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'''Hades'''<br>
'''Hades'''<br>
''The true master of the Underworld. He is immeasurably strong, even among the divine pantheon, but prefers to rule from the shadows, forcing Medusa to do his dirty work. Yet even with all this evil, Hades still manages to act nonchalant.''
''The true master of the Underworld. He is immeasurably strong, even among the divine pantheon, but prefers to rule from the shadows, forcing Medusa to do his dirty work. Yet even with all this evil, Hades still manages to act nonchalant.''
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<br><br>'''Hades (Battle)'''<br>
''Hades, prepared for the final battle. Covered with missiles, his body is quite literally a weapon of mass destruction. Only Hades's selfish protection of the Underworld's bottom line keeps him from going all out on Pit.''
''Hades, prepared for the final battle. Covered with missiles, his body is quite literally a weapon of mass destruction. Only Hades's selfish protection of the Underworld's bottom line keeps him from going all out on Pit.''
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Revision as of 10:30, 24 October 2014

Sorry to keep YOU waiting. But now that I'm here, let's get this party started!

—Hades revealing himself in Chapter 9.

Hades
ハデス
Hadesu
Hades final.png
First Appearance: Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
Latest Appearance:

Super Smash Bros. 4 (2012)

Title(s):
Gender: Male
Race: God/Deity
Homeland: Underworld
Affiliated Faction:
Other Allies:
Status:
Voiced By: English:
S. Scott Bullock

Japanese:
Hochu Otsuka

  • Kid Icarus: Uprising

Hades (ハデス Hadesu) is the unexpected primary antagonist of Kid Icarus: Uprising. He is the true ruler of the Underworld and is responsible for Medusa's revival, which set the events of the game in motion. Medusa was revived as a distraction against Pit while Hades was busy gathering souls of the human race in order to store them within his realm. He accomplished this by using lies to turn different nations against each other, causing war to break out.

Characteristics

Appearance

Hades appears as a giant, humanoid, demonic deity with purple skin and a red tattoo on his eyes. He has fairly long tri-colored hair that is red, green, and pink. He wears very grotesquely designed robes and clothing with asymmetrical shapes and a cape seemingly made out of darkness and fire. He has red lines that run up both his arms and legs. The inside of his body is completely chaotic in design, with even skies, grind rails and surreal structures found commonly throughout. After he is beheaded by Medusa, he grows a new head covered in blue flames like Pandora.

Personality

Hades is a being of pure evil, whose arrogance and power makes him brush off any matter as nothing important, often acting carefree and speaking in a playfully dull tone that is filled with sarcasm and cruelty. He has no regard for life and views souls simply as mindless play things for him to manipulate with no sympathy, using them as his puppets and manipulating their memories, hearts and forms to suit his own needs, not caring at all about their existence, even eating them for fun despite how much damage this causes to the balance. His view on the cycle of life is even more skewed and twisted, seeing no difference between consuming a soul and their rebirth and casting the balance aside like nothing. Despite all his malicious tendencies, he does have a genuine sense of humor and enjoys telling jokes and making puns at even the most odd or inappropriate of times. He also held no grudge against Pit after the later killed him and destroyed his body, and even complimented his abilities, albeit still throwing a few nasty remarks in his direction.

Abilities

Hades is an extremely powerful deity, easily one of the most powerful characters in the game, possibly second in might only to Dyntos. As the god of the Underworld and its true master, Hades has full power of control over his realm, with it appearing to be impossible to enter it without him knowing it right away, and he could house himself anywhere (and everywhere) within the Underworld he wanted, even in the darkness, not needing a castle to live in like Medusa. Hades could use the souls sent to his realm to revive fallen allies and increase the size of his army. He could also devour them and increase his own power if he wanted to, but doing so would unbalance the natural order.

In battle, Hades proved to be a deadly opponent, showing tremendous magical, weapons, and hand-to-hand combat prowess. Hades could fire off powerful energy blasts and barrages from different parts of his body, like his eyes and hands. He has a suit of armor he dubs as his "devastation ensemble", which is covered with weapons also capable of firing powerful magic attacks. Hades is shownto be quite adept in taijutsu, able to attack very fluidly and quickly with unbelievable strength. Hades is able to nonchalantly tear off Medusa's (a goddess similar to himself in size) right arm with one hand and destroy most of her body and kill her with one punch. Despite being so huge, Hades is extremely fast, arguably one of the fastest character in the game, able to keep up with the Great Sacred Treasure by merely sprinting and could fly at incredible speeds.

Given his size, along with his strength and status as a god, Hades has incredible durability and vitality, having survived being bisected and beheaded only to regenerate these body parts easily and not even be slowed down. Even when his heart was destroyed, Hades simply to brushes it off with a joke. Like the other gods, Hades is able to telepathically talk to others and project a giant astral hologram of himself wherever he wants. He also has a suction ability, which allowed him to swallow things whole.

In Kid Icarus: Uprising

Concept art of Hades.

Hades was hinted to exist in chapters 6 and 7, but first reveals himself at the end of Chapter 9, where he interrupts the game's credits sequence after the defeat of Medusa to reveal his master plan. He states that it was him who revived Medusa, partly because of her hatred towards Palutena. In the next chapter, it is revealed that Hades created the rumor of the Wish Seed in order to make humans fight amongst each other which led Viridi, the goddess of nature, to destroy them for their hubris. This was all part of his plan to collect the souls of all the countless human soldiers lost in battle. This soon leads him into conflict with the Forces of Nature, the Underworld Army, and Palutena's Army.

Later in Chapter 15, Hades agrees to a temporary alliance and joins the Forces of Nature and Palutena's Army to work together in order to destroy the Aurum, but after this threat has passed, Palutena's Army and the Forces of Nature return to fighting against Hades's forces and each other.

After the three-year time skip in Chapter 19, Hades hints out that it was him who captured Pit's soul in the Ring of Chaos. His reasoning for doing so are still unknown, but is likely that he got help from the Chaos Kin to do so.

In Chapter 22, Hades is revealed to be using the souls of the humans he captures in order to replicate Underworld monsters, but even worse, it is also revealed that it takes numerous souls to create a single monster, wasting them entirely. This is seen as a disturbance in the balance, and all enemies of Hades greatly oppose his actions.

Pit, armed with the Three Sacred Treasures finally confronts Hades in Chapter 23, but the Underworld god easily destroys the Three Sacred Treasures with a single blast of his "raunchy breath" and ends up swallowing Pit whole. According to the Idol description of Hades' Belly, Pit is actually transported to another realm and is not really inside of Hades. Pit struggles to escape Hades' twisted insides and soon manages to destroy Hades's Heart in an explosion, allowing Dark Pit to see Pit's location and rescue him with the Lightning Chariot. However, Hades remains unfazed despite his heart's destruction.

Most of Hades's expressions for Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Pit later confronts him in Chapter 25 with the Great Sacred Treasure, battling and pursuing Hades using it to destroy various weapons that cover Hades's body. The Great Sacred Treasure changes forms as it is damaged, its third form cuts Hades in half but he simply respawns his lower half and continues to fight Pit. Eventually, he manages to destroy the Great Sacred Treasure and leave Pit temporarily vulnerable, allowing him to charge up his most powerful attack. Palutena tells Pit that a force (Medusa) is seeking Hades and Pit must guide this force. As Hades is about to release his attack, Medusa suddenly appears and distracts him with a blindsiding punch, destroying his head. However, the god grows a new one and furiously destroys Medusa with a single blow. Viridi then grants Pit the Power of Flight as he wields the remaining cannon of the Great Sacred Treasure while Palutena charges the gun with her energy. When the gun reaches its maximum charge, Pit fires the cannon, unleashing a devastating blast which destroys Hades once and for all, bringing peace once more to the realm and all its inhabitants.

While seemingly destroyed, if the player waits five minutes past the ending credits he reveals that his soul is still very much intact and begins to compliment Pit on his skill and power, and seems to be somewhat proud of him. He then begins to make comical empty threats which is usual of his joking nature. The god claims that his condition is quite bad and might not be able to resurrect himself. He begins to whine about missing his body and all the women who will miss his godly physique as well. Despite the loss of his body, Hades hopes to figure out a way to resurrect himself in the next twenty-five years (when he assumes the next sequel will be released) and get his revenge, but until then he gives Pit a few tips and to prove he's not a sore loser, unlocks a special challenge for him. He then gives a few parting words to the player and announces that Kid Icarus: Uprising is his new favorite game before signing out.

Idol Descriptions

Hades
The true master of the Underworld. He is immeasurably strong, even among the divine pantheon, but prefers to rule from the shadows, forcing Medusa to do his dirty work. Yet even with all this evil, Hades still manages to act nonchalant.

Hades (Battle)
Hades, prepared for the final battle. Covered with missiles, his body is quite literally a weapon of mass destruction. Only Hades's selfish protection of the Underworld's bottom line keeps him from going all out on Pit.

Hades (New Legs)
After being cut in half by the Great Sacred Treasure, Hades heads to the surface world to regenerate his legs. Because this trick uses an immense number of souls, the usually invincible Hades suffers damage in the process.

Hades (Final)
Mere moments after having his head crushed by Medusa, Hades returns with a new, fresh complexion. While he attacks Pit with a renewed ferocity, it still isn't enough to withstand the assault of the Great Sacred Treasure.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Hades appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS as a collectible trophy.

Trophy Description

The true ruler of the Underworld, he is so powerful that he easily resurrected Medusa for his own amusement—and to distract his foes. Full of arrogance, he does have a genuine sense of humor, though it mainly serves to conceal his callous disregard for life.

Trivia

  • Hades has appeared in many Greek myths and legends as Poseidon and Zeus's brother. Although Poseidon was in the game, he mentioned nothing about Hades, so there is no way to see if this applies to the game.
  • Hades was assumed to be the most powerful of the gods, but in Chapter 24, it was hinted that Lord Dyntos was more powerful because he could create an army that would be stronger than the Underworld Army. This was never actually proven in the chapter though. However, the in-game Idol information states that the fact that Dyntos is able to "put Palutena to sleep miles away" is evidence that Dyntos's power exceeds even that of Hades.
  • Hades is one of the few major characters to not have a weapon named after him, but the End-All Arm could be inspired by his appearance.
  • Hades is one of the three characters to be fought as a mini-boss and a boss. The others are Dark Pit and Hewdraw.


Kid Icarus series characters
Palutena's Army Centurions (Centurion Knight, Centurion Strongarm) • PalutenaPit
Underworld Army Dark Lord GaolHadesHewdrawMedusaPandoraThanatos
Forces of Nature ArlonCragalancheDark PitPhosphoraViridi
Aurum Fleet Aurum Brain (Aurum Pyrrhon)
Space Pirates Space Pirate Captain
Chaos Kin Chaos Kin
Unaffiliated Chariot MasterCrowDogDonDyntosFighterGirlGod of PovertyMagnusNurseOrcosPoseidonPseudo-PalutenaPyrrhonZeus


Kid Icarus: Uprising enemies and bosses
Underworld Army ArminBelunkaBlusterBoogityBrawny ClawsBumbledropClubberskullCollinCommylooseCoralCrawlerDaphneDark Lord GaolEggplant WizardErinusFire WyrmFort OinkFrozumGanewmedeGirinGloomerangGreat ReaperGuttlerGyrazerHadesHades's HeartHandoraHewdrawIgniotKeronKomaytoLeoxMagmooMedusaMega MusselMerenguyMikMinosMonoeyeMonolithMonomiknoseNettlerOctosOrnePandoraParamushPetribomberPhilsPlutonPorcuspineReaperRemoblamShelboShemumShildeenShootflyShripShulmSinistewSkuttlerSnongSnowmanSpecknoseSplinStackjawSyrenTempura WizardThanatosTortolunkTrailtailTwinbellowsUnderworld GatekeeperVakloomWave AnglerZik & ZakZureeZurret
Forces of Nature ArlonBadootBladerBoom StomperBumpety BombCacawCaptain FlareClobblerCragalancheDibble DopFlageForces of Nature GuardHugwormJitterthugLethiniumLunar Sanctum Control CenterLurchthornMahvaMeebaMegontaMudroneNutskiParashooterPew PewPipPhosphoraReset BombReset Bomb PodSkreetleToxiecapTrynamiteUrgleZert
Aurum Aurum BrainAurum CoreAurum CloneAurum GeneratorAurum PyrrhonBagloBiotaBlitClaxisDohzJyokKolmaNukleenPlixoQuoilRezdaRozSioTaklaxTribyteXonemeZaurumZrink
Palutena's Army CenturionCenturion KnightCenturion StrongarmJuggernautPalutenaPit's Body
Chaos Kin Chaos KinShadow Pit
Other Enemies Chariot MasterDark PitGreat Sacred TreasureMagnusMimicutiePhoenixPseudo-PalutenaSoufleeSoul-Eating MonsterSpace KrakenSpace PiratesTreasurefish