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PIT
Fighter Number: 28
Fighter Group: Brawl Veteran
Franchise: Kid Icarus
Game of Origin: Kid Icarus, (NES, 1986 (JP) 1987 (US/EU)
Fighter Number: 28
Fighter Group: Brawl Veteran
Franchise: Kid Icarus
Game of Origin: Kid Icarus, (NES, 1986 (JP) 1987 (US/EU)
Well if all the Smash characters were real, this would be one character I could say just about anything about them and they'll never know what I said. For Pit can't read.
I'll admit Kid Icarus isn't a franchise I don't have too much experience with. I've played the original NES game of course, where I believe from what I've heard has this strange thing where unlike games getting harder as you progress. It's the first level that's the hardest and it ever gets easier. Though I guess it makes sense since you sort of start in the underworld AKA Hell and eventually reach Skyworld AKA Heaven. But I have to imagine not many kids wanted a game they could at least have fun breezing through the first level to have fun would be too fond of the difficulty spike happening at the very beginning of the game.
I don't think I've ever played the Game Boy Kid Icarus game Kid Icarus: Myth and Monsters, so I'm afraid I can't give too much of a personal experience on it. Though it should at least be interesting to note, that Kid Icarus has only 3 games in it's entire history. Myth and Monsters came out in 1991. Sakurai himself pretty much revived Pit singlehandedly first about 17 years later including him as one of the first newcomers of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and then about 21 years after Myth and Monsters, Kid Icarus Uprising released. Definitely one of the more extreme breaks between Nintendo franchise games.
A fun note with me being a Sonic fan, Pit in Brawl is voiced by the same person who was the first to voice Rouge the Bat in Sonic Adventure 2. Though I will admit I found Pit's voice pretty annoying back in Brawl (Especially if you spammed the move where he rotates his blades). I'm definitely more fond of his voice in Smash 4 and Ultimate. Though even with Pit's Brawl voice. It could always be worse, it could be the Captain N Pit
Back to the Kid Icarus games though, I haven't played Uprising either. Though I've watched at least one Let's Play and am aware of the many characters introduced or otherwise expanded on in Uprising. I'll talk more at length about Palutena and Dark Pit whenever it's their turn in this series. But there's plenty of other memorable characters from the sassy Viridi, the hotheaded (literally) Pyrrhon, and the hilarious Hades that might outdo even the Hades from Disney's Hercules in being hilarious but still quite threatening and imposing villain. The characters and the world that Sakurai have helped expand for Kid Icarus quickly garnered the franchise a fanbase for the series so much bigger then it was back in 1991. Kid Icarus is an occasion where Smash Bros. not only brought back a retro character, but outright revived the franchise outright. Pit even keeping the character design upgrade received in Brawl ever since. Hopefully, the newfound fanbase won't have to wait another 21 years for a new game. I'm sure at the very least they'd take Kid Icarus getting upscaled to the Switch (Given Uprising is one of those games where you have to be careful with the 3DS circle pad) Maybe with any luck, a sequel is among Sakurai's plans for his post-Smash Ultimate career
Though I don't think I can talk about Pit without mentioning the Palutena's Guidances that made it's debut in Smash 4 Wii U. Sadly, in the transition between Brawl and Smash 4. Solid Snake could not make the cut in returning. As I believe at the time Kojima and Konami's relations were at an all-time low. And they couldn't get together in time to bring Snake back into Smash. And besides the tragedy of no longer having Snake as more variety among the roster, it meant that the Snake Codecs were gone too. Luckily, Sakurai came up with a replacement that wouldn't require a 3rd party company co-operation other then maybe what the Nintendo characters are saying about the character. With Palutena's Guidances, if you played as Pit on Palutena's Temple you can have him ask Lady Palutena (And Viridi snarking at him or the other fighters too) herself for assistance and tips on how to fight the fighter in front of him.
Some highlights include: A reference to "Why can't metroid crawl", Pit snarking about Daisy, Pit thinking the Ice Climbers got kicked out for Illegal teaming, Dr. Mario being called a fake doctor, Viridi having a crush on many of the sword fighters (Though sadly her crush on Link is kept to only Smash 4 Wii U), Pit saying Roy is Marth but he dyed his hair red, Alucard making a guest appearance in Richter's guidance and more. Sadly, for the sole exception of the Plant (Who as mentioned before, may have been originally planned for the base game) any DLC characters only get a blanket guidance with Pit and Palutena having no idea who the fighter is. Though for what Nintendo couldn't provide, the fanbase can provide, as I know a Youtube channel with some pretty talented fan voice actors that have sort of filled the void for the DLC characters in Ultimate.
They've also done plenty of guidances of other characters that do already have guidances but if Hades was giving advice.,. or rather… the opposite of advice.
Anyhow, Pit is a classic character that's now had a consistent design since Brawl came out and a much more expanded and detailed world compared to how things were for him in the 80s/early 90s. Once again, let's hope Kid Icarus actually gets another game before 2033.
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Steve may be apart of the best selling video-game of all-time. But a huge part of this merit list is a character's part of Nintendo history, the character has to have a sense that they bleed Nintendo. Minecraft has a legacy of it's own that shouldn't be underestimated. But a character with a long history, along with some form of relevancy will go above a character with less Nintendo roots. Pit may have only 3 games. In fact, if not for Uprising he'd probably be lower then Wii Fit Trainer. While the future of the franchise is unknown, Uprising is recent enough to put Pit in a good form of spotlight and makes him a more bonafide Nintendo star then he would have been otherwise to the level that out of the 6 characters I've ranked so far. He still deserves to soar above them all. Too bad once again he wouldn't be able to read this though..
1. Pit
2. Steve
3. Wii Fit Trainer
4. Chrom
5. Dr. Mario
6. Piranha Plant
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