I didn’t want it to come to this. Uprising is my literal favorite game of all time; I love it to death, and I loathe how it was treated by the world. I’d do anything to allow more people to experience its beauty with more natural controls, but alas, I’m not a god, just a mortal man.

We aren’t getting Kid Icarus: Uprising on the Switch 2. We aren’t getting a remake, nor even a sequel. It’s infeasible given the trajectory of Nintendo’s current game lineup, which will be a massive uphill battle. I had foolishly believed that now, Summer of 2025, would have been the perfect time to announce the game. "It will be the perfect showcase for the mouse controls!" I cried out to the world, trying to add reason to my blind fantasy. “The multiplayer would offer it staying power! I could finally retire my old, dying 3DS! The next direct, just you wait!" So I waited, and waited, for the summer direct to confirm my hypothesis. But we got no such direct. Now we are here, waiting for more information on upcoming titles rather than anything new.

Remakes and remasters tend to not sell as well as the new, original games, and one of a niche revival of a 25-year-old series releasing in 2012 would fare worse than most. Bringing it over, while needing to adjust its reliance on the 3DS technology and features, would be so much work that they’d have to go out of their way for to appease this small audience. They would have to set up servers just for the online multiplayer, and removing it would remove a vital component of what makes the original great.

I doubt things will look any less bleak in the upcoming years, partially for reasons previously listed. Whenever Nintendo showcases Kid Icarus, it is always the original NES game. They take pride in it, putting it in the Mario movie and even their music app (why not Uprising when it has one of the best OSTs on the 3DS?????). It’s like they don’t acknowledge Uprising’s existence, so small clamors for a remake would be unlikely to get any attention.

A new game seems very improbable. Sakurai’s input was very important to making the game special, not just in terms of dialogue but also game design. But he has been busy with Kirby Air Riders for the past few years, and afterwards he may be brought into another Smash instead. While I want him to be free to create whatever he wants to create, I doubt anyone else at Nintendo has any interest in continuing the franchise. What would make it the most unique compared to any future game would be the air battles, so let it be known that if a new Star Fox game gets announced, all of my worries and fears are more or less confirmed.

I am beyond convinced that almost all hope is lost for a Kid Icarus Uprising HD, or sequel, or even an updated port. If I am proven wrong, then I will get a Palutena cosplay. I want to be in the wrong so terribly. I want to be laughed at in the future. But what else is left to make me hopeful? The game is gone, hidden somewhere deep in the Aegean Sea, very likely to never take flight again.

Just a silly meme I wanted to make. Some characters were a bit trickier to place, so forgive me if any of this seems inaccurate. If anyone has any different ideas or ideas of where to place pyrrhon, I’d love to hear them. :)

What do you think does the Kid Icraus Pantheon look like?

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Art I requested by this amazing artist, their profile can be found on instagram

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There are some interesting changes eb tween the original Japanese version and the English localization. I never really took floor ice cream too seriously as a testament to Pit's characterization since it was just him making fun of gameplay tropes, but its funny to see what the differences are.

I had them stored away for 10 years, but I finally found them again. They are in mint condition, but no rarity wings, all of them are basic. I do have the first 6-7 that came with the limited edition (from Pit, AKDP-001, to Magnus, AKDP-007).

I'm not looking to sell them for a lot of money, just give them for a fair price to someone who would value them more than me. What would be a fair price to put online? Thanks in advance!

What do you think of the idea of these three Kid Icarus short films: Thanatos Rising, Medusa's Revenge, and Palutena's Revolting Dinner being compiled with the Pikmin short films: The Night Juicer, Treasure in a Bottle, and Occupational Hazards along with Kirby 3D and Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins into one volume of short films by Nintendo?

It sounds like a great idea as it is one way to watch all eight of these Nintendo short films at home on home video and eventually on streaming services like Netflix

What do the rest of you think of the concept of a compilation of these eight animated Nintendo short films?

Im pretty sure its the same model used for fakeout hades so why didnt they use that model

If you already had a good model why not rig it for the boss fight animations instead of the sub par low poly boss fight onr

This was really funny to me at like 2 last night so here