History NightmareFuel / KidIcarusUprising

** Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit, a maze with an unsettling ArtShift full of [[AlienGeometries textureless polygons]] that would not be out of place in a UsefulNotes/SuperNES game using the Super FX chip. The Labyrinth also messes with Pit's and Palutena's senses, showing a [[MoodWhiplash cheerful landscape]] before suddenly blacking it out and revealing that they're still trapped inside. The threat of running out of the Power of Flight is encountered for the first time here, thanks to Pit and Palutena coming across several dead ends trying to find a landing point, although fortunately no such scenario happens.

-->-- "Wrath of the Reset Bomb"

** [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades,]] [[GodOfEvil the Lord of the Underworld.]] While he's definitely entertaining, he also proves to be one of the most evil characters in the game. He's an endlessly cruel and sadistic being with a warped sense of humor and [[LackOfEmpathy total disregard for all life]] who views other beings as mere playthings. He [[TheChessmaster masterminded the entire plot of the game]], [[ManipulativeBastard tricking the humans into fighting each other]] over a fake Wish Seed, all to [[YourSoulIsMine harvest their souls]]. It's later revealed that he uses the collected souls to either [[TheHeartless create his underworld monsters]] or to eat them, an act that [[CessationOfExistence removes them from existence entirely]]. He reveals in death and destruction and gleefully admits that it's his idea of a [[ForTheEvulz good time]]. Even when he [[EnemyMine helps out during the Aurum Arc]], he can't resist taking opportunities to [[EvilIsPetty torment Pit]], and he openly admits that the only reason he's helping is that so he can [[PragmaticVillainy have the Earth]] [[ItsAllAboutMe to himself]].

** Hades revealing himself by literally ripping the credits away. It's PlayedForLaughs mostly, but given the NoFourthWall nature of the game, it's more like TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou.
--->'''Hades:''' ''(during the fake credits)'' [[WhamLine Now wait]] [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle just a second!]]

** Seeing human armies savagely destroy each other over the [[AppleOfDiscord fake Wish Seed]] is simultaneously terrifying and [[TearJerker depressing]], and reminds the player that HumansAreBastards. In a way, it's basically World War III!

-->'''Viridi:''' Good riddance, human ''scum! The world's better off without you!''

* Chapter 20: The thought of fighting Palutena's troops is terrifying, as they're [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]] in the Chaos Kin's plan and probably have no idea what they're doing. There's also the matter of accidentally killing Palutena, which you can do if you want a NonStandardGameOver.

* The Orne, pictured on the right. Besides the fact that this enemy will OneHitKill you if you touch it: an ominous 8-bit song plays when it's present, the screen shakes when it gets close, skulls pop out of its mouth whenever it screams, and according to its idol, anyone who touches it has their mind shattered before dying. Some Ornes will move in a pattern, making them simple enough to avoid if you take the time to watch their movements, but others will chase you--slowly, yes, but stall long enough and the next thing you'll see is a destroyed LifeMeter. Your only comfort is that you can destroy them with the Three Sacred Treasures in Chapter 9 and Chapter 23. The Ornes also appear in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. for 3DS and Wii U'', as if ''one'' game of them appearing was bad enough.

%%[[caption-width-right:350:For the [[GodOfChaos Chaos Kin]], this is just [[ButForMeItWasTuesday another Tuesday]]. For Pit, it's a [[AcidTripDimension living hellscape]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:231:''Do do do do dooo [[HellIsThatNoise doooo]] '''[[OneHitKill doooooo]]'''...'']]

** Welcome to the Chaos Vortex! It's one massive EldritchLocation that is essentially the Labyrinth of Deceit [[UpToEleven on steroids]], with [[LivingShadow Living Shadows]], clones of the Chaos Kin, and recreated enemies of all factions you've encountered so far.

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* Chapter 1: Twinbellows's [[http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/7/75/Twinbellows_Artwork.jpg design]] in this game is quite frightening compared to his 8-bit version.

** Magnus's backstory. It's implied he became a mercenary because he lost a child to the Underworld Forces.

** Hades's story as to why he wants the Wish Seed. He claims he wants to use the Wish Seed to revive a girl's parents, who he killed in a chariot accident. The story is [[BlatantLies completely false]], of course. But it's the casual way he talks about it that makes it so frightening. The fact that he can so freely talk about killing someone, accidental or not, is truly horrifying and shows how much respect for life he lacks.

** Pit gets EatenAlive by Hades and [[WombLevel has to fight his way out of Hades's innards]], full of pools of what looks like blood, gelatinous platforms, and grotesque versions of the Underworld forces. Also, Pit starts to [[GoMadFromTheIsolation lose his mind from being cut off from Palutena]]. Thankfully, it's PlayedForLaughs and he gets over it, but considering what happened to him in the previous chapters, it's not hard to assume he's really lost it.

-> ''[[GameOver I'M FINISHED!]] \\

''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' is a reminder that just because a the game looks cute, cheerful, and happy, it doesn't mean it doesn't have some [[NightmareFuel scary moments]].

[[AC:General]]

** [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]], [[GodOfEvil the God of the Underworld]]. While he's definitely entertaining, he also proves to be one of the most evil characters in the game. He's an endlessly cruel and sadistic being with a warped sense of humor and [[LackOfEmpathy total disregard for all life]] who views other beings as mere playthings. He [[TheChessmaster masterminded the entire plot of the game]], [[ManipulativeBastard tricking the humans into fighting each other]] over a fake Wish Seed, all to [[YourSoulIsMine harvest their souls]]. It's later revealed that he uses the collected souls to either [[TheHeartless create his underworld monsters]] or to eat them, an act that [[CessationOfExistence removes them from existence entirely]]. He reveals in death and destruction and gleefully admits that it's his idea of a [[ForTheEvulz good time]]. Even when he [[EnemyMine helps out during the Aurum Arc]], he can't resist taking opportunities to [[EvilIsPetty torment Pit]], and he openly admits that the only reason he's helping is that so he can [[PragmaticVillainy have the Earth]] [[ItsAllAboutMe to himself]].

[[AC:Medusa Arc]]

* Chapter 7: The Air Battle has Pit flying through a parted ocean by Lord Poseidon to get to the Seafloor Palace where Thanatos resides. There, Pit comes across the remains of a human city. When Palutena asks what happened, Poseidon calmly says that he sunk it long ago when the humans got too unruly. It's a cruel reminder that the gods in this game are capable of turning on humanity at any time. At the least, he's more calm about it than Viridi. (See below)

[[AC:Forces of Nature Arc]]

** The result of the Reset Bomb: The blast radius is turned into a purple, sickly-looking spherical forest full of monsters, with some humans still alive and bound up.
** The Reset Bomb in general. It is, for all intents and purposes, the ''Kid Icarus'' equivalent of the ''[[WeaponOfMassDestruction Atomic Bomb!]]'' And the one controlling it is a genocidal nature goddess who views humanity in the worst possible light and will not hesitate to use it when she feels it necessary. Who knows how many people were killed by the blast.

[[AC:Invasion Arc]]

[[AC:Chaos Arc]]

** The Air Battle section. Viridi escorts Pit to Skyworld, where Pit discovers, much to his horror, that Skyworld has been turned into SceneryGorn, featuring dry, lifeless masses of land with cracked structures and a perpetually cloudy sky. At the very end of it, Pit sees Palutena, only to discover that she's apparently performed a FaceHeelTurn and tells Pit that she's tired of dealing with humans and especially with Pit. It's both terrifying and heartrending to see Pit's goddess behave like a mother snapping at her child, and for no apparent reason. The only solace is that it turns out that Palutena is BrainwashedAndCrazy, which is another kind of NF together; see the Chaos Kin entry above.

** Did you think the chapter was over? Suddenly, the Chaos Kin, with its remaining strength, drags Dark Pit off the platform, forcing Pit to risk his wings and fly down to save Dark Pit. Fail to catch Dark Pit, and [[NonStandardGameOver they're finished]]. Succeed, and Pit catches him...only to ''nearly die'' from toasting his wings.

** Palutena's soul was held captive by the Chaos Kin for three years, fighting with all of her strength to remain intact. The Chaos Kin is one of the biggest threats in the series if it can keep one of the big three gods on the verge of being completely destroyed for so long!

[[AC:Grand Finale Arc]]

''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' is a reminder that just because a the game looks cute, cheerful and happy doesn't mean it doesn't have some [[NightmareFuel scary moments]].

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* Chapter 1, Twinbellows's [[http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/7/75/Twinbellows_Artwork.jpg design]] in this game is quite frightening compared to his 8-bit version.
* Chapter 2.

* Chapter 4

* Chapter 5

** During the invisible path section, there's an easy-to-reach chest. [[SchmuckBait Feel free to open it]]...if you can outrun the Orne that [[JumpScare pops up out of nowhere]] when you approach it.
* The Air Battle of Chapter 7 has Pit flying through a parted ocean by Lord Poseidon to get to the Seafloor Palace where Thanatos resides. There, Pit comes across the remains of a human city. When Palutena asks what happened, Poseidon calmly says that he sunk it long ago when the humans got too unruly. It's a cruel reminder that the gods in this game are capable of turning on humanity at any time. At the least, he's more calm about it than Viridi. (See below)
* Chapter 8 has the [[http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/b/b0/GalacticKraken_artwork.png Space Kraken]], a monstrous squid that inhabits the Galactic Sea that eats practically anything. The monster [[EstablishingCharacterMoment makes its entrance by eating the Space Pirate Captain]] before turning its sights on Pit.
* Chapter 9

---> '''Hades:''' ''(during the fake credits)'' "[[WhamLine Now wait]] [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle just a second!]]"

* In Chapter 11:

---> '''Pit:''' It's like they've lost their humanity and all that's left is...brutality!

* In Chapter 17,

---> '''Magnus:''' "Yesterday? Try ''[[WhamLine three years]]'', buddy!" \\
'''Magnus:''' "How's this for starters? You've become the enemy of mankind!"

* Chapter 20. The thought of fighting Palutena's troops is terrifying, as they're [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]] in the Chaos Kin's plan and probably have no idea what they're doing. There's also the matter of accidentally killing Palutena, which you can do if you want a NonStandardGameOver.

** Magnus's backstory has a bit of AdultFear in it. It's implied he became a mercenary because he lost a child to the Underworld Forces.

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''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' is another reminder that just because a series looks cute doesn't mean it doesn't have [[NightmareFuel scary moments]].