Kid Icarus - A Game That Doesn't Feel Real | NES & FDS (1986)

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Published on March 3, 2022 3:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awR5P2vUocQ

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Kid Icarus (1986)

Duration: 35:41

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Retro Odyssey ep.016

An IN-DEPTH review, analysis, and retrospective of Kid Icarus for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Famicom Disk System.

Kid Icarus's Japanese Name:
(光神話 パルテナの鏡) Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami; "Light Myth: Palutena's Mirror")

This is an exhaustive look at a game that if not for Smash Bros seems lost to time. In this video I'll cover everything in the game, the structure of the game, my personal experience, and how I feel it stacks up to its contemporaries from the context of a first-time player who didn't grow up with an NES.

This one was particularly taxing to produce, but I really hope you enjoy it! 💗

I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

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~ Kid Icarus: Angel Land Story ~
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Title: Kid Icarus
(Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami)
("Light Myth: Palutena's Mirror")

Platform(s): Famicom Disk System, NES

Release Date(s):
JP: December 19th, 1986
Europe: February 15th, 1987
North America: July 1987

Developer: Nintendo Research & Development 1
Publisher: Nintendo
Director: Satoru Okada
Producer: Gunpei Yokoi
Designers: Toru Osawa (Solo?), Yoshio Sakamoto
Artists: Toru OsawaComposer: Hirokazu Tanaka

Genre: Platformer / Action Adventure / Shooter

~ note: all gameplay footage for 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑶𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒚 is recorded using original hardware ~

LINKS
Music: https://outmind.bandcamp.com/
Video About Development History I Mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW2mu1miIgY

Timestamps:
0:00 - introduction
1:03 - overview
13:22 - items
17:03 - enemies
20:33 - stages & my experience
30:17 - final thoughts

Next up: Layla (レイラ)

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