Comments on: The Anatomy of Kid Icarus II: From hell’s heart http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/10/17/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-ii-from-hells-heart/ Defunct, amateurish, game design analysis by Jeremy Parish Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.7 By: Chicago Frank http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/10/17/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-ii-from-hells-heart/#comment-2085 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:26:54 +0000 http://www.2-dimensions.com/?p=8986#comment-2085 Thanks for doing Kid Icarus Jeremy, my favorite game of the NES era, either I was a sucker for punishment or I somehow psychically bonded with the game because I never had any trouble with the jumping mechanism once I figured which platforms worked and the sliding momentum. The ONLY thing I despised with every fiber of my being was Pluton (who you’ll get to) and of course the early monolith training when you had no powerup of energy extensions. Eggplant wizard was a fun enemy for me.

]]> By: pkb http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/10/17/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-ii-from-hells-heart/#comment-2084 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:37:53 +0000 http://www.2-dimensions.com/?p=8986#comment-2084 I do remember playing a little bit of this game when I was younger, but I never got very far. I usually died once or twice and then gave up. I just downloaded a copy onto my 3DS and am having more fun than I expected. I wonder if that is because I have patience now.

]]> By: MetManMas http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/10/17/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-ii-from-hells-heart/#comment-2083 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:21:12 +0000 http://www.2-dimensions.com/?p=8986#comment-2083 The difficulty in Kid Icarus is very front-loaded, but you can tell right from the start that this game’s gonna be a special kind of weird when Death goes crazy and calls in a squad of mini Deaths and you stumble upon the room full of Groucho Marx noses assaulting you.

Shame about the ratchet scrolling ascent, though. While I can tolerate it, I’m no fan of bottomless pits of eaten screen memory. That nonsense is why I only like Super Castlevania IV instead of loving it.

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