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3D Classics: Kid Icarus

From the creators of Metroid comes Kid Icarus: an action-platformer starring angelic warrior Pit, whose quest is to rescue the goddess Palutena and save Angel Land from the evil Medusa.

5 January 2012

3D Classics: Kid Icarus is a platform developed by Nintendo, released 5 January 2012 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What 3D Classics: Kid Icarus is

3D Classics: Kid Icarus is a platform game developed by Nintendo and released in 2012. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

From the creators of Metroid comes Kid Icarus: an action-platformer starring angelic warrior Pit, whose quest is to rescue the goddess Palutena and save Angel Land from the evil Medusa.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kid Icarus series

3D Classics: Kid Icarus is the fifth of 13 entries we hold in the Kid Icarus series. It arrived 4 years after Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The next entry was Kid Icarus: Uprising in 2012.

See all 13 Kid Icarus games in release order →

What it launched against

3D Classics: Kid Icarus launched on 5 January 2012, within three weeks of Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Resident Evil: Revelations and Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Resident Evil: Revelations, Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

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When did 3D Classics: Kid Icarus come out?
3D Classics: Kid Icarus was released on 5 January 2012 for Nintendo 3DS.

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