I have been very excited about this game since it was announced a while back. Kid Icarus for NES was one of my all time favorite games. I've only played it for a couple hours, but so far the gameplay is very entertaining. The only bad thing I can say about it right now is, it defintely requires an accessory called Circle Pad Pro to play it well. And right now, that item is exclusive to another retailer and is on backordered and will not be available until July. To aim in this game, you have to use the touch screen. So you run around and either using your finger (using your finger is much easier then using the stylus) or the stylus to aim, you then have to take your finger away from the touch screen and then hit the attack button. You have to be very quick because the monsters you are attacking are moving around as well. Also, your aiming control the camera movements. Very bad controls in my opinion. I don't have a Circle Pad Pro, but was told by a couple people that will fix the control issues I'm having. Personally think its a bad design to build a game that almost require an accessory to play it effectively. At first I was going to rate it a 4 because of the controls, but with the 3DS only having 1 control stick, it would be hard to design around that. Still having a blast with the game so rating it based on my its entertainment value.