Kid Icarus: Uprising is a third-person shooter video game developed by Project Sora and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. Released worldwide in March 2012, it is the third installment in the Kid Icarus franchise, the first to be released since Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters in 1991, and the first worldwide release since the original NES game in 1986. It is also the only video game Project Sora made before shutting down in mid-2012.
North American box art
Kid Icarus: Uprising was designed to take full advantage of the Nintendo 3DS's capacities. Due to being developed alongside its platform, Uprising was faced with multiple problems related to the hardware and controls.
Image: Kid Icarus; Uprising aerial gameplay
Image: Kid Icarus; Uprising ground gameplay
The Nintendo 3DS is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo. The console was announced in March 2010 and unveiled at E3 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS. The system features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS video games. As an eighth-generation console, its primary competitor was Sony's PlayStation Vita.
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS E3 2010 unveiling involved an elaborate stage with moving set pieces.
A prototype Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS shown at E3 2010; the circle pad was originally colored alongside the console.
The Circle Pad Pro accessory for the original Nintendo 3DS