Icarian: Kindred Spirits trailer flies high
by JC Fletcher 
{ Apr 22nd 2009 at 6:00PM }
Icarian is a motion-controlled sidescrolling platformer about Nyx, "an enigmatic winged girl, that must descend from heaven in search of her missing friend Icarus." Along the way, she picks up abilities from the Olympian gods that allow her to fight enemies and solve environmental puzzles. There's no official release date (of course, it's WiiWare), but it should be out in Europe before the end of this summer.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Thanatos @ Apr 22nd 2009 6:18PM
So is this related in any way to the classic Kid Icarus?
The Doctor @ Apr 22nd 2009 6:38PM
No, it's related to the greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus.
Daedalus was basically the Tesla of greek mythology, he built all kinds of crazy stuff. At one point he created artificial wings for him and his son, Icarus, to use. Icarus flew too close to the sun, and the wings were destroyed. He fell into the ocean and died.
Apparently Icarian is saying that the myth is wrong.
Peter S @ Apr 22nd 2009 6:19PM
I'm intrigued. This actually does look like a pretty decent WiiWare game. Guess I'll have to wait for the US release, though.
TracerBullet @ Apr 22nd 2009 6:47PM
Wow, looks surprisingly good. Not only the visuals, but also some hints of gameplay - picking up enemies projetiles with your wii and throwing them back to'em is promissing
This and Night Game are certainly on my wiiware radar.
Gabriel Lamarre @ Apr 22nd 2009 7:04PM
Looks a lot like Lost Winds, or in other words : Great!
It has been a while since I was interested in a WiiWare game, and I'm definitively going to buy this one! =D
guttertalk @ Apr 22nd 2009 7:12PM
I saw this announced last year and thought it had potential, based on the screens and descriptions. To have a little game footage is very good, but we still don't know a lot about how the game is played.
manyquestions @ Apr 22nd 2009 7:17PM
Is the whole game in this Greco-Egyptian setting, or is this just one area? Since it looks amazing, I won't really mind either way, but it'd be interesting to see some other locales.
Nook @ Apr 22nd 2009 7:36PM
this looks like it could be fun, we'll see how the controls work out. that's what i want to hear, hands on time with the controls.
pie.
bongoes @ Apr 22nd 2009 8:48PM
Wow looks cool. Had no idea it was WiiWare though.
Glugalump @ Apr 22nd 2009 8:51PM
Can't wait! The graphics look beautiful... wondering about the size of the player, looking forward to a play review.
Adolph @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:38PM
It's almost a anagram for Kid Icarus
...... Almost
Anyway it looks like an egyptian version of Lost Winds, which looks awesome