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Kid Icarus - Of Myths and Monsters

Game Mechanics

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters is a video game of action/platforms, which keeps widely the gameplay of its predecessor, Kid Icarus on NES. The player controls the young angel Pit, whose main weapon is an arc equipped with an unlimited number of arrows. The two-dimensional stages of the game contain objects that the player can acquire, traps and enemies. The goal of Pit is to complete three levels: the underground tower, the outside world and the air tower. Each of them is divided into three zones and a labyrinthic fortress. After completing an area, the player has the option to save his progress, and the Pit's lifebar can be enlarged if he has defeated enough enemies.

Unlike Kid Icarus, the game screen can scroll here in the four directions, allowing the player to explore the already visited environments. In addition, Pit can now beat wings in the air to cushion its fall. In each area there are hidden doors that lead to rooms of eight different types. In stores and black markets, the player can buy objects such as curative potions in exchange for curs, left by the defeated monsters. The information centers give advice, another type of room allows to obtain special ridges, while hot water sources restore Pit's life. The Chambers in the Treasury house objects that can be obtained through a game of chance. In the Sacred Chambers, the god Zeus gives additional physical strength to Pit according to the number of enemies he killed. In testing centres, Pit takes part in training. If he succeeds, he obtains a weapon from the elongated bow, fire arrows and protection crystals. The first increases the horizontal range of arrows, the second their vertical range and the third are used to defend enemies. During the game, the player must find and beat three custodians in the three fortresses to recover the three Sacred Treasures: the Mirror Shield, the Light arrow and the Pegasus wing. These are special objects, which give Pit new abilities in the final stage, the Palace of Heaven.