10 Video Game Sequels That COMPLETELY Changed Genre

Kid Icarus: Uprising was so detached --both in time between entries and in genre-- from its predecessors that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a wholly new IP from Nintendo.

Though the series remained dormant for much of the 90's and indeed all of the 2000's, Kid Icarus' protagonist, Pit, won the hearts of fans with his inclusion in Super Smash Bros Brawl, so much so that Masahiro Sakurai rebooted Kid Icarus for the 3DS in 2012, but ditched the 2D gameplay in favour of an awkward third person perspective.

Pit's last outing, Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, released on the Game Boy in late 1991 in North America and early 1992 in Europe, and being on an underpowered handheld (even for the time) brought limitations.

Uprising was far more chaotic than the series' beginnings, and was actually made playable by support of the Circle Pad Pro. Graphics are glitzy, and gameplay is thrilling. You'll be flying through the air, peppering baddies with a smorgasbord of bullets on your way to ridding the world of the evil forces in Greek mythology.

Pit is more synonymous with Smash than his own franchise, and Uprising was a reminder that there's more to the heavenly hero.