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Kid Icarus: Uprising is finally here! If you're playing, indicate as such in the game database.
Masahiro Sakurai's shooter-action-adventure finally hits the 3DS. The game is packed with tons of content, different control options, beautiful 3D graphics, and a robust multiplayer mode. This is a game that will be really fun to dig into because there is so much beneath the surface. Let's share our discoveries and discuss the latest great 3DS game! As well as celebrate that Sakurai is finally now working on the next Smash Bros
Please, though remember to spoiler tag any story elements until most people have finished the game.
Online multiplayer call to arms Here's a list of all the folks who are interested in Uprising's online multiplayer mode. Post your friend code if you're interested and it'll get added here.
@VofEscaflowne Oh I eventually made it! Just cost me my sanity! I knew the secret was dashing at the right time and at the right angle but I kept getting blown off or dashing off the edge on accident, over and over and over, until I was like the Incredible Hulk and filled with rage!!!!
Anyway, all is good, I plan on finishing the game tonight probably and all in all it was great to have a new Kid Icarus game after all these years. There are a few flying levels I will have to replay now and then... just to bask in the glory, but I'll never be able to unlock all the idols and challenges, it would send me over the edge!
Well you don't really have to dash at the right time. Just as long as you're dashing when passing through the wind, you should be fine... and of course run against the wind. Do you rotate the camera when running? It really helps to turn better and doesn't feel as "clunky" I suppose.
[...]I'm not sure what @Davoid meant by weapons you find being useless.[...]
Of course, what a "useless" weapon is, is pretty much left to interpretation. Weapons with great bonuses are not useless. But i'd say that weapons that are under 220 and doesn't have any bonuses you like should probably be a grinder candidate.
Ooh, I thought you said "The weapons you find are useless," as in every weapon you find is just trash Of course the "are" isn't there in the original post haha. My mistake!
Yeah if a weak weapon has a status modifier you'd like to pass along, keep fusing it with stronger stuff and eventually you can craft a strong versio of the weapon type you want with that specific modifier.
The online battles are VERY addictive. The Light vs. Dark Matches is a awesome mode to pass the time. The Free-for-all is like Super Smash Bros. but 100% more awesome. (But i still can't wait for Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS.)
My username for Kid Icarus: Uprising is BrawlerX. Let's Battle sometime!
The humor of the story mode is awesome, and the voice acting is amazing! There are even some memorial quotes in the game. I like the reaper's theme when Pit get spoted XD
The whole (well kind of) game scared me as a kid! There was just something about the theme that was unsettling to me haha. But it was still one of those games that felt memorable, even though I never even made it that far. I didn't even know there was dungeons and horizontal sidescrolling levels until I bought it on the Wii VC.
And this theme is absolutely amazing
This game has really surprised me. I know I've expressed my love for it enough already It probably would have been my 2011 GOTY if it came out back then!
@VofEscaflowne All of the music in the game is just ridiculously good. They did an amazing job of paying homage to the source material yet elevating all of the old themes to new levels of majesty!
Yup, all of that hired talent was worth it I could go on and link more songs but everything is so damn good. I've spent quite a bit in the music mode just listening to the unlocked songs. There's one in particular that just gave me chills since it felt like such a huge contrast to the rest of the game. Very short piece but it was perfect for the moment.
I do have to link this though. The boss theme is awesome!
Has anyone noticed a full on version of the original Kid Icarus Title Theme anywhere in Uprising? I hear a bit of it in the Reaper level, but I haven't noticed it anywhere else. It's my favorite bit of video game music, so I've been looking forward to its appearance in Uprising.
Has anyone noticed a full on version of the original Kid Icarus Title Theme anywhere in Uprising? I hear a bit of it in the Reaper level, but I haven't noticed it anywhere else. It's my favorite bit of video game music, so I've been looking forward to its appearance in Uprising.
You do hear the full theme at the very beginning of chapter 1. It goes through the full song, but right at the loop point, Medusa shows up and talks smack, so it doesn't loop. But it is indeed the whole song at least.
Haven't quite finished yet (but getting close!) so it may show up later in the game too.
Broke the 90% progress mark. Things are going along a lot better than I expected them to though there's still gonna be a bunch of difficult treasure hunts to complete.
Ugh, awful! I'm on chapter 9 and was playing in the intensity 5 range, ran into Tempura Wizard, died instantly two times, and now I've been lowered to Intensity 3 range. That was... bad.
I could go on and link more songs but everything is so damn good. I've spent quite a bit in the music mode just listening to the unlocked songs. There's one in particular that just gave me chills since it felt like such a huge contrast to the rest of the game. Very short piece but it was perfect for the moment.
