Retronauts Episode 402: Kid Icarus

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

35 years ago, a tiny team at Nintendo R&D1 crunched their way through a the development of a weird little game called Kid Icarus: a quirky, slightly alienating action-RPG starring a chubby angel who can't stop falling through platforms. Despite the lead character's prevalence in marketing from the early NES days, and his role in the classic Captain N cartoon, Nintendo barely seemed interested in touching this IP ever again, and let it lay dormant after a farmed-out 1991 Game Boy sequel. Then, 20 years passed, and along came Kid Icarus Uprising: a reboot known more for giving players tendonitis than it is for being a faithful, well-crafted revival of a classic series.

So what's the deal with Kid Icarus, and is it doomed to once again sit untouched for decades? On this episode, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Ray Barnholt as they examine the Kid Icarus trilogy to determine which of its qualities should rise to the heavens, and which should be cast into the Underworld. Secrets of the Eggplant Wizard will be revealed!

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0:00.0	Retronauts is part of the Greenlit Podcast Network.
0:03.2	For more information, please go to Greenlitpodcasts.com.
0:07.6	This week on Retronauts, Icarus fights Medusa Angels.
0:33.7	Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of Retronauts.
0:36.2	I'm your host for this one Bob Mackie and today we're talking about Kid Icarus.
0:39.8	The Kid Icarus Trilogy because Kid Icarus is 35 years old.
0:44.3	A meaningless anniversary but still an excuse to talk about Kid Icarus.
0:48.7	But before I continue, who is here in the room with me today?
0:52.1	Hey it's Henry Gilbert, aka P2.
0:54.7	Who and who do we have on the line?
0:56.4	Hi it's Ray Barnhold, the one-winging angels at the reference.
0:59.5	I think so.
1:00.5	You just need to sever a wing or two.
1:03.2	Yes, we are now living in the 35th anniversary of Kid Icarus.
1:08.0	It's been 10 years since he's had a game.
1:10.3	Last time there were 20 years so we're not doing too bad.
1:14.1	We've talked plenty about Kid Icarus in the past in passing when there were virtual console
1:18.5	releases long, long ago.
1:20.4	But we've never actually had a formal Kid Icarus episode.
1:24.5	So now is our chance.
1:26.0	In case you're wondering if you have a 3DS, all of these games are playable.
1:29.8	You can download the 3D class version of Kid Icarus, you can download Kid Icarus of
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