Rumor: Factor 5 working on a Kid Icarus game for Wii

This could be good. Could being the operative word-as much as I enjoyed Rogue Leader, Rebel Strike's ground missions were a pain. But with someone to work with them and keep up the quality standards, it could be a great game. And it sounds like good timing, too. If they'd set it up to release after Brawl, it would probably sink for the lack of name recognition.

omg, nice

I think it migh get deisgned with the zapper in mind and play similar to the ranger part of crossbow training.

Well Factor 5 did make Lair, which was horrible, but it look so gorgeous,and they can fix the flying(that was terrible) and make this game work,or I dont know. All I know is that if Nintendo is making a Kid Icarus game for the Wii or DS, then they better make it a good one.

Beautiful graphics with horrible flying.

This got me thinking, whatever happen to that panzer dragon-ish game that was part of the "Capcom 5" during the GCN era? It was cancelled but looked like it would have made a good kid icarus game.

Factor 5 = EPIC FAIL

As much as my interest in this game is high I have no desire to see Factor 5 develop something on the Wii.

Sounds Cool. I'm kinda worried though. Their Star Wars games were great, but Lair was kinda shit. In the way that diarrhea is kinda shit.

Make it like this: http://img.engadget.com/common/images/8143828848437927.JPG?0.742635871571926

Please.

I could be mistaken but didn't Justim start this rumor in the podcast?

I don't have them all here so I can't go back and check.

considering the previous effort with motion controls fpr Lair, i'm hoping they dont mess up this game with bad waggle controls...

I like how a dev makes one game that people rip on, and automatically they suck. yea so the ground missions stunk in rebel strike, boo hoo. their games STILL have the most replay value on my n64 and ngc.

If you want to complain about them, complain about the fact that they publicly burned it's bridge with Nintendo then came crawling back like a cheating bf to Nintendo when things didnt work as planned with Lair.

Personally, I know they can pull it off, and just like Retro, with Nintendo's supervision, they can do just fine. Everyone thinks that the controls will suck because of lair, but if you think about it, they have made the best flight experiences in the last two generations (besides ace combat). and considering they learned their lesson and wont do the "it's slow as it's a big dragon" excuse, i think it will be easy enough to install rogue squadron like flying controls (not in design and concept, but the fact they are tight and work).

I remember when it seemed an inevitability there would be a Super Kid Icarus for SNES and a Kid Icarus 64 for the N64. The fact is, the franchise has been dead since the Game Boy, a rare non-run-into-the-ground one for Nintendo. A revival after this long would be surprising, but maybe they'll try to justify it with some kind of special Wii control scheme.

For most people the memory of playing Kid Icarus is much better than the game itself, which is very dated compared to a lot of the other well-known franchises from the NES and onwards.
It is also a game that is hard to translate into 3D, much like Castlevania, and in my opinion any new Kid Icraus game should be a 2D platformer for the DS, again much like Castlevania.
You could stipulate that since the game is a basic platformer and as such is a very flexible basis on which to make a 3D game, there exists within that game world rules that do not translate well into 3D and if you do not bring those basic game ideas into a new game then there is little left of the original idea and it would only be a generic platformer with a bow and arrow.

I hear your not really controlling a cherub, but rather the wings on his back that cause the cherub to fly.

ah yes. it's soooo much fun to trash Lair.

have any of you guys actually *PLAYED Lair?

*silence*

i thought not.

don't get me wrong, i don't think Lair is a great game. i think it is a solid game, with forced motion controls. the only true problem with the motion control system, is that the 180 degree turn often gets confused with the "dash" move. actually controlling the dragon is quite fun once you get used to not using analog sticks.

the graphics are beautiful, yes. the story is very good, and the music is fantastic. if Factor 5 hadn't been so damn stubborn, and actually made the motion controls an *OPTION, and not force the issue, or use the motion controls sparingly (like only to dash, and do an attack or two), the game would have scored at *LEAST two points higher.

i give it about a 7/10.

you guys need to stop hopping on bandwagons, and actually start playing these games for *YOURSELVES. you miss out on a lot of good games that way.

some of you guys act as if Lair is representative of the Playstation 3 as a whole, and yet ignore it when quality games like Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank Future, Warhawk, Unreal Tournament 3, and Uncharted grace the console.

yes, Lair wasn't everything it was hyped to be, but how many games actually *ARE? Factor 5 made a mistake in forcing the motion controls in Lair, but why hold that against them for ever? sheesh. cut them some frigging slack. everybody gets one. damn.

a Kid Icarus revival wouldnt surprise me in the least. as long as they make it as similar to the original as possible ala Metroid which fit perfectly into the FPS genre. i would say Kid Icarus fits more into the 3rd Person genre. they should make it like Zelda in the sense of a healthy combination of fighting, puzzling, platforming, and good story.

Wiicycling is good for you AND the environment.

Why create anything original when you can make the same games over and over and over and over and over......