Kid Icarus for the Wii
After a long hibernation, Kid Icarus was back on gamers’ radars after Pit flew into Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Rumors swirled about a new Kid Icarus game, but nothing ever surfaced for the Wii or Wii U. Gamers eventually received the spectacular Kid Icarus Uprising, but does that mean the rumors were fake?
No, Pit was indeed supposed to star in his own standalone —and canceled— Wii game.
Kid Icarus for the Wii (the title was never finalized) would have been developed by Factor 5, the studio behind the Star Wars Rogue Squadron franchise. The company wanted to create an arcade flight shooter that would have featured a mature story staring a mature Pit.
Given Factor 5’s expertise in the arcade flight shooter genre, Kid Icarus for the Wii could have been the Metroid Prime to Kid Icarus’ Metroid in the best way possible, but Factor 5 might have flown a little too close to the sun with their ideas.
As is the case with many canceled games, Kid Icarus for the Wii was canceled because the publisher, in this case, Nintendo, didn’t like their pitch, probably because of its mature, semi-edgy direction.
Far be it from me to question the wisdom of Nintendo, but had they said yes, Factor 5’s Kid Icarus title would likely have been a spectacular flight combat game, something to wash the taste of Factor 5’s disastrous PlayStation 3 exclusive Lair out of our mouths.
Then again, Nintendo went on to produce its own amazing Kid Icarus game, probably because it said no to Factor 5’s proposal. Yet again, the universe conspired to give gamers a win-win scenario.
