Kid Icarus was a primitive, two-dimensional platform game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in 1987, it’s since become something of a cult classic. Players controlled the ...

Created by nearly identical development teams and utilizing the same game engine, Metroid shipped in August and Kid Icarus in December. Both games debuted in America the next year -- only a month ...

So along comes "Kid Icarus: Uprising," yet another stellar original offering, which again typifies Nintendo's ability to shine when its back is against the wall. For diehard fans of the publisher ...