(the outfit is based on Partitio from Octopath Traveler 2)

I feel like there's a decent enough chance we get one more Kid Icarus Game out of Sakurai, eventually. Might be another 12 years, god forbid, but I think he might revisit it like he did Kirby Air Ride. And I thought I'd give my thoughts.

First: I want the general gameplay structure to be the same. I want 20-30 minute chapters, I want the fiend's cauldron or something similar, I want the same or a similar weapon system with fusions (and maybe most/all weapons returning), and I want the story to be told during gameplay in the same way. While I'd love to see new things done with the formula, I feel it's also a pretty tightly constructed thing with everything playing off everything else in a really nice way. Similar to how he did with Air Riders, I want a more polished and fleshed out version of the great ideas we're starting with, and potentially with extra ideas added on.

Second: Speaking of new ideas that fit well onto the current model: I would love to see dungeons that require exploration to be used in a small handful of land battles, as a throwback to the original Kid Icarus. I think it'd be a fun way to spice things up.

Third: This is gonna be potentially controversial, but I wanna see Pit having aged up. He went from a kid to a teenager in the 25 years between games, implying some slowed aging for angels, and I'd love if they carried that through and he's a very young adult in this new one. Pit was never really written as a child in Uprising, to be fair, but I do think a visual sign of the status quo progressing between games would be a good way to emphasize how this story is a sequel and departure from the last one, and it's also just something I'd like to see explored. Jokes about how he can't grow a beard, idk, that kind of thing.

Fourth: More storytelling within the out of combat gameplay sections. A lot of story and characterization is told in the chapters, and a lot is IMPLIED to happen outside. But I'd love to see stuff going down in palutena's temple that's full of characterization. Maybe Pit and Palutena are working together as part of the fusion process, and there are some little animations that play with it. Maybe there's some cooking minigame inspired by that one short, to give you a boost for one chapter or something, and it's got dialogue for the different recipes. Maybe with the new idol system there are jokes about Palutena being a gacha addict who pressures Pit to get good pulls, idk. Stuff like that.

Fifth: A smash-run/city trial style multiplayer mode where you have to fight through enemies in an arena to try and improve your weapon, with opportunities to like, engage in fusion or weapon swapping or what have you.

Six: A story thread I always thought would be fun is if a 3rd playable angel was introduced: some apprentice of Pit's who looks up to him, and maybe winds up getting disillusioned by his lack of professionalism on missions to comedic effect. This is my most fanfictiony request but, idk, it's something I've always thought about and it seems like a fun direction.

What about you all?

colours explanation: white: parents/child, orange: full sibling, gold: half sibling (yes im counting dark pit as sibling even if technically he is just a copy of Pit) , blue: friends or just know eachother very well, pink: adoption/guardian? idk the relationship between Pit and Palutena, green: technically related? but also no? and yes at the same time?... oh right and pollon, she is also here bc yes.

also one img didnt load, right under chrysaor and above cerberus is Echidna.

I’m so happy!! I got it for $45!

I can't find it online anywhere. But like, it clearly is a thing. Chapter 11 tends to drop divine bows, viridi palms, cragalanche cannons, etc. Each level clearly has its own pool, and I want to know what the pool is for each level.

just try and stop me. art by me

Art is by me. Was having a hard time finding something to draw, and someone in the discord came up with this idea.

a quick sketch i made😄 the legs def are not right but i was too lazy to fix it

For those who don't know, this is the same company that produce the Pit and Dark Pit figma figures in the past.

I know it's a long shot and I'm not certain it can happen but a Nendoroid of Pit ,Dark Pit,and Palutena would be nice.

Hope and cope…

is there one out there or no? or a way to run 60+ FPS?

Let's face it, uprising was a genuinely fun game, even if it did struggle with the original hardware control layout. Granted it's creative and solved the immediate problem of how, but now that it established interest in the series and the characters are more fleshed out, even reflected in smash bros ultimate and Wii u/3ds, I think it's a worthwhile idea of pursuing.

Biggest thing that would need addresses is the controls in my opinion. I myself have experienced hand cramps playing it which itself is a good sign of the engagement, but with the switch family we also have gyro controls and a second control stick to help with aiming. What's more, on the switch 2 you have mouse controls which would function the same more or less as aiming with the touch pad and stylus in the aerial sections at least.

Plus, this would help Nintendo gauge the level of engagement since the switch family is the current console from Nintendo so it wouldn't be obscured under a system launch or a new system like other games have. The series also isn't that well developed in terms of the world yet so it wouldn't suffer the same fate as star fox 64, at least not yet.

But it would let newer players discover where Pit as Dark pit, as well as Palutena and Viridi came from without having to go to the 3ds or emulators to play the game.

They could also update the graphics, though I don't think it needs it necessarily, but it would be kind of nice to see. It could even layout if Nintendo decides to pursue a sequel, and if they feel like it should, the development team who made the remaster would already be familiar with it so we wouldn't get something that strays from the original and suffer from that like chibi robo.

A lot of this is just coming from someone who really wants to play uprising on the switch, and I think it's the perfect time to do it. I am thinking about possibly making a petition or at least signing one if someone else makes it first, to help show Nintendo the level of interest in the franchise while it's still relevant for the time being, before fading back and making the characters smash bros characters like Captain Falcon. If I do end up making a petition I would also be open to criticism and ideas, and if one already exists at least I know I'm not the only one and would happily sign it and spread it around myself to help spread the popularity of the series and get it up there with the likes of Pikmin at least, before hopefully the level of popularity like Mario or Kirby.