History YMMV / KidIcarusUprising

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: The game is well-lauded for its top-notch script, [[{{Woolseyism}} particularly in the localized versions]], but the game mechanics are notoriously [[BrokenBase base-breaking]].

** The Reapers hit extremely hard, have a lot of health, are difficult to avoid, and can summon Reapettes that can pass through walls and paralyze you. Once you get a Great Reaper Palm, though, you can use its charged shot to give them a taste of their own medicine.

** Eggplant Wizards are less dangerous than they were in the first game, as Palutena can simply transform the player back into a regular angel rather than Pit having to go to the hospital. However, it can still be an annoyance.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBiRX8EZhXQ Pit's victory song]]. It's cheesy, comes out of nowhere, and sounds like it belongs in a kids' show, but since it's [[{{Adorkable}} Pit]], it comes off as adorable and makes him even more lovable.

* NeverLiveItDown: ''Palutena's Revolting Dinner'' portrays the goddess as a very easily distracted cook, accidentally bringing vegetables to life with rejuvenation potion. Yet it hasn't stopped some people from depicting Palutena ([[PlayedForLaughs jokingly]] or [[RonTheDeathEater not]]) as a full-on LethalChef who can't be trusted in the kitchen whatsoever as a result of that incident.

* NightmareRetardant: The Reapers look more frightening than other enemies and are very dangerous on their own, but their "piercing scream" is actually just their 8-bit squeak.

** The controls during the Land Battle sections are one of ''Uprising'''s most cited problems. Part of the "fun" is trying to change the camera direction, which is dissimilar to the way it's done in many other third-person shooters. On top of that, it's easy to hurt your hands playing for long periods of time, which is most likely why physical copies ship with a 3DS stand.

** The framerate drops during ''cutscenes'' of all things. This can be seen at the end of Chapter 15 when Pyrrhon catches Pit, and is even more evident at the end of Chapter 21 when Palutena holds Pit's critically-wounded body in her arms, potentially [[{{Narm}} ruining the scene]].

** Dark Pit can turn into this. While a really well done {{mirror match}}, it's the arena you're fighting on that makes it rather frustrating. Especially if you're on the highest platform, when you're too focused on fleeing from Dark Pit's attacks to focus on where you're running, you might either just hit an invisible wall, or accidentally land on a jump pad that takes you straight back. This will bite you really hard when Dark Pit charges up his arrow rain attack, which will hurt you through little fault of your own. Dark Pit, just like Pit can also be seen dodging your charged shots once you release one forcing you to fire off several normal shots to stun him unless you are daring enough to use charged shots while dodging (which tires you out quite easily) but with your opponent constantly moving around on the ground and in the air, chances are that you won't have much success on difficulties above 6.0.

* CultClassic: One of Nintendo’s more niche games, and it sold just over 1.3 million copies… which can easily be considered a failure by a company as large as Nintendo, and is ''even less than the original NES Kid Icarus, which had over 3 million copies sold.'' And today, the ''Kid Icarus'' series is mostly just remembered through VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for many Nintendo fans. Despite that, ''Uprising'' is often considered an under-appreciated masterpiece, or even a full-on magnum opus, and contender for the best game on 3DS. Sometimes even one of the single best Nintendo games ever made.

** The Reapers hit extremely hard, are difficult to avoid, and can summon Reapettes that can pass through walls and paralyze you.

** The Centurion Strongarms will either charge towards you or toss dumbbells as soon as they spot you. The first attack leads into an undodgeable piledriver that could kill you easily.
** Surprisingly, Miks are this in Air Battles. While on land they're not much more of a threat than a Monoeye, their tongue-lash is HELL to avoid in the sky on high intensities.

* EvilIsSexy: Medusa and Amazon Pandora both have rather attractive humanoid forms. Downplayed with [[{{Stripperiffic}} Phosphora]], who isn't "evil" so much as "[[PunchClockVillain working for]] [[KillAllHumans Viridi]]".

* CultClassic: One of Nintendo’s more niche games, and it sold just over 1.3 million copies… which is ''even less than the original NES Kid Icarus, which had over 3 million copies sold.'' And today, the ''Kid Icarus'' series is mostly just remembered through VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Despite that, ''Uprising'' is often considered an under-appreciated masterpiece, or even a full-on magnum opus, and contender for the best game on 3DS. Sometimes even one of the single best Nintendo games ever made.

* CultClassic: One of Nintendo’s more niche games, and it sold just over 1.3 million copies… which is even less than the original NES Kid Icarus. Despite that, it’s often considered a masterpiece and contender for the best 3DS game, sometimes even one of the best Nintendo games ever made.

* CultClassic: One of Nintendo’s more niche games, and it sold just over 1.3 million copies… which is less than the original NES Kid Icarus. Despite that, it’s often considered a masterpiece and contender for the best 3DS game, sometimes even one of the best Nintendo games ever made.

* CultClassic: One of Nintendo’s more niche games, and it sold just about 1 million copies… which is less than the original NES Kid Icarus. Despite that, it’s often considered a masterpiece and contender for the best 3DS game, sometimes even one of the best Nintendo games ever made.

** The Orne can OneHitKill you just by touching you. What's more, they're [[InvincibleMinorMinion invincible]] if you're not using the Three Sacred Treasures. [[LampshadeHanging Even Pit remarks how unfair it is.]] They even have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36VE_fjIwhE their own ominous 8-bit theme tune]] that plays [[HellIsThatNoise whenever you get near one]].

** Despite all the flak that is given towards the Centurions on how useless they are, they can be surprisingly difficult and irritating to deal with during Chapter 18 when playing as Magnus owing to your complete lack of ranged attacks, wonky melee accuracy and their tendency to fly back or up out of range when you are about to land a hit. Coupled with their slow moving but extremely accurate homing projectiles and the fact they can fire up to three times in succession while you're desperately trying to close the gap between them means that any mistakes will often lead to them rapidly chipping your health off. May [[JustForPun Palutena]] help you if you're unlucky enough to be surrounded by them.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGR8wXl4QTM&t=1m39s Tempura Wizard]] turns Pit into tempura and chases him around, If he catches him, it's a OneHitKill.

** Clubberskulls are {{Lightning Bruiser}}s who are weak to melee attacks. The catch is they ''also'' use melee attacks, which can take you out quickly if you aren't careful.

* DifficultySpike: Chapter 4 introduces three of the most dangerous Underworld enemies in the game; Reapers, Clubberskulls, and Ornes, plus one of the most annoying in Eggplant Wizards, not to mention painful stage hazards and minimal healing.

* FanworkOnlyFans:
** For many, the game has a HotGoddess (Palutena) and that's about it. Her updated redesign is often exaggerated in Rule34 and has become popular for H-artists and fans alike, without much regard for what she actually does in the game. It's somewhat mitigated by being a playable character in ''Smash'' which highlights her personality quirks, though still easy to miss even for those who have played ''SSBU'' if they never used her.
** Pit's usual portrayal in H-art has caused those unfamiliar with the series to assume he's timid and serves as Palutena's prey. A stark contrast to the brave goofball he actually is.

* CrossoverShip: Some people have got attached to [[Videogame/TheLegendofZelda Link]]/Viridi after she clearly [[{{Fangirl}} shows some admiring]] towards him in the [[Videogame/SuperSmashBros Palutena's Guidance Conversations]] (which she, [[{{Tsundere}} of course]], denies after Pit and Palutena point it out).

* SignatureScene: Hades clawing his way through the credits screen at the end of Chapter 9, revealing himself as the true BigBad of the game, is one of the most well-known parts of the game, for its nature as an [[EstablishingCharacterMoment incredibly memorable introduction for the new villain]], its memetic value, and for setting the tone for the rest of the game.

%%* SignatureScene: Hades clawing his way through the credits screen at the end of Chapter 9, revealing himself as the true BigBad of the game. Context (why is it a famous scene)?

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs:
** The entirety of Chapter 5. Justified seeing as Pandora is essentially the Goddess of MindScrew.
** Chapter 21 is even crazier. Also justified considering it's based in the Chaos Vortex.

* SignatureScene: Hades clawing his way through the credits screen at the end of Chapter 9, revealing himself as the true BigBad of the game.

** [[AnimalisticAbomination The Chaos Kin]] is an {{ancient|Evil}}, cruel being that desires nothing but to cause chaos and destruction. Having been [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in the Lunar Sanctum, the Chaos Kin, once freed, [[PuppeteerParasite latched onto Lady Palutena and began to slowly consume her soul and control her body]]. The Chaos Kin proceeded to trap Pit's soul inside of a ring and order Palutena's armies to wage war on mankind, intending to exterminate humanity. When Pit gets free of the ring, the Chaos Kin had Palutena insult and demean him to try to break his spirit. Once confronted by Pit in person, the Chaos Kin had Palutena try to kill him while cowardly using her body as a [[HumanShield shield]]. After Palutena is freed from its control, the Chaos Kin then rips her soul from her body, turning her to stone before fleeing. After the Chaos Kin is finally destroyed, it attempts to drag Dark Pit down with it so it could possess his body.

* CompleteMonster: [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]] is the absolute ruler of [[Characters/KidIcarusTheUnderworldArmy the Underworld]], [[TheManBehindTheMan the one pulling the strings]] behind {{Medusa}}, and despite bearing an overblown, hammy sense of humor, is the cruelest character in the game. Hades orchestrates Medusa's revival in the first third of the game while hiding in the shadows. Once Medusa is destroyed, Hades takes center stage and wastes no time in demonstrating his selfish lust for power and his sadistic sense of humor, mocking both [[Characters/KidIcarusPit Pit]] and Palutena and [[TheChessmaster arranging a destructive war among the humans over a non-existent Wish Seed]] for the sake of [[YourSoulIsMine harvesting their souls]]. Hades is responsible for the harvesting of countless souls, all of which are crudely abominated into the monsters comprising his army. Hades actively propagates as much conflict as possible to rack up as many casualties as he can, giving his army more and more power. Hades sometimes even eats them, showing a dismissive disregard for life enough to disgust even the more morally-grey characters in the game. Though Hades makes numerous team-ups, they are all solely in his self-interest, and he finds himself sending monsters after Pit anyways for kicks. Disposing of his own soldiers, like Medusa, once he sees [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they have worn out their use]], Hades was a self-serving snake of a god who prompted every other faction in the game to fight against him.

* VindicatedByHistory: Although the game did well in sales (selling over a [[https://www.siliconera.com/kid-icarus-uprising-luigis-mansion-dark-moon-sell-over-1-million/ million]] by 2013). The game at the time of its release received a lukewarm response from critics and players due to its unorthodox control scheme (where you control Pit with the circle pad and attack with the stylus), which received criticism for how unintuitive it is. Over time however, many players, especially those who got used to the controls, began to view the game more positively in retrospect, highlighting its fun shoot-em up/hack-n-slash gameplay, its memorable cast of characters and an hilarious and engaging story, all on top of having some of the best visuals on the 3DS. Nowadays, the game is considered by many to be one of the best 3DS games and a modern Nintendo classic. Unsurprisingly, fan cries for a sequel or a rerelease are incredibly commonplace today (despite Creator/MasahiroSakurai having no interest in revisiting the franchise).

** Pyrrhon. [[spoiler:Was he manipulative and power-hungry from the beginning, or did he just have a lapse in judgement? If so, was his pushing the Aurum away from the Earth a genuine moment of redemption, or was he just getting even for taking control of him?]]

** Medusa is an unrepentant villain with a bloodthirsty lust for revenge... but there are a few in-game hints that lend themselves to interpreting Medusa as a JerkassWoobie and DeathSeeker. While she certainly seems all too happy to get revenge on Pit and Palutena after being dead for 25 years, she seems genuinely distressed in Chapter 9 as she explains that she does not know the circumstances of her own resurrection, implying that she did not actually want to be revived to seek her revenge. [[spoiler:This is further supported in Chapter 25, when Medusa angrily attacks Hades because he keeps reviving her as his puppet.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: The events of the penultimate arc [[spoiler:and especially Palutena turning evil]] should be legitimately horrifying for the characters and especially for Pit, but the cast rarely expresses anything beyond mild displeasure at the circumstances.

** In Chapter 22, [[spoiler:Pandora is revealed to have originally appeared as a [[DarkActionGirl humanoid Amazon]], and reverts into that form upon bathing in the Rewind Spring]]. The randomness of these events is lampshaded by Palutena and Viridi, who comment nobody could have seen that coming.

** Viridi. Half the fandom loves her for [[DeadpanSnarker providing some of the funniest lines in the game]] and for [[EnemyMine helping Pit rescue Palutena]] [[spoiler:from the Chaos Kin]]. Her {{Moe}} appearance, her love for nature (to the point she even [[AdmiringTheAbomination admires her mooks]]) and GranolaGirl tendencies also make her {{adorkable}}. Finally, [[AMotherToHerMen her respect and care for her troops]] further cement all of this. The other half of the fandom hate her for [[BrattyHalfPint being annoying]], which in part stems from both her AxCrazy hatred for humans and from being a {{Tsundere}} that berates Pit even while she is helping him. However, the largest chunk of her hate comes from being a KarmaHoudini after the [[KillAllHumans human genocide]] she led: her massacre of a large chunk of the human population is pretty much pushed aside once the Aurum temporarily become the main antagonists (thus [[TheUnfought she is completely unfought throughout the entire game]]), and even though her opinion of humans clearly hasn't changed at all by the end of the game, we're meant to simply forget about her misanthropy.

* DesignatedHero: Viridi's attempt to wipe out humanity with her Reset Bombs is arguably worse than anything Medusa did, but after her arc, she's treated as one of the heroes. Though slightly justified in that the Aurum's invasion [[spoiler:and the [[PuppeteerParasite Chaos Kin]]'s possession of Palutena]] practically forced an EnemyMine in the middle of a three-way war between factions, as well as both sides realizing that Hades is the most immediate threat. Also, at least according to Dark Pit's Guidance Conversation in ''Smash for Wii U'', it's stated that she's still opposing Palutena's Army. She's just [[FriendlyEnemy really amicable in her downtime]].

** [[spoiler:Amazon Pandora]] is this, but mostly because of [[MsFanservice her design]].

* EvilIsSexy: Medusa and [[spoiler:Amazon Pandora]] both have rather attractive humanoid forms. Downplayed with [[{{Stripperiffic}} Phosphora]], who isn't "evil" so much as "[[PunchClockVillain working for]] [[KillAllHumans Viridi]]".

* GeniusBonus: The binary code said by [[spoiler:Aurum Pyrrhon]] translates to "kill".

** Despite all the flak that is given towards the Centurions on how useless they are, they can be surprisingly difficult and irritating to deal with during Chapter 18 when [[spoiler:playing as Magnus]] owing to your complete lack of ranged attacks, wonky melee accuracy and their tendency to fly back or up out of range when you are about to land a hit. Coupled with their slow moving but extremely accurate homing projectiles and the fact they can fire up to three times in succession while you're desperately trying to close the gap between them means that any mistakes will often lead to them rapidly chipping your health off. May [[JustForPun Palutena]] help you if you're unlucky enough to be surrounded by them.

* MemeticMolester: [[spoiler:It's not hard to think of the Chaos Kin as one given the way it latches onto Palutena during battle and the way that it grabbed Dark Pit by the leg to throw him off the ledge and wrapping itself around him. According to the Petrified Palutena idol description, the Chaos Kin tried to drag her into the Chaos Vortex with it, but she turned herself to stone at the last minute so that it could only escape with her soul.]]

** [[spoiler:The Chaos Kin crosses it when it steals Palutena's soul and takes it to the Chaos Vortex, leaving her as a lifeless [[TakenForGranite stone statue.]]]]
* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The "KRACKYAK! BOOOOOOOOM!" sound of a boss being dealt the final blow. [[spoiler:Except when fighting Palutena, as it signifies the player has triggered a NonStandardGameOver]].

--->[[spoiler:'''Palutena:''' You see, I'm tired of dealing with those pathetic humans, and I'm ''especially'' tired of dealing with ''you.'']]
** In Chapter 21, [[spoiler:Pit flies longer than the given time in order to save Dark Pit from being pulled to his death, and his wings burn off. Palutena even pictures Pit talking about wanting to fly... yet his wings are burned up as a result of the heroic deed.]]

** When [[spoiler:playing as Magnus]] in chapter 18, while the melee battle system is fairly intuitive, one infuriating aspect of the combat is the complete lack of a targeting reticule making it extremely difficult to keep the heat on enemies especially since melee targeting is now dependent on your ability to keep your character (not the camera) physically faced towards your enemies to be able to target them, indicated by a tiny arrow above their head to indicate that they're targeted. Consequently, it's all too easy to either miss your target completely or land one blow only for the enemy to be knocked out of the way and out of your targeting range. To add insult to injury your melee attacks are quite slow and it's very easy to press the attack button quickly in the heat of combat only for the lack of a reticule causing you to waste your combo swinging wildly at empty air when the enemy is perhaps only a step beside you all too ready to take advantage of you flailing like an idiot to take pot shots from your back or sides.

** The framerate drops during ''cutscenes'' of all things. This can be seen at the end of Chapter 15 when Pyrrhon catches Pit, and is even more evident at the end of Chapter 21 when [[spoiler:Palutena holds Pit's critically-wounded body in her arms,]] potentially [[{{Narm}} ruining the scene]].

** During Chapter 20, Pit wonders why something as horrible as the [[spoiler:Chaos Kin]] was ever created. Despite him being a remorseless villain most of the time, Hades makes a pretty good point when he says "who made you the final arbiter on which creatures live and which ones die?" and "You can't just wipe out every living thing that doesn't suit your liking".
** Hades tries this on Pit in Chapter 23. [[spoiler:When Pit calls him out on eating souls and removing them from existence, saying they can't move on or be reincarnated, Hades makes a pretty convincing argument on why reincarnation is no different than being removed from existence. Pit's reply is [[LameComeback "I... uh... Eating souls isn't right!"]]]]

** [[spoiler:Aurum Pyrrhon's]] ring of fire is one of his hardest attacks to avoid even when using the jump pad. Hope you brought Sky Jump or Jump Glide...
** On higher difficulties, [[spoiler:the Chaos Kin]]'s bombs during the air segment certainly qualify, as they're difficult to shoot down, nearly impossible to avoid, can set you on fire, and are ''by far'' its most commonly used attack.
** [[spoiler:The Heart of Hades, the boss of the WombLevel,]] seems like a manageable boss considering it only uses two attacks: dropping mines with a small blast radius and forming a clone that explodes {{Videogame/Bomberman}}-style. What makes it ThatOneBoss is whenever it TurnsRed. It becomes '''invincible''' and furiously rushes at you, which can only be avoided by dashing ''[[ViolationOfCommonSense right into it]]''. Just keeping an eye on it is difficult enough, but the real clincher is that it can ''still'' make clones in the middle of its rampage. And to top it all off, it uses this attack ''four'' times!

** [[spoiler:Aurum Pyrrhon]] can be tricky, as some players might not realize that you're supposed to attack the poles that he's chained to before attacking him directly, during which you won't be able to see any of his attacks due to their placement. What's more, some of his attacks hit hard and are tricky to avoid in time — especially his ring of fire.
** The battle against [[spoiler:Pit's body]] in Chapter 18 is an absolute nightmare. Since you no longer have ranged weapons, you are forced to use melee attacks to defeat him, and getting up to him is a difficult task in itself. However, he ''does'' have ranged attacks that not only hit hard, but are rather difficult to dodge. Just getting close enough to attack is a massive challenge, but being able to land one is also a serious challenge, as he is very quick and swift, requiring some very tricky maneuvering. The worst part is though, on higher difficulties, if you're not careful, ''he can intercept your attacks''. It's almost like fighting yourself.
** [[spoiler:Palutena]] in Chapter 20, mainly because you're supposed to [[spoiler:attack the Chaos Kin, not her]]. In the beginning of the fight, [[spoiler:the Chaos Kin hovers above in a very subtle purple smoke, and when revealed it will hover around her or even wrap itself around her]]. Weapons like clubs or cannons won't be very effective given their power and broad range, making it very easy to [[spoiler:hit or even kill her by accident]]. Of course, this results in a NonStandardGameOver.
** [[spoiler:Amazon Pandora]] is extremely agile, making her difficult to pin with ranged shots, and will deal out powerful counterattacks if you try and close in for melee, and needs to be defeated three times before she will go down permanently. She also spams Pandora's boxes, which are incredibly easy to open by accident and release a stream of balls of energy that are fairly powerful and difficult to dodge. Though, on the plus side, they also often provide loot once the attack is over.
** [[spoiler:The Heart of Hades]]. It's hard to pay attention to Pit's funny dialogue, [[CharacterShilling calling it a "cute little monster"]], when the cardiovascular nightmare is busy [[HighPressureEmotion trampling the player under several tons of berserk rage]]. If you come into the fight without anything that has a good shot range, homing attribute to it or has the ability to attack through walls with its charged shots (or regular shots), this adorable little boss will be a pain to defeat since you have to risk being blasted or trampled if your only other option is to melee it. Becomes even harder when it [[TurnsRed glows red]] which results in the boss charging at you even faster than before forcing you to stay ahead of it instead of pursuing it until it returns to normal.
** [[spoiler:Great Sacred Treasure]] is both very fast and incredibly powerful and is bound to keep you on your toes. It uses a variety of attacks ranging from rapid fire blasts (some of which can inflict the Burn status to you making the pressure even harder) to whirlwinds, to powerful beams of energy. It also has a unique [[ThatOneAttack attack]] that it uses once to [[OneHitKill destroy half the platform you're fighting on]]. Thankfully, the section of the stage that will be blown up is highlighted in a red color but if you fail to get out of the blast area or if you tired out in the process and can't escape, '''you're finished'''. To top it off, it can teleport randomly, meaning that you have to anticipate and predict where it'll appear next and what attack it will follow up with. Dodging most of the time isn't recommended since you don't want to tire yourself out too quickly, making strafing the ideal option, as Palutena comments.

** Chapter 17 for being an EscortMission in a sense. If you lose all four Centurions carrying you toward [[spoiler:Pyrrhon]], you get a game over and given that you're fighting on a small platform, barely having room to dodge enemies that are coming at you and that the Centurions die easily, you'll be screaming at higher levels.
** Chapter 18. [[spoiler:Magnus]] is really underpowered compared to Pit, as he lacks a ranged attack, powers, speed (his {{BFS}} makes it harder for him to dodge) and modifiers. There are hardly any healing items in the level, and the designers deliberately programmed a [[PinataEnemy Souflee]] to appear near the end to lure you away from the level's hot spring. Then the icing on the cake is the boss fight against [[spoiler:[[ThatOneBoss Pit's body]]]].

** Chapter 21. During the air portion, the game throws dozens of enemies at you, but the player actually has to ''ignore'' them and focus on inflicting enough damage to [[spoiler:the Chaos Kin]] before time runs out, otherwise they will instantly be dealt a Game Over. Then there's the ground section, where you have to fight [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13 sets of monsters]] from all the main armies in the game. Although Dark Pit joins you around the ninth wave to help out, by that point you might have dropped a difficulty level if you weren't prepared. Also, two waves feature the dreaded [[OneHitKill Ornes]], one of which will actively chase you.
** Chapter 24's land battle has Pit facing the 3 trials Dyntos has set up for him. The first one involves going through three rooms fighting the hardest enemies in the game with advanced AI and more HP. There is also a boss sandwiched between each room, namely [[spoiler:the Phoenix, the Kraken and Cragalanche]]. The second trial has you fight [[spoiler:Gaol and Magnus]] at the same time, followed by [[spoiler:Pseudo-Palutena]] immediately afterwards, who has the same attacks as [[spoiler:Palutena in chapter 20 and more]]. The final trial is to defeat the level's true boss, [[spoiler:the Great Sacred Treasure]], which has nasty attacks overall, including one that delivers a OneHitKill.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dark Lord Gaol is set up early in the game as a major threat. However, the concept of a Dark Lord is deconstructed, the character is defeated pretty quickly and doesn't show up anymore for the majority of the game, save for a very brief rematch in [[spoiler:Chapter 24]]. Her [[FoeRomanceSubtext history with Magnus]], loyalty to Medusa and Pit's brief FreakOut when he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes that he might've killed her]] are all interesting concepts that could've been explored a lot more.

%%* UglyCute: [[spoiler:Hades's Heart.]]

** In Chapter 22, [[spoiler:Pandora is revealed to have survived her apparent demise in Chapter 5 and taken residence in Dark Pit's wings. After separating from her host, she bathes in the Rewind Spring, which transforms her into [[DarkActionGirl her Amazon form]]]]. The randomness of these events is lampshaded by Palutena and Viridi, who comment nobody could have seen that coming.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Pit is shipped with [[HotGoddess Palutena]], [[{{Tsundere}} Viridi]], [[DeadpanSnarker Magnus]], [[{{Twincest}} Dark Pit]], [[BareYourMidriff Phosphora]], etc, etc.

** Pit's usual portrayal in H-art has caused those unfamiliar with the series to assume he's timid and serve as Palutena's prey. A stark contrast to the brave goofball he actually is.

* FanworkOnlyFans: For a lot of people, the game has a HotGoddess with Palutena, and that's about it. Palutena's MsFanservice design that gets exaggerated in Rule34 is very popular for artists to draw and for people to gawk at, without much regard or care for what she actually does in the game. This is downplayed thanks to her being playable in ''Smash'' which does manage to highlight her personality, but even then this doesn't guarantee that the FanworkOnlyFans have played the game or used her. As for Pit, his frequent presence in Rule34 as Palutena's boy toy causes FanworkOnlyFans to mistake him for someone easily timid and on edge to serve as Palutena's prey, and not the brave goofball he actually is.

** The game's very {{deuteragonist}}, Palutena. Most of the fandom sees her as one of the more pleasant gods, with good (if [[GodIsFlawed somewhat unclear]]) intentions regarding [[HumansAreFlawed humanity]], and her {{troll}}ish tendencies towards [[TheChewToy Pit]] -- who she still [[MamaBear genuinely and deeply cares for]] -- and cheerful, upbeat personality make her likable and funny. Besides, her design is [[HotGoddess much more beautiful]] than in previous games. The rest of the fandom, however, paints her under [[RonTheDeathEater a much different light]]; they see her as [[JerkassGods just as much of a remorseless god as the others]], by cruelly putting Pit in dangerous situations "for shits and giggles" (such as by using him as bait to draw out Hewdraw) and exiling Medusa to the Underworld ''after'' turning her into an EldritchAbomination. Some people also dislike her for the fact that she almost never physically gets involved in the story and battles and also suffers too much from the DamselInDistress and BadassInDistress trope. They also see her as arrogant for [[NeverMyFault not always accepting whenever she has done wrong]]. And then there's the part of the fandom who states her design is [[BestKnownForTheFanservice way too fanservicey]].