Kid Icarus Uprising

[black-leg jex]

kid icarus has become like smash bros to me. i'll pick it up and play one level if i have nothing to do

[Shuhan]

So after a while of not playing Icarus, I decided to pick it back up. Last I was on, I had only finished chapter 6, disgraceful. I played the rest of last night and got to chapter 20 in less than an hour and a half...I forgot how much I loved this game~

Viridi has to be my favorite atm even though Hades is a close second. Honsetly I could care less about Palutena, the bitch, even before the certain chapter that messes with your head...

I even decided to return to my former pony glory as Pidash~

[Noqanky]

Hmm maybe the intensity but also the number of the level is important. I've ended chapter 5 in intensity 8 and got pandora's claws at something like 334 in the intensity gate level 8 (and other weapons at more than 300).

Just played that chapter at that intensity and got the same, Pandora Claws at 330 something. It's the only weapon I have that has reached that level though, everything else I've gotten in that and other chapters is still in the 270s and 240s.
My plan atm is to just go crazy with weapon fusion to get high-value stuff.

[Nobodyman]

Just played that chapter at that intensity and got the same, Pandora Claws at 330 something. It's the only weapon I have that has reached that level though, everything else I've gotten in that and other chapters is still in the 270s and 240s.
My plan atm is to just go crazy with weapon fusion to get high-value stuff.

Unfortunately, weapon fusions do kind of plateau around the 300 mark. Eventually it gets insanely or downright impossible to fuse a weapon that has the stats you want or can even tolerate.

[Noqanky]

Unfortunately, weapon fusions do kind of plateau around the 300 mark. Eventually it gets insanely or downright impossible to fuse a weapon that has the stats you want or can even tolerate.

It helps if you know what to aim for. I've gotten to the point where most of the combinations give me either a bunch of stars for range and a bunch for melee. If I were to fuse the pandora claws I just got I could get a 315 Magnus club with capped Melee and high ranged, petrification, + speed and defence, and + forward dash melee. But before I do that I'll place the claws in a gem and trade with a friend, then he'll trade back and I can avoid losing them.

update:
Sakurai apparently is not interested in making a sequel. At all.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/...carus-uprising

Kind of sad, this is a game with a universe I actually want to see expanded. Not to mention the ultimate awesomeness that would be a console Kid Icarus, in terms of sheer content, story and possibilities for multiplayer.

[iMustang]

I feel like this game is to the Kid Icarus series what Ocarina of Time was to the Zelda series. That being said, it has created a big new universe for us to enjoy and Nintendo to work with. Sakurai pretty much acknowledges that someone else will make a sequel, just not him. With the sales and positive reviews this game has gotten, Nintendo is sure to give us something else. I just hope whoever handles it next does a great job with it and works with the material Sakurai and Project Sora has left us.

I finally got around to beating the game tonight and I absolutely loved it. This game really showed what the power of the 3DS is; the amount of content in this game was simply amazing and it was beautiful all the way through. I look forward to some more 3DS exclusives in the near future now that I know just how full of content they can be (previously I've only played remakes and Mario Kart lol).

[Green_vs_Red]

I feel like this game is to the Kid Icarus series what Ocarina of Time was to the Zelda series. That being said, it has created a big new universe for us to enjoy and Nintendo to work with. Sakurai pretty much acknowledges that someone else will make a sequel, just not him. With the sales and positive reviews this game has gotten, Nintendo is sure to give us something else. I just hope whoever handles it next does a great job with it and works with the material Sakurai and Project Sora has left us.

If they make the ground segments much less awkward and tweak some of the mechanics it'll definitely be much better.

[iMustang]

If they make the ground segments much less awkward and tweak some of the mechanics it'll definitely be much better.

Agreed. I like the ground segments to an extent, but they are a bit long and repetitive at times. I'd also appreciate a greater drop rate for food as dying is an annoying problem in certain levels (i.e. levels you know you can handle, but dropping one of those tanks or other big enemies at moments when your health is just low enough that kills you and reduces the difficultly level). That didn't hinder the game too much for me though, because I just reminded myself just how difficult the original game is lol

[Green_vs_Red]

Agreed. I like the ground segments to an extent, but they are a bit long and repetitive at times. I'd also appreciate a greater drop rate for food as dying is an annoying problem in certain levels

Dying is sn annoying problem on almost every level on any intensity over 5 and the game's annoying penchant for lowering the intensity everytime you die is just dumb.

(i.e. levels you know you can handle, but dropping one of those tanks or other big enemies at moments when your health is just low enough that kills you and reduces the difficultly level).

The thing that irks me most is that the game's camera is complicit half the time with regards to you getting killed I can't count the number of times I got killed by some asshole enemy I couldn't see because they were in my blindspot especially after struggling against some other pain in the ass enemy like the totems for example.

[JetPistolStrike]

update:
Sakurai apparently is not interested in making a sequel. At all.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/...carus-uprising

Kind of sad, this is a game with a universe I actually want to see expanded. Not to mention the ultimate awesomeness that would be a console Kid Icarus, in terms of sheer content, story and possibilities for multiplayer.

This coming from the man who keeps bringing Super Smash Bros. back even after he states the latest installment he makes is the last one....

Sorry Sakurai, I don't believe your words.

Though just because he doesn't make the next one doesn't mean Nintendo can't keep going with the franchise as long as they continue from what he has established with Uprising. I've heard the sales are great for this game, and it's well deserved. :D

[MarcelloF]

My cards arrived today!

I got Eggplant Bomb, Splin, Smart Bomb, Gaol (Withouth her helmet), Ancient Staff, Predator Cannon, Great Reaper, Skuttler Mage, Happy Trigger, Bouncy Bomb, Cellular Handora and Galactic Fiend Kraken

[Noqanky]

That's a lot of cards. Frankly, I had completely forgotten about the whole card aspect of the game.

I'm proud to be on my way to completing Viridi's treasure hunt. The levels are still difficult to an insanely ridiculous level though, I don't see how 9.0 intensity on every level can be possible.
I do keep getting distracted by Together mode though, hours go by. This game ...

[black-leg jex]

you got your cards? damn i havn't yet. well hopefully in the next few days then

[MarcelloF]

you got your cards? damn i havn't yet. well hopefully in the next few days then

It might depend on when you ordered them. I ordered on the 22nd of March, so it took the full 8 weeks.

Or they're just now ready to start sending the cards to people.

[black-leg jex]

well i ordered 4 packs so maybe but i'm sure i ordered on the day kid icarus came out

[Nobodyman]

Got 100% on my file, Completed Palutena's and Viridi's Treasure Hunts and have 90 of Hades Treasure Hunts. Yep, I'm pretty much done here. Right now, I'm just trying to see if I can get the remaining idols (only about 30 left).

[black-leg jex]

what hades challenges do you have left? all the 9.0 ones i take it

[Nobodyman]

what hades challenges do you have left? all the 9.0 ones i take it

I'd say about a third of them are other miscellaneous ones, but for the most part, yes.

[black-leg jex]

so i finally got my club nintendo cards. So long. However i got:
Skutler
blit
octos
mimicutie
Mahva
Snowman
Dohz
Lurchthorn
Zik & Zak
Zert
3 sacred treasures case
Elemental Cards
Ball cannon
Bouncy Bomb
Reset Bomb Pod
Mudrone
Monolith
Bouncy Box
Ninja Palm
Pew Pew
Lunar Sanctum
Reset Bomb Factory
Temple Ruins
Space Pirate Ship.

Has anyone seen the cards or folder in shops yet?