List of Nintendo references in Kid Icarus: Uprising

In Kid Icarus: Uprising several mentions are made to other Nintendo titles.

Super Smash Bros.

• If you use the Bow in Chapter 8, The Space-Pirate Ship, Pit and Palutena have a conversation that references the Super Smash Bros. series.
• In the Land Battle tutorial, Palutena mentions that the dash movement is similar to the controls of Super Bash Sisters. Pit then corrects her by saying it's from Super Smash Bros.
• The Fireworks Cannon seems to be inspired by the Cracker Launcher Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

The Legend of Zelda

• When you solve a puzzle in The Wish Seed, a familiar chime plays.
• The description of the Fairy Orbitars Idol starts with the sentence: "Tired of pixies asking you to listen?", a reference to Navi in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• The Underworld Gatekeeper has Triforce-like symbols on its wings.

Nintendogs

• When Pit is taunting the Twinbellows copy in Chapter 9 before the fight, he mentions racking a lot of Nintendogs trainer points.

Metroid

• When fighting Komayto in the Chaos Vortex, Pit mentions that they resemble Metroids. Viridi says that the two gaming universes are unconnected.
• Space Pirates are modeled after creatures of the same name in the Metroid universe.

Dr. Mario

• When watching the powers tutorial video, Pit mentions that playing Dr. Mario pays off when arranging powers on the power grid.

Donkey Kong

• One of the rooms in the Chariot Master's tower features zigzagging bridges, large rolling barrels and jump pads. Pit mentions that this looks familiar, and Hades notes that the Chariot Master must have played Donkey Kong.

Brain Age

• In Chapter 22, Scorched Feathers, Dark Pit mentions that Hades had his maths wrong and that he said that Brain Age might be useful in correcting himself. Viridi then mentions her brain age is 24.

Game and Watch

• On the ground stage of The Chaos Vortex, during the third wave of enemies, Pit mentions how the jerking motions of the Aurum in this wave are simular to the Game & Watch.

Star Fox

• In Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit there are several areas that resemble past Star Fox titles including Star Fox 1, Star Fox 2 (never released), the bonus asteroid zone from Star Fox 64, and Star Fox Assault .

Kid Icarus

• When the Three Sacred Treasures are rescued, Palutena mentions how less pixelated they are.
• Throughout the story there are numerous conversations and images relating to the original Kid Icarus.
• The Reaper's theme is exactly the same from the original Kid Icarus.