Kid Icarus is an adventure developed by Nintendo R&D1, released 19 December 1986 on Wii U, Wii, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Kid Icarus is
Kid Icarus is an adventure game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1986. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U, Wii, Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is set in Angel Land, which is a fantasy world with a Greek mythology theme. The backstory of Kid Icarus is described in the instruction booklet: before the events of the game, Earth was ruled by Palutena: Goddess of Light and Medusa: Goddess of Darkness. Palutena bestowed the people with light to make them happy. Medusa hated the humans, dried up their crop, and turned them to stone. Enraged by this, Palutena transformed Medusa into a monster and banished her to the Underworld. Out of revenge, Medusa conspired with the monsters of the Underworld to take over Palutena's residence the Palace in the Sky. She launched a surprise attack, and stole the three sacred treasures — the…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Kid Icarus series
Kid Icarus is the first of 13 entries we hold in the Kid Icarus series. The next entry was Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters in 1991.
What it launched against
Kid Icarus launched on 19 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Remasters
Quick answers
Kid Icarus — frequently asked questions
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