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New King Of Games Tees Available Now!! Hey, remember when the King of Games announced it was making that sweet Kid Icarus tee? It's available right now, should you have the 4900 yen (plus shipping!) required to make it yours. No, not cheap. KOG also drops word that older styles have been reprinted, if there's some officially licensed Nintendo T you've always wanted.

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The King Of Games Does Kid Icarus, Kids

On the left, The King of Games' new Kid Icarus t-shirt. On the right, new kid sizes of The King of Games t-shirts. Both go on sale (in Japan) next Friday at midnight Japan time. If you've ever thought to yourself, "I've always wanted a rather expensive Kid Icarus t-shirt" or "I'm a little person and would like a Mario Bros. t-shirt" you now know where to go. No word just yet on if they'll show up in the English language shop, but we'll bug KOG until they tell us.

Oh, they look quite nice don't they? The Kid Icarus tee will run you about $46 USD, with kiddy stuff at about $37 USD. Totally fair! Yep. More than fair.

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7:00 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Michael McWhertor
3,033 views, 31 comments

Latest by inkycap: @mydjsobad: ummm...i'm not going to get into an internet dick stomping match but no one color screen printed shirt should more »

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Kid Icarus Wii May Look Like This (But We Hope Not)

Gaming site Kombo got themselves a nice exclusive today in the form of purported concept art from Factor 5, artwork that was reportedly used in a pitch to Nintendo for a potential Kid Icarus game for the Wii. According to Kombo, the Lair and Rogue Squadron developer is actively pursuing a Wii entry in the series—a long touted rumor—but that Nintendo hasn't officially committed to the project. The above image is just one of many pieces of artwork said to be from a new-gen Kid Icarus game and there are many proposed looks. One things for sure—each and every design will probably make you feel like your flying too close to the sun, eyes first.

Exclusive: "Kid" Icarus Wii Concept Artwork Revealed [Kombo]

8:40 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Michael McWhertor
9,459 views, 113 comments

Latest by CZroe: "...you'RE flying too close..." more »

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Japanese Kid Icarus Commercial

Here's a terrifically bizarre Japanese commercial for Kid Icarus circa 1986. Something that always strikes me about these 80's commercials, be they US or Japanese, is the absolute manic pace they seem to keep up. Everything is always amped up just a little too high. Of course, the kids (us) watching these things were usually just as amped up having just cracked out on giant bowls full of sugared cereal. It's a wonder we all didn't just explode.

6:00 PM on Sat Nov 10 2007
By fdemarco
3,854 views, 52 comments

Latest by dantemustdie: Kid Icarus is fucking hard. I think me and my friend only got to the end of the game because we more »

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Remembering Gunpei Yokoi

Today, October 4th, 2007, marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Gunpei Yokoi, the Nintendo engineer responsible for inventing the company's Game & Watch and Game Boy hardware. Yokoi also acted as producer on Nintendo-developed software like Metroid and Kid Icarus with the R&D1 and Intelligent Systems teams. For those who haven't yet watched RobotBling's fantastic piece on Yokoi titled "The Greatest Inventor", I highly recommend doing so.

Great thanks to Eric for the reminder. RIP Gunpei.

6:20 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,273 views, 50 comments

Latest by L_K_M: @AcerBandit: "However, I'd trade that entire experience for a Virtual Boy that either never got released or was released more »

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Smash Bros. Dojo Update: Kid Icarus' Pit

The trickle of Super Smash Bros. Brawl news continues, as we get a character profile on fan favorite Pit from Kid Icarus. While I don't expect that we'll find many of the SSBB character updates postworthy, anything Kid Icarus related is going to elicit a fanboy kneejerk reaction and require careful inspection of every pixel of every screenshot. More »

3:30 PM on Fri May 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
6,243 views, 38 comments

Latest by N/A: Well... i dont see why they have to put it on the wii, why not just on the gamecube? Other more »

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Kid Icarus For VC 99.44% Perfect

It won't be the first time and it won't be the last, but yesterday's release of Kid Icarus for the Virtual Console won't perform exactly like it did when it was released on the NES—almost twenty years ago. More »

3:20 PM on Tue Feb 13 2007
By Michael McWhertor
539 views, 12 comments

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Kid Icarus Monster Boobies

Don't remember this from when I was a kid ('cos I was looking elsewhere for jubblies), but apparently the Kid Icarus manual has mammaries. While the game doesn't feature topless female monsters, page 38 of the booklet's got 'em. Big deal for family-friendly Nintendo? Nah. The character sports chicken feet and no arms, but does have nipples. And so do we all! Brian Ashcraft More »

7:22 AM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,687 views, 19 comments

Latest by Americana: "They differences are pretty evident and some furries absolutely despise zoomorphs" It's hilarious that furries "despise" anyone but themselves. more »

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Custom Painted NESes On eBay

eBay seller hellokitty11111111111 (yeah, that's right) is auctioning off a number of hand painted, custom NES consoles, including the pictured Metroid version, as well as ones based on Mega Man 2, Kid Icarus, Dragon Warrior, Bubble Bobble, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros. 3. At starting prices ranging from $120 and $150, these one-of-a-kind items aren't cheap, but they look surprisingly nice. Okay, that Kid Icarus looks half-assed at best, but many of them look quite lovely. More »

9:30 PM on Fri Dec 29 2006
By Michael McWhertor
1,281 views, 17 comments

Latest by Pirateninjabot: On the other hand I think we SHOULD encourage others to create artwork like this. It took a lot more »

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Japan Gets New Wii VC Titles, America Weeps

Nintendo has announced twelve of the Virtual Console titles they plan to release to Japanese gamers at some point during January '07, which will bring the total number of VC games for the Wii in that region to a healthy, jealous rage inducing 62. More »

6:20 PM on Tue Dec 26 2006
By Michael McWhertor
288 views, 23 comments

Latest by badnewsjones: Mmmmm...Soldier Blade! more »

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Kid "Where's My Damn Sequel?!" Icarus Reminder

Reader Aaron happened across this retro ad for Hikari Shinwa: Parthena no Kagami (Might of Light: Parthena's Mirror) in Akihabara. Known as Kid Icarus in the West, the game was released almost twenty years ago and is looong overdue for a sequel. And Game Boy games or Smash Brothers titles don't count. Why is it that the sequels you really want take forever, while the ones you are largely indifferent towards reappear year after year after year? Brian Ashcraft

1:20 PM on Mon Jul 31 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
1,068 views, 19 comments

Latest by Tolrak: Hey, maybe Nintendo is not think about making a new Kid Icarus by now, but I know that a gameΒ΄s more »

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New Kid Icarus Joke

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has worried Kid Icarus fans up into a tizzy. Pit is included in the forthcoming Smash Bros., but hasn't seen a solo adventure since 1991. In a Nintendo forum, Sakurai had this to say: More »

9:22 PM on Thu Jun 1 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
945 views, 12 comments

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New Kid Icarus Art Isn't Real


Could it be? No. A new Kid Icarus game for Revolution?? No. Leaked concept art from an unannounced Nintendo game??? No! More »

8:55 AM on Sun Apr 23 2006
By Michael McWhertor
3,686 views, 3 comments