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Kid Icarus is a video game series consisting of Kid Icarus and. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters. At E3 2005 there was a brief mention of a possible new Kid Icarus game, which was later confirmed as Kid Icarus: Uprising. The series follows Pit, a young angel, usually after he is contacted by the goddess of light, Palutena, to protect Angel Land from the evil Medusa.

Gameplay
The first two games consist of a platforming design with elements of action and adventure games, with the first being unable to backtrack, which was changed in Of Myths and Monsters. Pit must explore areas, collecting power-ups in the first game and encountering shops in the second. According to Mashrio Sakurai, a developer of Uprising, the third game will include new weapons and abilities.

Kid Icarus
Earlier, Palutena transformed Medusa into a hideous monster and banished her to the Underworld for destroying mortal's crops and turning them to stone. However, Medusa raised an army from the monsters in the Underworld and attacked Palutena's home, the Palace in the Sky. After being trapped, Palutena sends a message of help to Pit, an angel trapped in the Underworld, hands him a magical bow and sends him to collect the Sacred Treasures and escape the Underworld to thwart Medusa.

Pit
Pit is the protagonist of the Kid Icarus series. In the first game, he is a young angel trapped in the Underworld who Palutena contacts in order to send him on a quest to escape the Underworld and defeat Medusa. In Of Myths and Monsters Pit is once again summoned by Palutena and sent out to protect Angel Land from the demon Orcus. Director Masahrio Sakurai claimed that Pit would feel like a brand new character for Uprising, with various new weapons and abilities. Pit also appeared as one of the brawlers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and in Captain N: The Game Master, though in the latter he was known as "Kid Icarus".

Palutena
Palutena is the goddess of light who calls upon Pit to save Angel Land in Kid Icarus and Of Myths and Monsters.

Eggplant Wizard
The Eggplant Wizard is a recurring character in the Kid Icarus series. He hurls eggplants at Pit and if touched by one of the eggplants, Pit becomes defenceless and changes appearance to a large eggplant with legs. The character was a recurring villain in the TV series Captain N: The Game Master.

The Eggplant Wizard was one of Lucas Thomas', from IGN, wanted villains in Brawl, in order to better represent the Kid Icarus series. GamesRadar chose the Wizard as one the top 7 edible enemies in videogames, partially due to his appearance in Captain N: The Game Master. Joystiq said that Eggplant Wizard's ability to turn Pit into an eggplant was their top video game infection. The Wizard was also chosen as 2nd top enemy plant by 1UP.com's David Wolinsky. Destructoid editor Conrad Zimmerman, while discussing the Captain N episodes, frequently criticizes the primary antagonist, Mother Brain, for using King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard. In his review of the Captain N: The Game Master DVDs, DVD Verdict editor Judge Johnson criticized King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard as being idiots. Game Informer listed him tenth on their list of the "Top 10 WTF Moments in Gaming", saying "getting turned into an eggplant is a humorous moment, until you realize that the only way to remove the curse is to navigate to the level's hospital".

Others
The antagonist for the first game and Uprising is Medusa, the goddess of darkness. She was banished by Palutena to the Underworld and turned into a monster after causing mayhem in the mortal world.

Reception and legacy
The first game was chosen as the 84th Top 100 Games of All Time in a list by IGN and came 20th in IGN's Top 100 NES Games. . It was put into the GameSpy Hall of Fame. In Volume 199 of Nintendo Power, it was voted 54th place in a list of the top 200 Nintendo games of all time. Nintendo Power also listed it as the 20th best Nintendo Entertainment System video game, praising it for its gameplay and music despite its "unmerciful difficulty".

The second game did not receive any awards, with the Nintendo Magazine System giving the game a 71%.