Nintendo today continued its push of old-school games onto its new-school console, with the NES classic Kid Icarus making an appearance on the Wii U Virtual Console. The single-player game is now available for download on the Wii U for $4.99. In Kid Icarus, the evil goddess Medusa has stolen the Three Sacred Treasures and imprisoned the goddess of light, Palutena, in her evil plot to control all. Gamers play as Pit, a young angel who has been entrusted with a magical bow and arrow and must fight against hordes of … [Read more...]
Nintendo Unveils Multiple Multiplayer Modes for Kid Icarus: Uprising
Nintendo today took the wraps off of some new details about the different multiplayer modes in Kid Icarus: Uprising. Kid Icarus: Uprising is slated to launch for the Nintendo 3DS on March 23. The new multiplayer details fall into five categories, as outlined below. In addition, Nintendo announced that gamers who pre-order Kid Icarus: Uprising via Amazon will receive a bonus download code for the 3D Classics: Kid Icarus game, a re-mastered 3D version of the NES original. The download code will be given to customers … [Read more...]