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'''''Kid Icarus''''', known in Japan as '''''Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror''''' (光神話 パルテナの鏡 ''Hikari Shinwa Parutena no Kagami''), is a video game released for the [[Nwiki:NES|Famicom]] in 1986, and the [[Nwiki:NES|NES]] in 1987. It features [[Pit]], the main protagonist of the series. ''Kid Icarus'' had two successors, ''[[Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters]]'', and ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. ''Kid Icarus'' re-released on multiple Nintendo consoles and also has a 3DS Remake, ''[[3D Classics: Kid Icarus]]''.  Much like ''[[metroidwiki:Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'', the game featured saving through the use of [[password]]s. It was directed by [[Satoru Okada]].
'''''Kid Icarus''''', known in Japan as '''''Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror''''' (光神話 パルテナの鏡 ''Hikari Shinwa Parutena no Kagami''), is a video game released for the [[Nwiki:NES|Famicom]] in 1986, and the [[Nwiki:NES|NES]] in 1987. It features [[Pit]], the main protagonist of the series. ''Kid Icarus'' had two successors, ''[[Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters]]'', and ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. ''Kid Icarus'' re-released on multiple Nintendo consoles and also has a 3DS Remake, ''[[3D Classics: Kid Icarus]]''.  Much like ''[[metroidwiki:Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'', the game featured saving through the use of [[password]]s. It was directed by [[Satoru Okada]].
==Plot==
==Plot==
There once existed a land where man and gods coexisted peacefully. This place was known as [[Angel Land]]. This land was ruled by two beautiful goddesses: [[Palutena]], the Goddess of Light and [[Medusa]], the Goddess of Darkness. While Palutena loved the mortals and helped them cultivate their crops, Medusa despised them. In her hatred for them, she destroyed the crops that the mortals toiled to grow, and turned humans into stone. Enraged, Palutena turned Medusa into a hideous monster and banished her into the [[Underworld]].
From the game's [http://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kid-Icarus-Game-Manual.pdf instruction manual]:


Medusa would not go quietly, however. She began building an army of demons and monsters. With this army, she broke out of the Underworld and waged war against Palutena's army. The latter's army suffered many casualties and Palutena herself was imprisoned in the [[Palace in the Sky]].
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Let us go back to the distant past to an age when the Gods and Man lived together in harmony. There once was a kingdom called "[[Angel Land]]." This kingdom was ruled by two beautiful goddesses, [[Palutena]] who administered light and [[Medusa]] who ruled darkness. Palutena lived in the [[Palace in the Sky]] and administered light so that man could live in happiness. And bathed in this light man grew food and lived in peace. However, Medusa the goddess of darkness was different. Medusa hated mankind. She took great pleasure in drying up the crops that man took great pains to grow and in turning people into stone statues. In her anger Palutena changed Medusa into an ugly monster and banished her to the deep, dark [[Underworld]]. For being changed into this ugly monster and forced to live in the Underworld, Medusa promised to take over the Palace in the Sky where Palutena lived. So great was Medusa's anger that she joined forces with the monsters and evil spirits of the Underworld and Medusa'a<sup>[sic]</sup> soon began to surpass Palutena's army in strength. Soon a war between Palutena and Medusa began. Medusa led a surprise attack on Palutena's army which could barely fend off the attack.


Medusa’s army also killed off most of Palutena’s angel followers, leaving only a young angel named Pit because he lacked the ability to fly. Using the last of her power, Palutena granted Pit a magical [[Bow]] and entrusted him with the duty of defeating Medusa and saving Angel Land. To do this, however, Pit would have to reclaim the [[Three Sacred Treasures]]. These sacred items rightfully belonged to Palutena, but Medusa stole them and gave them to her three most powerful minions. Pit would have to escape the Underworld, which would prove easy since most of Medusa's forces were in the Palace in the Sky. Pit must also travel through two other realms, the [[Overworld]] and the [[Skyworld]], before reaching the Palace in the Sky.
Palutena's army suffered major losses and was heavily defeated in the battle. What's more, Medusa's army took the [[Three Sacred Treasures]] - the [[Mirror Shield]], the [[Arrow of Light]], and the [[Wings of Pegasus]] - away from them. Almost all of the warriors in Palutena's army were turned into stone statues and Palutena herself was imprisoned deep in the Palace in the Sky. The peaceful realm of Angel Land came to be inhabited by foul and terrible monsters and was turned into a land of darkness ruled by the wicked Medusa. Locked in the depths in the Palace in the Sky, Palutena's strength was drained to its last. As a last resort, she sought the help of the angel youth [[Pit]] who was being held prisoner locked in a deep dungeon in the Underworld. Armed with a [[bow]] and [[arrow]] brought to him through Palutena's magical strength, Pit attempted an escape from the Underworld. The guard at this time was low in number as Medusa's army had advanced to the Palace in the Sky. Pit succeeded in his escape and set out on his long adventure to rescue Palutena. Yet to defeat Medusa he had to get the Three Sacred Treasures.


The game also has five different endings, depending on how well the player did throughout the game. In the NES version, the "worst" ending has Pit rewarded only a helmet, while in the "best" ending, he becomes an adult and receives a kiss from Palutena. In the Famicom version, Pit is turned into a [[Specknose]] for the "worst" ending, and becomes a grownup in the "best" ending, but does not receive a kiss from Palutena.
Will Pit be able to restore Palutena's light and return it to Angel Land? Only you can answer that question.
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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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