What happened to Kid Icarus?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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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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Комментарии • 108

  • @Legend-of-Kai
    @Legend-of-Kai  Год назад +216

    Kid Icarus Uprising Nintendo Switch Port Waiting Room...

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Год назад +8

      My body is ready!

    • @evolutioner8573
      @evolutioner8573 Год назад +4

      @@MasterKnightDH lol

    • @adamhernandez8479
      @adamhernandez8479 Год назад +3

      @@MasterKnightDH me too

    • @alphonsejohnson5601
      @alphonsejohnson5601 Год назад +6

      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
      @emishimaru-sama6449 Год назад +2

      Nope. Bad Idea. It would just become another TWEWY: *It would not be the same anymore.*

  • @adamcampbell3263
    @adamcampbell3263 Год назад +76

    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
    @purplechameleon35 Год назад +78

    It’s a crime not many people are talking about this franchise. Great vid!

  • @ergastolo4281
    @ergastolo4281 Год назад +19

    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 ♥️

  • @drivojunior
    @drivojunior Год назад +49

    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.

  • @forrestannis909
    @forrestannis909 Год назад +33

    Didn't Mario play Kid Icarus in the Super Mario Bros movie? Didn't he also have an F-Zero poster as well?

  • @SonicTheCutehog
    @SonicTheCutehog Год назад +34

    Sakurai not wanting to make sequels outside of Smash at its finest

    • @emishimaru-sama6449
      @emishimaru-sama6449 Год назад +3

      Kirby Air Ride collecting dust be like:

    • @SonicTheCutehog
      @SonicTheCutehog Год назад +7

      @@emishimaru-sama6449 Sakurai left HAL after developing Kirby Air Ride

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 8 месяцев назад

      He didn’t even want to make smash sequels he just didn’t want Nintendo to make them or port them to newer consoles

  • @BulbaWhat98
    @BulbaWhat98 Год назад +67

    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
      @erickmaverick3128 Год назад +10

      There has to be someone there who could find a studio for them outside of Sora Ltd.

    • @brandonwilliams6119
      @brandonwilliams6119 Год назад +3

      @@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
      @erickmaverick3128 Год назад

      @@brandonwilliams6119 That's what I'm speculating on, but we haven't heard news since.

    • @kurokamina8429
      @kurokamina8429 Год назад

      ​@@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
      @orangeslash1667 Год назад

      @@erickmaverick3128 Good news is there's an indie game called Owlboy, it's pacifically based on the original Kid Icarus.

  • @alphonsejohnson5601
    @alphonsejohnson5601 Год назад +26

    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😅.

  • @DannyLopez07
    @DannyLopez07 Год назад +27

    I wouldn’t really say it’s a decline, more like stuck in limbo until Nintendo decides to do something with it again

  • @MagillanicaLouM
    @MagillanicaLouM Год назад +13

    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".

  • @Agramsch
    @Agramsch Год назад +23

    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
      @MathematicalVoid Год назад +7

      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
      @orangeslash1667 Год назад

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

    • @jonathonsirlord8251
      @jonathonsirlord8251 Год назад

      ​@@orangeslash1667owlboy? Got a link

  • @meta_knight
    @meta_knight Год назад +12

    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

  • @markcambrone8369
    @markcambrone8369 Год назад +9

    I always thought maybe Kid Icarus would make a decent Ratchet and Clank style platformer.

  • @leroiarouf1142
    @leroiarouf1142 Год назад +4

    Bro the 3ds game is so good

  • @ast8177
    @ast8177 Год назад +4

    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

  • @ElJosher
    @ElJosher Год назад +2

    Uprising is great. This series needs a serious comeback.

  • @kap1618
    @kap1618 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @ThecatThecat-hq1op
    @ThecatThecat-hq1op Год назад +2

    Uprising is literally my favorite game. I've enjoyed this game more than any other I've ever played.

    • @Nakamako1
      @Nakamako1 Год назад +1

      bro im with you i played all the classics and this is the one that sticks out.

  • @admiralarroyo777
    @admiralarroyo777 Год назад +3

    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...

  • @ForeverRetro31
    @ForeverRetro31 9 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @some_guy117
    @some_guy117 Год назад +4

    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

  • @EricoTheFandomWonder
    @EricoTheFandomWonder Год назад +1

    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
    @luisadolfothewolf7042 Год назад +2

    Better start to save some tears for the day a video about the decline of Star Fox is a thing

    • @luisadolfothewolf7042
      @luisadolfothewolf7042 Год назад +1

      I didn't know therr was already a video about SF on this channel, sorry

  • @evolutioner8573
    @evolutioner8573 Год назад +3

    thanks i din't knew about the story. i realy enjoyd this video :D

  • @CommanderSpooks
    @CommanderSpooks Год назад +6

    Best Nintendo series ever

    • @SonicTheCutehog
      @SonicTheCutehog Год назад +1

      My brother is Christ, the series only has one game people care about

    • @CommanderSpooks
      @CommanderSpooks Год назад +1

      @@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
      @SonicTheCutehog Год назад +1

      @@CommanderSpooks Oh, okay because I know a lot of people who say that have only played Uprising

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Год назад +1

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

  • @orangeslash1667
    @orangeslash1667 Год назад +1

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

  • @JabamiLain
    @JabamiLain Год назад +1

    What happened to the classic pantheon in this universe ? Who are these new deities such as Viridi and Palutena ?

  • @DETahaX
    @DETahaX Год назад +8

    #KIUprisingSwitchPort

  • @retropalooza
    @retropalooza 10 месяцев назад

    U forgot to mention the snes kid Icarus lost media. Would have loved to hear more of it

  • @JsYTA
    @JsYTA Год назад +2

    We have 14 years left until the sequel!

    • @vapsLMAO
      @vapsLMAO Год назад +1

      WAIT 14 YEARS?

    • @JsYTA
      @JsYTA Год назад +1

      @@vapsLMAO according to Hades in 2012.

    • @vapsLMAO
      @vapsLMAO Год назад

      @@JsYTA ooh

  • @mjdevlog
    @mjdevlog Год назад +1

    Amazing video as always, Kai! Been binge watching your stuff lately, and every video was amazingly written! Gonna play Uprising soon!

  • @LargoAnimations
    @LargoAnimations Год назад +1

    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
      @therealjaystone2344 Год назад

      Bandai is working on a 3D action game and kid Icarus is not one of them

  • @emishimaru-sama6449
    @emishimaru-sama6449 Год назад +3

    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
    @retropalooza 11 месяцев назад

    Plus it was one of the first 3 game to use the mmc1 mapper chip

  • @retropalooza
    @retropalooza 11 месяцев назад

    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

  • @brandonwilliams6119
    @brandonwilliams6119 Год назад

    That ending was beautiful 🥹
    Maybe Sakurai will surprise us in a RUclips 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.

  • @pringrings22
    @pringrings22 Год назад

    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.

  • @Reflecterr
    @Reflecterr 5 месяцев назад

    damn i miss this game so bad

  • @chromenoir4603
    @chromenoir4603 Год назад +1

    Nice video!

  • @Iheartdrumzz
    @Iheartdrumzz Год назад +1

    I feel like kid icarus could be as big as metroid

  • @TheDr502
    @TheDr502 Месяц назад

    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
    @retropalooza 11 месяцев назад

    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

  • @tanzolo4487
    @tanzolo4487 Год назад

    Fenyx Rising is probably closest to what we could’ve get

  • @Corey1067-si2wc
    @Corey1067-si2wc 5 месяцев назад

    I hope 🙏

  • @retropalooza
    @retropalooza 11 месяцев назад

    U could feather your landing on the fds game

  • @DEVENATER10
    @DEVENATER10 Год назад

    Yo can you do a video on Zone of the ENders? please

  • @Minecraftsmewtwo
    @Minecraftsmewtwo Год назад +2

    #legendofkaikisunderated

  • @user-be3qc7re9o
    @user-be3qc7re9o Год назад +4

    #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
      @powerbolt2846 Год назад +3

      you know if we fire sakurai we'll never get another kid icarus game right?

    • @DETahaX
      @DETahaX Год назад +7

      He was never hired in the first place.

    • @CGGYT
      @CGGYT Год назад +1

      No

    • @RF-Ataraxia
      @RF-Ataraxia Год назад

      @@powerbolt2846 We'll never get another Kid Icarus with or without him anyway, by the look of things.

  • @houragents5490
    @houragents5490 Год назад

    I blame Jim Sterling

  • @DamontheDemon7
    @DamontheDemon7 8 месяцев назад +1

    It faded into obscurity that’s what

  • @pringrings22
    @pringrings22 Год назад

    Ah yes! Another video about my favorite video game that I didn't make

  • @jennasloan396
    @jennasloan396 Год назад

    Kid Icarus Uprising broke the L button on my 3DS

  • @Magister_Magi
    @Magister_Magi Год назад +1

    If anyone is able to give Kid Icarus a new title , then I'd like to give it a shot

  • @CGGYT
    @CGGYT Год назад +1

    Hi

  • @gioarevadze2703
    @gioarevadze2703 Год назад

    Like

  • @angelicplay3419
    @angelicplay3419 Год назад

    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.