Kid Icarus (series)

Kid Icarus is a Japanese media franchise of fantasy video games by Nintendo. The games are set in a fantasy world based on classical antiquity and Greek mythology, called "Angel Land". The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure and platform elements. The "Kid Icarus" franchise is known as a cult classic and a sibling series to the Metroid franchise.
The first installment, "Kid Icarus", was released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and was received to critical acclaim despite poor sales. A sequel, ' was later released for the Game Boy. On June 15, 2010, at their E3 conference, Nintendo announced ' on Nintendo 3DS, thus reviving the franchise after a 20-year hiatus.
History.
After Nintendo's release of commercially successful platforming games in the 1980s, including "Donkey Kong", "Ice Climber", and "Super Mario Bros.", as well as the critically acclaimed adventure game "The Legend of Zelda", the company was interested in entering a different genre. They began work on an action game. The game was called "Metroid". Nintendo released "Metroid" for the Family Computer Disk System on August 6, 1986, and on the Nintendo Entertainment System one year later. One year later "Kid Icarus" was developed alongside as its sister game, it shares elements and programmers with "Metroid". The game was produced by the same man who produced "Metroid", Gunpei Yokoi, who previously produced "Donkey Kong", "Donkey Kong Junior" (1982) and the original "Mario Bros." (1983), and it featured music written by Hirokazu Tanaka, who also composed for "Duck Hunt" (1984).
After the release of its handheld sequel, ', the series received no new installments for two decades. An installment for the Nintendo 64 was rumored to be in development, but was never released. In 2006, Pit was revealed to appear in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" with a new design. This appearance eventually led to cancellation reimagined title that a series revival was planned for the Wii, development under Factor 5. On June 15, 2010, during their E3 event, Nintendo unveiled ' for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released in March 2012 and it was the first Kid Icarus game with 3D graphics.
Characters.
The "Kid Icarus" series has a cast of recurring characters. The most common characters in the series are Pit, Palutena, Dark Pit, Poseidon, Hades, Medusa, Viridi, and Thanatos.