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Check Out Kid Icarus: Uprising's Metroid-esque Enemy
One of the biggest surprises during my hands-on time with Kid Icarus: Uprising a couple months ago was discovering the upcoming 3DS title's strange link to another popular Nintendo franchise.
See, the original Kid Icarus on NES had a lot of the same people working on it as the first Metroid game. It also had similar gameplay and used the same engine, so some assets ended up being shared. Most of this sharing was pretty small, but one Kid Icarus enemy -- the Komayto -- looks almost identical to the titular enemy from the Metroid games.
Nintendo acknowledges this similarity, and it looks like they'll be keeping the connection alive in Uprising. Check out the short video below for a look at the komayto/metroid appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
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