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Game entry

Kid Icarus

1986 · Platformer, Shoot 'em up, Action-adventure · NES, Wii, Wii U, Arcade · Nintendo

Kid Icarus is ranked no. 2,229 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,488 and 42% of duels won. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 10 out of 19 (1986).

World rank

no. 2,229

ELO score

1,488

Wins

42%

Duels played

77

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About Kid Icarus

Kid Icarus is an action platform video game for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America.
The plot of Kid Icarus revolves around protagonist Pit's quest for three sacred treasures, which he must equip to rescue the Grecian fantasy world Angel Land and its ruler, the goddess Palutena. The player controls Pit through platform areas while fighting monsters and collecting items. Their objective is to reach the end of the levels, and to find and defeat boss monsters that guard the three treasures.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,488 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Kid Icarus sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 2,226 Monument Valley II 1,488
  2. 2,227 Cocoon 1,488
  3. 2,228 Viewfinder 1,488
  4. 2,229 Kid Icarus 1,488
  5. 2,230 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure 1,488
  6. 2,231 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness 1,488
  7. 2,232 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 1,488

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The standing

Where Kid Icarus ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Kid Icarus stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 10 out of 19 (1986).

Where Kid Icarus ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 2,229 5,035
Platformer 261 620
1980s 54 155
1986 10 19

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