For a game that
hasn't even been formally announced, there sure seems to be a lot of information circulating about the Wiicreation of the celestial NES action-platformer,
Kid Icarus. For instance, Kombo.com (not to be confused with
Zombo.com)
recently posted a veritable cornucopia of concept art for the rumored title, as well as some heretofore unannounced deets. Apparently, Pit has been "cursed for thousands of years for a crime" and has
become a fallen angel -- those mature themes seem to resonate through the conceptual drawings, available
on Kombo's site.
We're not sure if this new media is legit, but
Kombo did break the rumor that Factor 5 was working on an Icarus title in late January. Perhaps they do indeed have an inside source -- though it's just as likely that their early plot details could have rolled off their own forked tongues.
Check out the images, and judge for yourself.
{ May 11th 2008 at 5:00PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
jhrf89 @ May 11th 2008 5:10PM
Can't help but think this looks rather fake.
D_Average @ May 11th 2008 7:51PM
Definitely, the feet are twice as big as the head!
Paul @ May 11th 2008 11:15PM
I willing to bet money that most of the shit came from our friends at deviant "art".
Grey Acumen @ May 11th 2008 11:19PM
You can see the line of reasoning though, just listen:
Kid Icarus = Kid + Icarus
Icarus = Greek Fable = Tragedy
Tragedy = Tragic
Kid + Tragic = Emo
And that is how we come to the current concept art for kid Icarus.
James @ May 11th 2008 5:11PM
LOL! Shitty fan art more like.
supakoopa @ May 11th 2008 5:11PM
I find this highly unbeleivable. Why would anyone leak info to Kombo before... Well just about any other site?
killploki @ May 11th 2008 5:12PM
i agree, looks more like fan art and most of it is somewhat poorly done.
jackbauer(mk:mario kart:4811-7496-3209) @ May 11th 2008 5:40PM
MAN ICARUS!
JangoGod @ May 11th 2008 5:12PM
Matt from IGN just said something about this...But looks like we'll have to wait till E3 for the official announcement :)
Fernando Rocker @ May 11th 2008 5:12PM
mmmm... this is old and confirmed fake. Besides, I think the Kid Icarus version from SSBB is very good.
Let me find the link...
Fernando Rocker @ May 11th 2008 5:34PM
Damn... can't find the link.
But those are fakes... aparently, Retro or Factor 5, together with Nintendo, are working in Kid Icarus, and I really doubt those companies would make that shitty art.
samfish @ May 11th 2008 6:52PM
This is apparently from Factor 5.
Evidently, Factor 5 made this stuff to show to Nintendo as their way of getting Nintendo to LET them make Kid Icarus.
So for my money, between this and what IGN has been saying, a Kid Icarus game sure sounds like it's coming.
...that said, it had better not look like any of this stuff. It's not bad it's just...not Kid Icarus.
time @ May 11th 2008 9:03PM
I actually think the SSBB Pit looks rather boring and unoriginal. While I'm not a fan of this particular design, I hope they come up with an interesting concept.
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:14PM
I hope that this is fake. Please god. Please?
fscker @ May 11th 2008 5:14PM
LOL @ zombo.com.
Jerk Face @ May 11th 2008 8:32PM
Seriously! I've never seen that site before. I LOL'ed.
BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ May 12th 2008 3:40AM
You can do anything at Zombocom.
deaftly @ May 11th 2008 5:15PM
This guy looks to old for nintendos fanbase
*hides*
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:18PM
I think what you meant was too EMO for Nintendo's fanbase, which is, as you know, made up of 12 year old bitches. See what I did there?
tmacairjordan87 @ May 11th 2008 5:32PM
The problem is he's not cartoony or kiddy looking enough, so it's definitely fake.
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:37PM
Cartoony and kiddie like Metroid, Zelda, and Fire Emblem? Yeah, you're right.
Fernando Rocker @ May 11th 2008 5:40PM
Don't forget the guy from Disaster: Day of Crisis.
http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/5006/pic8ja.jpg
That's the kind of art that Nintendo would release... apealing characters.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 11th 2008 5:41PM
Yes exactly. None of those characters ever got close to as real or dark as that likely fake picture
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:43PM
I think the Pit design in SSBB is much more appealing than this garbage. It may be more 'cartoony/kiddie,' but at least it doesn't make me want to punch myself in the face.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 11th 2008 5:47PM
You win there I never said I found that picture appealing. It looks like concept art of a rejected character from Fable.
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:55PM
Haha, nice observation, tmac.
samfish @ May 11th 2008 6:53PM
"None of those characters ever got close to as real or dark as that likely fake picture"
GOOD. If I want to play a game that makes me feel good about my substandard penis size, I'll play God of War.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 11th 2008 7:03PM
Shouldn't go there samfish, cause I can say something similar like if I want to feel like a man who acts like a child I'll play a ninty game.
samfish @ May 11th 2008 7:07PM
heh- I left myself wide open with that one - why didn't you take it?!
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 7:13PM
Or I can be a real man and play a video game because it's FUN and not based on what it looks like.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 11th 2008 7:13PM
Because I don't make jokes about someone's penis. It's a man law I refuse to violate
samfish @ May 11th 2008 9:00PM
"Or I can be a real man and play a video game because it's FUN and not based on what it looks like."
'eh? Now what would be the point of that? Don't be silly!
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 9:10PM
You need to get on MKWii, samfish. I've added you but it hasn't been confirmed yet! We need to race!
samfish @ May 11th 2008 11:37PM
I'll try to remember to sign on tomorrow night around 9:00pm EST, if that works for you.
I'm not terribly good at it, admittedly, but I unlocked Rosalina, so I'm happy at least.
zkey14 @ May 11th 2008 5:20PM
That shit looks terrible.
KirbyMeister @ May 11th 2008 5:24PM
oh I hope to sweet jesus this is fake. we don't need another brooding anti-hero in the already crouded list of videogame anti-heroes.
ApolloIV @ May 11th 2008 5:24PM
Oh god who let HIM in here.
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:30PM
Alright, a little sense of reason here. Yeah, the art direction of this is supposed Icarus looks terrible and same-y. But let's hold out judgment, if this is indeed real, because this game could be the next Metroid Prime. I trust Factor 5 and trust they wouldn't mess this up. Come on, Nintendo is behind this, too. Do you think they'd let Icarus suck after the cult following this series has adopted?
GatorSax2010 @ May 11th 2008 5:31PM
This has to be fake... Of all the franchises to turn "dark and serious," I doubt they'd pick one called "KID Icarus."
Cephas @ May 11th 2008 5:32PM
Why does the tile mention screenshots? Since when is concept art the same thing as a screenshot?
Blue_Falcon @ May 11th 2008 5:31PM
I'm not sure how I feel on any of those sketches. This is the only one I've really seemed to like so far:
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rumor-kid-icarus-concept-art-wii/799782/
The tattoos (scars?) look well done, and overall manages to give off a good older vibe, but seem to stay relative to the kind of period it's set in.
Some of them look futuristic(?) and totally out of place, like the one in the main photo and this one:
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rumor-kid-icarus-concept-art-wii/799797/
But this could all just be another big rumor or something, and we could all be getting angry for nothing.
*shrug*
Nick Ritch @ May 11th 2008 5:33PM
I hope in addition to a 3d wii version of kid icarus they also make a 2d game for the ds similar to metroid or castlevania.
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 5:39PM
I second this. I second the SHIT out of this!
Frojo @ May 11th 2008 5:33PM
looks to me like a hearty fan-art compilation and nothing else.
Alex @ May 11th 2008 5:33PM
This is fake, the new Kid Icarus would probably use the redesign they used in Brawl.
Fernando Rocker @ May 11th 2008 5:35PM
Exactly.
LAWL @ May 11th 2008 5:37PM
I am impresed,those fans do know how to make art.
Those can be based on a real deal if the story is ture,or just be fake shit rumor but i cant know right now,but i DO hope its just fake.
The "Mature" KI doesnt look like,well,a kid or like the old style how ive heard it was(since never played the original) but mostly,i dont want ANOTHER emo-bad attitude kid in a world that doesnt understand him,charged crimes he didnt do antihero blah blah.
It can be Mature but still good people,the key is to treat the audience like they arent kids.
Steven @ May 11th 2008 5:40PM
"Rumor: Kid Icarus Wii details, screenshots revealed"
So where are the screenshots?
F1 @ May 11th 2008 5:45PM
How much do you want to bet hell have amnesia?
theturtle363 @ May 11th 2008 6:09PM
God forbid they start a mew franchise for the Wii