

Especially since he has to take aim at hundreds and hundreds of magical minions of all shapes and sizes. Of course, if Pit had to do all his arrow slinging and sword swinging with nothing but a sturdy pair of dusty sandals to get him from here to there, that would make his job a bit too difficult. As the schemes and power plots unravel, there’s only Pit to fight for mankind and hold it all together. This tempting treasure throws the nations into a massive warring conflict while Hades and other god-like baddies go about gleefully picking folks off from the fringes. It seems Hades, who lured Pit into action with help from the snake-haired villainess Medusa, has tricked mankind into longing after an ancient artifact that can supposedly grant wishes. The story wings in and around a young laurel wreath-wearing hero named Pit, a “flightless angel” who’s been called forth to save humanity from the evil forces of the underworld. The new Nintendo 3DS game Kid Icarus: Uprising is an updated homage to a highly praised blocky NES game from two decades ago. There’s a lot of Greek-style mythology to be found here, but very little of it is actually recognizable. But breaking out those old lit books for background info on this game’ll get you nowhere. Otherwise you’re probably right now conjuring up images of a mythological teen with makeshift wings who flew a little too close to the sun and came crashing down in a ball of feathers and melted wax. If you’re a classic game lover, then the name Kid Icarus will surely ring your bell.
