History Awesome / KidIcarusUprising

-->-- '''Pyrrhon''', "The Aurum Brain"

* Chapter 11: Viridi's EstablishingCharacterMoment. You're fighting off the Underworld Army after Hades duped the entire human race into thinking the Wish Seed will grant them any wish they desire, causing armies to kill each other over the false promise. Just as you're witnessing all this unfold, suddenly a Reset Bomb drops on the entire battlefield, wiping out a good deal of the humans present as well as possibly whatever Underworld troops were present, creating a beautifully deadly pink mass of twisted nature before finally revealing herself to Pit and the audience. Say what you will about Viridi, but she sure knows how to enter the scene with a [[JustForPun bang]].

* For some time after the game's release, two of the game's 412 AR cards were distinctly absent. What they were--Pit (Victory) and Medusa (Rare)--was revealed by LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} thanks to an anonymous source, but they were inaccessible to the public for years. Then, just a few days prior to the release of VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate, Pit (Victory) was [[https://twitter.com/3DS_Palutena/status/1070121371915567104 revealed in full online]] to celebrate the oncoming game, striking down the amount of unreleased AR cards to ''one''. And two days later, Medusa (Rare) was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KiDIcaruS/comments/a3qgsd/thanks_to_uanunknown_supplying_a_valid_colorbit/ revealed]]. It may not have been released officially, but it's impressive how avid fans managed to piece it together. And with that, ''every'' AR card has been accounted for after ''years''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Hadeeees!"\\
"Piiiiiitttt!"\\
[[BringIt "It's ON!"]]]]

** A villainous example at the end: It seems like Medusa's been defeated and nothing else stands in the way of peace for humanity. During the credits, as Pit and Palutena are celebrating, a voice telling them to [[WhamLine "wait just a second"]] is heard and the credits tear away to reveal the ''real'' BigBad of the game, Hades. After revealing the truth about Medusa, he vows to make her look like a "cute little bunny" in comparison with what he has planned.

* Chapter 2:
** Halfway through fighting through Gaol's castle, you find [[BadassNormal Magnus]], surrounded by Underworld troops and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower owning them all despite being only human]]. He and Pit then team up as BackToBackBadasses against the room of enemies.
* Chapter 3:
** If you take your time handling Hewdraw, Palutena will actually pitch in and help you, since the Underworld's Forces are invading Skyworld. Normally Pit would have to fill the monster up to their throats with bullets. Palutena simply drops a '''''HUGE''''' PillarOfLight and ''[[OneHitKill one-shots]]'' them.
* Chapter 5:
** Dark Pit's introduction during the battle with Pandora, especially when he knocks her down with a single punch!

* Chapter 11:
** Viridi's EstablishingCharacterMoment needs to be mentioned to some degree. You're fighting off the Underworld Army after Hades duped the entire human race into thinking the Wish Seed will grant them any wish they desire, causing armies to kill each other over the false promise. Just as you're witnessing all this unfold, suddenly a Reset Bomb drops on the entire battlefield, wiping out a good deal of the humans present as well as possibly whatever Underworld troops were present, creating a beautifully deadly pink mass of twisted nature before finally revealing herself to Pit and the audience. Say what you will about Viridi, but she sure knows how to enter the scene with a [[JustForPun bang]].
--->'''Viridi:''' Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Nice shot, if I do say so myself! Good riddance, human scum! The world's better off without you!

*** The air section in general. The chapter starts off with the door ''getting blown up by a laser''. It only gets better from here, as tornados rise from the clouds and this absolutely '''''EPIC''''' theme starts blasting as you pummel both Underworld Troops and the Forces of Nature.

* Chapter 16:
** Hades of all people gets one in-universe when he throws an Aurum ship into their own shielded mothership, which even Viridi is impressed about.
--->'''Hades:''' Don't curse the darkness. Light a candle! When freaky aliens give you lemons, make freaky alien lemonade. '''LIKE THIS!'''\\

* Chapter 20:
** Six words:
--->'''Pit:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Go home, Hades. Just go home.]]

** Beating any level on Intensity 9.0 can be considered this, especially if said player only had a sliver of health left or was in Crisis Mode.
*** For that matter, beating all the levels on Intensity 9.0 for the challenge on Hades' Treasure Hunt board. So satisfying.

* For some time after the game's release, two of the game's 412 AR cards were distinctly absent. What they were--Pit (Victory) and Medusa (Rare)--was revealed by LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} thanks to an anonymous source, but they were inaccessible to the public for years. Then, just a few days prior to the release of VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate, Pit (Victory) was [[https://twitter.com/3DS_Palutena/status/1070121371915567104 revealed in full online]] to celebrate the oncoming game, striking down the amount of unreleased AR cards to ''one''.
** And two days later, Medusa (Rare) was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KiDIcaruS/comments/a3qgsd/thanks_to_uanunknown_supplying_a_valid_colorbit/ revealed]]. It may not have been released officially, but it's impressive how avid fans managed to piece it together. And with that, ''every'' AR card has been accounted for after ''years''.

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** If you take your time handling Hewdraw, Palutena will actually pitch in and help you, since the Underworld's Forces are invading Skyworld. Normally Pit would have to fill the monster up to their throats with bullets. Palutena simply drops a '''''HUGE''''' PillarOfLight and ''[[OneHitKill oneshots]]'' them.

** The entire fight between Phopshora and Pit. It's essentially an all-out showdown between Palutena and Viridi's top commanders. It's also one in-universe as Palutena, Viridi, and Hades comment on it.

** The BadassBoast Pit gives Phopshora (right before she interrupts it) is even more awesome if the player equips him with claws.

'''Viridi''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis That. Was. Awesome.]]

** Dark Pit's entrance during the land battle sequence? You're making your way through wave after wave of enemies that seem to never end. You're probably getting tired of having to deal with all of them, and it gets to the point where the game has to cut to a loading screen to keep summoning enemies... And then you get a quick scene of Dark Pit arriving on the scene. It suddenly cuts back to gameplay with a snippet of the Chapter 6 Air Battle theme playing as Dark Pit begins slaughtering enemies with you. Not to mention Pit and Dark Pit's pre-batle rallying cry. ''So awesome.''

* For some time after the game's release, two of the game's 412 AR cards were distinctly absent. What they were--Pit (Victory) and Medusa (Rare)--was revealed by LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} thanks to an anonymous source, but they were unaccessable to the public for years. Then, just a few days prior to the release of VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate, Pit (Victory) was [[https://twitter.com/3DS_Palutena/status/1070121371915567104 revealed in full online]] to celebrate the oncoming game, striking down the amount of unreleased AR cards to ''one''.