Kid Icarus for Wii in development by Factor 5?

[CapCom]

Unseen 64 reports that Kid Icarus MAY be in development for the Wii based on the Lair engine. Apparently, Factor 5 proposed to Nintendo to start the project, and they're still working on...something...for the Wii. Factor 5 has had a strong history with Nintendo, and they can't have been pleased that Sony screwed them over by forcing tilt sensor functions on their game at the last minute.

Note that none of the concept art says 'Kid Icarus' anywhere, though the bow is clearly from Brawl. Also, I have some reservations about the accuracy of this considering how concept material isn't supposed to be leaked out and the art isn't all by the same guy.

Wishful thinking, hoax, or real deal?

[Redwing]

Well, it definitely looks like Kid Icarus. And if it is, that would be so awesome. From the art, I think I'm liking the way they're modernizing it. That collapsing shield arm thing is so cool.

[Sunshadow]

The concept art looks great. I hope they make Pit mature dlike in some of the art instead of a kid like in brawl. Also for some reason the art work reminds me of Jak .....

[MaiAriSquee]

I was thinking the opposite, Sun. The original Pit is a youngin. I thought his Brawl design was great. Perhaps a design that's in between? These fellows just look too pretty/hardened.

[Sunshadow]

Well he is angel..he is not supposed to have age but if he is a warrior it would be cool to have him a little older, and i think the in between age is a good. I wonder what type of gameplay will it be...3rd person shooter? But he uses his blades too and they had them circled on the concepts i think it will also involve a lot of melee attacks

[Sub-zero]

An adult Icarus? If they're going to call the game "Kid Icarus" they shouldn't forget about the KID part! We don't want this to happen again:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... erobox.jpg

[Redwing]

I wouldn't mind a roughened-up teen. Also, gameplay would probably be like a lock-on-less Zelda with a lot of flying, I would think.

[CapCom]

They could probably just rename it 'Icarus' and leave out the 'Kid' part. On the plus, if Factor 5 does it, the soundtrack might be done by Chris Huelsbeck (he didn't compose for Lair though so I don't know if he's still working for them - has a couple unannounced projects on his homepage, though).

[Quadraxis]

Adult Icarus?

Could be fun. Kind of like Zelda and Metroid, but with wings.

[Infinity's End]

hahah! Icarus was the name of my TGP game before the entire idea got changed into an alien creature and the game got renamed to Leviathan. It was going to be about a man who donned a pair of mechanical wings and was going to use it to fly around the city in a sandbox-type style game.

Now the game has turned into a flying shooter more akin to Rogue Squadron type games. But more arcade-y and less tactical. So kinda like Rogue Squadron mixed with Starfox.

[Tentelumper]

Donno about you guys but I prefer the Smash Pit. As well, I think that Factor-5 should not make him look so realistic! I wouldn't mind him being an adult, as long as they do it in an Anime-ish fashion. Not saying that doing it realistically is bad, I just would prefer it to something that wasn't for the Kid Icarus series.
On another note, do you think they will make the Gameplay in 2.5D? That would be fascinating, don't you think?

[Death Recon]

thats impossible, factor 5 doesn't exist anymore. the new icarus game is for 3DS. i guess thats kind of old news at this point

[Infinity's End]

thats impossible, factor 5 doesn't exist anymore. the new icarus game is for 3DS. i guess thats kind of old news at this point

Why did you resurrect this thread then??