Kid Icarus: Uprising

Kid Icarus: Uprising
Packaging artwork released for all territories
Developer(s)	Project Sora
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Masahiro Sakurai
Producer(s)	Yoshihiro Matsushima
Artist(s)	Toshio Noguchi Akifumi Yamamoto Masaki Hirooka
Writer(s)	Masahiro Sakurai
Composer(s)	Motoi Sakuraba Yuzo Koshiro Masafumi Takada Noriyuki Iwadare Takahiro Nishi Yasunori Mitsuda
Series	Kid Icarus
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Release date(s)	JP: 22 March 2012 NA: 23 March 2012 EU: 23 March 2012 AU: 29 March 2012
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter Cabal shooter Action
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer

Kid Icarus: Uprising, known in Japan as New Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror (Japanese: 新・光神話 パルテナの鏡, Hepburn: Shin Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami^?) is a third-person shooter developed by Project Sora and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console. Released worldwide in March 2012, it is the third installment in the Kid Icarus franchise and the first to be released since Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters in 1991.

Kid Icarus: Uprising takes place in a setting based loosely around Greek mythology. The main protagonist is the angel Pit, servant of the Goddess of Light Palutena. When the Goddess of Darkness Medusa returns to destroy humanity, Pit goes on missions first against her, then against the forces of Hades, Lord of the Underworld and the source behind Medusa's return. During gameplay, players control Pit during airborne rail shooter segments and ground-based third-person shooter segments. In addition to the single-player campaign, multiple multiplayer modes are available, with competitive modes available for up to six players.

Uprising was created by Masahiro Sakurai after receiving a request from Satoru Iwata to create a launch title for then-in development 3DS. Development began in 2009, but was faced with multiple difficulties: these included lack of access to the hardware during early stages, balancing between its many elements, and issues with the controls. Sakurai was responsible for creating the story, which retained the light-hearted tone of the first Kid Icarus. The music was created by a team of composers that included Motoi Sakuraba and Yasunori Mitsuda. Since release, Uprising has sold over a million copies worldwide, and met with mainly positive reviews; praise was given to the story, graphics, music and gameplay, although the control scheme was frequently faulted.