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Kid Icarus Uprising |OT| On a Wing and a Prayer

Woke up this morning to find a SpotPass for this game already. It was a weapon from Palutena! Blade class, looked awesome as hell and had a load of stats. Don't yet have enough hearts to claim it, but how nice of her.

Spot Pass?! Oh hell yeah! I love that this game is jam packed with features!
 

Robin64

Member
Screenshot of the UK's first SpotPass weapon:

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Mdk7

Member
Got the game yesterday, i played it for 20 minutes.
my jaw dropped several times at the art direction, at the cheerful atmosphere, at the funny voice dialogues, at the awesome flying sections... but when i actually landed on earth, just MEH.
Seriously, WTF were they thinking?
I played hours of Metroid Prime Hunters and i know i'll probably play this one too, but the controls are just not there.
You have to force yourself to play that way, Circle Pad Pro should have been mandatory or AT LEAST an option.
 

DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)
$30 at BB?

I'm sitting on a Gamestop preorder slip -- the problem now is that the $10 savings from BestBuy is reduced to a savings of $4 or less as I wouldn't get the 3D Classics code from BB at this point.

Bah. Too bad Gamestop won't price match...
 

marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
Excellent: when you double tap on the touchscreen with an arc, you enter in a sniper view :)
You have to hold the sylus on the screen after the second tap.

Also, for ground sections I encourage you to increase speed for horizontal & vertical stylus movements, as well as how quick you stop. You can change it in the settings.
 

Robin64

Member
How does one get this, I've never really used spotpass or things like that.

Make sure in the options, you turn SpotPass on. Now, never turn your 3DS off. Just always close it and leave it in the dock or something. It'll keep an internet connection and you'll recieve things when they go out.
 

Pietepiet

Member
Finished about four chapters yesterday, and messed with the AR cards a bit. The battle minigame is so silly.

Loving the overall game so far! And I'm actually kind of excited about collecting the cards. Can't wait to pick up my pack of 24 today :)
 
NES KI is just as hard as I remember. It took me like 8 tries to beat the first stage.

I think Renegade Kid could do a good 2D KI like Mutant Mudds. Just a thought.
 

Maldoror

Member
Any of you guys tried the multiplayer yet? Hows the lag?

I played a couple games yesterday and had absolutely no lag.
I'm curious to see if it'll get worse now that it is officially out.

The game is a blast, btw. Took me some time getting used to the ground controls, but it's already become second nature. Intensity 9, here I come !
 

Nosgoroth

Member
Welp, Amazon UK just sent me the game, even though I had cancelled the preorder because I'm short-ish on money this month. What do I do now?
 
I played a couple games yesterday and had absolutely no lag.
I'm curious to see if it'll get worse now that it is officially out.

The game is a blast, btw. Took me some time getting used to the ground controls, but it's already become second nature. Intensity 9, here I come !

Flowing tears... this game sounds beautiful.
Thanks for update :D
 

Hasemo

(;・∀・)ハッ?
The game is a blast, btw. Took me some time getting used to the ground controls, but it's already become second nature. Intensity 9, here I come !
My hardest run so far is 6.0 in Chapter 1 and 4.0 in Chapter 3, but aside from the boss and
the hidden room
it wasn't even that hard.
 

Robin64

Member
Make sure you watch the Tutorials from the main menu. They cover some stuff said ingame, but are different. And many are hilarious and reference other Nintendo games. The first part had a funny moment that made me chuckle:

Palutena is about to explain things, when Pit interrupts her.

Pit: "Wait, before we being, who's this Kid Icarus guy?"
Palutena: "Uhh.. that's not important.."
Pit: "What happened to Icarus?!"
Palutena: "Moving right along!"

Not exact quotes, but as close as I can remember and you get the idea.
 

ryushe

Member
That's actually a turn-on to foot fetish people. Although pleasant-smelling feet are fine too, just not as flavorful. The most flavorful feet are those of a woman who swam earlier in the day. You can taste the chlorine.
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Sakurai collaboration with Treasure to make a Sin and Punishment/StarFox crossover.
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Anyway, I'm extremely hyped for this game. Even took the day off from work today (First time in over six months) just so I can play it all day. Now to wait for Gamestop to open... /agony

Also, HA to all of you with your stylus controls. Nyko Power Grip + the OG wrist thumb thingy ftmfw!

Edit:
Don't know if it was covered, but Gametrailers has their review up. Beware, maaad spoilers, yo!

A mostly positive review, only really hitting on the controls, most notably the dash mechanic, funny enough. Score:
8.3

IGN also has their real un-embargoed video review up.
 

SmokedMeat

Gamer™
$30 at BB?

I'm sitting on a Gamestop preorder slip -- the problem now is that the $10 savings from BestBuy is reduced to a savings of $4 or less as I wouldn't get the 3D Classics code from BB at this point.

Bah. Too bad Gamestop won't price match...

I'm in the same boat. I'm considering going through with my Gamestop purchase for the code on the receipt, and then returning the game to the Gamestop that's near my local Best Buy.
The sucky thing is I held off on preordering until just a few days ago, because I was waiting to see if anyone had any deals on this. Best Buy also was offering the free Kid Icarus Classic code with preorder, but their employees are usually clueless when it comes to making sure a preorder bonus code gets emailed to you.
 

Nosgoroth

Member
E-mail them. Amazon have excellent customer service from my experience.

Yes. The package has been dispatched already and my CC has been charged, but reading the email I can still send it back when it arrives.

My dilemma is: how can I resist keeping it now? I don't know if I'm going to be able to just send it back when it arrives.

My poor finances :(
 

Pietepiet

Member
I didn't try the stand yet, but then again, I didn't get the hand cramps everybody's been talking about. Rolling Western has trained me well.
 
I want to buy the game, but I don't know if I want to buy it at 45 euros...

Especially when I read it goes for $29.99 in the US. It just pisses me off.
 
Are you sure they won't sell the card packs in America? I got a pack of the cards from the tournament yesterday, and they were clearly labeled for resale.

Game's fun so far, though. It has a lot of extra things to do, yet curiously no minigames... That's not very Sakurai-like.
 

Boogdud

Member
So can anyone verify the 60fps that was mentioned several pages back? Because looking at all the gameplay videos definitely does not look like 60fps.
 

EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
So can anyone verify the 60fps that was mentioned several pages back? Because looking at all the gameplay videos definitely does not look like 60fps.

I don't think it is 60fps, though my eyes could be wrong. But the framerate is very smooth and consistent, which is the most important thing for me.
 
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