Comments on: Rumor: Factor 5 working on new Kid Icarus

By: Killer

Killer — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:26:58 +0000

I’ve tried the NES ver. It took me about 20 min. to see you can move to right and end on the left when you leave the screen…

By: gausser

gausser — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:26:07 +0000

I was hoping Retro would be taking on Kid Icarus. They did such a good job bringing Metroid from 2D to 3D. I think they could work wonders for Kid Icarus. If Factor 5 did take on this title, you can be sure Nintendo will be watching it very carefully to make sure the end product is a good one.

By: Andrew G.

Andrew G. — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:16:17 +0000

I think it could work. I remember the original was stated by many to be like a combination of Zelda, Mario, and Metroid: you could pick up items like Link, you could jump like Mario, and you could shoot like Samus. Mash those up again and you could make for some interesting gameplay.

A more vertically-themed platformer would be a dream, I think. My favorite type of game is the Platformer genre, and since Mario is the only one filling that position (correctly) right now, I’d love to see a new iteration of Kid Icarus.

And honestly, for those of you who don’t think that Factor 5 can do it because they are “better at making flight games,” I think that’s a little close-minded. To assume that a developer or studio is only good at one particular genre is unfair and shows that you are pigeonholing an otherwise very talented group of people. I have high hopes and expectations if in fact that rumor does turn out to be true. And besides, I love Nintendo-made games, but we NEED some higher-quality 3rd party-created titles. Wii is starting to look bad on that front.

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:58:12 +0000

Would a Kid Icarus remake work? The gameplay was awesome, I just don’t think many people outside of niche nintendocores would be interested in playing as cupid…

By: jamie

jamie — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:07:51 +0000

I don’t think this should be left to factor 5… They are awesome developers and rogue squadron was one of the best release titles on Gamecube but I really don’t think they would be very well suited to a game like kid Icarus. I agree that they would be better suited to created the Wii iteration of Starfox, bring back the awesome arcade style dog fights of Lylat Wars any day. I’ve still yet to download Kid Icarus’ NES game on Virtual Console so I could probably wait till they find a more suited developer. I don’t think factor 5 is the way to go…

By: KillerHeroes

KillerHeroes — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:50:50 +0000

Nintendo are masters of bringing their franchises into 3D.

By: raindog469

raindog469 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:22:51 +0000

They say “Kombo has learned from a credible source” as if Kombo, in turn, is a credible source.

Also, if Bozon were trying to drop a hint with that “like 12″ line, it points to Pilotwings more than Kid Icarus, what with the last Pilotwings being 12 years old now. And weren’t Nintendo showing off a demo of a flying game that was originally going to be part of Wii Sports but they pulled it to flesh it out a little more?

I think Kid Icarus is still wishful thinking.

By: wii wii

wii wii — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:09:54 +0000

I think it could turn out well if Factor 5 was involved.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:40:23 +0000

As long as this version of Kid Icarus doesn’t have the angelic hero riding a poorly controlled dragon that fights in a dull, lifeless world I’m all for it.

More Infendo coverage of Kid Icarus before the Factor 5 rumor made it cool again:

http://www.infendo.com/wii/how-would-you-remake-kid-icarus/

http://www.infendo.com/nintendo/five-franchises-in-need-of-a-wii-boot/

By: boisv

boisv — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:24:20 +0000

Factor 5 making Starfox would make perfect sense, but so can this. I personally want to see a Kid Icarus game that plays a lot like the Maximo games on PS2. Is anyone here a fan of the Maximo games because I just love them. I think Kid Icarus would be really well suited as a sort of “Maximo with wings” game.