The Space-Pirate Ship

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The Space-Pirate Ship
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Preceded By: The Seafloor Palace
Followed By: Medusa's Final Battle
Locations: Galactic Sea, Space Pirate Ship
Major Characters: Space Pirates, Space Kraken

The Space-Pirate Ship is the eighth chapter in the storyline of Kid Icarus: Uprising. This mission introduces the Space Pirates and their dangerous Space Pirate Ship, which serves as the primary battleground of the chapter. Pit's goal in this part of the adventure is to take back the Three Sacred Treasures, which have been stolen by the malicious pirates.

Aerial Mission

Pit and the Space Pirate Ship.

Pit will begin this mission flying upward toward the Galactic Sea, where star constellations are born and held in place. It isn't long before the Space Pirate Ship comes bursting out of this ocean and breaks one of the connecting lines of a nearby constellation. Rather than fight, the Space Pirates will quickly pilot their ship into the distance, with Pit giving chase. Palutena explains that after Pit first defeated Medusa, she hid the Three Sacred Treasures in one of the constellations, which the pirates later stole. The Underworld Army somehow found out about this, and is now targeting the pirate ship. What begins as a pursuit turns into a frantic race against Medusa's minions as they attempt to break into the Space Pirate Ship while it fends them off with its many laser cannons, turning the area around it into a chaotic battlefield. Eventually, Palutena finds an entrance for Pit to infiltrate the ship.

Ground Mission

The ground mission features a three-way battle between Pit, the Underworld army, and the powerful crew of the ship itself. During the mission, Pit will come across the Space Pirate Captain, who will use a special horn to summon Space Pirates to battle Pit and the Underworld forces. Some notable areas have been seen within the massive ship, such as a storage room where the pirates keep the constellations that they have captured. About halfway through the level, there is a room containing a Hot Spring and a lone Space Pirate soaking in it- hang around in the Hot Spring long enough and a Treasure Chest containing Hearts will appear. In addition to the areas located within the Space Pirate's craft, Pit will also travel extensively along the outside of its hull by using Grind Rails set up by Palutena, as well as numerous celestial pathways that form along the ship itself.

Intensity Gates

The Intensity Gate can be found after encountering the first Belunka, but just before entering the room with the stored constellations. When facing straight at the door leading to the room with the stored constellations, look right to find it. The Intensity Gate has an intensity of 6.0, and inside is a treasure box that contains a weapon in it.

Boss Battle

Pit facing the Space Kraken.

The boss of this chapter is a mighty Space Kraken, accidentally summoned by the Space Pirate Captain when he was trying to call his crew. The creature uses its tentacles to attack while keeping its head underwater. In order to strike at its head, Pit will have to cause enough damage to these tentacles to bring the rest of its body up.

Once its head is up, the Kraken utilizes many new attacks, many of which involve lasers or projectiles. It fires a large stream of water in one of two ways- either straight ahead or sweeping from left to right or right to left. With proper timing, both of these attacks are easy to dodge. It is also capable of firing a storm of lasers from its eyes- these lasers fly at Pit in a random pattern, making them difficult to avoid, especially at closer ranges. It also has an attack where it shoots several large balls of energy from its mouth in quick succession. If Pit is close enough, the Kraken may occasionally lunge its entire head onto the deck in an attempt to crush him- because Pit has to be close enough to the Kraken for it to use this attack and it lunges quickly, this attack is very difficult to avoid.

Attacks

  • Tentacle Sweep: One of the tentacles takes a swipe at Pit.
  • Tentacle Stab: One of the tentacles will try to stab Pit.
  • Eye Beams: The Kraken fires several laser shots from its eyes.
  • Bubble Blast: The Kraken fires six bubbles from its mouth.
  • Water Cannon: The Kraken fires a large stream of water from its mouth in a horizontal or vertical fashion. Can be avoided with Well-timed dodges.
  • Lunge: If Pit wanders too close to the Kraken, it will flop onto the deck. This attack is extremely hard to avoid.

Epilogue

After defeating the Kraken, the Space Pirate Ship begins to sink into the Galactic Sea. Pit manages to grab the Three Sacred Treasures and comments on the integrity of the box before being extracted by Palutena.

Trivia

  • The aerial portion of this chapter likely drew conceptual inspiration from the Halberd and its respective stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Similarities include the way the camera moves around the ship to emphasize its massive structure and the fact that both crafts use a burst of jet propulsion at the start of the stage. The two ships are also armed with numerous laser turrets and have massive wings for flight.
  • Oddly, Reapettes will be encountered and fought during this mission, despite there being no visible Reapers nearby. This is a first for the series, as Reapettes would never appear unless a Reaper in the vicinity summoned them.
  • There are two ways a particular section of the aerial portion of the level can play out. If Pit is within the top half of the screen when the pirate ship is first about to emerge from the Galactic Sea, the ship will pass right by Pit and speed off. Inversely, if Pit is within the lower half of the screen at this time, the ship will pop up and nearly crush Pit, sending him below the "waterline" to avoid being hit. Pit will then give chase underneath the sea for a while before being brought above the surface again. Also, the music is altered to sound muffled while he is underwater, returning to normal when he resurfaces.


Kid Icarus: Uprising chapters
Chapters 1: The Return of Palutena2: Magnus and the Dark Lord3: Heads of the Hewdraw4: The Reaper's Line of Sight5: Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit
6: Dark Pit7: The Seafloor Palace8: The Space-Pirate Ship9: Medusa's Final Battle10: The Wish Seed11: Viridi, Goddess of Nature
12: Wrath of the Reset Bomb13: The Lunar Sanctum14: Lightning Battle15: Mysterious Invaders16: The Aurum Hive17: The Aurum Brain
18: The Ring of Chaos19: The Lightning Chariot20: Palutena's Temple21: The Chaos Vortex22: Scorched Feathers23: Lord of the Underworld
24: The Three Trials25: The War's End