How was Kid Icarus Uprising Created?

[@ThomasGameDocs]

NOTE: At 6:54, my editing software messed up the placement of the text. It's meant to read "to match the whirlwind of changing events in the air, the music will need to match every development." Sorry that I let that one slip through!

[@any13th]

I was going to make a joke that Sakurai really needed a break because he was writing words on top of words. The episode is still great though.

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Haha, he's started to go a little loopy :)

[@Bane_Amesta]

I was thinking that too, that it was part of the joke of Sakurai tired AF xD

[@wildstarfish3786]

i was hoping to make a joke about how it wasn't "clearly written" like you said

[@gex4913]

Bruh

[@swadloom40]

Honestly, I always just imagined the development as Sakurai running into the character design room with whatever weird Ideas he had. "Have you guys ever played Kirby and the Amazing Mirror?" "Yeah?" "Literally just do exactly that." "Okay, you guys know Demeter?" "Yeah, the Greek goddess of nature." "And you know atomic warheads?" "Wait excuse me?" "Space nudist firebender." "I-I'm sorry what?" "DID I STUDDER?"

[@chocobovonhauske8518]

It really is amazing how he completely embraced the quirky nature of the story and characters of the first game, but amplifying it with his own touch, really goes to show what an outstanding designer he is.

[@ntheultimate]

"Do you remember that fire blob boss from early in the game?" "Yeah?" "BRING HER BACK AND MAKE HER SEXY" "E-Excuse me!?" "JUST DO IT"

[@swadloom40]

@Chocobo Von Hauske Yeah, it's impressive how unique each of the different characters are and how they mesh with the tone, but there are points where the game just gets straight-up WEIRD.

[@swadloom40]

@N The Ultimate EXACTLY

[@chocobovonhauske8518]

@@swadloom40 and I completely love it

[@mcmuffiner2245]

Everytime iwata is brought up in game development he is always doing something incredible. R.I.P

[@LucianoThePig]

Not only does Uprising have the best voice acting in gaming ever, and not only is the English voice acting leagues better than the Japanese voice acting, but it's also the only game I've ever played where voice acting straight up improved the game

[@happyfellowship4291]

YES

[@vr8652]

Persona benefits from voice acting in both aspects

[@ltb1345]

Fire Emblem Echoes is great as well.

[@vr8652]

@Samet Hayranoglu If you actually knew how the Japanese voices sounded to the average Japanese person speaking, you wouldn't listen to them. Plus that's not always true. It is sometimes, but not always.

[@PokeWolfe64]

@Samet Hayranoglu How to spot someone that hasn't played the game

[@Jedimasterwp2]

I love kid Icarus uprising so much, to hear about this game's development is the most amazing story ever. I must thank Mr. Sakurai for making my favorite 3DS game game I have ever played and hope to see another one for the switch

[@fastfutures]

Wes3 Same! Kid Icarus Uprising was literally my childhood, and I hope there’ll be another one in the near future

[@wauthethird]

This game has, in my opinion, one of the best OSTs in all of gaming. It is superbly sublime, and the graphical quality of the game itself far outstrips almost every other 3DS game. To this day, it is my favorite video game.

[@OMGitsKITTYSMITTY]

I love that game I never get tired of it!

[@fastfutures]

WAUthethird Ah Same! Amongst the incredibly unarguable points you made, Uprising is absolutely my childhood video game. I just hope they make another one sometime soon, rather than another twenty years later

[@steliostritakis2000]

This game and the last of us I have to say that they reach a totally perfect score. I can't think but wonder why Nintendo hasn't announced a sequel yet. I'm tired to see all the time new Mario and Zelda games

[@atbtrendy9932]

@@steliostritakis2000 don't even compare KI uprising to that mediocre crap that Is the last of us

[@steliostritakis2000]

@@atbtrendy9932 I think that for what they had on their mind both Naughty Dog and Nintendo respectively did an amazing job

[@Creative_Icarus]

Me: *pulled an all nighter, sleepy as h e c k* KZbin: *was autoplaying* Me: *Hears Kid Icarus* *W o k e*

[@Dogeathotdog1]

Get woke go broke! Get some sleep!

[@thelastbandbender]

Unfunny

[@PassTheSnails]

Did this really have to be in meme format or could you have written out these events in a single sentence like normal?

[@Creative_Icarus]

@@PassTheSnails dunno

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

*sees the dead Kid Icarus franchise.* Sakurai: I’m going to save this man’s whole career! [Snaps his fingers] *Saves the franchise from obscurity.*

[@chenry1973]

He should do that with more franchises

[@coolguy02536]

Pity it's dead again (pun not intended).

[@anonymoussomebody6442]

BRING BACK MIITOPIA

[@jackbassett3091]

@@anonymoussomebody6442 I mean, Sakurai didn’t do it, but it did happen

[@jackbassett3091]

And now it’s pretty much dead again

[@itsapplepai]

Was looking forward to this after last week! Sakurai's perspective on game design is so honest and genuine. I also love his subtle shade to what was probably sm64 ds

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Yeah, definitely. One part of an interview about this game stood out to me a lot - it was about difficulty (and I'm paraphrasing here) but basically he was like "Miyamoto doesn't like to give the player many options because he wants the core experience to be absolutely perfect, whereas I think that the player should be given as much freedom and choice as possible". That section of the interview was pretty much the motivation for that end bit about him + Miyamoto. Because as much as I love me some Miyamoto, I think Sakurai's perspective about these things is incredibly interesting and sometimes a little better. I mean, I don't wanna pit them against each other because they're both incredibly talented, but I find the differences in their perspectives to be very interesting.

[@itsapplepai]

Thomas Game Docs I agree! They have fundamentally different ideas about game design, both of which have their tremendous strengths, and neither of which fit together perfectly. I think we still have yet to see Sakurai's very best, where he's truly given been a full set of resources and freedoms.

[@skyrym]

" _Good Shooters_ from overseas." America: *AMERICA INTENSIFIES*

[@OK-qg2zd]

Heh

[@Wuscheli0]

10:37 Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than Hell itself... That is coffee.

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Ugh, now I want to go play Trials and Tribulations again! Thanks for the comment, it really made me smile :)

[@jordy9606]

Pit still can't read

[@maybejai]

To be fair, his parents are probably dead and he lived in a dungeon in the Underworld for who knows how long

[@funkykong2776]

Maybe the G-Force got to him.

[@SilentSheikah13]

@Just another Pit fangirl I subscribed to u

[@literallyaguythatexists6274]

If we do get an uprising sequel, the main goal will be teaching Pit to read

[@KnightmareDigitalis]

@@literallyaguythatexists6274 The reboot of the educational Nintendo game series, including titles such as "Mario Teaches Typing", comes "Pit Teaches Reading"!

[@CalebWillden]

Quite a nice video! I'd like to point out that Pit was a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so Mr. Sakurai had already put a lot of work into reviving the brand and reimagining the characters. I imagine that had something to do with why he chose the Kid Icarus franchise.

[@Sephivoiceactor]

Yeah, I wish this video had mentioned it. Feels as if a piece of the puzzle is missing by not doing so

[@dx_67]

This game is my heart and soul

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

Donkey Kong is mine

[@maybejai]

Same

[@alizajee123]

Yes me too

[@wallycastagnir]

One of the best games for 3ds I would love another kid icarus

[@susanamedina79]

👌

[@fastfutures]

Wally Castagnir Same, but I just hope they don’t make another one twenty years later 😂

[@larniieplayz6285]

Sam better than nothing

[@galiasvirtual4078]

Wait... The 3DS was planned since 2008???? Wow...

[@Mari_Izu]

When a console is released, they start plan the next.

[@spydersoup8447]

@@Mari_Izu Yeah, you do need to plan ahead on things.

[@_Bran]

Nah they just stop thinking about there next console.

[@sewkrazy]

So the 3DS is my “birth console”, you say? A birth console is like a birth stone but it’s a game console and not a rock

[@larniieplayz6285]

@@sewkrazy lol

[@mrcuccob6386]

This is one of my favorite games of all time and I love almost everything about it. The gameplay is super fun, the voice acting is one of the best I've heard in my life, the music is amazing and the characters are just some of the most likeable in existence. My man Sakurai deserves a break.

[@Pichuscute]

I absolutely adore Kid Icarus Uprising. Simply put, it's easily the funniest game I've ever played. The voice acting is the best in video game history, no contest.

[@jackbassett3091]

What is so good about the voice acting? I hear everyone saying they are really good, and I’ve never played it.

[@derpyegg8434]

4:44 I actually enjoyed Uprising's story and how it tied into the gameplay

[@stevievedder9743]

I got kid Icarus uprising when it came out and I still play it AND still have a blast with it one of my favorite DS games ever and to think that I learned about Pit from Smash Bros brawl one of my favorite series

[@lydian7496]

This video was great! As a die-hard Kid Icarus Uprising fanboy, I'm glad to see content about the game being uploaded. However, I do have one eensy complaint (no problem, really). When that sheet music popped up, I was really expecting the main theme. You see, I'm currently working on arranging every piece in the game for an orchestra, and it would have been wonderful to see the actual main theme to (shhhh...) maybe get a bit of a shortcut. As I'm sure you're aware, that was Palutena's Temple. No hard feelings, I was just a little disappointed, that's all. Thanks for the awesome video. 👍

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Yeah, sorry about that! I needed a visual of the main theme's sheet music, but I couldn't find it _anywhere_ online, so I cheated a little. You caught me!

[@A7X_Alyssa_04]

Kid Icarus Uprising is one of my favorite games. I really hope that we get a sequel for the Switch or some other console.

[@GunnarClovis]

God you just keep crushing every video The editing, the SFX, the animation, the compositing, the VO, all just m'chwah ❤️ So fantastic You keep up the great work

[@chispychisp1690]

I need an ICE CLIMBER GAME TO BE REIMAGINED

[@kiraogola6043]

Ice climbers needs another game

[@TheInkPitOx]

With better controls

[@happyfellowship4291]

Thomas, I really liked this!! Your voice is very soothing, and I love that you cover these topics. You have earned yourself a new subscriber my friend!

[@wispe1]

been waiting for this, looks good!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thanks!

[@rattyeely]

Kid Icarus Uprising is an amazing and underappreciated game. The gameplay is super fun, the difficulty control allows it to be as easy or as hard as you want

[@DeltaFrazzle]

ahhh i remember when i first played this game. my god was it the best thing ever. i played it non stop, every second i had the chance to play it for a whole week, and luckily i had a week off from school at the time. the gameplay was great and the multiplayer aspect was even greater imo. the amount of weapons you can choose too? hooo boy, you would definitely find one you're comfortable with. you got your long range, close combat, speedy ones, slow ones, hybrids of close and long range but sacrificed for speed and/or damage, and vice versa. i can go on, but you get what i'm saying. the story was ok, nothing mind blowing, but the banter and incredible voice acting definitely made it funner, even if it doesnt fit the atmosphere of literally killing off some of the bosses you fight. granted some do get resurrected, so maybe thats why they can have light discussions with each other. and even with the basic game stuff being awesome, the game's graphics and colors were so appealing and there were still small cool stuff, like the idols (similar to trophies in smash) and the challenge board. (also similar to smash) yeah. this game is hands down one of the best games i ever played, and this might not happen, but im in the camp of waiting for a switch remake, or even better: a sequel.

[@codydfwn]

Listening to your videos on low volume REALLY helps me go to sleep when I just can't seem to... (Of course, I also watch them during the day when I'm energized. Lol) Good stuff. Thank you for making these and keep it up!

[@charliefunk3309]

Hopefully one day Sakurai gathers a humongous team to make a sequel of Kid Icarus for the Nintendo Switch after when he gets a long vacation of course

[@e-mananimates2274]

I have discovered your channel pretty recently and I'm rather charmed with your videos! Your editing is very nice and your voice is rather pleasant!

[@katelyncheng9545]

It's so relaxing to watch your vids. Borderline therapy :) 5:10 those arms coming out of the lady's chest tho 😂

[@aikawa_404]

8:28 this is what we got in smash 4 and ultimate =) since it's from sakurai it makes a lot of sense

[@LucianoThePig]

I'm not gonna stop bitching im internet comment sections about there not being a sequel until a sequel happens! And that's a promise!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Haha, I'd also really like a sequel! Sakurai certainly knows how to make a good game!

[@shroomoid9403]

@@ThomasGameDocs Sakurai said we're not getting a sequel

[@cynanthropy]

hes so... flamboyant. i love it

[@CrazyMathjules]

Great job ! Thanks for always adding english subtitles, as a non native english speaker it really helps me to understand the video :)

[@j0rge1454270]

Your videos are always such a delight!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thank you so much, that's so kind!

[@LimeAtions]

Good job on the piano at the end!

[@smashpow]

This game is still replayable

[@mintyronin2100]

It really is. One of my favorites

[@OMGitsKITTYSMITTY]

The game looks beautiful in 4K emulated on Citra looks like a Switch game

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

OMGitsKITTYSMITTY With even more detailed models and CGI cutscenes that would look so awsome!

[@shuccle6161]

This is among my top 10 video games of all time. An underappreciated masterpiece, for sure. Really hope Sakurai revisits it, on the Switch, one day!

[@Landenwin]

I just found out about your channel recently and your videos are great!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thank you so much!

[@austinrichardson4357]

Kid Icarus uprising is perfect game. Perfect music, perfect story, perfect voice acting.

[@Sveakungen]

Keep up the excellent work! Love to watch them and learn stuff in an entertaining matter!

[@keelkyle4604]

This game is the reason I bought a 3ds

[@drackestalentorgen166]

Kid Ikarus Uprising the reason i bought a 3ds on launch day..just to realise it wouldn't come out for a while...

[@jerhumejerhume3173]

I really enjoy your videos. I subscribed recently after having watching over the past week and I really like the style. I think you even commented on it at one point describing it as a paper cutout look. There is a lot of history that I already kind of knew about, but some of the videos I have seen kind of give me a bigger behind the scenes look that I was missing. I didn't even know what kind of computers Nintendo developed on back in the day and that was something I was actually curious about. I haven't played Kid Icarus the original nor the newer 3DS version, but I still find these videos to be enlightening as well as entertaining. I love your cute "bye" at the end of your videos. Thank you! I have disabled my adblocker for KZbin. Honestly though, we will just have to see how long that lasts. Please consider making a Patreon!

[@edwinblakly]

I love Dark Pit he's like shadow but a little more edgy

[@oggiv]

One of my favorite games of all time, and tied with Pokemon X and Y for favorite 3DS game. First played it last year and do not regret buying it at all.

[@sayuriartsy5108]

I loved this game, it was so much fun! I liked to use Laser Staff and Cutter Palm!

[@jordy9606]

Wow Laser Staff is my favorite-

[@LucianoThePig]

Still probably the best game on the 3DS

[@MichaPisarskiTech]

Dude, I hope that you'll have a million subs someday :)

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Haha, thanks! Still a little way to go, but here's hoping!

[@tidalrose26]

I just hope Hades was joking about waiting another 25 years for the next game... Edit: I love how you added in the game’s main theme on piano at the end.

[@MrGregory777]

My hands still hurt from playing this game

[@immortalsun]

Your videos are incredible and so underrated.

[@guyadam6131]

love that word fun core

[@TheSkypetube]

You forgot to mention that a Kid Icarus game was planned for the Wii

[@droidixbacon]

I love kid Icarus Uprising

[@wollohshollow]

It makes me so happy that people still care about this game. Best game ever ngl

[@Lukz243]

so the idea that this game was supposed to be a Star Fox title was a lie?

[@drasticallycourageous3894]

I have one issue. You completely forgot how he was in Brawl before he appeared uprising. It creates some time issues that don't make sense

[@nickinportland]

Thomas must have a huge library of stock office building pictures

[@CitrusArchitect]

I'm just here for your piano playing at the end. :)

[@Halbared]

Playing this game back when it came out was ace. Loved it and the stuff in Club Nintendo

[@williamsmith4956]

Kid Icarus Uprising's uprising!

[@SinisterPixel]

I just want to make an addendum to the information you provided. early in development the game was actually planned to be a Star Fox game. You kind of glossed over that part early in the video and didn't mention it but that was the original development plan

[@Aztr_artz]

Love your content! You deserve more subs!!

[@ChubbyTibo]

Nice job, again :)

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thanks!

[@Neopets4Life494]

Great video! I always love watching them. It's really cool to see what developers think, despite it being summarized (perfectly at that). I wonder if you'll ever do one on Echo Shift/Echo Chrome for the PSP.

[@kyellebantog7720]

Wasn't Sakurai interested in the Kid Icarus series since Super Smash Bros Brawl? So either his idea for the air land battle game originated since Brawl, which got him to design Pit and Palutena in smash, OR his initial revival of Kid Icarus in Brawl gave him the idea to make such a game

[@jcoop4]

This is my favorite game of all time. I NEED it to continue #KidIcarusNow

[@denismitrovic1860]

Still one of my favorite games ever, even though I sadly have never played the original Kid Icarus or the second game, but I also don't think that the second game is really that important. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@MarkThePage]

Interesting typo in the opening screengrab of the last video... What kind of Brit could forget the T like that!? (Also, the other contender for this game's adopted IP was Star Fox, but spaceships aren't as nimble as Pit needed to be. I'm sure a lot of increasingly desperate Star Fox fans lament this decision.)

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Haha oops, didn't notice that! And yeah, poor Star Fox fans - at least they have Star Fox Zero...?

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 9th anniversary kid icarus uprising!!! :3 favorite story,characters(pit & palutena are cinnamon rolls.:3) and music in a nintendo game.

[@iditne1096]

Wonder how long it took to get dark pits theme perfect

[@leaffinite2001]

Loved this game. Great vid

[@sewkrazy]

1:01 Also I was born and I was TOTALLY important to kid Icarus uprising

[@Kain128]

The thumbnail for this video made me think this was a Game Theory video.

[@Jzwiz]

This game was one of my favorite ds games next to explorers of sky, the online play was so fun and we got a certain green haired waifu from it :^) i remember crafting a magnus club that one shot people and forgot the name of the bow but it shot a slow moving heart that could one hit people if used right. I miss the online play

[@BeepBoopBee]

The difficulty slider is something a lot of games have been using. That doesn't mean one copied the other, but rather that it's a system that works really well. However, I do see one flaw with it. It doesn't encourage people to try higher difficulties enough. If someone sees themselves as a bad player, they won't try harder difficulty levels. I know that one from experience. It would be interesting if a game used the system in combination with another mechanic. It would let you pick the difficulty at the start of the game or level, but the game would then dynamically adjust the difficulty to meet the player where their true difficulty lies. Maybe it could even challenge them a little. And then at the end it would show a graphic of how the difficulty was dynamically adjusted throughout the level. It would give players a better idea of their strengths and weaknesses, as well as encourage them to try the higher difficulty. Games often dynamically adjust difficulty already. Making it more transparent would just make it a lot better. And it would be perfect for making players more skilled at the games

[@j-rex229]

You get better rewards with a higher difficulty, I think that's a good enough incentive. Plus the game recommends you a difficulty based on your performance on previous chapters.

[@BeepBoopBee]

@@j-rex229 Ah, I'm just discussing the idea of someone making a new game with this difficulty mechanic. A combination of a difficulty slider and a dynamic difficulty mechanic. I think it would be an interesting evolution of the already existing mechanic and I believe it could improve the positive effects.

[@BeeLy1011]

"Extra life hearts" ...Thomas, have you even played this game?

[@RickWhitechest]

Oh, I still have to play this game! It sounds interesting, and if the adjustable difficulty is like Smash's, then I think I'd enjoy playing it!

[@miyazakiiiiii]

Richard Whitechest this is coming from someone who played Uprising back in 2012, trust me, possibly the best game ever released from Nintendo without a doubt. Storyline, soundtrack, voice acting, and gameplay is beautiful. You won’t regret it

[@S0BA_2007]

Thomas! You are good at playing on piano/keyboard.

[@imaseacow8812]

So... Shall we call Pit as Sakurai's adopted boi?

[@WumBuh17]

Spotted your "concentration tongue" look at the end! xD

[@Rex-The-Wolf]

I loved kid icarus uprising and i still do, this love makes me deeply sad that there isnt a switch remake sigh........

[@manwithnoname1120]

9:48 o my gosh Sakurai looks like a younger myamoto.

[@amangirma2001]

People are asking how old Pit is. Kid Icarus: Uprising was created in 2012. Since Pit defeated Medusa 25 years from 2012, that would take place in 1986-1987 and since he has the appearance of a 13 year old, it's safe to assume he was born in 1973-1974 making him now 45-46.

[@imatakuvnarod]

As far as I'm aware,Sakurai mentioned that Smash Ultimate will be the only Smash game to feature every character,meaning that there will be more Smash games.

[@tjlnintendo]

Sakurai even straight up used “future titles “ in the treehouse event of 2018

[@spikey_104]

It's cool how it was through the creation of Brawl the 3D design of Pit was created. Also Sakurai = Daddy

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 10th anniversary kid icarus uprising!!! :3

[@jonoinvielleicht4803]

Luckily I bought myself a 2DS this year, instead of switch... my only reason was the price and that it's full handheld console with some cool games I always wanted to play. Maaybe one day I will take one copy if I spot it on a shelf... Again a great video and summary Thomas! Have a good day

[@clementines7032]

It’s a good idea to buy it preowned. My experience with buying preowned games is pretty great! But that’s just my personal opinion

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 35th anniversary kid icarus!!! :3

[@Devilot109]

Gonna leave out my random vent this time. When it's showing a selection of Japanese FPS/TPS games around 1:46 what the heck is that weird arcade-looking setup on the bottom right?

[@jahaininagaki385]

I never played a Kid Icarus game.. I play Pit a lot in Smash so I wouldnt mind giving his games a try

[@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote]

I want a Kid Icarus on the Switch by Sakurai. The controls on the 3DS are a bit painful with bigger hands.

[@greco-romano9852]

We should hold our celestial-horses. If Sakurai ported Kid Icarus: Uprising to the Switch, the universe would literally explode due to the amount of extra-content we know Sakurai would add-on, to the already chock-full extra-content ridden game.

[@Bane_Amesta]

I have a suggestion for another video: Katamari Damacy. I'm playing the switch version and I'm really curious to know how in the world the highers-ups approved this game xD

[@mickgorro]

4:00: 新・光神話パルテナの鏡 Shin hikari shinwa parutena no kagami Not sure what that means...

[@spydersoup8447]

Let's hope in the future that Nintendo doesn't end up milking Sakauri for all he's worth like what Square Enix is doing to Tetsuya Nomura.

[@Rastrellin]

The dialogues, if localized, certainly make the action more engaging, but for those who are not native speakers of English (especially considering the very fast dialogues) and had to read subtitles during flying fights, it was really inconvenient (and already the control was peculiar). You inevitably missed something of the speeches and distracted yourself from the struggle. I don't know if Sakurai expected more dubbing versions, but I don't agree with his choice. However, it remains an excellent undervalued game.