Kid Icarus: Uprising's 'intensity' mode explained

Kid Icarus: Uprising allows you to adjust the game's "intensity level," letting you customize how difficult you want the game. A new video shows how drastic the difference will be.

Andrew Yoon

January 31, 2012 3:15 PM

Coming from Project Sora, developers of the Smash Bros. franchise, it shouldn't be too surprising that Kid Icarus: Uprising is designed with hardcore gamers in mind. The upcoming 3DS shooter allows you to adjust the game's "intensity level," letting you customize how difficult you want the game.

But the "Fiend's Cauldron" feature is more than just an adjustable difficulty scale. In addition, you'll be able to bet in-game currency to see if you can survive the challenge. "As the intensity increases, players will be able to earn more Hearts and more powerful weapon drops from defeated enemies," Nintendo notes.

See how the challenge changes in this new video:

Andrew Yoon

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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January 31, 2012 3:15 PM

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Kid Icarus: Uprising allows you to adjust the game's "intensity level," letting you customize how difficult you want the game. A new video shows how drastic the difference will be.
- cetra00
  
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  January 31, 2012 3:21 PM
  
  "You're going to want two 3DS stands to play on intensity level 9.0."
- mobab
  
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  January 31, 2012 6:04 PM
  
  Waiting for kid icarus to do a barrel roll.
- mcpstoner
  
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  February 1, 2012 10:13 AM
  
  Space Harrier 3ds looks awesome! I thought my memory of 25+ years ago is the original was a platformer? Not sure why have zero memory of Kid Icarus for good or bad accept I thought it was on the easier side of NES games.