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This Is Kid Icarus?
Brian Szabelski | 11:03 PM on 05.08.2008 24 comments




This is it, my friends. The purported new prototype sketches for Kid Icarus Wii, from none other than Factor 5, the people who had once shunned the Wii but made a U-turn when Lair bombed and they realized where the money was.

All I can say is if this is what the future holds for Kid Icarus... let it lie dormant. The Brawl re-design of Pit was fantastic... but this "mature" themed Pit? I don't know. I mean, the same kind of reboot worked for Link, but for Kid Icarus... it seems... out of place. He looks more like the Prince of Persia in some of these drawings than Pit.

And what of Palutena? Can we expect some blonde-haired, big-breasted goddess voiced by Pamela Anderson or something now?

Okay, maybe that's a bit too much, but really, I think a good model is already out there. Base it off the Smash Bros. Brawl model, which seems to be a popular choice amongst the story's comments, and leave it at that. I have a feeling once Factor 5 takes care of making sure the design doesn't suck, they'll fall back into place. One flop hasn't caused me to doubt them just yet.



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VWGTI's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:22
VWGTI
It looks fine.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:23
Topher Cantler
Fucking lame.
Genfuyung's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:23
Genfuyung
Grown Man Icarus.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:27
topgeargorilla
I largely don't like any of the artwork.
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:33
Excel-2011
Nice try.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:38
BluDesign
The one on the right seems like something out of Bible Studies Adventures...
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:38
madninja
Good lord, this is bad. Looks like Kratos but with wings and girly.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:44
AngelsDontBurn
Wow. Wow, wtf.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:47
Brian Szabelski
Good God, that stretched my blog out.

Hold on a sec, folks. :)
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/08/2008 23:52
Electro Lemon
Kid Icarus Wii: Testosterone Edition™
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 00:09
Cowzilla3
I'm fine with a more adult look and some of the other sketches they came up with weren't as bad as these. As long as the gameplay is awesome they can reinvent all they want. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't we constantly yelling at Nintendo for rehashing everything over and over again and now we get pictures that are anything but a rehash and we're yelling at them for changing things? It does say that these are just a few ideas the Factor 5 guys were throwing around and I'm sure once the Big N got their hands on it things will change in another direction.

I say Bravo to Factor 5 for taking a risk even if most of the risks look really stupid.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 00:21
Tubatic
The one in the high collar coat is kind of fresh. Icarus-vania style I guess
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 00:40
Gen Eric Gui
Fuck no. The one on the left could make for a decent game hero, but not for a "Kid" Icarus game. The character design was fine, why do you need to "mature" (IE: Fuck) it up? Brawl Pit or GTFO. Do whatever you want with the story, make it as dark as you want. Do whatever with the gameplay, if it's the old style I know I'll like it, if it's something new I'll gladly try it. But don't fuck with the character. Sakurai did all this work for you, it doesn't need to be fixed!

Cowzilla: Most of the times I hear people complaining about Nintendo rehashing, they're talking about the gameplay, not the characters. They want new ways to play the games; not new characters.
MatCD's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 01:11
MatCD
looks like something off of deviantart
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 01:38
Darren Nakamura
Yeah I dunno, I don't see what would be the issue with basing him off of the Brawl model. But then, maybe they're going for a more "grown up" story line? Will there no longer be wizard who turn you into a walking eggplant?
van's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 03:12
van
gay porn.
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 04:52
007
...I'm starting to really hate your "Gallery of hawtness."


Also, adult ikarus looks waaaay wrong. True 2 dat.
ShawnKelfonne's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 07:50
ShawnKelfonne
Oookay, so they're talking about him being "cursed" and becoming a "fallen angel"... then why the hell would he still have a bow given to him by a goddess?

Usually when you toss somebody out, you don't let them keep godly weapons.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:33
MissHinasaki
He looks like a 90s action cartoon character.
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