C/D: Kid Icarus

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Honestly TOMBOT, I think you're out of your gourd.
But convince me: what is there POSSIBLY to dislike about Kid Icarus?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 September 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)

I can't help you there, but I can tell you something that was awesome about it:

TURNING INTO AN EGGPLANT
http://snoot.org/i/wuss/vg/screens/eggplant.gif

Seriously, who came up with the eggplant wizard and what were they smoking, because I'd like to try it. Somewhat tangentially, how great was it when the eggplant wizard was made a major character on the Captain N cartoon series?

http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics3/cn22.jpg

― Laura H. (laurah), Saturday, 24 September 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

awesome design. the grim reaper was creepy, with her/his creepy music/sound effect.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 24 September 2005 06:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh that fuckin' reaper and the little reapettes. I can still hear that bullshit tinkly deedy deedy warped piano music as she unleashes the fury.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 September 2005 06:09 (twenty years ago)

I always enjoyed it when the "komayto" showed up.

http://www.metroid-base.com/Kartei/kidicarus1.gif

― Laura H. (laurah), Saturday, 24 September 2005 06:37 (twenty years ago)

classic, but oh so hard

― kurt broder (dr g), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

I used to love this game so much, though it was my first exposure to the term "mick" as a derogatory term for Italians (my dad informed me of this, probably when he heard me talking about killing Micks or something. It wasn't until I was older that I understood that the Micks had anything to do with the Rolling Stones.

― Lingbertt, Sunday, 25 September 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

I think you mean the Irish.

― Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 25 September 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

haha. or them.

― Lingbertt, Sunday, 25 September 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

I think the music was underwhelming, the difficulty was cranked higher than typical Nintendo fare at the time (which made it beyond frustrating for my unexceptional thumbs), the character design seemed subpar, and after Zelda + Metroid I was ready for more non-linear exploration and discovery, not more sequential stage-based gameplay. Out of the trilogy of NES's first "Adventure" titles it's easily the weakest, if not just flat-out irritating.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 26 September 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

I _LOVE_ the music (I actually listen to it on occasion); I remember beating it in about four days, so while it was reasonably hard, I didn't find it too much so; I thought the character design was astonishingly original, innovative and silly (flying noses!); loved the rpg elements of building up for battle and the dungeons as well as the upward crawl; great boss battles... I dunno.
Comparing this to Metroid and Zelda is, I think, unfair; contemporaries or not, they are OBVIOUSLY better games. I would argue KI is a closer third than its lack of sequels and mainstream love would suggest.
I really really like it.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 03:37 (twenty years ago)

If asked nicely, I will host a few mp3s.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Please?

― Lingbertt, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)

hey tombot, being shit at a game does not a shit game make :p

― rio natsume, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

I'll try and post some tunage on here later.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

hey tombot, being shit at a game does not a shit game make

Yes it does. That's why all first-person shooters are crap.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 28 September 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

That's why you need to hate the player, not the game.

― Laura H. (laurah), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

N-Sider.com has an interesting article that explains why there was never a console sequel to Kid Icarus:

Gunpei Yokoi's team was delegated to support the Game Boy, while Shigeru Miyamoto's team was catapulted to rock stardom as the premier design group on the Super Nintendo home console.

This also explains why the Mario Land games were so weird (although I do like them, as well as Kid Icarus), and why Wario eventually became the protagonist, to the exclusion of Mario.

― Allen E. Riley (allenriley), Friday, 30 September 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)

That's why you need to hate the player, not the game.

ooooooooo you'll get it for that one!

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 30 September 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

eight months pass...

I have the main theme in my head now.

I saw a 30+ minute "speed run" on YouTube.

This game was awesome.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 19 June 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

I still have to remember to put up some music for this.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 June 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

This game is hard but fun. Also it's the only cart I have that wants to work on the first try.

― carrey the cable guy (account), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

Type ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS and the password to get to the end level. ;)

― Darramouss ftw! (Darramouss ftw), Sunday, 25 June 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Finally got around to putting that music up.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 04:30 (nineteen years ago)

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