Comments on: The Anatomy of Kid Icarus VII: South side of the sky http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/11/18/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-vii-south-side-of-the-sky/ 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: The Sprat http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/11/18/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-vii-south-side-of-the-sky/#comment-2140 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:23:29 +0000 http://www.2-dimensions.com/?p=9168#comment-2140 Hey, count me in as another fan of both Anatomy AND this Kid Icarus write-up. In fact if anything I’ve been enjoying this series more (so I’m moderately bummed when I glance at the top of this one and see that you’re blitzing through to the end). I think it may be because, as insightful and entertaining as your Mario Anatomies are, there’s this kind of “well, everybody’s written about Super Mario” sense. Whereas not nearly as many are writing about Kid Icarus, and practically nobody at this level of detail.

But I understand that a lot less people are familiar with Icarus, so it’s that old conflict between die-hard niche audience vs casual mass audience… and a site hit is a site hit, enthusiasm or not. I’ve had smaller-scale problems with the readership of my own site… which, I admit with some sheepishness, is at least partially inspired by Anatomy of a Game.

]]> By: LBD "Nytetrayn" http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/11/18/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-vii-south-side-of-the-sky/#comment-2139 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:55:27 +0000 http://www.2-dimensions.com/?p=9168#comment-2139 I’ve enjoyed these, though this last batch of three I’m only getting to all at once because I’ve been busy. But I never got too far in, so seeing it this way is pretty cool.

Funny, I thought Kid Icarus was one of the most heavily-requested titles? Too bad it’s not doing so well here, I was hoping we might get further comparing and contrasting in the siblings’ Game Boy sequels, Return of Samus and Of Myths and Monsters… not only between each other, but their prequels as well, and see which one came out ahead in terms of evolution.

]]> By: MagFlare http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/11/18/the-anatomy-of-kid-icarus-vii-south-side-of-the-sky/#comment-2138 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:43:41 +0000 http://www.2-dimensions.com/?p=9168#comment-2138 I’ve enjoyed all of these Anatomies, including the Kid Icarus ones, although — yeah — lack of familiarity with the source material has dampened my enthusiasm somewhat. I’m looking at the screenshots and saying, huh, I guess THAT’S in the game, who knew? It’s certainly not a matter of the articles being badly written — it’s just that they’re not providing a fresh perspective on a game I’ve already got a lot of nostalgia for.

I’d be very interested in an Anatomy of Mario 2.

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