"Kid?"
Where is this "kid?"
I see no "kid."

Better than the Brawl model imo.

I'd like to see a new Kid Icarus game that will actually capture the fun of the original NES game (let's forget the GB game ever existed).

That looks freakin' awesome. Where can I reserve a copy?

Well, it's a little strange-looking, but yeah, it looks better than his squeaky, barely pubescent Brawl character model.

If I had to hear Pit's Brawl voice for an entire game, I'd probably shoot myself.

Looks awesome and I can see a lot of potential for this game. Too bad they couldn't take the God of War atmosphere to this. Would make for an incredible game as a rail shooter or free flying type game.

Argh, my eyes bleed..

Some of those concepts just look far too similar to the Prince from Prince of Persia, albeit with nifty wings.

Less emo, more happy. Personally, I'd love a game that uses the exact same character model as the one used in Brawl, that got the idea of Pit just right in my eyes.

I would've assumed it was fanart picked off of some anime forum, just before the inevitable yaoi picture that no one has the goddamned common courtesy to warn anyone about ahead of time.

Factor 5... what are you doing?

Go back to making Rogue Squadron games, as motion sensing controls are obviously not one of your strong points.

Man Icarus!!! looks crappy. bring back the kid.

Nah, doesn't work for me.

The Brawl version was perfect for me. Yes, his voice was annoying...but that can be fixed.

Ew. Adult Pit, no thanks.

"it looka like a man"

'Nuff sed. Brawl Ver is good enuff.

Good feeling gone.

I'm on the fence here. No yip-yapping from this model like in Brawl (THE FIGHT IS ON! NICE TRY! NICE TRY!), but it's too adult-y as well.

looks like rygar with wings!!
wtf!

@Saint Anima:
I dunno, man, that voice is probably as un-annoying as you could get and still fit that character model. If anything, they'd get an even younger person to play him in a full game. And then we'd all want to die.

While I would hope that Nintendo would want to keep the Smash Brahs Brawl version of Pit, should they ever make a new Kid Icarus game, I just want to say a hearty THANK YOU for using the term "new-gen" and not that overused pile of hype "next-gen".

why would they add Kid Icarus to Brawl if it was going to look so different? I guess that's why Factor 5 isn't getting the green light, they don't want another hardcore "Bomberman Zero" franchise...

@maureliuswolf: Since the Gameboy Kid Icarus was ten times the game the NES version was, I find this statement baffling.
Definitely want a new one. Would prefer a new 2D one. And odds are they'll use a variant on the Brawl design, since it sort of reintroduced the character.

What was wrong with the Brawl design? Go with that.

[www.joystiq.com]

Itz all coming together. :)

If you make a grown up Pit....

Just call the game Icarus. Period.

are you kidding, this looks awesome, if it wasn't a "Kid Icarus" game, people would probably like the concept. I never played a Kid Icarus and so this looks fine to me. Teenagers are still kids, and none of those drawings does Pit look older than 18-19.

Kid Icarus?
More like MAN...Kid...EMO...Icarus....LAMEFACE....who sucks in Brawl!
Yeah I got nothin'.

I do have to wonder why people have a problem with this, yeah. Is it nostalgia, or do people honestly want to run around as a squeaky-voiced 10-year-old in an almost-too-small toga?

When we were kids, it was cool. Nowadays, with full 3D, it could border on creepy...

O.O
the unholy son of Palutena and the Prince of Persia!

Its okay, I geuss. I do <3 the SSBB model, though. I hope they keep that.

Everyone here is wrong. They should TOTALLY go back to Captain N's design of him. While they're at it, they should turn Mega Man green.

i dont like this 'warrior within' emo icarus

Man Icarus....?

Stick with the Brawl Model or something similar to it.

It'll never get to that point. The story is to dark for a Nintendo character.

I liked the Brawl design but they don't have to go with that. The other concept art looked okay to. Though they should make him look younger.

Nintendo: "Dear Factor 5, thank you for your interest in developing for our Kid Icarus series. However, **** no."

It looks like they're trying to turn Kid Icarus into God of War or Prince of Persia. The original Kid Icarus is a cute platformer. I kinda wish they make a Mario64 style Kid Icarus. You know cute looking and with platformer style gameplay, but guess not?

Factor 5 needs to stay the fuck away from my Kid Icarus and learn to make a Star Wars Game that does not have a Hoth Level, a trench run Death Star Level, shitty foot missions or forced motion controls from them.

The Brawl model is perfect and Nintendo needs to do it in house or farm it out to someone loyal and how can do a viable platformer, because Factor 5 isn't it.

@maureliuswolf: That ruined my childhood when I was 7 :(

No thanks to Factor 5.

@TheManator: Also, let Retro Studios make this game, PLEASE!!!

@Foxstar Sixtail:
You should be thinking Turrican.

Yeah, I do think the Brawl model is the best of all of them. He looks too old in some of them, and the others, well... they'd be good as other characters, though.

Also, I don't see this series being treated as well as Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. Hell, if it weren't for Retro Studios, I wouldn't have listed that last one.

@TheManator: That'd be cool but Nintendo doesn't seem so happy with Retro right now. [kotaku.com]

Thank god they're making Kid Icarus more hardcore. Not a day goes by when I don't think "You know, they need bring back Kid Icarus, but like, give him some tats and badass armor. And, like, he shouldn't be a kid, neither! and he'd be all headshottin' people with the arrows! "

I also hope they opt for drab brown color palette. That'd be bitchin'.

@Netnavi:
Samus is an orphan with murdered parents, if I remember my Metroid canon correctly. Perhaps that wasn't official backstory.

And Mario... well, there's no end to the drug problems that poor working-class plumber has.

A Kid Icarus game would be sweet regardless.

Honestly, I'd play that, BUT Kid Icarus is gonna have to look like a kid.

Factor 5 + Pit from Smash Bros. Brawl pushing the Wii' graphics hardware = here's my 50 bucks.

Well Maybe this is how he looks like in part of the game and an actual kid in another.

look it's Archangel, Worthington is one of the founding members of the X-Men.

Maybe, just maybe, this isn't Icarus. After all, there has to be more than ONE angel.

@Ghede: Argh. Meant pit.

@StarStabbedMoon: Donkey Kong was beat by the original Donkey Kong (Cranky Kong), who incidentally was a misogynist.

Link gets more out all those potions he drinks than just health or magic.