Kid Icarus to smolder with generic rage?

Id play Man Icarus

If this really is concept art, there's no way it's what they'd go with in the end. Not after Pit's design in Brawl. He's too recognizable the way he is now.

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Young Link in Melee and Link in Wind Waker are not the same Link. Shush. :P

Anyone think it's weird that only after Matt C. 'confirms' Kid Icarus, this concept art shows up?

First of all, PIT IS DEAD. The new "Kid Icarus" game should be simply called "Icarus" and it should be E-P-I-C. And it should not have Pit in it, on account of him being dead.

Actually, that premise sounds pretty good to me. I've never played the original Icarus, so I'm not too familiar with the gameplay and aesthetic, but a lot of long time fans seem to be turned off by this news.

I really like Brawl's Kid Icarus, so I would hope they would use that. (Didn't someone in Nintendo once make a comment about?)

However, I really don't like the drawing featured above. Just doesn't feel right.

Not only is this concept art lame, it's also fake.

I remember reading through some developer notes regarding Super Smash Bros Brawl. The developers mentioned that to create the Pit (Kid Icarus) model, they had to get approval from the original game creator, and the entire process took them through multiple iterations until the Brawl model was finalized.

The Brawl developer being interviewed (maybe Sakurai?) also mentioned that to change something as simple as more realistic denim on Mario's jeans required Nintendo to really stretch their character model policy, which is tighly regulated by Nintendo.

My point is that the Brawl Kid Icarus model is more than likely *THE* official Kid Icarus model. Don't expect it to change much.

Hey Kratos,what the hell happened to you man?

I don't know what to think about this Pit. I haven't ever actually played the Kid Icarus games before, but the name "Icarus" just sounds cool. It sounds... Epic! Yeah, that's what we need! An epic game.

I know Zelda is epic and stuff, but I mean it's an adventure game. Someone here, or maybe at gonintendo stated before that Nintendo has touched on almost all genres but the Action genre and Kid Icarus was an excellent way to make an action game.

It could be sorta like Ninja Gaiden, where the Arrows are unlimited but very weak (a la the Shurikens in Ninja Gaiden) and the swords appear from the bow like in Smash bros. but this "Icarus" will be more mature, an adult, if you will, and he could have flash backs, that could or could not be play-able - up to the devs, of when he was not yet a fallen angel. Sure that sounds generic, but look at God of War.

That's generic to the highest most shameful level of generic yet it is funner than most Action games out there because of 1 factor: It is mindless Hack 'n' Slashing for no good reason and it was done correctly. If they could pull off something like this for "Icarus" (I just love that name, it sounds so right and official, good job adolson.) I think it will be an excellent way to revive the franchise and not let the "Core" (Now this name I hate!) gamers down.

This game should not be dumbed down, think Metroid Prime Corruption and how that wasn't dumbed down (Well maybe a little, but the others were far too hard in my opinion, maybe it was the controls that helped make it easier, I dunno, but you get the picture).

The controls should be as innovative as can be, making it feel very solid, and precise without going over board to an extent where rather than button mashing, you're waggle dancing, but they should be active and alive (if you know what I mean), not 1:1, but something along those lines, again, think Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, only with IR for shooting the arrows.

I could go on for decades, relating it to other games but that will get boring and take far too long. I honestly want a brainless, not too easy, not too hard Hack 'n' Slash game from Nintendo just to see what they'd do with it and simply because that is one of the few genres I don't really get bored of, if done correctly that is. I may have related to too many games, but I know Kid Icarus was "Zeld-ario meets Ice Climbers" and this could be "Generic Meets Nintendo".

I've been a huge proponent of Kid Icarus being an action game, but turning it into a God of War clone is just...not the way to go about it.

ok first off pit never died, he simply flew to close to the sun and fried his wings. Second the term angel relates to a heavely spirit and fallen angel just means a non heavely spirit and seeing as how angles cant die "tech speaking" they are often killed in games after they become killable after some tragic misshape say FLYING TO CLOSE TO THE SUN? I personaly think anyone who says having another antihereo on roids is a bad thing is not looking thru a clear mind. look how link grew yeah hes still young but hes gone from kid to teenager and one day im hoping he'll be a "real boy"...err man. I would love to see pit in a game played like zelda tp

I don't like this idea. Just because a Western developer takes the helm does not mean the very essence of the series has to be overhauled

Look at the Metroid success story. Same game, different perspective

On a scale from 1 to 5, I rate that concept art a *headdesk*.

I liked his brawl model. It was a perfect step up from the rosy-cheeked Pit of the NES era. Keep in mind that Brawl wasn't a Kid Icarus game, it just had Pit in it. Now imagine jumping straight from NES (or Gameboy, they were very similar) Pit to this concept art. It would be too extreme of a change. Pit's design in brawl is probably the best imaginable place to continue the series from.

I did came t like this art work. I really would buy a game with a charachter like this one in it, but not a Icarus one

Ooh!
Seems they would start of from KI2. Look at the bottom of his neck. He doesn't have wings, just a cape that resembles wings.

I don't think that they would use this with the newer Pit in Brawl being so reconizable though.

im ok with the brawl model as long as they change the voice. man that gets annoying.

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I love the Kid Icarus games, I pray this is fake art. Please dont fuck up a game Ive loved since childhood. Id rather have nothing, then eat shit for dinner.

Oh, yay. Another Persona/World Ends with You, emo-tinged video game! I can't wait, guys.

Seriously, we need more off-the-wall gameplay and nonsensical crap like that. Side-scrolling wouldn't hurt either. Haha^^

Totally fake.

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