NintendoLife: Kid Icarus was always a bit of a weird game. Originally released alongside Metroid and using an almost identical game engine, it was quickly overshadowed by the popularity of Metroid's giant game world full of areas to explore and, save for a (more entertaining) Game Boy sequel, the series was never heard from again until Pit suddenly appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
More than twenty years ago, Kid Icarus was released for the NES and went unnoticed by many, overshadowed by the much more popular Metroid series. In 2012, after Pit’s growing popularity in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo revived the Kid Icarus franchise by creating Uprising on the 3DS. Alongside the release, the NES original was added to the eshop as a “3D Classic”, a treatment that gave NES games more depth — literally.
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Nintendo of Europe has announced that some new retro 3DS and 2DS themes will be arriving this Friday, on January 23, 2015. The themes include the likes of Donkey Kong, Ice Climber, and Kid Icarus.
Lucky foreigners, playing my Kid Icarus.
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