
Dear Negative World,
If this doesn't turn out to be the longest post in the history of our little community, I'll be incredibly surprised. You thought
"White Knuckle Scorin'" was an example of me in my worst self-indulgent, overkill mode? Oh man, I hadn't even begun to be self-indulgent and over-killering yet!
What I'm trying to say is, you might want to grab a few bottles of Gatorade and a Lunchable. You're gonna be here awhile.
Or just pull up the bus, if you want to get in the spirit of overkillThis is a collection of the first 5 parts of
The Fall of Kid Icarus, an Imaginary Video Game that I started composing in the Wii Lobby back in 2006-2007 (I'm a little fuzzy on the dates, but just go with it). Originally, I thought I could knock out my treatment for a new Kid Icarus game in about 3 parts over a period of a couple of weeks. But the project just ballooned in size so much that I had to abandon it, simply because I didn't have the time to keep going. There'd probably have been 12 to 15 parts, in the end - a good 2/3rds more than what I've got here. But even without an ending (or really even a middle!) I hope you guys can just enjoy it for what it is. This is an idea I had for relaunching the Kid Icarus franchise back when it looked like that would never, ever happen.
You should know that I'm one of those guys who grew up playing the original game. I've been waiting most of my life for a proper sequel. My original drafts for The Fall of Kid Icarus go back to 2003 - well before the announcement that Pit was going to be in Brawl. (I have sprinkled it with newer images, though, just to break up the wall of text.)
There's a lot more I could say to set this thing up and explain where I was coming from, but I think I'll just let you jump in and see if you like it. I'll break back in with some thoughts as it goes along. Look for Felix. That'll mean you're getting a note from Me: 2012 Edition.
Love,
Kris

P.S.: As pretentious as it is to quote oneself, I came across this line from one of my blog posts, which I thought would work pretty well as an epigraph for the whole thing:
"But even with all my story ideas and perception of the characters, if Nintendo just made a solid Kid Icarus game that had no more story than "find ye the three Sacred Treasures and try ye not to be turned into an Eggplant" I'd probably still love it." - Your Humble Author, 2009
P.P.S. Don't blame me for all this. It was Zero who invited me to post it!