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Kid Icarus

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Kid Icarus

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Also known as Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami

1986 video game

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Kid Icarus is an action shooter, platform, and adventure video game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo. The original release occurred in 1986, with specific dates including December 19, 1986, February 15, 1987, and February 15, 1988. It is part of the Kid Icarus franchise and supports single-player game modes.

The title is available on the Family Computer Disk System, Arcade, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Game Boy Advance. It carries an ESRB rating of Everyone. Critical reception includes a RAWG score of 3.49 and an IGDB rating of 70 based on 66 ratings.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Game data

Released
1986-12-19
User rating
3.49 / 5
Genres
Action
Platforms
Game Boy Advance, NES
ESRB
Everyone

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Game details · IGDB

70User score · 66 ratings

Kid Icarus is an action platform video game for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America. The plot of Kid Icarus revolves around protagonist Pit's quest for three sacred treasures, which he must equip to rescue the Grecian fantasy world Angel Land and its ruler, the goddess Palutena. The player controls Pit through platform areas while fighting monsters and collecting items. Their objective is to reach the end of the levels, and to find and defeat boss monsters that guard the three treasures.

Released
1986
Genres
Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms
Family Computer Disk System, Arcade, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes
Single player
Franchise
Kid Icarus
Developer
Nintendo R&D1
Publisher
Nintendo

Wikidata facts

Instance of
video game
Country of origin
Japan
Publisher
Nintendo
Director
Satoru Okada
Producer
Gunpei Yokoi
Designed by
Yoshio Sakamoto
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publication date
1987-07-00
distributed by
Nintendo eShop
input device
gamepad
title
光神話 パルテナの鏡
set in period
ancient history
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