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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/</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</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</ref> The album was awarded the best score by [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/index.php SEMO] in the eastern category of 2012.<ref>http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/awards3/bestscore.shtml</ref> | 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/</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</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</ref> The album was awarded the best score by [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/index.php SEMO] in the eastern category of 2012.<ref>http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/awards3/bestscore.shtml</ref> | ||
== | ==Promotion== | ||
[[File:KIUmanga.JPG|thumb|150px|right|''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' manga by ''V Jump''. Illustrated by Satoshi Kinoshita.]] | |||
===Kid Icarus Float=== | ===Kid Icarus Float=== | ||
At Nintendo World 2011, Sakurai announced the production of a 10 meter tall Kid Icarus Float in northern Japan. It was paraded down the streets on August 2011. <ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/mii/index.html</ref> | At Nintendo World 2011, Sakurai announced the production of a 10 meter tall Kid Icarus Float in northern Japan. It was paraded down the streets on August 2011. <ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/mii/index.html</ref> | ||
===Manga=== | ===Manga=== | ||
Japanese magazines, ''[[wikipedia:CoroCoro|CoroCoro]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:V Jump|V Jump]]'', both released a short manga in their April 2012 issues. The manga from ''CoroCoro'' depicted [[Chapter 1]], and ''V Jump'''s was inspired by [[Chapter 3]]. | Japanese magazines, ''[[wikipedia:CoroCoro|CoroCoro]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:V Jump|V Jump]]'', both released a short manga in their April 2012 issues. The manga from ''CoroCoro'' depicted [[Chapter 1]], and ''V Jump'''s was inspired by [[Chapter 3]]. | ||
===Anime=== | ===Anime=== | ||
A mini-series of ''[[Kid Icarus 3D Anime]]'' shorts aired on ''Nintendo Video'' to promote the game's release: | A mini-series of ''[[Kid Icarus 3D Anime]]'' shorts aired on ''Nintendo Video'' to promote the game's release: | ||