History ShoutOut / KidIcarusUprising

* Pyrrhon mentions reading up on the Aurum on [[Wiki/ThatOtherWiki Divinipedia]].

* The idol description of the Fairy Orbitars references Navi's catchphrase from ''VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.

* There are several references to the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series, which was also created by Masahiro Sakurai.
** The way the Drill Arm launches is similar to the Stone+Needle combination in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards''. Its appearance also resembles the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Core Drill]].
*** On that note, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I61PF4cFnWU this song]] ''definitely'' sounds like it takes cues from the music of a [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann certain anime]].
*** Another Really700YearsOld [[KidHero teenage]] [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends protagonist who wields a wide variety of weapons]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen and was set to be]] [[KillerApp another Killer App for the]] UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS [[NamesTheSame also has a weapon by the exact same name]].
** The raid of the Space Pirate ship may be a shout out to the [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar raid of the Halberd]], complete with enemies shouting over the intercom. The shouting is unintelligible, though.
** The first menu is in the same style as ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide''. The idols, treasure hunts, and other elements seem to be strongly inspired by them, as well.
*** Interestingly, the menu icons can be dragged around. [[{{VideoGame/Meteos}} Feels a lot like the menu from a puzzle game also made by Sakurai]].
** One Inderworld enemy called a Guttler [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} is round, has oval-shaped eyes, and gets stronger whenever it eats another creature]]. Doubles as SelfDeprecation, considering that, when it's first introduced, Pit talks about how disgusting it is.
** During Pit's first battle with him, Hades rapidly punches similarly to Fighter/Smash Bros Kirby's Vulcan Jab. He even vocalizes in the same way Knuckle Joe's assist trophy did in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Hades then proceeds to eat Pit by inhaling him.
** The Space Pirate Ship looks kinda like Lor Starcutter from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''.
** Various food items are used as healing items like in the Kirby series (though they also are used like this in the Smash Bros series).
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' is referenced more or less directly in some of the tutorials and a random dialogue when Pit is using a bow:

* There are multiple references to other Nintendo games scattered throughout ''Uprising'':
** TheReveal of [[SamusIsAGirl Gaol's true gender]] is almost certainly a reference to [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Kid Icarus's sister series.]] The enemies in the ship holding the 3 Sacred Treasures are named Space Pirates. In particular are the Space Pirate Commandos, [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes who have grenade launchers]]. [[LampshadeHanging Pit mentions]] that Komaytos bear a strong resemblance to Metroids. The idol description for Komaytos references ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' in particular:
---> "[[VideoGame/SuperMetroid The last Komayto is not in captivity and Skyland is not at peace]]."
*** Further emphasized during a dialogue between Pit and Viridi:
--> '''Viridi:''' And here comes the eighth wave.\\
'''Pit:''' You know, Komaytos look an awful lot like little Metroids.\\

*** And yes, when you fight the Space Pirates, they make sure some Komaytos show up.
** The idol description of the Fairy Orbitars:
---> [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaOfTime "Tired of]] [[ExpositionFairy pixies]] [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper asking you to listen?"]]
** Chapter 5's aesthetic is similar to the original ''VideoGame/StarFox1'', the corridor sequences from the Space Armada and Venom in particular. The "outside" sequence erratic background changes take heed from [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl's]] Lylat Cruise and Final Destination as well.
*** Then you get to Chapter 16, when the Aurum Hive has a shield protecting its entrance and Hades [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams a captured Aurum battleship through it to create an opening]]. It's very much like the scene from ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' when Peppy [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams the Great Fox through the shield protecting the Aparoid Hive to create an opening]] for the rest of the Star Fox Team. While there is no queen, the possibility is briefly brought up, another allusion to the Aparoids.
---> '''Hades''': When freaky aliens give you lemons, make freaky alien lemonade!
*** During the first fight with Hades, he ends up attempting to swallow you alive. And during the second fight, you have to shoot his hands at one point to continue fighting him. [[VideoGame/StarFox64 Sounds a lot like a final boss from a similar game...]]
*** It also resembles the fight with Stallord in ''VideoGame/LinksCrossbowTraining''.
** At one point of Chapter 20, Pit uses the Lightning Chariot to burst through the shield around Palutena's Temple. It is done similarly to how Kirby takes out the Subspace Cannon towards the end of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''[='=]s adventure mode. The Palutena Bow, a rare bow unlocked by beating Chapter 24 in 11 minutes or less, is the exact same bow that Pit uses in that game, and scenery very similar to that of Final Destination/Destroyed Isle of the Ancients is seen during the final boss fight with Hades.
** Dark Pit sneers at Hades that he needs to play ''VideoGame/BrainAge'' more to improve his math. Viridi chimes in to claim a Brain Age of 24.
--->'''Palutena''': And that's relevant because...?
** When fighting Twinbellows for the second time, Pit says he's going to rack up some serious VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}} points.
--->'''Palutena:''' Focus, Pit.
** One of the floors in the Lightning Tower requires you to go up a series of ramps while jumping to avoid obstacles rolling down them. Hades even admits that it's basically VideoGame/DonkeyKong.
** When Palutena talks about the powers and how you have to take into account the size and shape of the powers to fit into a grid, Pit proclaims that "All that time playing VideoGame/DrMario has come in handy!"
** When you battle the Kraken for the second time, upon knocking it out, Pit will shout, "Take that, tentafool!", a clear reference to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Tentacool/Tentacruel]].
** Computer players in multiplayer have names which many Nintendo fans should recognize, such as "[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Resetti]]", "[[VideoGame/PunchOut King Hippo]]", and even "[[WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster Captain N]]".
** The music to the flying part of Chapter 8 (set in space) bears noticeable stylistic similarity to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''[='=]s music.
* Several enemies are named after deities and beasts from Greek mythology, though many of these names have been slightly altered (or, more likely, [[BlindIdiotTranslation bungled in the translation]]).
* The sound effects of certain shots finding their mark sound very similar to those made by [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Buster shots]] doing the same.
* ''Thanatos Rising'' has what's basically a cross between a Trojan Horse and [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack an AT-AT.]] The Lunar Sanctum level is basically a huge love letter to Film/ANewHope, with Pit assaulting and infiltrating a giant moon-shaped space station with a super laser.
* [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou "There are reapers creeping around in there."]]
** The introduction to the Reapers also reminds one of [[Franchise/MassEffect another kind of Reaper]].
* Mimicuties have a rapid-kick move similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li's Lightning Legs]]. In the final chapter, Hades' fight involves him throwing monoliths at you in a fashion very similarly to the [[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]] motion. And when Medusa shows up to help out, he unleashes a {{Shoryuken}} on her.
* The Brawler Claw's continuous fire is the [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Hyakuretsuken]].
* This isn't the first popular game with [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV two moons]], is it?
* The Ore Club lets you beat people up with the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Eye of Sauron]], and the Black Club is a [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001 monolith.]]
** In Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit, after the VideoGame/StarFox-like space sequence, Pit descends through parallel "walls" for a while, with a light in the center, as David did upon entering the monolith.
* When fighting Palutena in Chapter 20, you have to [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight avoid hurting her and instead attack the (nearly) invisible object above her that's controlling her.]]

* The Heart of Hades fights you in an arena that looks like it came from ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''. Throughout the fight, it will drop bombs that work just like the ones from ''Bomberman''.
* When Hades goes OneWingedAngel and sprouts a new head, it has a blue flame instead of hair, making him resemble [[Disney/{{Hercules}} another version of Hades.]]
* The idol for the Hedgehog Claws weapon contains the description [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog "these claws charge quickly and provide a large speed boost to users."]]
** Some of Pit and Dark Pit's banter between each other throughout Chapter 6, especially the part in the beginning about being a copy, can easily remind people of a similar situation and moment between [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 two certain Hedgehogs in another game]].

* Hades's overall characterization and voice seem to resemble Creator/TimCurry, possibly a shout out to the Prince of Darkness from ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}.''
* The markings on the Ninja Palm are remarkably similar to the ones on [[VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} Oboro]] headgear.
* Standard Orbitars are [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Options]].
* Pyrrhon's Large Ham attitude is extremely similar to a [[ComicBook/TheTick certain blue-clad superhero]]. Doesn't help that he's a (self-proclaimed) [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor deity giving super-heroics a shot]].
* The Space Pirates are located in [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann the Galactic Sea]].
* One of the loading screen tips says "Touch certain surfaces in Air Battles to run on them. [[Videogame/KingdomHeartsII Try this on Hewdraw's back.]]"
* If the [[ThatsNoMoon moon fortress]] didn't make you think of ''Franchise/StarWars'', then the music that suddenly starts playing once you're under attack will.
* One of the conversations Pit has with Palutena is about new uses for his bow. [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater He says that maybe he could use the blades as nun-chucks]], and Palutena says he would chop his hands off.
* Pit's comments towards Twinbellows, where he basically talks down to it as if it were a pet dog, sound similar to [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante's towards Cerberus]].
* The [[http://ar.essh.co/decks/kid-icarus?wcteid=49 Ring of Chaos]] looks suspiciously similar to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The One Ring]].

** A couple of the regular weapons are like this as well.

* In one of the most surprising Shout-outs, in the Chaos Vortex level, Creator/HyndenWalch (voice of Viridi) starts slipping in and out of her [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Princess Bubblegum voice]]. At first, it's rather subtle, with her at one point calling Pit a "dingle brain" in Bubblegum's style of speaking. Then, later in the level, she says, word for word, and in the same style of the ''Adventure Time'' promos, "What time is it?"
* One to ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'': Telling the devil to go home.

* You've got to avoid the lasers Hades shoots [[VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor by avoiding where they hit the screen]].

* The [[http://ar.essh.co/decks/kid-icarus?wcteid=49 Ring of Chaos]] looks suspiciously similar to [[Literature/LordOfTheRings The One Ring]].

* Pit's comments towards Twinbellows, where he basically talks down to it as if it were a pet dog, sound similar to [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante's towards Cerberus]].

*** Another Really700YearsOld [[KidHero teenage]] [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends protagonist who wields a wide variety of weapons]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen and was set to be]] [[KillerApp another KillerApp for the]] UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS [[NamesTheSame also has a weapon by the exact same name]].

** The first menu is in the same style as ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby Air Ride]]''. The idols, treasure hunts and other elements seem to be strongly inspired by them, as well.

** One underworld enemy called a Guttler [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} is round, has oval-shaped eyes and gets stronger whenever it eats another creature]]. Doubles as SelfDeprecation, considering that, when it's first introduced, Pit talks about how disgusting it is.
** During Pit's first battle with him, Hades rapidly punches similarly to fighter/Smash Bros Kirby's Vulcan Jab. He even vocalizes in the same way Knuckle Joe's assist trophy did in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Hades then proceeds to eat Pit by inhaling him.

** Various food items are used as healing items like in the Kirby Series (though they also are used like this in the Smash Bros series).

'''Pit:''' Yeah, I used one in the last [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros brawl]].\\

'''Palutena:''' I just can't picture you in a [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros melee]].\\

* There are multiple references to other Nintendo games scattered throughout Uprising:

'''Viridi:''' *hums the ''Metroid'' ItemGet theme* I can't HEAR you!\\

*** Also resembles the fight with Stallord in ''VideoGame/LinksCrossbowTraining''
** At one point of Chapter 20, Pit uses the Lightning Chariot to burst through the shield around Palutena's Temple. It is done similarly to how Kirby takes out the Subspace Cannon towards the end of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'''s adventure mode. The Palutena Bow, a rare bow unlocked by beating Chapter 24 in 11 minutes or less, is the exact same bow that Pit uses in that game, and scenery very similar to that of Final Destination/Destroyed Isle of the Ancients is seen during the final boss fight with Hades.

--->'''Palutena''' And that's relevant because...?

--->'''Palutena:''' Focus, pit.

** The music to the flying part of Chapter 8 (set in space) bears noticeable stylistic similarity to Mario Galaxy's music.
* Several enemies are named after deities and beasts from Greek mythology, though many of these names have been slightly altered (or, more likely, bungled in the translation).
* The sound effects of certain shots finding their mark sound very similar to those made by [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends MegaMan Buster shots]] doing the same.

** The introduction to the reapers also reminds one of [[Franchise/MassEffect another kind of reaper]].

* The Heart of Hades fights you in an arena that looks like it came from Videogame/{{Bomberman}}. Throughout the fight, it will drop bombs that work just like the ones from Bomberman.

* The idol for the Hedgehog Claws weapon contains the description [[SonicTheHedgehog "these claws charge quickly and provide a large speed boost to users."]]
** Some of Pit and Dark Pit's banter between each other throughout Chapter 6 especially the part in the beginning about being a copy can be hard to not remind people of a similar situation and moment between [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 two certain Hedgehogs in another game]].

* If the [[ThatsNoMoon moon fortress]] didn't make you think of ''Franchise/StarWars'' then the music that suddenly starts playing once you're under attack will.

* While Pit is talking about clubs with Viridi, he says, "Talk softly and carry a big stick!" a phrase coined by UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt.

* During the tutorial, Pit asks if Palutena will be sending him a machine-gun toting robot girlfriend, a reference to Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.
* In one of the most surprising Shout-outs, in the Chaos Vortex level, Creator/HyndenWalch (voice of Viridi) starts slipping in and out of her [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Princess Bubblegum voice]]. At first it's rather subtle, with her at one point calling Pit a "dingle brain" in Bubblegum's style of speaking. Then later in the level, she says, word for word, and in the same style of the Adventure Time promos, "What time is it?"
* One to Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance: Telling the devil to go home.

* Pyrrhon's Large Ham attitude is extremely similar to a [[TheTick certain blue-clad superhero]]. Doesn't help that he's a (self-proclaimed) [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor deity giving super-heroics a shot]].

* In the game, there's an enemy called "Collin" that can only be killed when you hit back the enemy it fires. The idol for this enemy says the name of the fired enemy is "Phil", and the idol is named "Collin and Phil". [[PhilCollins Flip the two names around...]]

* The idol description of the Fairy Orbitars:

*** Another Really700YearsOld [[KidHero teenage]] [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends protagonist who wields a wide variety of weapons]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen and was set to be]] [[KillerApp another KillerApp for the]] Nintendo3DS [[NamesTheSame also has a weapon by the exact same name]].

* At one point, Viridi says that Pit and Palutena have a "mutual admiration society." She also later says "[[AnnieGetYourGun Anything Palutena can do, I can do better]]."

---> "The last Komayto is not in captivity and Skyland is not at peace."

** The idol description of the Fairy Orbitars:

** Viridi mentions that she has [[VideoGame/BrainAge a Brain Age of 24]].
*** Dark Pit later sneers at Hades that he needs to play Brain Age more to improve his math.

* Pyrrhon mentions reading up on the Aurum on [[ThatOtherWiki Divinipedia]].

** TheReveal of [[SamusIsAGirl Gaol's true gender]] is almost certainly a reference to [[{{Metroid}} Kid Icarus's sister series.]] The enemies in the ship holding the 3 Sacred Treasures are named Space Pirates. In particular are the Space Pirate Commandos, [[MetroidPrime who have grenade launchers]]. [[LampshadeHanging Pit mentions]] that Komaytos bear a strong resemblance to Metroids. The idol description for Komaytos references ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' in particular:

** Computer players in multiplayer have names which many Nintendo fans should recognize, such as "[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Resetti]]", "[[PunchOut King Hippo]]", and even "[[WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster Captain N]]".