Alright, I'm gonna be using my Deviantart Journals for little review. They'll be reviews of games, movies, cartoons, etc. Mostly any media I discover that I wanna talk about. And I've been passionate about this game lately so I feel the need to talk about it in greater length.



Some backstory. I was playing Super Smash Brothers Ultimate and looking up any video related to it I could find. I eventually ran into these videos on "Palutena's Guidance." I had heard about these before, as they were in Smash 4, but I never really had any interested in looking into them. I watched all of them and fell in love with it. I really felt like I was missing out on something. They were funny, had great character interactions, and pretty much told me everything I needed to know about these characters without even playing the game. However, everything about this Easter egg made me wanna go play the game. So I bought it on the e-shop, played through it, and here I am now.



Kid Icarus Uprising for the 3DS is basically a revival of the long dead Nintendo series, Kid Icarus, directed by Masahiro Sakurai, also known for Kirby and Smash brothers. I, like most others, first became aware if this series thanks too Super Smash Brothers Brawl, which included Pit from the original games. I though nothing of the series back then besides, "Oh cool, angel guy." Heck, I haven't even played the original NES game or the Gameboy game. However, you don't need prior knowledge on those games to play Uprising.



There's not much to know about the story that I don't wanna spoil. Basically the angel Pit fighing evil upon the aid of the goddess Lady Palutena.



When I first started playing, I quickly discovered the main flaw of it: the controls. This is a common complaint a lot of people have with this game and for good reason. You have to use the touch screen for camera controls, which make moving the camera janky and awkward. I also at some points found it hard to play more than one chapter in a sitting due to how straining it was on my arm at points.



Eventually I sort of got used to it and saw how everything else in the game more than makes up for it. What makes this game stand out for me are what made the Palutena's Guidance clips stand out: The characters, humor and character interactions. Whenever I do venture into gaming, the games I play don't really have characters with too much personality. Your Marios, Links, and your Reds really aren't fully fleshed out characters, they are means for the players to insert themselves into the world. Pit however, is a fully fleshed out character with aspirations, flaws, and relatability. He's an angel who can't fly, which I'm sure you can make many parallels to. He also talks in full sentences, unlike the previously mentioned video characters.



The humor is game is near perfect. It's probably the funniest video game out there. The hilarious banter with the characters, mixed with the 4th wall breaking really make it stand out compared to other Nintendo games. I'm not saying other Nintendo games don't have humor, just look a Earthbound. However, I believe this one executes it the best and to its fullest potential. I don't wanna go into detail on some of the jokes since I don't wanna spoil the game's best material, but play the game yourself and you'll see.



As for other characters, they are just fun and will easily make you smile. Palutena is an all knowing goddess with a personality similar to characters like Princess Celestia. She's all knowing and motherly, while having a playfull trollish side. Hades is an awesome villain who you just smile at every time he says anything. Viridi is the goddess of nature, but has a psychotic nature of humans complete with a tsundere personality. Funny enough, she is my favorite character. Which is odd for me since the tsundere types typically annoy me. Also she's voiced by Hynden Walch, who voiced characters like Starfire and Princess Bubblegum, so that's a plus.



This game has a great voice cast. A couple of theme actually did voicework in Western cartoons which surprised me when looking this up. Other than the previously mentioned Hynden Walch, Medusa, one of the other villains, is voiced by Cree Summer, known for characters like Suzie from Rugrats and Numbah 5 from Kids Next Door. All the VAs do a great job and you can really tell they're having fun with their roles.



I recommend this game so much. It's become one of my favorite games of all time. I don't know if it's my absolute favorite, but it's definitely in the top 3. So yeah, play this game.