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First Concept Art for Kid Icarus Wii

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  • Eggplant WizardEggplant Wizard Little Rock, ARRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Is there really a business case for this? I mean, I'd buy it, and I'm sure a bunch of people around here would buy it. How are you going to convince the average Wii owner to give a crap about it?

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  • MarioGMarioG Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
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    Captain K wrote: »
    I'm sure it's been mentioned in the thread, but I really think it's a stretch to refer to Kid Icarus as a "franchise".

    It was a fun game from 20 years ago that a lot of us remember fondly, and then the main character showed up in a Smash Bros. game. That's it.


    I'm happy to see another game, but... franchise?

    KI has two games and smash Bros.

    Halo is considered a franchise and only has two and a half games.
    Halo also has pretty popular novels, a shit-ton of toys, figures in the Hero-Clix thing, all that shit.

    Can't argue with that.

    You cant base whether something is a franchise or not on how many games there are. It all about the Benjamins baby! And the merchandise.

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  • DomhnallDomhnall Minty D. Vision! ScotlandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Nah, if they make a KI game they won't be using that design.

    At least I hope they won't.




    Someone please tell me they won't.

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  • LBD_NytetraynLBD_Nytetrayn TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Eggplant Wizard wrote: »
    Is there really a business case for this? I mean, I'd buy it, and I'm sure a bunch of people around here would buy it. How are you going to convince the average Wii owner to give a crap about it?

    The same way they convince them for any other game.* Hype, and lots of it. And hopefully a good enough game to support said hype.

    * Arguably barring Metroid Prime 3.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Eggplant Wizard wrote: »
    Is there really a business case for this? I mean, I'd buy it, and I'm sure a bunch of people around here would buy it. How are you going to convince the average Wii owner to give a crap about it?
    Well you could always have the main character guest star in a really popular high selling game on the console.

    ... Wait a second.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    MarioG wrote: »
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Houk wrote: »
    Xenogears of Bore wrote: »
    Captain K wrote: »
    I'm sure it's been mentioned in the thread, but I really think it's a stretch to refer to Kid Icarus as a "franchise".

    It was a fun game from 20 years ago that a lot of us remember fondly, and then the main character showed up in a Smash Bros. game. That's it.


    I'm happy to see another game, but... franchise?

    KI has two games and smash Bros.

    Halo is considered a franchise and only has two and a half games.
    Halo also has pretty popular novels, a shit-ton of toys, figures in the Hero-Clix thing, all that shit.

    Can't argue with that.

    You cant base whether something is a franchise or not on how many games there are. It all about the Benjamins baby! And the merchandise.

    You do realize that i was calling Halo, and all things associated with Halo, shit - right?

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Eggplant Wizard wrote: »
    Is there really a business case for this? I mean, I'd buy it, and I'm sure a bunch of people around here would buy it. How are you going to convince the average Wii owner to give a crap about it?
    Well you could always have the main character guest star in a really popular high selling game on the console.

    ... Wait a second.

    I could see a Kid Icarus game being very very successful, and I love Platform Adventures with RPG undertones. KI was built off the old Metroid engine originally, I could see this game being a mixture of Metroid Prime and Legend of Zelda.

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  • Eggplant WizardEggplant Wizard Little Rock, ARRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Eggplant Wizard wrote: »
    Is there really a business case for this? I mean, I'd buy it, and I'm sure a bunch of people around here would buy it. How are you going to convince the average Wii owner to give a crap about it?
    Well you could always have the main character guest star in a really popular high selling game on the console.

    ... Wait a second.

    If Metroid-level sales are the upper bound of what you can expect, it seems a little shaky to me.

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  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I wonder what kind of elaborate wii remote shell we can expect for this.

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  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    BlueBlue wrote: »
    I wonder what kind of elaborate wii remote shell we can expect for this.

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  • GimeCGimeC Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Fakity-fake-fake McFake. From FakeTown.

    But I do think a Kid Icarus game is being made right now, actually. Just not one based on this concept art.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    MarioG wrote: »
    Whats the big deal with IGN? I love them.

    Sold reviews?

    IGN Nintendo editor dedicated the last two years to the Gamecube's life by detailing how horrible a company Nintendo is and how crappy the games on the system are?

    POV "news" articles?

    The fact that Casamasina could easily get in Perrin Kaplan's panties but he never threw her any?

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  • UltrachristUltrachrist Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    If a KI game is being made, I'd be surprised if Pit isn't instantly recognizable as Brawl Pit (which much of that concept art is not). You can never underestimate the power of SSB revivals/introductions. See Marth and Roy.

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Sleep wrote: »
    MarioG wrote: »
    Whats the big deal with IGN? I love them.

    Sold reviews?

    IGN Nintendo editor dedicated the last two years to the Gamecube's life by detailing how horrible a company Nintendo is and how crappy the games on the system are?

    POV "news" articles?

    The fact that Casamasina could easily get in Perrin Kaplan's panties but he never threw her any?

    IGN is really only good for getting media on a game because they get a ton of it.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    Neva wrote: »
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    I bet they will sell five hundred million copies if they spin in a bit about Palentuina being overthrown by a corrupt contender for power and having to be a gun-toting hooker to make ends meet.

    Or make it the best bunch of angel mini games that the world has ever seen!

    Why not both? Rope in both markets!
    Seriously, every time I click on this thread I read this as 'rape in both markets'. Every time!

    And it still makes sense!

    edit: oh great and this is totp so I gotta deal with it for another page!

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  • FalstaffFalstaff Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I honestly wouldn't mind if they ran with a more mature design. What the fuck do I care if they're not true to the "spirit" of some two decade old platformer?

    Pit fighting the Corpse-God's Blood Legion? Sure. As long as it's first party and good, I'm down like a clown.

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Falstaff wrote: »
    Pit fighting the Corpse-God's Blood Legion? Sure. As long as it's first party and good, I'm down like a clown.

    These designs are not first party, nor are they particularly good. A valiant effort, though.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Turkey wrote: »
    Wow, this thread seems mighty familiar...

    The difference here is that that looked awefuckingmazing from day 1.

    This, so far, not so much.

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  • TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    maximumzero wrote: »
    Turkey wrote: »
    snip

    The difference here is that that looked awefuckingmazing from day 1.

    This, so far, not so much.

    You know what I mean

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  • PadrePadre Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    While I've never played the original KI game, I think that the series could be revived and it could be popular if Nintendo did a lot of marketing. I bet a lot of kids would like to play as an angel that shoots laser arrows, and it could also appeal to a larger crowd for being an action game. I'd like to see this game as a more lighthearted and action oriented version of Zelda.

    Oh, and absolutely use the brawl version of Pit and not these "mature" ones.

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  • FalstaffFalstaff Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Frem wrote: »
    Falstaff wrote: »
    Pit fighting the Corpse-God's Blood Legion? Sure. As long as it's first party and good, I'm down like a clown.

    These designs are not first party, nor are they particularly good. A valiant effort, though.

    Both true, but don't worry. I wasn't putting any amount of faith in those.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kind of sucks they want a mature character, "Man Icarus" doesn't flow as well

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    maximumzero wrote: »
    Turkey wrote: »
    Wow, this thread seems mighty familiar...

    The difference here is that that looked awefuckingmazing from day 1.

    This, so far, not so much.

    Except that it looked amazingly gay. *wink*

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Kind of sucks they want a mature character, "Man Icarus" doesn't flow as well

    How about Dude Icarus?

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Bro Icarus

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kickassarus.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Also they need to slam this out of the way quick so that someone can get crackin' on my dream of an Ice Climber revival.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    yalborap wrote: »
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Kind of sucks they want a mature character, "Man Icarus" doesn't flow as well

    How about Dude Icarus?

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    titmouse wrote: »
    Kickassarus.

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  • PadrePadre Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mushroom Pie wrote: »
    Also they need to slam this out of the way quick so that someone can get crackin' on my dream of an Ice Climber revival.

    YES.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It'll be the greatest thing.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    why do we want sequels to terrible nes games again

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Frem wrote: »
    Falstaff wrote: »
    Pit fighting the Corpse-God's Blood Legion? Sure. As long as it's first party and good, I'm down like a clown.

    These designs are not first party, nor are they particularly good. A valiant effort, though.

    38,000 of imprisonment. The Xeno's, the heretics, they are gaining too much ground. The god emporer calls on his last of defense, in a desperate move.

    Kid Icarus: There is only war

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    why do we want sequels to terrible nes games again

    I've been waiting on that Mach Rider sequel for some time...

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Turkey wrote: »
    maximumzero wrote: »
    Turkey wrote: »
    snip

    The difference here is that that looked awefuckingmazing from day 1.

    This, so far, not so much.

    You know what I mean

    No, I don't, please enlighten me.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    why do we want sequels to terrible nes games again

    The original Ice Climber sucked but in my mind there's not many ways to fuck up a co-op game where you help one another climb an iceburg nowadays.

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  • piLpiL Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Raslin wrote: »
    Frem wrote: »
    Falstaff wrote: »
    Pit fighting the Corpse-God's Blood Legion? Sure. As long as it's first party and good, I'm down like a clown.

    These designs are not first party, nor are they particularly good. A valiant effort, though.

    38,000 of imprisonment. The Xeno's, the heretics, they are gaining too much ground. The god emporer calls on his last of defense, in a desperate move.

    Kid Icarus: There is only war

    Yes.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mushroom Pie wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    why do we want sequels to terrible nes games again

    The original Ice Climber sucked but in my mind there's not many ways to fuck up a co-op game where you help one another climb an iceburg nowadays.

    Just take army of two and turn it sideways.

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  • elevatureelevature Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    agoaj wrote: »
    Mushroom Pie wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    why do we want sequels to terrible nes games again

    The original Ice Climber sucked but in my mind there's not many ways to fuck up a co-op game where you help one another climb an iceburg nowadays.

    Just take army of two and turn it sideways.

    Ladies lift your parkas!

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    edited May 2008
    AbsoluteZero wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    why do we want sequels to terrible nes games again

    I've been waiting on that Mach Rider sequel for some time...

    I could go for that.

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