud voice which irritated many players. He was also considered annoying due to his amazing recovery and his spammable arrows. Pit was also popularized by appearing in the webcomics Brawl in The Family and Awkward Zombie. Kid Icarus also became popular due to Kid Icarus: Uprising, where the game's characters such as Dark Pit, Viridi, Hades, and Palutena were seen as quotable characters due to their lines, and they were mainly used as Reaction Images, and Expand Dong.

Related Memes

Floor Ice Cream

"Floor ice cream gives you health!" is a quote from Pit in the game Kid Icarus: Uprising, said during a conversation with Palutena and Viridi. The quote was liked by fans due to its sheer randomness and fourth-wall breaking.

Palutena's Revolting Dinner

Palutena's Revolting Dinner is an animated short, animated by Shaft. Inc. It was the last episode of a short Kid Icarus anime. The video was praised due to its high quality animation and overall silliness.

Dark Pit.

Dark Pit – also known as Pittoo – is an important character in Kid Icarus: Uprising; he is a flawed clone of Pit created by the Mirror of Truth. Dark Pit is a rival to Pit with an anti-hero type personality. Dark Pit later caused lots of controversy in the Super Smash Brothers community when he was featured as playable clone character as Pit in Super Smash Brothers: for Wii U/3ds.

Search Interest

External References

Wikipedia- Kid Icarus Wiki

Kid Icarus Uprising Website – Kid Icarus Uprising: Official Site

Reddit – r/kidicarus

4chan – /v/ Video Games

FanPop – Kid Icarus