Is That A Metroid In Kid Icarus?

3 responses to “Is That A Metroid In Kid Icarus?”

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   Desert Dog

   February 23, 2012 at 9:29 am

   The Metroid was in the original Kid Icarus (same sprite – it was called something else though).

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      Ogre

      February 23, 2012 at 11:21 am

      Indeed. Supposedly it’s a homage to Metroid, because they both used a very similar game engine (and the system for loading screens as you move around the map is the same). Similarly, Metroid: Zero Mission also paid homage to Kid Icarus by giving you three items, none of which worked until you had all of them (like in Kid Icarus).

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      AerintheADEQUATE

      February 24, 2012 at 4:00 am

      Yup. I wish I was surprised that Ashcraft wasn’t aware of that. I am, however, surprised that *apparently* the writers for Kotaku Japan weren’t aware of it either… though I can’t be certain of that because I suck and can’t actually read what they originally wrote. 😛

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