Stop jinxing Uprising! Maybe if Uprising does well they will make a more retro styled Kid Icarus at some point. I'd buy it.
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Kid Icarus: Uprising website updates and Palutena Tweets
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Stop jinxing Uprising! Maybe if Uprising does well they will make a more retro styled Kid Icarus at some point. I'd buy it.
SolarKnight
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You guys do know that the Twitter accounts name is Palutena because the JP name of the series is something like Palutenas Mirror, right?
Haha, that idea of a Twitter version of the Smash dojo would certainly be interesting
The game looks great so far, Id say DAY 1 if I wasnt sure of my lack of money around that time
Btw, is there any date for those anime episodes they announced before?
I respect the fact that they're keeping gameplay the same, just giving it a little visual polish in the background department. I'm really looking forward to it - it's been a long time since I played Kid Icarus. And I played the hell out of it, enough to get the "best" ending, anyway.
I think if they're going to do a remake I'd like to see it given the 2D castlevania DS treatment. Make a whole new game based on the IP, with modern sprites, some upgrades, badass combat, etc. etc. I would eat that up, and it would be a refreshing change of pace from the metroidvanias of the DS (though I loved all of those and hope to see a 3DS version).
Oni Link 666
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New video at the bottom here - http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/playmovie/index.html
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174764022229512192
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174749654897004544
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174735824833875968
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174774182909984768
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174764022229512192
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174749654897004544
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174735824833875968
https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/174774182909984768
slaughterking
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Because they are keeping the somewhat shoddy translation of the original. 1Up recently had an article about that.
/edit/ Here: http://www.1up.com/previews/kid-icarus-uprising-hewdraw-great-localization
/edit/ Here: http://www.1up.com/previews/kid-icarus-uprising-hewdraw-great-localization
Oni Link 666
Member
This isn't supposed to be exactly like Greek mythology and it doesn't take place in Greece either. It takes place in a made up Nintendo world called Angel Land.
I'm guessing it probably wears off after a certain amount of time/movement - after all, there's a miracle power to turn other players into eggplants, now, too.
Abilities are balanced through a sort of "tetris" system in which more powerful abilities take up more space on a grid.
As explained in the recent muliplayer videos, some weapons are simply more powerful than others and for this reason all weapons are assigned a value. This value ends being the cost of a player's death in multiplayer, so choosing a weapon becomes a risk versus reward proposition. Hopefully these values will be balanced in the future through software updates.
As far as single player, it looks like powerful weapon acquisition functions as the experience system- enabling the player to move onto higher difficulty levels as they gain more powerful.
I love how the weapons are being treated in this. It very much reminds me of Phantasy Star online. I'm sure there will be certain legendary weapons in addition to a great number of randomly generated variations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9n8Gcqyw0
New video (I think) focusing on the evasion system.
The video depicts Pit dashing through beams, which makes it seem like properly timed evades grant temporary invincibility. Hopefully evasion does not become exploitable mess like wave dashing in SSBM.
New video (I think) focusing on the evasion system.
The video depicts Pit dashing through beams, which makes it seem like properly timed evades grant temporary invincibility. Hopefully evasion does not become exploitable mess like wave dashing in SSBM.
Shikamaru Ninja
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They technically have re-designed a few of the 3D Classics. Excitebike has a re-made wide screen background. Urban Champion is very different than the original. For Kid Icarus there were several "black screen" backgrounds (like several early NES games) that Akira/Nintendo decided they could spruce up without affecting the gameplay. It is pretty awesome and I hope they do it for more games.
But keep it mind. These are all efficient low-budget works. Nintendo is satisfied with the meager returns at this point.
Yeah, as with all their downloadable titles they seem to have a very specific and limited budget in mind before they start production. Even Zelda: The Spirit Tracks was mandated to have have a 1 year production schedule. This certainly explains the meager visuals shown in titles like Dillon's Rolling Western and Sakura Samurai.
BassForever
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If you thought SSBM was bad, check out Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories for the GBA, Sora's dodge roll made him invincible to all attacks for several frames completely breaking any challenge the game had. Nothing in this video makes the dodging mechanic look that OP.
I think this is a given.
I can't wait to see what is going to come out of this title. I can't help nerding out at the thought that there are going to characters and locals introduced in this that will eventually become obligatory in SSB and nintendo fandom in general. It is great to see a franchise expanded so robustly like this.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/charactar/index.html#/index/
Sorry for spamming this thread, there is just a lot of news incoming.
https://twitter.com/#!/KidIcarusUK/status/174164356098039808/photo/1
It looks like there is a limit to dashing after all. I haven't noticed a stamina gauge anywhere, but I guess they have a way of penalizing you if you just dash continuously.
Question: Does anyone know how you control jumping? This preciously never entered my mind, but I am only just realizing how amazing it is that the game is controlled with the slide pad, the touch screen, and only one button.
https://twitter.com/#!/KidIcarusUK/status/174164356098039808/photo/1
It looks like there is a limit to dashing after all. I haven't noticed a stamina gauge anywhere, but I guess they have a way of penalizing you if you just dash continuously.
Question: Does anyone know how you control jumping? This preciously never entered my mind, but I am only just realizing how amazing it is that the game is controlled with the slide pad, the touch screen, and only one button.
I think you can only jump using jump pads at specific locations.
Yeah, it looks like that's it.
It's kind of amazingly bold of Sakurai to omit jumping/flying from the multiplayer and ground sections. This is Kid Icarus afterall. Even in SSBB, most of Pit's gameplay revolved around jumping and gliding.
We've already seen some cameo appearances: There are Nintendogs-themed orbitars (two dog paws hovering by Pit's shoulders that cause pawprints to appear onscreen), and an actual Metroid is one of the enemies in the game. Both of these cameos have already been seen in screenshots.
Definitely expect more Kid Icarus characters in Smash Bros. on 3DS and WiiU.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they changed Pit's Final Smash to be the three Sacred Treasures of Light; in one of the trailers for Uprising, we see Pit donning the items to become a golden centurion version of himself, which then does battle with Medusa. Consider it his "Super Saiyan" form. I could easily see this becoming a new Final Smash for him, freeing up Palutena to be her own character, preferably alongside Medusa. Speaking of which, Medusa would be a fantastic character: finally, an evil (and non-blonde!) female character, with no shortage of magic and minions to compose her specials. And her physical attacks could make use of her scepter. It's too perfect, really.
Another Uprising character, Magnus, "the strongest human on Earth," almost seems like he was designed with Smash Bros. in mind. He fights at your side at certain points in Uprising, and was designed as a foil to Pit, strong and masculine with a massive broadsword as his weapon. He would fit a game like Smash Bros. perfectly, as well.
Sakurai clearly went all-out retooling the designs of every existing Kid Icarus character and adding boatloads of new ones. With Uprising, Sakurai has single-handedly created more "new" and "renewed" characters than any other Nintendo game in recent memory. It's like he knows Nintendo has been slacking with characters that could fill out a Smash Bros. roster, so he's making them up himself.
I hope we get a demo.
chickdigger802
Banned
So this game ain't just a 30min long rail shooter with multiplayer mode?
ElectricBlanketFire
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Neoriceisgood
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Kid Icarus has gotten quite a few micro-threads right?
I've posted in some of them and always look at new ones,
but I tend not to post for the sake of posting, especially
when I've already commented on the game.
I'm super excited for for Kid Icarus though, it's looking great.
There's nothing much to get excited about, really. I mean, screenshots are nice and all but we've already got a ton of 'em.
I'm hanging out for more info on how the vehicle stuff is gonna work, personally. One of the things I read mentioned something about drifting, and now that Kirby Air Ride is fresh in my mind I'm imagining all sorts of things.
vagabondarts
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looking forward to this! Can't wait, it looks really cool (except for the dark pit thing)
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
it was never just a railshooter...
AceBandage
Banned
Well, SSB3D won't be displaying a large environment.
I dunno, the Metroids don't really count. They were in the original game.
And the paw prints seem more like just dog themed orbitars than specifically Nintendogs themed orbitars.
Thank you for reminding me - I've just preordered on Amazon (I love Prime!), and got another guy at work to do the same.
I have a feeling that the series may well be coming back. If this game is well-received, it's going to be a pretty big deal for Nintendo. Yet another franchise that'll end-up being a cash cow for the big N..
I have a feeling that the series may well be coming back. If this game is well-received, it's going to be a pretty big deal for Nintendo. Yet another franchise that'll end-up being a cash cow for the big N..
AceBandage
Banned
Can't wait for the Wii U game that plays like Gears of War.
uh what. what is happening here?
some sort of dashing mini-game?
the relevant tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/175096534273232896
some sort of dashing mini-game?
the relevant tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/3DS_Palutena/status/175096534273232896
This is what I got from a quick translation:
"It also has been suffering from miracle continues to run. Excellent flexibility "claw" 16km fire tactics to take a close race, and I aim to "stick" to take the interval that you use a combination of the three sacred treasures and we want to set."
Wut? Maybe a mode to try/train with your new weapons?
"It also has been suffering from miracle continues to run. Excellent flexibility "claw" 16km fire tactics to take a close race, and I aim to "stick" to take the interval that you use a combination of the three sacred treasures and we want to set."
Wut? Maybe a mode to try/train with your new weapons?
Then it'll become
"Oh great, another Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Metroid, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Wii ____, Fire Emblem, F-Zero, or Kid Icarus game. Can't Nintendo come up with something new for once?"
Trancetronic
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Sakurai just loves filling all of his games with content. That's what I like about the guy. He doesn't just "make" a game, he injects his heart and soul into his projects and give them infinite replay value. KI is shaping more to be like Brawl content wise. I mean AR cards weren't really necessary but it's a cool bonus and should make for some interesting 3D pictures.
Either way can't wait to play this. Metroid Prime Hunters was fine for me(it was the online play and lack of a real single player that killed it for me), but I'm totally cool with crabclaw+stylus gameplay.
Either way can't wait to play this. Metroid Prime Hunters was fine for me(it was the online play and lack of a real single player that killed it for me), but I'm totally cool with crabclaw+stylus gameplay.
Looks like its got counters for enemies killed and some sort of distance? I have no idea.
BassForever
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I've gotten to the point that I really don't need any more info on KI:U to know that I want it and will get it day 1. All these new screen shots/info is just more icing on the cake.
Yeah that's exactly what I thought. Seems as though it might also actually have some bearing on the rest of the game too somehow, which is nice.
Same here. Pre-ordered last week, the day after Nintendo Direct. It completely won me over. And I'm not even usually a big online multiplayer guy, but when I saw that everything just seemed to click.
There's no pleasing the folks who would say that anyway. Nintendo could offer them a near-identical-to-Microsoft's/Sony's product, and they'd still find some reason to sneer. It's hard to take that crowd seriously, for me at least. *shrug*
StreetsAhead
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I have a feeling that a demo will come out post-release.
Magna and Medusa will almost certainly be being planned, may depend on how well the game does if they include both.
People seem to either want new franchises from Nintendo, or they want their old franchises to 'return to the glory days of 2D' or change completely (Zelda is afflicted with both).
Meh, wasn't really thinking when I thought that (somehow).
Of course, this game has larger areas, more enemies, and six player online to handle, so SSB3D should look much better. Well, noticeably better at least.
Anyway, I'm pretty confident that this won't disappoint. Pre-ordered and waiting!