REMINDER - Kid Icarus: Uprising Tournament at select GameStops 5/12/2012 & More!
Tomorrow from 1-4 PM whatever time zone you’re in across the USA, select GameStops will be holding Kid Icarus: Uprising tournaments with free card giveaways and more!
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Players: 1 Player Offline, 2-6 Online Players
Publisher: Nintendo
Genres: Action, Third-Person Shooter
Publisher: Nintendo
Genres: Action, Third-Person Shooter
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Developer: Project Sora
MSRP: $39.99
Developer: Project Sora
MSRP: $39.99
The plot of Kid Icarus: Uprising follows the angelic protagonist, Pit, as he battles against the forces of a reborn Medusa who seeks to destroy mankind. Pit will also utilize the ability of flight granted by Palutena called the "Power of Flight" to aid him in flying to different worlds so he could fight massive monsters. However, Pit finds himself also dealing with a doppelganger of himself called Dark Pit.
REMINDER – Kid Icarus: Uprising Tournament at select GameStops 5/12/2012 & More!
Posted By Stephen B. about 1 year ago
Light Vs. Dark forces battle one another for the Gods' amusement. COOL!
REMINDER!!!
Okay, in case you missed previous coverage news posts I’ve made here, here, and here, then allow me to reiterate:
Tomorrow at select GameStop locations across the USA, there will be Kid Icarus: Uprising Tournaments held with prizes and free AR Card giveaways! They will be from 1PM to 4PM irregardless of what time zone you’re in, and will have official Nintendo Representatives present. If you want to know if one will be happening near you, you can check the schedule at the link below:
Kid Icarus: Uprising USA Events Schedule
Now, for those keeping track and who are uber devout collectors of swag, here’s a quick run down of what cards have been given away and for what promotions:
Nintendo World Store, New York, NY Promotional Giveaway (Now Ended)
Three Sacred Treasures / ???
Club Nintendo Promotional Giveaway (Now Ended)
Great Reaper / AKDE-013
Drill Arm / AKDE-180
Palutena (Rare) / AKDE-404
Game Informer Issue 228
Power of Flight / AKDE-004
Nintendo Power Volume 277
Poseidon / AKDE-017
God of Death, Thanatos / AKDE-018
Medusa (Battle) / AKDE-027
@Gamer Magazine Issue 18
Goddess of Calamity, Pandora / AKDE-014
Samurai Blade / AKDE-086
Pit (Rally Cry) / AKDE-403
Prima Games Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Game Guide
Hades / AKDE-029
Exo Tank / AKDE-074
Dark Pit (Flying) / AKDE-407
GameStop Promotional Giveaway
Fiend’s Cauldron / AKDE-003
Skyscraper Club / AKDE-142
Fireworks Cannon / AKDE-156
Minos / AKDE-221
Eggplant Wizard / AKDE-230
For the GameStop Promotional Giveaways from when I first started talking about them to now, the cards have always been the same irregardless of the event. So no matter when you went to GameStop for their card giveaways, the cards would have always been the same. I still have some extra packs to give away, but I’m going to give the GameStop events a chance to cool down before doing the giveaway. (So maybe in about a week, I’ll announce what I plan on doing for it!)
Lastly, I did some additional research by tracking down and speaking with a Nintendo Representative at an event, and also with some managerial types at GameStop. Here are a few interesting things I discovered:
1) The Best Buy and GameStop event locations are chosen based on the amount of Nintendo Goods and Products that are sold. Stores that sell a large amount of Nintendo products (hardware, software, merchandise, etc.) are the ones Nintendo chooses for these events. If there aren’t any stores near you that are holding these events, its probably because not many people in the area purchase Wii, DS, or 3DS games, hardware, or merchandise.
2) All official Nintendo Representatives across the USA are given BLIND packs of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards. However, some representatives are only given a few packs that they then have to make last. The one I spoke with covered the northern region of an entire state, and had to make only 70 blind packs of cards hold out for ALL the events from January 2012 to whenever Nintendo stops doing these events; possibly not until the Fall! With any luck, Nintendo will send their representatives more cards.
3) Nintendo representatives do a LOT more work than just show up at events to pass out freebies. Nintendo representatives also are responsible for going to EVERY store in their territory (Best Buy, GameStop, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, you name it!) to set up and break down official Nintendo displays. This typically involves a LOT of travel.
4) Don’t expect Nintendo representatives to know what Nintendo has planned up their sleeves. The representative I spoke to admitted that a lot of the times, they got their Nintendo news from other video game news sources before hearing from Nintendo themselves. Sometimes Nintendo won’t tell them anything until the very last minute. This is likely to prevent press leaks, so due to the little knowledge that Nintendo representatives are privy to, asking them about Nintendo will prove fruitless.
5) Nintendo is not the only gaming company with representatives. There are also representatives for Sony and Microsoft that also do the exact same thing for Playstation and Xbox products. At some point, I hope to discover how one might go about applying to be a representative for a gaming company, but that may have to wait for another time.
Tomorrow I will be going to a local event and checking it out, and hopefully will have more information about future card giveaways, and the future role of AR Cards with the Nintendo 3DS. Something tells me these cards are going to become more and more integrated with 3DS games in the future.
Source: Anonymous
EDIT: ACK! This didn’t go up last night?! I hope I’m not too late!
Kid Icarus: Uprising Review
This may be the best game ever to cause physical pain. 
REMINDER! Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards Giveaway Tomorrow!
Tomorrow from 1-4PM at select Best Buys across the USA, free Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards will be given out. You have been warned!
Kid Icarus: Uprising Local Event Schedule and Updates
In case you missed yesterday’s Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Card giveaways at select GameStops, here’s a schedule from Nintendo for the upcoming giveaways and events, plus more!
Kid Icarus: Uprising Demo Event at Select GameStops
From 1-4PM today at select locations across the USA and Canada, you’ll have a chance to try out Kid Icarus: Uprising, and get free AR Cards while supplies last.
New Kid Icarus: Uprising Trailer Released
The return of the winged wonder-icus is nearly here-icus and Blistered Thumbs has the lates trailer-icus for the game-icus ready to be viewed-icus.
Kid Icarus: Uprising E3 Trailer Shows Flight, Card Game
You know that angel guy from Smash Bros.? His new game is on its way.
REMINDER - Kid Icarus: Uprising Tournament at select GameStops 5/12/2012 & More!
Tomorrow from 1-4 PM whatever time zone you’re in across the USA, select GameStops will be holding Kid Icarus: Uprising tournaments with free card giveaways and more!
REMINDER! Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards Giveaway Tomorrow!
Tomorrow from 1-4PM at select Best Buys across the USA, free Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards will be given out. You have been warned!
Kid Icarus: Uprising Local Event Schedule and Updates
In case you missed yesterday’s Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Card giveaways at select GameStops, here’s a schedule from Nintendo for the upcoming giveaways and events, plus more!
Kid Icarus: Uprising Demo Event at Select GameStops
From 1-4PM today at select locations across the USA and Canada, you’ll have a chance to try out Kid Icarus: Uprising, and get free AR Cards while supplies last.
New Kid Icarus: Uprising Trailer Released
The return of the winged wonder-icus is nearly here-icus and Blistered Thumbs has the lates trailer-icus for the game-icus ready to be viewed-icus.
Kid Icarus: Uprising E3 Trailer Shows Flight, Card Game
You know that angel guy from Smash Bros.? His new game is on its way.
Kid Icarus: Uprising Review
Posted By Austin Yorski about 1 year, 1 month ago
Kid Icarus: Uprising Review
In one of the tutorial videos of Kid Icarus: Uprising, protagonist Pit asks who the “Icarus” of the title is. This is an interesting question, because Pit is repeatedly and emphatically described as an “angel,” and not the titular human from Greek mythology. This moment illustrates a lot of what you need to know about the game: While technically a sequel, Uprising is so different from the NES original that it’s actually a point of comedy. And like it’s hero, the game is more angelic than ill-fated inventor’s son. Of course, that means it’s an intimidating, multi-faceted beast.
| PROS | Humor, Graphics, Soundtrack, Depth and breadth of Content, Weapon and enemy Variety, Multiplayer |
| CONS | Hand-murdering controls |
| WTF?! | Boiling the hearts of your enemies to change the difficulty |
On the surface, Uprising appears to be, of all things, an on-rails shooter. And while there are certainly portions of the game that are, the gameplay is actually broken down into three distinct segments that repeat for each chapter. The first section is the rail shooting you’ve likely seen in all the trailers for the game, which is followed by an on-foot section, and then a boss fight. Each part has similar controls, but they each feel a bit different.
I guess you can skip that last paragraph and just look at this.
The controls are the sticking point though, and just might be the thing that this title is remembered for. While you can customize them more to your liking, the fact is that every possible scheme is difficult and awkward. In fact, the game comes packaged with a little plastic stand for you to place your 3DS on, considering it’s difficult to both hold the system and play the game. This does seem to defeat the purpose of handheld gaming in and of itself, but I was able to find a way to make it work, with the caveat of eventual hand-cramping.
What’s so bad about the controls? Well, the default setting has you firing with the left shoulder button, moving with the left analog stick, and aiming by using the stylus on the touch screen. In case you’re finding this difficult to visualize, that setup means you’re going to have to hold the device with the one hand that is also doing the shooting and moving, in addition to trying to hold the 3DS at the exact right angle to achieve the 3D effect. I made it work by balancing the other side of the system on the heel of my stylus-hand, but it still isn’t a perfect fix. However, with the second thumbstick add-on, the aforementioned plastic stand, and some customization options (it supports left handers), it is clear that Team Sora realized there was a problem and at least tried to address it.
Pit brought his boomstick.
The question that all of this begs is whether or not such an unorthodox control scheme was necessary. Honestly, I think it was. Kid Icarus: Uprising feels wholly unique, perhaps to its detriment, but at least you can say it’s original. The shooting is as good as Star Fox ever was, but if you can actually master the controls, it feels so much more rewarding. Ground combat fares a little worse, considering each setup makes the camera a pain to manage, but there are plenty of things to keep it fresh, from the enemy variety to vehicle sections. The boss fights are pretty awesome as well, although it is sometimes hard to use equipped powers in the heat of battle because of (you guessed it!) the unintuitive controls.
Luckily, the game has a dynamic difficulty system reminiscent of The World Ends With You, in which you can raise the stakes for a chance at greater rewards. This takes the form of a slider at the beginning of each level in which you wager collected enemy hearts (also the game’s currency) which dumps them into a boiling cauldron. Difficulty not only increases enemy damage and health, but completely changes the flow of enemies in the shooter sections. For people looking for an old-school “bullet hell” experience, Kid Icarus might just be the first triple A fix to make it to America in some time. An interesting side effect of all of this is that there is a real threat on higher difficulties, as dying causes you to lose wagered hearts and get bumped down a difficulty level. This makes the experience quite a bit more tense and exciting.
10/10
Kid Icarus: Uprising Review
This may be the best game ever to cause physical pain.-
April 01, 2012 at 03:47pm
I rather enjoyed what I played of the game, I will admit HOLDING the DS while trying to play IS murder on your hands, but if you use the stand than you’re golden. As for the game proper I have to admit it’s one of the best games I’ve played in a while.
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March 31, 2012 at 09:48pm
I’m glad you didn’t lower the score because of the controls, the awesomeness of the game well outways the minor hardship of getting used to the controls. And the difficulty system is quite genius really, for younger/novice players it makes it easier on them if they lose, but for the older/advanced players it makes the gameplay more intense because if you lose not only do you get set back but also get knocked down in difficulty, which is very demeaning when a game gets easier because you failed.
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March 28, 2012 at 08:37pm
This game seems polarizing. I love it.
Of course I’m getting it, I don’t think I played Kid Icarus on the NES, I played the gameboy version, let me tell you how far I got in it…nowhere. -
March 28, 2012 at 05:18pm
Personally, I did not have any problem with the controls, and there are tons of control options too.
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March 28, 2012 at 05:18am
shouldn’t have gotten at 10/10 those controls for some parts feel so unnatural and a game like this coming from Nintendo you expect the controls to be way better.
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March 28, 2012 at 04:31am
“”What’s so bad about the controls?”"
Knock it down to 9/10. If the controls are shake-y then it should be knocked down. Having yet not played it, this is only based on what your telling me.
I will pick this up when I get the chance.
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March 28, 2012 at 01:42pm
I’d have to agree. If the way you interact with the game is awkward.. there’s a flaw.. a major flaw.
I keep seeing this in handheld games. They make games that basically demand a second analog stick for machines that don’t have one.
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April 10, 2012 at 06:42pm
The controls are fine, yes they can be painful but there is a good amount of customizability for the controls, hell the Boomzies guys even did a mini-review on the controls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E154M48t2Qk&list=UUDMLvq92gJm_t9zv7IeG2Tg&index=2&feature=plcp
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March 27, 2012 at 09:03pm
Couldn’t agree more, this game is amazing, I love it. Possibly the best 3DS original game yet, at least.
And now I’ll never be able to unsee the hearts as the actual enemies’ hearts.
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March 27, 2012 at 08:21pm
I have been on the fence about this game for a few days. Though after talking with close friends who actually played the game, I’m hearing nothing but good things. Plus it doesn’t hurt it’s on sale at Best Buy for $30 either.
It looks like I’m going to have to give this a go.
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March 27, 2012 at 07:20pm
Ah, video games, one of the few blissful tortures to both your thumbs and your mind. If I owned a 3DS, I’s pick this game up in a heartbeat. Maybe I’ll wait for a price drop.
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March 27, 2012 at 07:06pm
You also forgot the Fourth Wall Jokes but I digress, this is really an amazing game. Picked it up Sunday and I all ready beat it with small breaks of course(Damn you Easy to Master Controls!)Though Atleast the what we thought was useless Peripheral that comes with the game….saves your hands from pain.
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March 27, 2012 at 05:20pm
Wow, is that the first 10 out of 10 BT has given?
Well I think Joe gave Skyrim a 10.
Gonna check this out once it gets a bit cheaper, or goes on sale.
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March 27, 2012 at 05:32pm
We haven’t given a 10 in almost a year. That went to Radiant Historia, albeit with a “Legendary” recommendation. We’ve also given 10′s to Who’s That Flying?! (an indie game), LittleBigPlanet 2, and Fight Night Champion, in addition to some retro reviews and remakes like Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.
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REMINDER - Kid Icarus: Uprising Tournament at select GameStops 5/12/2012 & More!
Tomorrow from 1-4 PM whatever time zone you’re in across the USA, select GameStops will be holding Kid Icarus: Uprising tournaments with free card giveaways and more!
Ah, It’s ok. You’re just getting the hang of this. And I don’t really see anyone else posting this info.