{"id":221369,"date":"2021-03-22T14:53:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/kid-icarus-uprising-sequel-switch\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:53:25","slug":"kid-icarus-uprising-director-masahiro-sakurai-says-a-sequel-would-be-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/kid-icarus-uprising-director-masahiro-sakurai-says-a-sequel-would-be-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Icarus: Uprising Director Masahiro Sakurai Says a Sequel Would Be ‘Difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Nintendo 3DS had plenty of underrated titles and hidden gems among its vast catalog, with Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/strong><\/em> no doubt being among those various games. Unfortunately for fans of the underappreciated 3DS title, it’s fairly likely that Kid Icarus<\/em> won’t see another entry<\/a>\u00a0anytime soon or for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Recently, Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/em>‘s director, Masahiro Sakurai, spoke about the game on Twitter to celebrate its 9th anniversary. While Sakurai mentions that he often receives fan requests asking for a remake or sequel to the beloved 3DS title, Sakurai says a Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/em><\/a> remake or sequel would be “difficult” to\u00a0develop.<\/p>\n

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For those who may not have played Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/em> on the 3DS, it is a bit of an odd game to say the least. Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/em> is a third-person shooter where players move the protagonist Pit around with the 3DS thumbstick while aiming the reticle with the 3DS’ bottom touch screen. It was undoubtedly an odd control scheme, which many Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/em> reviews<\/a> noted, and it certainly took a bit of adjustment for players to get used to. This control scheme is likely just one of the reasons why Sakurai says that developing a remake or sequel would prove difficult, especially given the Switch’s hardware design.<\/p>\n

Though Sakurai does not go into specifics on his tweet regarding Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/em>, it’s not difficult to imagine how challenging a remake would be without the 3DS. While the Nintendo Switch does have touch screen<\/a> capabilities, those features are only available in handheld mode which would limit how players could play the game on Switch. However, a potential remake could completely change the control scheme, which could even work out for the better. With Switch Joy-Con controllers and Pro Controllers featuring dual analog sticks, the touch screen aiming could simply be moved to the right analog stick instead, which the 3DS did not have built in.<\/p>\n