Kid Icarus

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Kid Icarus
Developer Nintendo R&D1
Publisher Nintendo
System Nintendo Entertainment System, Gameboy Advance, Virtual Console,
Release Date Nintendo Entertainment System
JP December 18, 1986
US July 1987
EU 1987
Virtual Console
US February 12, 2007
EU February 23, 2007
Gallery GH Gallery
Rating ESRB: E

Kid Icarus is a classic game for the NES. For a while, it's been regarded as a lose classic, but has recently gained popularity. In Japan, this game is called Hikari shinwa: Parutena no Kagami(Myth of Light: Paultena's Mirror).

This game was made with the same game engine as Metroid. In tribute to this, Metroids are in this game as an enemy, under the name "Komayto" (Mayto is short for Metroid in Japanese and "Ko" indicates Child).

Story

In a time where gods and men lived together, Angel Land was ruled by two godesses: Palutena, the Goddess of Light, and Medusa, the Goddess of Darkness. While Palutena helped men when she could, Medusa hated men. Medusa ruined their crops and turned them to stone. Palutena was enraged; she turned Medusa into a monster and banished her to the underworld.

Medusa spent her time in the underworld gathering an army of monsters and when the time was right, she conquered the Palace in the Sky, Palutena's home. After imprisoning Palutena, Medusa took the three Sacred Treasures and gave them to her minions. They are the Mirror Shield, the Arrows of Light, and the Wings of Pegasus.

With the last of her strength, Palutena sent a magical bow to a Pit. So, Pit must escape the underworld and rescue Palutena.

Gameplay

Many of people have noticed that Kid Icarus is built on the same engine as Metroid, so the two have similar styles of play.

The world of Kid Icarus is divided into the underworld, the overworld, the sky world, and the Palace in the Sky. Each world has three worlds and a fortress. Each fortress has a gatekeeper that guards one of the sacred treasures. Pit's strength may increase depending on how well the player scored on the level.

Legacy

Kid Icarus has been used as the basis of several of 9-Volt's minigames. Also, Pit is going to appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Sequels

Kid Icarus had one sequel": Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters for the Gameboy.

Ports and Remakes