Topic: Kid Icarus: Uprising

kkslider5552000 wrote:

Yeah, I'm glad it has online. I know 3DS is rapidly becoming popular but even console split screen isn't nearly as popular as it used to be (sadly), so why would they make games for the new Nintendo handheld with multiplayer but no online. That only worked with the older Pokemon games, and that was when literally everyone was into Pokemon.

Bubbab55 wrote:

When does this game come out in NA

NintyFan wrote:

Here are nuggets of information from the Nintendo Power article

• "I love freedom in games," says Sakurai. "I don't mean the sort of freedom where you're thrown into some empty wasteland... I like to make games that can be enjoyed like a buffet, where players are free to have as much as they want of whatever they want."
• controls feel smoother and weightier than in DS games like Metroid Prime Hunters
• fun truly begins in the ground part of the levels
• levels are frantically paced and full of surprises, as Sakurai calls it, "escalating the situation."
• a constant stream of dialogue between the characters that works like a charm because of clever writing and strong performances
• playful banter such as Pit collecting an item from the first Kid Icarus and Palutena remarking that it looks less pixelated than she remembers and a partner expressing shock that Pit would open a treasure chest right in the open without thinking it might be a trap
• Playful, teasing Palutena and enthusiastic, self-deprecating Pit make a perfect comedy duo
• there are no cutscenes in which there is a screen of text to read or watching an long event with no player-interaction, the story and character dialogue unfolds during the heat of the gameplay
• not sure how long the game is, but NP reached up to Chapter 8 with no ending in sight
• huge arsenal of weapons increase the game's replayability
• nine different categories of weapons filled with differing properties and special abilities for each one
• there's no best weapon, but just the best weapon for you
• Sakurai hinted at hard challenges to give players good reason to find the best weapons
• "We've added a certain unique system to address the original game's reputation for being quite challenging."

NintyFan wrote:

Here are nuggets of information from the Nintendo Power article

• "I love freedom in games," says Sakurai. "I don't mean the sort of freedom where you're thrown into some empty wasteland... I like to make games that can be enjoyed like a buffet, where players are free to have as much as they want of whatever they want."
• controls feel smoother and weightier than in DS games like Metroid Prime Hunters
• fun truly begins in the ground part of the levels
• levels are frantically paced and full of surprises, as Sakurai calls it, "escalating the situation."
• a constant stream of dialogue between the characters that works like a charm because of clever writing and strong performances
• playful banter such as Pit collecting an item from the first Kid Icarus and Palutena remarking that it looks less pixelated than she remembers and a partner expressing shock that Pit would open a treasure chest right in the open without thinking it might be a trap
• Playful, teasing Palutena and enthusiastic, self-deprecating Pit make a perfect comedy duo
• there are no cutscenes in which there is a screen of text to read or watching an long event with no player-interaction, the story and character dialogue unfolds during the heat of the gameplay
• not sure how long the game is, but NP reached up to Chapter 8 with no ending in sight
• huge arsenal of weapons increase the game's replayability
• nine different categories of weapons filled with differing properties and special abilities for each one
• there's no best weapon, but just the best weapon for you
• Sakurai hinted at hard challenges to give players good reason to find the best weapons
• "We've added a certain unique system to address the original game's reputation for being quite challenging."

WaveBoy wrote:

Cheesy? This is light hearted Nintendo goodness.