Kid Icarus: Uprising stays put with bundled stand [update: coming to all regions]

by JC Fletcher on Jan 12th 2012 10:00AM

When I played Kid Icarus: Uprising at E3, I called the circle-pad/stylus-based controls "unwieldy" and "basically only possible if you've put the 3DS on some kind of stand." (I'm going to pretend) Nintendo was listening, as creator Masahiro Sakurai has revealed a stand peripheral, to be bundled with the Japanese release of the game. "Touching the screen works better if it's secured," he said (roughly translated).

Nintendo has yet to make an announcement regarding the stand's inclusion with the American or European versions of the game, but given that this stand was designed to solve an identifiable problem, we'd be very surprised if any region left it out.

Update: And we remain unsurprised! Nintendo tells 1UP the stand will be included with all copies of the game, not just in Japan.

Source: @Sora_Sakurai, Nintendo

Tags: 3ds, japan, kid-icarus-uprising, nintendo, project-sora, stand

Reader Comments (121)

This is not a solution.

@Soc

I agree. What do people do if they're on the move? Or laying in bed trying to get a quick game session in?

More importantly....what about left handed gamers? The circle pad add on + the stand?

*Shudders*

WILL SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!?

@Soc

Yeah, this stand +the "extra" analog stick = not so portable anymore.......why nintendo wants so hard to make the NDS the next Genesis???????

@Hunter141072
I'm confused... What was wrong with the Genesis? Considering its competition at the time(SNES, TG-16, NEO-GEO); it didn't do too bad.

@Soc

Based on complaints of the game's controls, it appears it is a solution. What do you propose?

@foxhound

Sega CD, 32X, ...

@foxhound

May mean Dreamcast....

@Zethion

I wish I could delete that comment since I didn't get it at first and I do now.

@ItsameMatt03

I propose we propose a new proposal.

that's the only way to propose a solution to a solution.

@Soc It might not be a solution but the game is compatible with the Circle Pad Pro so maybe that is? I don't know?

@Soc

Agreed. This is -

http://images.esellerpro.com/2261/W/926/7/scalepspslimgrip.jpg

@ItsameMatt03 I suppose they should change the controls, maybe put the game on wii or wii-U instead

@foxhound

I wasn´t talking about the success of the console which was huge no doubt, i was talking about the crazy ideas that Nintendo has with the 3ds of adding more and more stupid things to the 3ds, to make it look like a huge brick and not an portable console. Sega did the same with the genesis, they started to add more and more peripherals to the genesis: the sega cd, the 32x, game cartridges that could be connected to other cartridges, at the end the genesis looked like a huge Frankenstein, but at least it wasn´t mean to be portable. With the 3ds things are going very weird so far, we have the extra pad, now this tablet thing, next they are going to add a dvd drive to it.

@Hunter141072
Ahh, gotcha. I can agree on that... especially considering I bought a 2nd version(the blue boxed, side-connected model)SegaCD when SEWER SHARK was packed-in.

Now that I think about it, it's a shame that the Wii was the only system to have an offline/packed-in game this generation in its standard model at release. Makes me wonder if the eighth generation of consoles will have even have a controller...

Please just hurry up with the 3DS Lite so you can stop spreading misery with these shit plastic add-ons.

It will be rivalling the Wii for crappy add-ons soon.

@Jameseh

Seriously, Nintendo is banking on add-ons accesories like the Xbox 360.

@Ballistic H

Or, you know, ever other system in existence ever.

@baby sea tuna

Indeed good sir.

@baby sea tuna

I don't remember any other system charging $100 for a wifi port.

@jph89

Aaaaand the PS2 didn't ship with a HDD or an ethernet port, the PS3 didn't ship with hi-def cables, the Wii didn't ship with motion plus, the Genesis didn't ship with the 32X, the N64 didn't ship with a memory expander or rumble pack, the NES didn't ship with a Power Glove, and so on and so on until the end of time...

@baby sea tuna Those accessories weren't/aren't as necessary (the HD cable being an example) as this stand is if you want to even get a decent experience out of Kid Icarus.

@(Unverified)

Then don't buy the game. I'm not going to (not because of the stand but because it just doesn't look that great to me.) I was referring more to the lack of necessity of a $100 proprietary wi-fi dongle for a system that comes with an ethernet port and the ability to hook any number of 3rd party wi-fi bridges up via USB.

@baby sea tuna And I was sure i wouldn't buy it from the moment it was announced an on-rails game and I was replaying to your comment of "EVERY SYSTEM IN EXISTENCE EVER"(yes all caps, sorry) which anyone can tell is completely false since,as I stated before, their accessories aren't as essential as this is in order to get full experience out of a game.

@(Unverified)
And where does it say we have to buy it? IT says it'll be bundled with the game. Sounds free to me.

@Jameseh
Yeah... cause I can totally imagine them including this as a build in feature...

@KaBob799
Oh it'll be free. The game itself will cost $50 dollars though, instead of the standard $40.

"Portable" Games

Just give us the game already.

Um I thought the 3ds was suppose to be portable. I'm not going to carry a stand with me to play a game.

@Th3commoncold

Then don't. That's the awesome part about it. You don't have to use... or even purchase it if you don't want too!

This is atrocious. So glad I passed on 3DS. A re-release with dual analogs and RE: Revelations will eventually lure me in.

Is anyone even really that excited for this game?

@Co
I was until I saw how it was controlled.

@Co

I would like to play it but it's not something I'm hyped out of my mind for. Not really the reason I bought my 3DS, but a good addition to it's library and something I'll check out.

But as for this add on... wtf? is this game that intense or something?

@Co

Dude you are the biggest Nintendo apologist on here, how could you not buy a 3DS for Mario alone? It's Mario for god's sake!

@Co

Oh my God, he's been possessed by the devil! Quick, someone get a Wii for him, it's the only way to save his soul!

@baby sea tuna

Well, a little back story:

I bought the DS Phat day one.... then a DS Lite day one... so far so good.

Then I got the DSi day one.... kinda regretted it, and it started cramping my hands and I wished the screens were bigger. Then they announce the DSi XL.

During this time I also acquired a Incredible 2, and when you're gaming on a DINC2 (which btw has some AMAZING JRPGs from Temco) and that beautiful screen, only to go back to your DSi to play Zelda 4 Swords on THAT screen.... ick. Plus I realized I don't like singleplayer 4 Swords very much.

So here is the 3DS. Although a much better step up from DSi than DSi was from DS, it still has this prototype feel and look about it, and all these add-ons and band-aids aren't helping my thoughts on that. Those great games will be there when the 3DS Lite drops, and hopefully it will not only include dual sliders, but bigger screens/less plastic as well.

@Shockwave

You might want to go back and read any comment ever that I've posted regarding 3DS, kid.

Hint: I'm kind of not a fan.

@Co

And I'm not a kid.

@Co

I agree that while the 3DS is no DSiXL (which was my favorite iteration of DS, although not exactly portable) the real beauty about it is more about the fact that Nintendo finally got their shit together on the downloadable front for their portables. Now, granted, they're going to ask too much for their games and never put them on sale, but there's nothing like having a stack of awsome GBA games (still my favorite handheld system) on one machine that fits (uncomfortably) in my pocket. Plus, Mario 3D Land is AWESOME.

I get wanting to wait for the inevitable redesign, but you kinda did miss out on some good stuff by not being dumb enough to drop $250 on a 3DS at launch.

@baby sea tuna

I hear ya. And there's a good possibility I pick one up after I grab a Wii U. But I also notice that I really enjoy the console aspect of gaming on a big ass TV over the portable approach in recent years.

But damn... that RE: Revelations....

@Co

I'm really impressed buy your lack of fanboyism. For example I like the PSVita because it's a huge step up, not because I adore Sony. If the screen resolution was the same as the PSP's 7 year old screen, I wouldn't like it. Nintendo unfortunately sticks to super low res screens and underpowered tech. I would love for them to change that policy but it's seems they aren't interested in doing that. That said, I may grab the 3DS redesign if it's nice enough.

This pretty much just sealed the deal on me returning/selling back my 3DS.

@Thiago123

Hahaha. Okay drama queen.

@Thiago123

One game came out that has a piece of hardware that... comes with it.... that you don't like

and....

You're returning your 3DS because of that?

I can't imagine what reasons you use to break up with significant others....

@Thiago123

despite it being ugly and not really useful to me, I don't understand why you want to abandon a system because it has a game that COMES WITH FREE ACCESSORIES! Have you never had a pre-order bonus before? Its like the same thing, except no need to pre-order.

@Zethion
"You've got a brown spot Mr. Apple!"

She's always too tan, even in the winter.

She eats her peas one at a time.

He doesn't use exclamation points!!!!!

Crib notes.

He was in a disguisting contest.

He/She is a high/close/soft talker.

Wow... and I though that the circle pad thing was stupid... Way to show me Nintendo!

Doesn't this control like Metroid Prime: Hunters?

Unless you use a Circle Pad, yeah.

So what's the problem, exactly? I thought Hunters controlled more or less fine.

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Kid Icarus: Uprising stays put with bundled stand [update: coming to all regions]

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