Referance to Kid Icarus

2006-04-19 02:18:20 pm

Maybe you've already talked about this, I don't know it's my first post, but I read something interesting in a Walkthrough/FAQ. Someone wondered why you can't use the 3 unknown items untill the end of the game. It's a reference to Kid Icarus. In Kid Icarus you have to collect 3 items and you can only use them at the end of the game. The Items are: Lightarrows, which can go through multiple enemies(Plasmabeam), Pegasuswings, enables unlimited flight(Space Jump) and Mirror Shield, extra protection(Gravitysuit). I think it's pretty neat.

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SABERinBLUE

2006-04-19 02:20:30 pm

Cook of the Sea

Huh, that is interesting.

BioSpark

2006-04-19 04:19:20 pm

I never played Kid Icarus but it sounds like you're right. It could be a coincidence, though.

nate

2006-04-19 07:03:45 pm

if it weren't for the original metroid's relationship to kid icarus, i would probably say it's just a coincidence.

Synthosis

2006-04-19 07:24:55 pm

what relation? i wouldn't know, seeing as i never played kid icarus, but i've seen screens, and they don't look connected...

nate

2006-04-19 07:41:13 pm

it's thought that kid icarus is a metroid clone. that is, the same engine from metroid was used to make kid icarus.

Synthosis

2006-04-19 07:50:37 pm

oh. hehe, i learned something today. i think it's a coincidence, either that or nintendo copied the "unkown item" thing from kid icarus. we shall never know, will we? Wink

Andrew Mills

2006-04-19 08:36:13 pm

Strategy Guide Writer

Quote from nate:

it's thought that kid icarus is a metroid clone. that is, the same engine from metroid was used to make kid icarus.

And the fact that Metroid's themselves make a cameo appearance in the game ;)

SABERinBLUE

2006-04-19 08:40:38 pm

Cook of the Sea

I gave my damn copy of Kid Icarus (the gameboy version) away so I can't really go through and compare. They did feel similar though.

transience

2006-04-19 11:18:21 pm

twenty eight fifty

i love kid icarus. both yokoi games, i believe.

Synthosis

2006-04-19 11:21:51 pm

question: are copies rare? i want to play it so i can have my own opinion in this matter. Laughing

nate

2006-04-19 11:35:27 pm

just get a revolution and play it on that.

but to answer your question, i have no idea. you might try typing kid icarus in on ebay.

Synthosis

2006-04-19 11:37:47 pm

i'll try ebay first, since, you know, it exisits at this point in time. lol. Laughing

Banjonator

2006-04-20 03:55:52 am

Quote from nate:

if it weren't for the original metroid's relationship to kid icarus, i would probably say it's just a coincidence.

It looks also like a Metroid clone, if you ask me...
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transience

2006-04-20 05:10:35 am

twenty eight fifty

nah, icarus is level-based and has no special skills besides one badass angel with arrows. it's more similar to metroid than other games of its era, but i never would consider it to be a close relative.

Synthosis

2006-04-20 04:56:50 pm

looks like a 'troid clone to me...the heart is like the "en" from metroid, the little square is like an energy tank. heck, even the lava looks the same...looks like a clone to me, cap'n Wink

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