The ever lovable Masahiro Sakurai has spoken in a recent video about his excellent Nintendo 3DS game Kid Icarus Uprising. The game itself was brilliant, but it was ultimately let down by the finicky controls which were unwieldily on the Nintendo 3DS system. He says that he would love to see the game on a Nintendo home console and hints that he really wants someone to port it. Interestingly, we heard a few months back that Bandai Namco had been contracted to work on a Nintendo remaster or remake for a 3D action game, so who knows? Perhaps a Kid Icarus Uprising port for Nintendo Switch could be in the works at the moment.
“It sure would be nice to play Kid Icarus: Uprising on a home console. I wonder if someone out there will ever port it? *grin* “
Masahiro Sakurai
A re-release of Uprising must happen somehow asap, with updated control movements please.
As much as I want an alternative to playing such an involved game on my aging 3DS, what will happen to the AR cards for the game (two of which came with the system)?
I use YouTube video for obtaining all ár cards free 😅
Yes indeed. It needs to happen right away.
Having Kid Icarus Uprising being ported to the Switch system is good enough for me and the series is due for another game in the franchise and this time witt good controls.
The game was superb. Really want to see this remade for the Switch
Fantastic game. Ruined my L button though.
Seriously, WHY has this not happened yet?
Surely Sakurai or someone at Nintendo would see the financial opportunity a Kid Icarus Uprising port would bring: so WHY not take invest time and manpower?
Yes plz. With traditional controls, obviously. Cuz the 3DS controls were shit. Played & beat it once then never returned to it.
I loved the game on 3DS, with my only complaint being with the controls. I would happily buy Uprising again on Switch with an updated control scheme. Hopefully with motion aiming. And with the 3DS eShop closing way too prematurely, an HD port for Switch would still allow people to get their hands on it without resorting to, well, piracy.
I really hope this happens, Kid Icarus Uprising is fantastic and definitely deserves to get ported.