45 years old here , wife , 2 daughters . when returning from a stressful day from work , playing something retro listening to the nerd "seasons videos" is therapy for me.
I used to come home from middle school and play this game every day. Got to the point where I could speed run through the whole game 4 times before dinner. I miss those early days of gaming.
Reminds me of the Indiana Jones episode, when he whipped a lamp and broke it. Although the camera shake here looks like it was added in editing, seeing as there is 0 motion blur, and only shakes left and right. So it may have been scripted.
I love James' demeanor. Even when he is in character as the nerd you can just tell the guy is humble and gentle. His whole demeanor is wholesome all-around. He must have been raised by great parents.
Kid Icarus' music was absolutely LEGENDARY. The main theme was actually an incredibly gorgeous creation. The game was hard as HELL (lol), but beating it was awesome, and for whatever reason, the fact that the final level was *easy* ... was actually a great reward for fighting through the previous difficulty of everything else.
I never really had too much trouble except for the 3rd dungeon level where I was locked in an almost endless loop of getting turned into an eggplant and going to the hospital. VERY frustrating because it'd usually be the last room right before the boss fight that I'd get turned
You know... After a serious day of Depression and stress from work, feeling like I just want to give up on everything... Seeing Nerd in the ridiculous Kid Icarus costume made me immediately forget all those problems and smile. Thank you so much James and all the crew that helped make this episode possible.
This is one of my favorite games on the nes it’s such a classic. These days the series itself deserves so much better, it died, was revived in a glorious fashion, and then died again
34 here. Love James. Love AVGN. I’m truly happy that he’s still doing it after all these years. A world without the Angry Video Game Nerd wouldn’t be a world I’d want to live in.
The arrow hitting the camera was hilarious and the fact that you can't tell if that was scripted or an honest reaction that he just played off makes it even funnier
Kid Icarus needs to make a comeback. I’ve been hoping Uprising comes to switch then a new game bc that really gave Pit and Palutena the love they needed
@@geo4290 you can only play for small bursts because of the hand cramps.... and the ground controls are pretty bad since it's not the same type of gameplay still an amazing game that deserves a port
Crazy I've been watching AVGN for almost 20 years now! I hope this show goes on for another 20!! ILL NEVER GET SICK OF WATCHING JAMES PLAY 8/16 BIT GAMES!!!
There are high schoolers who weren’t even alive when I began watching the Nerd! Thank you James, for hours and hours of laughter! Your videos have helped me get through some very tough struggles these last 15+ years!
i like how all the characters just beef over a telepathic discord call during the gameplay. It’s a fun way to deliver story without stopping for a cutscene every 5 seconds. Honestly i’d like it if more games took that approach
Kid Icarus amazes me how obscured it became for some and afterwards it got an unexpected sequel kid Icarus uprising and that just blew up the series with how great it was. Course we haven't got a new one since but the characters have stuck around in the smash bros series.
I was expecting it to be a lot more brutal to the game. It is NOT an easy game, especially when you start. Definitely one of my favorites on the NES though.
@@norapper6182before we used to go to gametrailers to watch his videos, he then later started to post those videos on youtube, and now it's only RUclips because gametrailers closed
The music from Kid Icarus takes me right back to 1987. I had just moved to the US and a friend was showing me games on this thing called a "Nintendo" that we didn't really have in the UK because it was unpopular there. I saved up my earnings and shortly afterwards I bought my very own Nintendo, borrowing lots of games from that friend. There's an unexplainable wistfulness that tune evokes in me.
I grew up with a combination of PC, NES/SNES games in the UK (too young for the ZX Spectrum/BBC Micro) and always find it weird hearing that, but when I look back I realise almost everyone else had a MasterSystem or Megadrive.
Dang, I haven't watched the Nerd in a long, long while, and this episode really brought it all back for me. Really felt like classic AVGN. Thank you for nearly 20 years of fun, James.
I wasn't born in the 80's or 90's, so I mostly learn about old games through people like James and others on the internet. However, I remember beating Kid Icarus on the NES classic and having a lot of fun, although I do agree that it is a challenge.
Brings back memories where my friends and I had each had one of the Titan games. I had Metroid, our cool friend had Zelda, and the poor guy who had Icarus ended up taking one for the team.
@@trixylizard6970 Do you enjoy when people speak to you sassy or sarcastically? If not, just think if you would enjoy being talked to that way. Not if you would tolerate being spoken to that way, but would you ENJOY being spoken to like that.
Always makes my day better when I see the AVGN uploads. Man I remember secretly watching you with my friends when I was 8 fearful my parents might hear it ahahahaha, I’m now 28 married and have a son.
The eggplant/hospital thing reminds me of earthbound when your head turns into a diamond or you have a mushroom growing out of your dome. "Please doctor, fix my head"
One of my go to videos whenever I need something to fill a void is AVGN videos. I always seem to find something to help me relax or smile and entertain me. To see that there are still new videos being made is really, really awesome. I hope we still have years and years of nerd!
13:51 cracked me up so much. XD Just the way he got side-tracked from his entire rant by the little prop torch making noise, as well as the absolute INTENSITY of him staring and yelling at it. Also, never even heard of those more messed up mythological stories about Orion's birth or the Egyptian gods jacking onto each other until now... I actually learned something new from an AVGN video.... huh.
I think Kid Icarus big problem was it was meant to be part of a great trio but unlike the other 2 Nintendo never really gave it a legacy. Perhaps if they did release more games it'd be one of Nintendos legendary franchises rather then a small but respected one
I wonder what that would've been like. I can almost guarantee we wouldn't have Uprising, though, not if we're to believe butterfly theory and all that.
Love the Ending so much! Kid Icarus was a fun game and just nice to see it get the respect it needed from AVGN. I’ll always look to the sky at night to see Pit in the Stars.
I know Nintendo don’t really know what to do with the Kid Icarus series, but I think it’d be cool if they turned it into a roguelike series - whether it’s like Hades or Dead Cells, I just think it’d be cool to see Nintendo tackle a roguelike.
Loved this game. It's always been one of the bigger Nintendo titles despite only been a single game on the home consoles. Brutally difficult, yes, but a really fun game through and through.
It's funny, I thought about 2 or 3 days ago what James thought about other early classic NES games like Ice Climbers and Kid Icarus, so this is a real treat to me on top of another AVGN episode.
15:47 That’s what I’ll do when I got hit by the eggplant wizard’s projectiles! Not only that, I better wait until the text finishes typing “Let me remove the eggplant curse.”
Kid Icarus may have had aspects that aged poorly, but I still think it is a great classic game and one of the most underappreciated games on the NES. Thankfully Kid Icarus Uprising on the 3DS was an amazing follow up.
@@guilhermehank4938 curiously enough said Gameboy game of kid Icarus wasn't released in Japan until just a few years ago. Originally it was a Western only title. What's more baffling is that the artwork in the instruction booklet was in a manga style.
I could never get past the third level as a kid. But in my late 30’s (a couple years ago), I looked up on RUclips how to use the hidden skill point system and was able to beat the game in a couple days. I love the game, and appreciate it even more now that I can actually finish the game.
My cousin had kid iracus on gameboy. I tried playing it and it was hard. Then one day I saw him playing and he was OP af! He told me about farming hearts and getting powered up. Pretty cool to me as a little kid lol
Well not every great hero started their journey so gracefully. Kid Icarus Uprising in my opinion is one of Nintendo’s greatest works. I wonder how James would react to playing that after this?
AVGN really reached Nostalgia level, bro really became a youtube relic, I remember watching him back in 2008 and here I am, keep it up AVGN you're about to become a timeless youtuber 🙏💪
Remember, James has been making nerd videos since 2004 so in about a year we will have 20 years of AVGN
That’s epic
It still is just twenty years ago that Kid Icarus was released! Riiiiiiight?
That is some dedication for a show :) And I just love it.
The locket protector pinned on the costume is classic Nerd!!! 😂💪💪💪💪😂
I still can't believe i've been watching AVGN for that long
45 years old here , wife , 2 daughters .
when returning from a stressful day from work , playing something retro listening to the nerd "seasons videos" is therapy for me.
I run all his old seasons in chronological order and it's like the best audiobook for me when doing chores or just chillin' :)
2 wives, four daughters here. Unstressful day, only off season vids
No wives or children. Nerd is one of the last things that genuinely makes me smile.
ditto
It's interesting how similar your age and family composition is to that of James himself.
19 years and James is still bringing it. We should all be so lucky to have a job for nearly 20 years that we still love.
I wonder if he truly loves it, or if he does it because it's what brings the most money
Does he still love it?
@@Posiman nah
I think hes over it, hes said it in a past video
@@batofdestiny interesting pfp
I used to come home from middle school and play this game every day. Got to the point where I could speed run through the whole game 4 times before dinner. I miss those early days of gaming.
Having also played Kid Icarus, I do not.
The fact that I’m not sure if shooting the camera was intentional or not is a testament to James’ filmmaking skills.
I don’t think it was on purpose but he keeps going to finish the clip.
13:46 best moment in the video
Never forget the kid koll episode when he throws the cartridge and lands on a trash can behind him XD
Looks like he shot it stopped for a sec and kept going realizing the camera didn't fall
I think he didn't shoot it, that looks like an after effect.
The fact that James’ Greek costume even kept the signature nerd pen pocket is simply amazing.
Greek Geek
Personally, I would have gone with a more diegetic adaption. Like a pouch with a roman stylus is it.
But... the anachronism works for him.
Little deets
I noticed and loved that touch too.
The almighty pocket protector, with that you're one slide rule away from acquiring the top nerd status in the school caste system.
I love how James was genuinely concerned about hitting the camera with an arrow for exactly half a second.
Broke character for a quick second lol
13:40 for those looking again.
@@johndavidthornton13:47 *
And the rant starts at 13:33 👍
Reminds me of the Indiana Jones episode, when he whipped a lamp and broke it.
Although the camera shake here looks like it was added in editing, seeing as there is 0 motion blur, and only shakes left and right. So it may have been scripted.
I remember playing this for hours not knowing what to do, just like every game from my childhood.
😂 it's amazing how many games I went back to play in my adult years that I realised I had no idea what I was doing back in the day
I think that's the reason why Mario is is still the most clever design in videogames
@@franciscoastudillo699 Probably.
@@franciscoastudillo699 Agree!
All three NES Mario games are beatable while also still challenging.
My cousin showed me Kid Icarus in 1988, I couldn’t get that far into the game but it left an impression on me. Thanks AVGN for nostalgia
I don't think that many people could get that far , it's a really hard game to play.
Who here also thinks that James Rolfe should also do a review of Kid Icarus Uprising for the Nintendo 3ds?
There's a sequel to this game?
Assssss@@JonathanHolland-lq6di
I love James' demeanor. Even when he is in character as the nerd you can just tell the guy is humble and gentle. His whole demeanor is wholesome all-around. He must have been raised by great parents.
He's adorable
Yea for real
Jesus take this g@y love fest somewhere else.
The Nerd nerding out about weird mythological stories is the best part of this episode
He is the best history teacher ever
Indeed!
Today I learned that the stuff on Deviant Art and Tumbler are nothing new.
As someone obsessed with myth, that made me laugh the hardest.
absolutely
After 19 years, AVGN hasn't lost it. Its always like a breath of fresh air with every upload. Thank you so much James!
Kid Icarus' music was absolutely LEGENDARY. The main theme was actually an incredibly gorgeous creation.
The game was hard as HELL (lol), but beating it was awesome, and for whatever reason, the fact that the final level was *easy* ... was actually a great reward for fighting through the previous difficulty of everything else.
I never really had too much trouble except for the 3rd dungeon level where I was locked in an almost endless loop of getting turned into an eggplant and going to the hospital. VERY frustrating because it'd usually be the last room right before the boss fight that I'd get turned
agreed
Lol, the eggplant wizard strikes again! 🧙🏽♂️🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
It's decent but there are better ones
@@ilikepancakes1426 Fun Fact: The guy who directed this game would go on to direct Mario Land 1.
You know... After a serious day of Depression and stress from work, feeling like I just want to give up on everything... Seeing Nerd in the ridiculous Kid Icarus costume made me immediately forget all those problems and smile. Thank you so much James and all the crew that helped make this episode possible.
I hope you're ok 👍 dude.
@@thegamingprozone1941 honestly, due to laughing so much I do feel better. Thank you. :3 asking helps and so does AVGN. Lol
Same....
You and me both man...
@VKermode maybe you should speak to a professional?
The day always gets better when an AVGN episode gets uploaded
Ditto.
Agreed
True True True.......
📠
He gatta do something about that forehead 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Mario was playing Kid Icarus in the movie.
thats why he died
@@intel_3245 I'm Finished.
@@theprototype2518 have One on me 🍷
This is one of my favorite games on the nes it’s such a classic. These days the series itself deserves so much better, it died, was revived in a glorious fashion, and then died again
A solid choice to review
Other than the controls I really liked that 3DS game they did was really cool.
Stylus controls that couldn't be made conventional, is what killed the 3DS series entry. I also love the original NES game.
And that's ironic because pit is an angel.
I hope it'll be revived again on the Nintendo Switch (rumour has it it will).
It should be criminal that this guy's been doing this for almost 20 years and he's still THIS funny and entertaining
touch grass
@@orchidscraggler9802 Fatherless.
@Billong But HE writes it.
Just like the Simpsons but this is Better
you kidding right
AVGN must live forever!! Thank you James. I'm 34 and you bring me back to my childhood. You're content is a RUclips treasure!
Same here, I'm 35 it brings back my child hood too, especially when I flipped out when I couldn't clock kid Icarus lol
His basement just makes me happy, the shelves of movies and video games just stirs up memories
Facts!!! I been watching since my highschool days im 27 now and every epsiode bringsme so much joy 😂
37 here lol
34 here. Love James. Love AVGN. I’m truly happy that he’s still doing it after all these years. A world without the Angry Video Game Nerd wouldn’t be a world I’d want to live in.
The arrow hitting the camera was hilarious and the fact that you can't tell if that was scripted or an honest reaction that he just played off makes it even funnier
I thought nobody would bring it up lol
The power of an actor "Keep going"
Kid Icarus needs to make a comeback. I’ve been hoping Uprising comes to switch then a new game bc that really gave Pit and Palutena the love they needed
Uprising was a great game, with some of the worst controls ever
Game is supposed to be Nintendo Hard. Without that it just isn't Kid Icarus
The maze levels were great and reminds me a lot of Zelda and Metroid
@@lucapirilli did we play the same game? Once you get used to them it's really precise.
@@lucapirilli Why do you think the controls are bad?
@@geo4290 you can only play for small bursts because of the hand cramps.... and the ground controls are pretty bad since it's not the same type of gameplay
still an amazing game that deserves a port
There’s no 8-bit music intro that evokes nostalgic feelings greater than ‘Kid Icarus’.
You mean Turtles
Crazy I've been watching AVGN for almost 20 years now! I hope this show goes on for another 20!! ILL NEVER GET SICK OF WATCHING JAMES PLAY 8/16 BIT GAMES!!!
Can't wait for his review of Skyrim and GTA V
I could imagine him still doing it as an old man like he did a parody of in one of his vids. And I'll still be watching as an old man also XD
Hope we get an 80 yo nerd reviewing all the terrible vintage PS6 games.
i HAVE gotten pretty sick of it, but still watch occasionally if the game interests me :)
Angry Video Game Gramps 2050.
10:14 the delivery is just 10/10 perfect. I now have no doubt that that is what it's called.
There are high schoolers who weren’t even alive when I began watching the Nerd! Thank you James, for hours and hours of laughter! Your videos have helped me get through some very tough struggles these last 15+ years!
One of the most wholesome endings to a Nerd episode I can ever remember 😊
besides "Contra"...
13:46 The genuine surprise on this face, I firmly believe he shot the camera by accident!
Crazy how faithful Kid Icarus Uprising is. It's literally pure fan service with less tedious gameplay.
i like how all the characters just beef over a telepathic discord call during the gameplay. It’s a fun way to deliver story without stopping for a cutscene every 5 seconds. Honestly i’d like it if more games took that approach
Kid Icarus amazes me how obscured it became for some and afterwards it got an unexpected sequel kid Icarus uprising and that just blew up the series with how great it was. Course we haven't got a new one since but the characters have stuck around in the smash bros series.
What system of kid Icarus uprising? Never heard of it.
@@michaelknight1303 It was on the 3DS
It had a sequel before on GameBoy. Kid Icarus of myths and monsters. Was one of my favorites as a kid.
i wouldnt say it was unexpected bc brawl revived pit with a completely new design that was used for uprising
This has one of the most wholesome endings in any AVGN episode. Well done James!!
Agreed!
I was expecting it to be a lot more brutal to the game. It is NOT an easy game, especially when you start. Definitely one of my favorites on the NES though.
he's getting soft XD
@@CBM64 he's a Dad now...a family Guy...and it shows. 🤣
And the least angry episodes tbh :D
I'm about James age, (I'm 40) and I've watched him since the beginning. Before RUclips. Please keep doing what you do! You're awesome!
Before RUclips 😮 he didn’t start on RUclips?
He lives off it, of course he will milk it till the end.
@@norapper6182before we used to go to gametrailers to watch his videos, he then later started to post those videos on youtube, and now it's only RUclips because gametrailers closed
If you're his age no you didn't dbass
I'm 43, and I have an important message to you: get off my lawn.
Spread the word.
9:28 The editing gags of this whole section have to be my favorite thing to see out of this recent new AVGN style.
The music from Kid Icarus takes me right back to 1987. I had just moved to the US and a friend was showing me games on this thing called a "Nintendo" that we didn't really have in the UK because it was unpopular there. I saved up my earnings and shortly afterwards I bought my very own Nintendo, borrowing lots of games from that friend.
There's an unexplainable wistfulness that tune evokes in me.
I grew up with a combination of PC, NES/SNES games in the UK (too young for the ZX Spectrum/BBC Micro) and always find it weird hearing that, but when I look back I realise almost everyone else had a MasterSystem or Megadrive.
Plenty of NES in my UK youth and the SNES and GB were everywhere.
@@MarbleThumbs Fun Fact: The guy who directed this game would go on to direct Mario Land 1.
I didn't need to ask for pricey games to my parents since I had that same friend full of NES games 😂😂😂
Dang, I haven't watched the Nerd in a long, long while, and this episode really brought it all back for me. Really felt like classic AVGN. Thank you for nearly 20 years of fun, James.
Same here. On a whim I decided to watch after years of not clicking on his vids. I'm glad I did.
@@CapricornSuave Fun Fact: The guy who directed this game would go on to direct Mario Land 1.
this was honestly a very enjoyable episode, i just hope he stays doing them 20 years more.
I wasn't born in the 80's or 90's, so I mostly learn about old games through people like James and others on the internet. However, I remember beating Kid Icarus on the NES classic and having a lot of fun, although I do agree that it is a challenge.
I love hearing about the past enough that I got a NES
Brings back memories where my friends and I had each had one of the Titan games. I had Metroid, our cool friend had Zelda, and the poor guy who had Icarus ended up taking one for the team.
. much appreciated
The acting is so great that I keep replaying it! Thank you, James, thank you for keeping innovating AVGN to higher and higher levels
I like this mellowed out but still cynical and hilarious AVGN. Feels like you nailed the vibe for the modern platform.
Gee I wonder if that has anything to do with us, his audience, being in the relative same age span...
@@trixylizard6970 true, but some channels don't adapt. AVGN has been able to do it.
@@dasdeke Also very true. Did NOT mean to come off sarcastic. It's a problem. :)
@@trixylizard6970 Do you enjoy when people speak to you sassy or sarcastically? If not, just think if you would enjoy being talked to that way. Not if you would tolerate being spoken to that way, but would you ENJOY being spoken to like that.
@@bryanbutchmartin9260 I do 🙂. I also like dark humour 😈😅.
13:46 I love how James quickly recovered from his concern back into talking smack.
Just as I felt the need to get back into an AVGN binge. Excellent.
Sexellent
Freakin' love the angel outfit with the nerd pocket protector... killin' it as always, James
me to
Not Angel, but Icarus outfit!
Always makes my day better when I see the AVGN uploads. Man I remember secretly watching you with my friends when I was 8 fearful my parents might hear it ahahahaha, I’m now 28 married and have a son.
He’s been doing this 20 years?
@@twistedsocietytv Been doing it before RUclips became a thing brotha
@@twistedsocietytv Yep, since 04
You would have been 10 bruh. I'm 28 and was born in 1994 at 8 years old it would have been 2002.
@Stefano Pavone 🤟
The eggplant/hospital thing reminds me of earthbound when your head turns into a diamond or you have a mushroom growing out of your dome.
"Please doctor, fix my head"
When a new AVGN episode drops, my spirit is lifted.
You sure it isn’t a rolling rock?
so much this
This felt like a classic AVGN episode. Really nice to see!
This really was a great episode.
As always James is Amazing and were hoping for more vids like this soon!!
Kid Icarus was my favorite game on the NES. I love it still to this day.
I do too.
One of my go to videos whenever I need something to fill a void is AVGN videos. I always seem to find something to help me relax or smile and entertain me. To see that there are still new videos being made is really, really awesome. I hope we still have years and years of nerd!
I love how you still have your pocket protector on the costume. Like it's just beautiful
Lol I just commented the same exact thing.
Organized with the pens, and a pencil to make it look like we're being flipped off lol
16:59 Somewhere Randy Marsh is saying you have Tergridy.
I was thinking yesterday, “man it would be nice to have a new Angry Video Game Nerd episode “. The universe is kind.
I had that thought about 2 hours ago and then I checked RUclips and what do you know
Praise the gods answering your prayer, remember to visit your local temple to thank them.
@@Game_Hero I shall do exactly that, the gods answered my prayers
I feel like James had a lot of fun recording this episode especially the nerd farms part
Why are you doing this?
Seeing James as an angel is something that I never expected to see!
What do you mean? He's always been one!
I thought he was cosplaying as Pit.
@@jacksonramsey5023 He was. Pit's canonically an angel. That's why James/the Nerd was cosplaying as an angel in this episode! 🪽
I love how we're learning Mythology from the Angry Video Game Nerd. Just what I needed.
Mythology and cosmology, two in one!
@@Sara3346 Fun Fact: This game was a big inspiration to Owlboy.
The wholesome moments from AVGN always kinda hit the hardest.
Loved the smile at 9:23 then mad again!
I could never beat this game as a kid. Finally beat it in 2013 while overseas for the army. That was probably the highlight of that deployment.
I somehow beat it as a kid and don't think I could now
Waiting for the war?
😂😂😂😂😂
Classic episode. It feels like this could have, and should have been done back in the first 100 episodes. This was super fun, excellent work here. 👏
I wasn't expecting a new AVGN episode at all! Thank you James! 💪🏻
thats cause they aren't very often anymore
It's 3 years like this
13:51 cracked me up so much. XD Just the way he got side-tracked from his entire rant by the little prop torch making noise, as well as the absolute INTENSITY of him staring and yelling at it.
Also, never even heard of those more messed up mythological stories about Orion's birth or the Egyptian gods jacking onto each other until now... I actually learned something new from an AVGN video.... huh.
Hard to believe there's only three Kid Icarus games:
1. Kid Icarus (1986)
2. Kid Icarus: Of Myth and Monsters (1991)
3. Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
Kid Icarus was one of the games that turned me into a gamer. I loved that game so much
Nooooo! The original Zelda did! or in my case Zelda did!
I recommend OwlBoy
for me, Contra and Ninja Gaiden solidified my dedication to NES console gaming
I think Kid Icarus big problem was it was meant to be part of a great trio but unlike the other 2 Nintendo never really gave it a legacy. Perhaps if they did release more games it'd be one of Nintendos legendary franchises rather then a small but respected one
I wonder what that would've been like. I can almost guarantee we wouldn't have Uprising, though, not if we're to believe butterfly theory and all that.
As a Classics student, this is nothing but gold to me lol. James is literally geeking out on what I study daily
you mean Greeking out? 🤣
Were you outraged he said Hercules instead of Heracles?
@@ArBleizhMor I'm numb to it nowadays lol
Kid Icarus is like the youngest sibling of the four great games of the Golden Age. Smaller and not as impressive, but had a part to play nonetheless.
Wow almost 20 year anniversary, you’re great James! 🙌🏽
I thought it was 2005? He is a busy married man so that we have to understand.
Love the Ending so much! Kid Icarus was a fun game and just nice to see it get the respect it needed from AVGN. I’ll always look to the sky at night to see Pit in the Stars.
so do I
Nintendo should bring this ip back. After all Metroid is back now. Kid Icarus needs the sams treatment.
19:43 Lady Palutena is NOT a princess, she’s the Goddess of Light.
James is KILLING it with this episode, very quality jokes/bits throughout. This is definitely one of the better ones.
16:54 - 18:37
Kid Icarus is one of those games that I respected and loved, even though it didn't love me back. Though, the soundtrack is amazing to this day.
Amazing that after consistently making videos for over 15 years, he is just now getting to Kid Icarus
Because Kid Icarus is not really that $hitty of a game. He ran out of bad games, now he has to find something new to vent about.
@@JohnSmith-nj4zq I can tell you never even touched this game 😂
@@JohnSmith-nj4zq .... you serious? it was pretty horrendous.
Just the eggplant wizards & massive grinding by themselves are enough.
Buncha lightweights in this thread...
@@ConstantineFurman Never said I didn't beat it. I just pointed out the two most awful parts.
So happy to see AVGN still going strong!
strong AF
9:48 The angel on my shoulder reminding me of proper driving etiquette.
New AVGN! Lets go!
Really hoping we get a Kid Icarus: Uprising remaster or something
This is a great series
Here’s to hoping Pit flies again
James would probably love your animations, hope he sees this.
I know Nintendo don’t really know what to do with the Kid Icarus series, but I think it’d be cool if they turned it into a roguelike series - whether it’s like Hades or Dead Cells, I just think it’d be cool to see Nintendo tackle a roguelike.
@@theagnosticphilosopher6873 The closet we will ever to Kid Icarus is the upcoming Hades 2.
@@elijahmeilak2906 speaking of Dead Cells, that game now has a Castlevania DLC called Return to Castlevania
The shot of him firing the arrow and making the Pit constellation so charming and delightful. 🙂
It could’ve been an eggplant
Anyone else enjoying the more nostalgic, less "angry" nerd? I'm seriously digging the more subtle jokes/tone.
I'm still waiting for another fierce fight against Bugs...
I think we've all matured along side the "angry nerd" character and James as well
@@TheMustaFox looks like this is like the "Megaman effect" 😂
he's matured like fine wine.
I really enjoyed this one.
Loved that it was playing the Underground Theme from Super Mario Land when he starts talking about Horus and Set's "story"
14:42 Best part is the 3DS game makes this joke too, only one of the other characters cuts him off to shut him up
That’s one of the things I loved most about Uprising, the humor! It wasn’t afraid to poke fun at the NES original.
Thank you for another great episode, James. I hope all is well with you and your family. I hope the next episode isn't too far off from this one.
As a Greek person... This episode made me so happy.
Thanks James 😁
As a Greek person, do you have high aggression when you get mad?
@@Silenced23they can. Best to collect lots of wine to grow stronger a barrel even 😈
The Greek fashion of love.....
OPA!
As a geek person... This episode made me so happy.
"...it would've burned out by now."
The ultimate poetic irony.
Loved this game. It's always been one of the bigger Nintendo titles despite only been a single game on the home consoles. Brutally difficult, yes, but a really fun game through and through.
OK, I need a series that's just the Nerd describing old myths.
Me too.
Yes. He knows all of the sexually explicit ones.
It's funny, I thought about 2 or 3 days ago what James thought about other early classic NES games like Ice Climbers and Kid Icarus, so this is a real treat to me on top of another AVGN episode.
15:47 That’s what I’ll do when I got hit by the eggplant wizard’s projectiles! Not only that, I better wait until the text finishes typing “Let me remove the eggplant curse.”
It's great to have you back, Nerd. Been watching since 2008. Really appreciate all you do.
13:35 The Nerd finally took pen to paper, aging Justin’s extended theme song.
17:40 - It ain't much, but it's an honest work
😂 when Nerd hit the camera with the arrow, I lost it! 😂 😂😂
Glad to see Mike's name on the credits. Great job as always
All I have to do is see the words Kid Icarus and the soundtrack instantly starts playing in my head. What a classic
I’m really liking the fortress music. It’s cool and moody
@@MaxOakland Fun Fact: This game was a big inspiration to Owlboy.
@@orangeslash1667 that’s cool! I wouldn’t have guessed that
Kid Icarus may have had aspects that aged poorly, but I still think it is a great classic game and one of the most underappreciated games on the NES. Thankfully Kid Icarus Uprising on the 3DS was an amazing follow up.
It’s flawed but has a lot going for it
There was a sequel in the gameboy
Kid Icarus Uprising was my favorite game on 3DS. Bar none.
@@guilhermehank4938 curiously enough said Gameboy game of kid Icarus wasn't released in Japan until just a few years ago. Originally it was a Western only title. What's more baffling is that the artwork in the instruction booklet was in a manga style.
The Guitar Guy (Kyle Justin) would have been surprised if he saw The Nerd use his pocket pouch for something. XD
this felt like an old school AVGN episode. Best one in a long time! Keep it up :D
eh, it was okay... i guess. far from his classic work
@@videostash413 it was at least a tolerable simulation.
I could never get past the third level as a kid. But in my late 30’s (a couple years ago), I looked up on RUclips how to use the hidden skill point system and was able to beat the game in a couple days. I love the game, and appreciate it even more now that I can actually finish the game.
My cousin had kid iracus on gameboy. I tried playing it and it was hard. Then one day I saw him playing and he was OP af! He told me about farming hearts and getting powered up. Pretty cool to me as a little kid lol
13:18 "The character needs a pencil to mark the spot"
Hollow Knight: 💀
zeldas original game was just as convoluted tbh.
Well not every great hero started their journey so gracefully. Kid Icarus Uprising in my opinion is one of Nintendo’s greatest works. I wonder how James would react to playing that after this?
It was even by the same director that did Smash Bros
AVGN really reached Nostalgia level, bro really became a youtube relic, I remember watching him back in 2008 and here I am, keep it up AVGN you're about to become a timeless youtuber 🙏💪
14:52 Wow, how did this bypass the Nintendo censors? Surprised this was overlooked, because they are strict about this stuff.
13:46
I love that he shoots the camera and leaves it in