Nintendo Okie

If you asked me I would tell you that Kid Icarus: Uprising is one of my favorite games on the 3DS and easily one of my favorites of 2012. If you asked me if I wanted a sequel to the game I would tell you I would most definitely want to play another game in the franchise. If you asked that same question to Masahiro Sakurai, however, you might get a different answer.

“If by ‘lasting universe’ you mean to ask if there’s a sequel, the answer is no because we pushed a lot into the game in order to let people have this short yet deep experience, but the novelty of that would likely grow thin in the next game. For now, my thought is that perhaps we’ll see someone else besides me make another Kid Icarus in another 25 years.”

I would absolutely be interested in playing a sequel to Uprising, whether they kept the same gameplay style or changed it up a little bit. I would prefer the next game be on the Wii U, as I think that would accommodate different control schemes and allow more people to enjoy the game. Should Sakurai be at the helm of another game? Sure. He’s the master of putting tons of content into his games and it was that pile of extra stuff that really made parts of the game a lot of fun to mess around with.

For now, though, it appears the franchise is on hold for a while, but here’s hoping Nintendo doesn’t make us wait another 25 years.