10 Big Leaps Between Video Game Sequels

Any series that manages to skip twenty years of console revolutions is going to look different but one of the best examples of this is the unlikely revival of Kid Icarus.

And "unlikely" is a very deliberate choice of wording here. Despite the 1986 original being quite unanimously held in regard as an underrated gem for the NES, it took five years for the game to get a sequel. Of Myths & Monsters for the Nintendo Game Boy strangely only released in America and Europe in 1991/1992 and never came to its home country of Japan.

However, with main character Pit being drafted into the roster of Super Smash Brothers Brawl in the late '00s, interest in Kid Icarus began to pick up again. In the 20 years of absence, the video game space had changed as dramatically as Pit's original squat design had to his new bishounen anime protagonist style. As such, 2012's Kid Icarus Uprising was a totally different take on the series - swapping 2D platforming for third-person on-rails shooting that utilised the stereoscopic 3D of the then-new Nintendo 3DS.

The game actually takes a few pot shots at the time the series spent dormant. Yet despite decent sales and strong reviews, it's now been another decade without Pit and friends.