Honestly, I’ve only played the original “Kid Icarus” on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) once.  ONCE!!!  I really enjoyed it.  However, other than the Game Boy version (which I never played), there have not been any new Kid Icarus games since Also, NO; (the “Kid Icarus” main character) Pit being a playable character in “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” on the Wii doesn’t count.

Thankfully, Nintendo is releasing a new “Kid Icarus” game for its 3DS portable system in the near future, but in the meantime, independent studio Flip Industries developed and created a 16-bit remake (a’la Super NES) of the classic NES title entitled “Super Kid Icarus.” This only has me imagine how awesome a Super NES version of the game would have been, but at least you can play it now.  HERE. FOR FREE. Can it get better than that?!?

Enjoy!


[Thanks Joystiq & Siliconera]