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}}'''''Kid Icarus: Uprising''''', known in Japan as '''''New Light Myth: Palutena's Mirror''''' (新・光神話　パルテナの鏡 ''Shin Hikari Shinwa Parutena no Kagami''), is a long awaited revival of the Kid Icarus series to be published by [[Nintendo]]. It was officially announced at E3 2010 as a new ''[[Kid Icarus (series)|Kid Icarus]]'' that would come out for the new Nintendo 3DS. It has taken a re-imagined 3D design of [[Pit]] and the enemies of the [[Kid Icarus|original NES game]], though Pit and [[Palutena]] themselves are based off their ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' appearances. Their character models are slightly downgraded from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' due to the hardware limitation, but even so, the game's appearance is considered above-average for the [[mariowiki:Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS]].

For the Streetpass feature, players will be able to send gems of weapons to other ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' owners. These gems contain information about a specific weapon that other players can purchase for themselves at the [[Arms Altar]]. For the Spotpass feature, individuals can download a new weapon gem that is distributed daily online for a limited amount of time. The Mii that gave them gem to you is named Palutena. The Mii has no statistics for the game. The weapon gem service has ended as of March 31st, 2013.  

Players can fuse two different weapons to form a new weapon. Gems can also be fused for the same purpose. Melee strength, ranged strength, and weapon modifiers are determined by the parent weapons, although not all will necessarily be preserved. The chart on the right is a simple reference to which types of weapons create what.

''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' is one of the few first-party Nintendo games to feature full voice acting. Voice over recording was done by Hollywood's [[wikipedia:Soundelux Design Music Group|Soundelux DMG]]<ref>Kid Icarus: Uprising Credits</ref>. The voice cast was directed by [[wikipedia:Ginny McSwain|Ginny McSwain]]<ref>[http://www.ginnymcswain.com/resumeenlargemen.html Ginny McSwain: Online Resume]</ref>, a veteran voice director and Emmy Award winner.  

The original soundtrack was composed by well-known Japanese musicians such as [[wikipedia:Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori Mitsuda]], [[wikipedia:Motoi Sakuraba|Motoi Sakuraba]], [[wikipedia:Yuzo Koshiro|Yuzo Koshiro]], [[wikipedia:Masafumi Takada|Masafumi Takada]], [[wikipedia:Noriyuki Iwadare|Noriyuki Iwadare]], and [[wikipedia:Takahiro Nishi|Takahiro Nishi]], along with [[wikipedia:Hirokazu Tanaka|Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka]] who composed the original NES game's music and jingles.<ref>[http://www.wayorecords.net/kidicarus/en/ Wayô Records: Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Soundtrack]</ref> Most of the music in this game is performed by a live orchestra or real instruments, with few tracks using MIDI. A selection of the game's music was released on the Japanese Club Nintendo<ref>[http://club.nintendo.jp/present/itempop_p138.html Club Nintendo Japan: Kid Icarus: Uprising Music Selection] (Japanese)</ref>, and eventually a full official three-disc soundtrack was released in Japan by Sleigh Bells.<ref>[http://www.procyon-studio.com/sleighbells/index.html#partena SLEIGH BELLS: Kid Icarus: Uprising Official Soundtrack] (Japanese)</ref>  

*''[[Palutena's Revolting Dinner]]''

Upon release, ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' received positive reviews from both critics and fans. It is also one of the few games to receive a perfect 40/40 from the Japanese gaming magazine, [[wikipedia:Famitsu|''Famitsu'']].<ref>[http://gamingeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-31312/ Gaming Everything: Famitsu Review Scores]</ref> The gameplay, the characters, the script, the voice acting, the visuals, the mulitplayer, and the music have all been praised. However, a common complaint from many gamers was the rather cumbersome control scheme. Nonetheless, the game sold 1.18 million copies worldwide as of March 31, 2013<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/3ds.html Nintendo Japan: IR Information - 3DS Sales Data]</ref>, and is often regarded as one of the best games available on the 3DS.

*''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' is the first 3DS game to be revealed to the public.  

*''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' is the first 3DS game to have a reversible box art in all regions.