Kid Icarus is one of the few games that's harder at the beginning than the end. Why? Because you're trying to crawl your way out of hell in order to get up to heaven.
I can't believe I never realised that, although it's probably because I never even knew there were stages past the climbing section at the start as I never got through it as a kid
@@AboveEmAllProduction that's your opinion, and I think yours are stupid. Mine is Mega Man 2. See, we all have differences and you don't want to hear that your favorites are called stupid, so don't do it to others. Respect what they enjoy and we'll respect what you enjoy.
Such calming music. It seems easy now, but in 1987 those first few levels were quite difficult. I bet I played 1-1 two hundred times. 3-3 maybe 5 at most.
I’ve only watched a few of these videos. But each each time, I think I’m probably older than this guy but his badass hat and mustache make me question that. And the badass gameplay. Too cool.
KI was my 2nd NES game, picked it out myself from KMart. Called it "Kid I-Care-Us" like all the other kids. Never could get past 1-4 until a teenager down the street borrowed it from me and showed me how to use the mallets and go through the maze. Once I got to 2-1 it was smooth sailing. I still have my cart. Fav NES game.
Dude, once you learn SMB2 USA you will be HOOKED. Once you get good and can competetively understand/perform the mechanics, you wont want to stop playing it.
Nice one Arcus, I like your channel because I can watch with my daughter, You are the only one not going AVGN style. Thank You. Zelda 2 was awesome too.
Damn this game was brutally hard. Even as an adult. I played this as a child. The stuff of nightmares 😂 To top it off the game designers put in the guys who stuck a goddamn egg plant on your head, pain in the ass bullshit and the little thief's who steal shit from you. Really made my innocent childhood life a living hell. Never did get past the 2nd dungeon as a child. But I stubbled upon the password to get to the final level, I beat it effortlessly. Never experienced any of the level 3 levels first-hand. Metroids making an appearance at 3-3!
I’ve beaten the game a couple times, this year. That’s kind of a big deal for me since I love it so much but sucked so hard at it after 30 years. However...I cannot seem to consistently do that 1-4 wall-warp/slide thing to save my life. I knocked it out after about 20 tries, a couple of weeks, ago. Now, I’m replaying with all my goodies from before and I couldn’t do it after like 40-50 attempts. I eventually f’ed off to get to the boss the hard way. Tips are welcome.
After Checking Summoning Salt's Vid On His Accomplishment, My Respect For Arcus Has Gone Beyond The Peak. I Want To Hug And Thank Arcus For Being Ever So Wholesome And Calm, And Well-composed For The Speedruns He Does. I May NEVER Be Able To Do The Speedruns (Given The Fact That I Am Not Allowed To Speedrun On Emulators, Nor I Have Enough To Afford For An Actual Hardware), But He'll Always Be An Inspiration To Me, For Explaining Why Speedruns Are Important.
When you died at the level two boss that sucked I was thinking you could’ve grabbed one heart from the eggplant guy and go backwards and grab a chalice .Then in three Dash one I would just duck through the floor and take an Insta death instead of going and refilling at the spring that would’ve saved you like a minute
Dear Arcus: i hate speed running i feel it ruins games. However between your nonchalant attitude with something very stressful, your hat, your mustache and your calm cool mentality, is what is making me watch YOUR SPEED RUNS. Thank you. Im so bad at NES games. I was never a good platform gamer unless it was kid chameleon. Oo yeah and the "CLUNK" word you say when you start your run. AWSOME
Does anyone else find Kid Icarus a fairly boring game. I’ve never played it, but watching it, I have to give props to Arcus as this would never have held my attention long enough to get through the whole game.
Kid Icarus is one of the few games that's harder at the beginning than the end. Why? Because you're trying to crawl your way out of hell in order to get up to heaven.
I can't believe I never realised that, although it's probably because I never even knew there were stages past the climbing section at the start as I never got through it as a kid
In all seriousness it IS harder early on cause you really gotta grind hearts to an extreme
You also have very little health and no powerups at the beginning.
...and? 🙄
Grim reapers freaking out scared the shit out of me as a 5 year old child of NES.
Makes sense. It’s kind of gd creepy.
One of my all-time favorite games.
You are wrong?! The best all time game is thing like probotector mertoid and zelda2 haha not kid icares
@@AboveEmAllProduction it's one of my favorite games so I can't possibly be wrong. You however can be an idiot.
@@the6ig6adwolf hmm no sry
@@AboveEmAllProduction that's your opinion, and I think yours are stupid.
Mine is Mega Man 2. See, we all have differences and you don't want to hear that your favorites are called stupid, so don't do it to others. Respect what they enjoy and we'll respect what you enjoy.
I struggled asking myself why I can’t stop watching your videos... yeah, it’s the humming. Awesome dude.
Love the classic nes games. Born in the 80s. The absolute time aged 😎!
34 years ago, I never noticed Rygar and the Greeks shared door styles. 😁
Yup. There are Metroids in the game too although much smaller. Very similar to Metroid.
Some enemies and backgrounds are reminiscent of zelda 1 as.well.
Please, keep these videos coming!
When I see a Arcus vid: “And clunk”
Good clunk!
Mash mash mash and... clunk. :)
don´t fuck with the clunker ^^
For those about to CLUNK
We salute you
Ha mash mash mash AAAANNNNNNND CLUNK!
Love watching you and lackattack, so calm , collected, and just good ol speedrun fun
Such calming music. It seems easy now, but in 1987 those first few levels were quite difficult. I bet I played 1-1 two hundred times. 3-3 maybe 5 at most.
Same here
This game is hard as nails. I loved and hated it as a kid. Great run!
Ahh the good ol days.....when I could never beat this game!
I love the guy who goes 🥜 when approached and the little tune kicks off, dur di dur di dur dur !
I’ve only watched a few of these videos. But each each time, I think I’m probably older than this guy but his badass hat and mustache make me question that. And the badass gameplay. Too cool.
One of the greatest accomplishments of my life was finally beating Kid Ick a few years ago, 30 years. after I first played it
Wow. Two minutes in and you've already made it farther than I could all the times I played this as a kid. I stand in awe of your powers.
I beat this game as a kid, it was sooo tough. Those damn, eggplant wizards.
KI was my 2nd NES game, picked it out myself from KMart. Called it "Kid I-Care-Us" like all the other kids. Never could get past 1-4 until a teenager down the street borrowed it from me and showed me how to use the mallets and go through the maze. Once I got to 2-1 it was smooth sailing. I still have my cart. Fav NES game.
This game is a great example of cryptic NES. Power ups based on an invisible score. This game confounded me as a kid. Super hard
Nice, a good way to end my day.
I LOVED this game back in the day. Spent hours ignoring homework to get to that next level. Love Kid Icarus!
Man you are the legend of nes games
I am impressed. Well done dude.
My fave speedrunner! Never looked to see if he holds any records... I wouldnt be suprised if he held alot!
played this all the time as a kid... loved it! it was hard but it's totally playable once you understood it!
i finally get to see all the endings to the games I played as a kid. lol
I forgot most of them existed until I see videos for them. Cool memories.
Thanks for the cool speedrun of Kid Icarus 👍
I always thought the grim reapers wiggin out was funny
Death is not funny
@@codprocamp4690
F yeah it is! Death is hilarious. Especially when it's your own.
Ditto. It was freaky and almost scary when I was younger and hadn’t ever beaten the game.
Now it’s between hilarious and annoying.
The music was priceless
@@codprocamp4690 It's extremely funny!
Dude, once you learn SMB2 USA you will be HOOKED. Once you get good and can competetively understand/perform the mechanics, you wont want to stop playing it.
This run is amazing Arcus and u could beat it
Nice one Arcus, I like your channel because I can watch with my daughter, You are the only one not going AVGN style. Thank You. Zelda 2 was awesome too.
When you go into one of the stores, if you hit A&B on the second controller you will get the shop keeper to discount the mech about half price.
I remember selling this one at my Best merchandise.. Wasn't a hot seller at all but I actually bought a copy and it was fun as hell
Oh man, the tiny dancing cats kill me every time.
"There is that red brick everyone likes to see." that got me lol.
oh , this is the nightmares of my childhood
For me too, I didn't realize you didn't have to go everywhere in the game though.
Damn this game was brutally hard. Even as an adult. I played this as a child. The stuff of nightmares 😂
To top it off the game designers put in the guys who stuck a goddamn egg plant on your head, pain in the ass bullshit and the little thief's who steal shit from you. Really made my innocent childhood life a living hell.
Never did get past the 2nd dungeon as a child. But I stubbled upon the password to get to the final level, I beat it effortlessly. Never experienced any of the level 3 levels first-hand.
Metroids making an appearance at 3-3!
Love this game. I still think the first board is the hardest! Once you pass first level it’s fun.
I’ve beaten the game a couple times, this year. That’s kind of a big deal for me since I love it so much but sucked so hard at it after 30 years.
However...I cannot seem to consistently do that 1-4 wall-warp/slide thing to save my life.
I knocked it out after about 20 tries, a couple of weeks, ago. Now, I’m replaying with all my goodies from before and I couldn’t do it after like 40-50 attempts.
I eventually f’ed off to get to the boss the hard way.
Tips are welcome.
Excellent speed run!
Keep up the good work bud, you’re the sickest!!!
this game brings back the feels!
I still remember in my childhood (my step sister’s name is daisy)putting this password:
Daisy Loves Tattoo Always
I will get all weapons and power-ups
After Checking Summoning Salt's Vid On His Accomplishment, My Respect For Arcus Has Gone Beyond The Peak.
I Want To Hug And Thank Arcus For Being Ever So Wholesome And Calm, And Well-composed For The Speedruns He Does. I May NEVER Be Able To Do The Speedruns (Given The Fact That I Am Not Allowed To Speedrun On Emulators, Nor I Have Enough To Afford For An Actual Hardware), But He'll Always Be An Inspiration To Me, For Explaining Why Speedruns Are Important.
Who said you can't run on an emulator? Plenty have posted times with emulators in all the games.
Whoa!! You dont look 32. You look sheriff.
At 1545 game time you jumped in the lava and didnt take damage
When you died at the level two boss that sucked I was thinking you could’ve grabbed one heart from the eggplant guy and go backwards and grab a chalice .Then in three Dash one I would just duck through the floor and take an Insta death instead of going and refilling at the spring that would’ve saved you like a minute
The level three music is supper cheerful compared to most of the game.
Only way I ever beat this game was the invincibility code: ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS.
The only thing that can go wrong with this is if you get eggplanted in 3-4 and wander into Pandora’s room. Might as well turn it off.
Or in the second batch of games where that code was deleted it was LLLLLL LLLLLL LLLLLL LLLLLL
This makes me want to see you run maru's mission
Dear Arcus: i hate speed running i feel it ruins games. However between your nonchalant attitude with something very stressful, your hat, your mustache and your calm cool mentality, is what is making me watch YOUR SPEED RUNS. Thank you. Im so bad at NES games. I was never a good platform gamer unless it was kid chameleon.
Oo yeah and the "CLUNK" word you say when you start your run. AWSOME
Who says you can't wear a cowboy hat while speedrunning games? Who ever says that is full of it.
Free hugs!
not sure why i like your videos so much but i do so clunk subscribe!
The Strangest Nintendo IP.
Merci pour la vidéo
28:11 was...just....too....sweet!!
this game is torture in the first stage
I like your style.
Another good clunk.
you clunk always icarus good job !
Whats Up Everyone!
That was a good bloolooloolooloooo
Was this run done with fully upgraded arrows? Just curious, regardless this game is hard as hell. Nice job.
Mash, mash, mash.
I never knew there was a horizontal level! I never beat level 1-2.
nes nostalgia
So I was this video nd in my head I heard u say "and clunk"
Anyone else remember watching the cartoon that kid Icarus was in lol I'm getting old quickly
Yea its called captain n... in case yad forgot and wanted to watch it for nostalgia its on you tube... Jesus Christ is the way
aaaaaand.....clunk ^^
This is such a deceptively difficult game lol.
Was the initial start button to adjust rng?
does it really count though, if you never even got an eggplant head?
Redo the ninja gaiden. Or complete another part plz!
Any tips for a batman player?
good clunk
real good game.
"thanks for the good luck"? is that what he says?
Wu Tang Clan
📿🕯
What are GG'S
CAN ANYBODY explain why does he keep dying intentionally?
Icarus gets different upgrades depending on how much damage you take. I think dying contributes to that so you get a better upgrade.
Low life... Not you, Pit
Still a little obtruse, yae
Do a KID NIKKI SPEED RUN..
Please for the love of GOD WHAT DOES P B MEAN
Personal best. Sorry for being late
It’s PEANUT BUTTER jelly time....
Guardian angel for me please?
N clunk!!
I quit Zmoking! Yay!
Ok. What is a P B ?
Personnal best
Nvm you did
Uh GG?
Last boss is weak
Does anyone else find Kid Icarus a fairly boring game. I’ve never played it, but watching it, I have to give props to Arcus as this would never have held my attention long enough to get through the whole game.
The Gameboy sequel is actually quite a lot better imho
Dude you are awesome!