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Rumortoid: Kid Icarus Wii renders leaked, look Ass-tastic photo

Yikes.

These renders could be completely fake, they could be part of a pitch from Factor 5 to Nintendo, or they could be an actual work in progress from a new Kid Icarus game, but no matter how you slice it, they're pretty hard to look at. The Wii can handle just about everything but realistic looking graphics, so to dump the perfectly acceptable Pit design from Super Smash Bros. Brawl in favor of this fugly Man Icarus would just be bad buisness.

If this is the direction that Nintendo wants to go with the next Kid Icarus title, I hope they wait for the Wii 2 before they put the game out.  Turning Pit into a muscular man would still be a deformation of the Kid Icarus I grew up with, but at least it would be deformation presented in glorious high-defintion.

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covah's Avatar
covah at 02/01/2009 12:06
eeeh
sicPOS's Avatar
sicPOS at 02/01/2009 12:06
please jebus no
Drach's Avatar
Drach at 02/01/2009 12:07
Wow those do look horrible. Doesn't Nintendo know that they need a high definition machiene these days? Most Television is going digital this year... Time for the Olde Nintendo to start paying attention to the times.
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Drach at 02/01/2009 12:13
I agree, Jonathan, The Super Smash Bros Pit looks a HELL of a lot better than this shit on a screen...
loquax's Avatar
loquax at 02/01/2009 12:16
No way this is real.
Poopface Morty's Avatar
Poopface Morty at 02/01/2009 12:20
I'm more inclined to think this is some college kid's own stylized render for a 3D modeling course, using someone else's intellectual property for the source inspiration. I would imagine Nintendo would want to stick with the Smash Bros Brawl version.

If it is real...*BARF*.
somesthetic's Avatar
somesthetic at 02/01/2009 12:20
that is a render of Don Johnson.
solidgoomba's Avatar
solidgoomba at 02/01/2009 12:21
This looks as real to me as those Dead Rising 2 trailers.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar
ThunderHeartXI at 02/01/2009 12:22
All that looks like is some 3D modeling students shitty work in Blender. Nothing to see here.
Matthew Blake's Avatar
Matthew Blake at 02/01/2009 12:22
I don't think it looks ugly because it's trying to be realistic. I think it looks ugly because it's a shitty design, with boring colors to boot. If this is the real deal, just remember, all you people who wanted a "mature" Kid Icarus reboot: Be careful what you wish for.
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Blind assassin at 02/01/2009 12:25
I don't have even the slightest doubt that this isn't real. I'm inclined to believe Nintendo will stick with the Smash Bros. model for a new Kid Icarus game unless they went cel-shaded or something but I'm absolutely sure they wouldn't turn him into this if they wanted to redesign him for some reason.
Endstiem's Avatar
Endstiem at 02/01/2009 12:27
that is a render of Don Johnson.

*brick was shat*
Stahlbrand's Avatar
Stahlbrand at 02/01/2009 12:30
Sweet 80s hair.
Mirax's Avatar
Mirax at 02/01/2009 12:41
I'm pretty sure this is fake... Well, at least I hope so.
The Brawl model looks alright, but i'm not sure they will go with it.
McSnow's Avatar
McSnow at 02/01/2009 12:44
My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
Redzie's Avatar
Redzie at 02/01/2009 12:51
It looks amateurish, terrible and very poorly done. If it was in any way legit, it could be just a pitch and in no way being apprived by nintendo.

Internet trolling.
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Superfluous Moniker at 02/01/2009 12:54
Watch them go all 'Fallen Angel' and have him be dark and brooding in an attempt to please non-casual gamers... It's Prince of Persia: I Smolder with Generic Rage all over again.

*This wild guess was taken entirely from the darkness of his armor and the pissed off look on his face.*
exodus1925's Avatar
exodus1925 at 02/01/2009 12:57
Dude, totally fake.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 02/01/2009 13:03
The kid is back!

TheCleaningGuy's Avatar
TheCleaningGuy at 02/01/2009 13:03
It's Rygar! (PS2 version)
John B's Avatar
John B at 02/01/2009 13:10
Please be fake...
Please be fake...
Please be fake...
Please be fake...
Please be fake...
Please be fake...
Please be fake...
Generic Dude's Avatar
Generic Dude at 02/01/2009 13:10
Dear Nintendo,

Pit looks like this:



KTHX
SpikeDelight's Avatar
SpikeDelight at 02/01/2009 13:24
WHY REALISTIC PIT WHY
Xhumation's Avatar
Xhumation at 02/01/2009 13:34
This really can be true.

If it is they just should go back to the drawing board with it.
ChillyBilly's Avatar
ChillyBilly at 02/01/2009 13:40
OMFG that looks AMAZING!! If amazing means looks like shit cooked in vomit.
rushnik's Avatar
rushnik at 02/01/2009 13:43
My god, it's teen Sepheroth...
ANGST OVERLOAD!!!
jackal27's Avatar
jackal27 at 02/01/2009 13:45
Ok, that crap is TOTALLY fake. With Nintendo's style and the quality of product that generally put out, there is NO WAY that they would allow one of their first party titles to look like this.

Plus, The proportions on the character are WAY off as well. I simply can't believe that this would ever even come close to being real. When is the last time Nintendo renders were leaked anyway? Ummm... NEVER? Oh yeah.
ChillyBilly's Avatar
ChillyBilly at 02/01/2009 13:51
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Mystic Violet at 02/01/2009 13:58
Looks fake to me. It looks like something a Game Design student would create. :/
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flamesofchaos at 02/01/2009 14:33
I'd personally never trust a rumor from Gonintendo.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 02/01/2009 14:33
Is it so hard to use the Brawl model?
pedrovay2003's Avatar
pedrovay2003 at 02/01/2009 14:41
"The Wii can handle just about everything but realistic looking graphics..."

I don't know, Resident Evil 4 looked pretty realistic on the GameCube, and it looks just as good on the Wii. You just need to know how to do realistic graphics correctly on the Wii.

I agree, though, I think the Pit model from Brawl would be ten times better. You know, so he's a kid.
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mmmpek at 02/01/2009 14:53
why are there even people out there making pit/sting models? stop wasting ur life! :P
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 02/01/2009 14:54
I hope that's just a shitty NPC.
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Lightthrower at 02/01/2009 14:57
And his groin o_O OMG can't stop looking, NooOoOo!
L0cky's Avatar
L0cky at 02/01/2009 14:58
nust be fake nintendo wouldnt release such crap of a good old franchise esp when they already made a good looking pit for brawl.
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nebben at 02/01/2009 15:17
I'm gonna say 'not official Nintendo' because unless my eyes just aren't processing what I'm seeing correctly, his legs are all messed up in the one with his bow drawn. He has the wrong leg forward and it makes for an almost physically impossible stance... I don't think the Big N would overlook such a simple mistake.
Stahlbrand's Avatar
Stahlbrand at 02/01/2009 15:19
LOL at the 'nintendo could never make a mistake' sentiment.
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CallMeRotten at 02/01/2009 15:19
I still don't get why Kid Icarus is wanted by so many people. Most of the kids screaming for it weren't even born when that game hit and the game itself wasn't even that great. Cool music though!
007's Avatar
007 at 02/01/2009 15:40
...I like where this is going.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 02/01/2009 15:46
Sorry, but the Brawl version is where it's at. If this is true, then no thank you.
gatorsax2010's Avatar
gatorsax2010 at 02/01/2009 16:03
There may be a Nintendo franchise that would work with the "dark and gritty" interpretation, but it's NOT Kid Icarus.
Johnny Justice's Avatar
Johnny Justice at 02/01/2009 16:07
This probably isn't real.

However, the reason it looks real shitty is because it's a screen shot of a 3D program's view port. View ports use low quality real-time rendering to save memory. If this were rendered at a Wii standard it would look a lot better.
Dimly's Avatar
Dimly at 02/01/2009 17:47
No thanks.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 02/01/2009 17:50
@ Pedrovay- Yeah, while I was typing that, I thought to myself "Except for RE4, but that's a Gamecube game, so should I mention it? What am I saying?" so I just edited the thought.

for the record, I do think that realistic graphics can be done on the Wii, but not quite as well as on the other guy's consoles.
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KaL YoshiKa at 02/01/2009 21:16
Thanks for mentioning that this is a poorly rendered 3d program screenshot before any processing. The final model would look far better ...although Cartoon Kid Icarus would still be better.
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Baskervi11e at 02/01/2009 22:18
nulo's Avatar
nulo at 02/01/2009 22:27
first of all this shouldn't even be a news post, its obviously fake, and anyone that works in the industry should know that.
second, to all you brainwashed HIGH DEFINITION creatures, have you ever played Final Fantasy XII(this means 12 if you didn't know)? it has some of the prettiest realistic graphics in a video game and it doesnt have fancy lighting, normal maps or HD output.
its not the hardware that makes the game, its the people behind it.

ooh and before you start calling me a nintendo fan boy ffxii came out to the ps2.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar
Gen Eric Gui at 02/01/2009 22:53
It's not real.

And I'm not just telling myself that. It's not real. It -can't- be real.
Creamsnake's Avatar
Creamsnake at 02/01/2009 23:04
This is gayer than gay sex.
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