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Check Out Kid Icarus: Uprising's Metroid-esque Enemy

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by Phil Kollar on March 12, 2012 at 08:45 PM
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One of the biggest surprises during my hands-on time with Kid Icarus: Uprising a couple months ago was discovering the upcoming 3DS title's strange link to another popular Nintendo franchise.

See, the original Kid Icarus on NES had a lot of the same people working on it as the first Metroid game. It also had similar gameplay and used the same engine, so some assets ended up being shared. Most of this sharing was pretty small, but one Kid Icarus enemy -- the Komayto -- looks almost identical to the titular enemy from the Metroid games.

Nintendo acknowledges this similarity, and it looks like they'll be keeping the connection alive in Uprising. Check out the short video below for a look at the komayto/metroid appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

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  • by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 08:49 PM

    looking forward to this game

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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 08:51 PM
    I love it when companies throw in little nods to other games. THis is probably one of my favorite examples.
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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 08:54 PM
    Weird!!
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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 09:04 PM
    Ive seen thoose somewhere else too, maybe zelda?
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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 09:22 PM

    ha nice, I actually think it's kind of cool that they're doing that

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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 09:23 PM

    Wow since I have never played Kid Icarus I never knew about that.

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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 09:38 PM
    I believe that the guy that created Metroid first worked on Kid Icarus, so its understandable why metroids are in the game.
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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 09:40 PM
    * Beware, Metroids are everywhere *....
  • by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM

    Yep, those are Metroids.

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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:36 PM
    That Metroid-like creature was in the original Kid Icarus. It was basically like a re-used character graphic from back in the day (money saver). I don't believe it was even remotely the only one.
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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:40 PM

    Don't have a 3ds yet, waiting for the second model, but I'm really looking forward to this.

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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:54 PM
    WOW!! Used to love this game when it first came out for NES in 87 Looking forward to it (= Second one was ok too for gamboy in 91
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    by Monday, March 12, 2012 at 11:09 PM

    I'm surprise Pit doesn't have some cheesy quip about how they look like Metroids or something lol.

  • by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 12:10 AM

    Reminds me of the cameos in Link's Awakening.

  • by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 06:30 AM

    Its all good! No need to fix what isn't broken.

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    by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 09:12 AM

    AWESOME!!! Now I really, really can't wait until Kid Icarus: Uprising gets released! These Metroids look so awesome!

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    by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 09:58 AM

    I guess we all love Metroids a bit too much.

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    by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 09:58 AM

    this looks like a decent game. Sad I don't own a 3ds

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    by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:42 AM
    That's cool, now if Nintendo would kindly make a follow-up to Metroid Fusion (preferably for the 3DS in classic side-scrolling format, but taking advantage of the hardware capabilities to create modern looking advanced 2D graphics), we can all be happy.
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    by Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    Crossovers and cameos from other series is a staple of Nintendo games.

    Almost every one of their main franchises has at some point featured a character, enemy, or reference to another Nintendo series.

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