History VideoGame / KidIcarusUprising

** Pit can equip the Viridi Palm, which, according to the flavor text, can only be used by anyone completely devoted to her. To drive the point home, its design is basically a tattoo of her face, and it's attack involves raining hearts (presumably to symbolize love for her) on enemies.

* SniperDuel

* SpiritualSuccessor

-->'''Pit:''' Where are we?
-->'''Palutena:''' The Hall of Marvelous Moving Walls.
-->'''Pandora:''' Your delivery stinks. Say it with ''feeling''. This isn't public radio, you know!

-->'''Palutena:''' And what about ''that''?
-->''(The camera pans to a second moon)''
-->'''Pit:''' Like I said, they're pretty... wait... There are ''two'' moons?!

-->'''Dyntos:''' Did you forget [[NoFourthWall the name of this chapter?]]
-->'''Pit:''' Wasn't it "The One Trial" or something?
-->'''Dyntos:''' You're a couple trials short, sonny!

* VideoGame3DLeap: After two games in 2d, Uprising brings the 3D leap in the series.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: A stage evoking previous stages makes up for "Chapter 9: Medusa's Final Battle". [[spoiler:It's part of what makes its status as a DiscOneFinalDungeon so convincing.]]

* BrickJoke: Early in the game, it's mentioned that the last time Pit faced Medusa was [[VideoGame/KidIcarus 25 years prior]] to the events of ''Uprising'', a nod to the SequelGap preceding the game[[note]]Technically, this ignores ''Of Myths and Monsters'', but that was only ever released in America, anyway[[/note]]. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Hades figures he'll have another 25 years' worth of Sequel Gap to come up with a new plan]].

* DarkestHour: Chapter 23, in which Pit finally confronts Hades. [[spoiler: Hades then demolishes the three treasures and swallows Pit whole. Pit survives, but has to make his way without support from Palutena or Viridi.]]

** [[https://youtu.be/CRK3KSOZIUY?t=65 In the Japanese version of Chapter 20]], Pit inadvertently declares the essential reason he cares so much [[spoiler:about rescuing Palutena]] is that he "likes Lady Palutena a whole lot", which Viridi takes for [[BodyguardCrush the obvious meaning]]. Pit also catches himself and, [[LuminescentBlush bright red in the face]], insists that he meant it "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial strictly as]] [[JustFriends a friend]]".

* StandardStatusEffects: A full assortment of nasty effects that you can suffer from or inflict on your opponents with the right weapons or powers, including Poison, Burning, Paralysis (jerky movement making it difficult to dodge), Shaking (jiggling your aiming reticle to disrupt your aim), Confusion, Freezing, Petrification (which tends to last longer than Freezing, but you take less damage while petrified), and Weakening (your lifebar shrinks by half, making you take double damage from everything). And let's not forget the dreaded Eggplant or Tempura Curse...

** The game makes a big to-do about the killing, reviving, and misusing of souls, but never makes a coherent point about why and when such things are bad. On top of that, [[BigBad Hades]] make several arguments that he's not actually doing anything wrong, which his enemies are clearly not smart enough to challenge. Viridi in particular is a notorious equivocator on the matter of killing, directly equating her own attempts to genocide humanity to Pit and Palutena waging defensive battles on humanity's behalf against the forces of the underworld.

* ChestMonster: Mimicuties. The "treasure box" grows legs, and starts rapidly kicking Pit and chasing after him. They are very, very fast, take more hits to kill than just about any other Mook in the game, and they hit ''hard''. There's also Pandora's Boxes, which simply lob some energy pellets at Pit and may or may not contain anything else.

--> Hades: Sorry to keep ''you'' waiting!

* JerkassHasAPoint: Near the end of Chapter 22, Dark pit calls out the gods for their warring leading to Hades harvesting countless souls. While Viridi is offended by this, Palutena is unable to admit how right he is as they often dragged humanity into their fight.

* ForbiddenChekhovsGun: At the start, Palutena reminds Pit that the ''Miracle of Flight'' can't be active for more than five minutes at a time without his wings burning out (which is the average of almost every flight segment in the game).
** In the middle of Chapter 17, Palutena tries to extract Pit from battle when the Miracle of Flight is about to reach its limit. When that fails, she is forced to deactivated, knowing full well that he would fall to his death. Luckily, Viridi is there to help.
** At the end of Chapter 21, Pit begs Viridi to reactivate it to help save Dark Pit, knowing full well he still needed a cooldown. Though he saves him Pit's wings are charred to the bone and he almost dies, leading to the next chapter to heal him.

* VillainBeatingArtifact: The Three Sacred Treasures are needed to defeat Medusa. Pit later tries to use them to kill Hades, but Hades blasts them into nothingness. Pit then went to Dyntos to receive the Great Sacred Treasure, which fared much better, albeit also getting totaled in the process.
* VillainHasAPoint: In the vs Dark Pit chapter, one of the places Dark Pit can be waiting to fight you is an abandoned temple. Medusa says how mortals turn to the gods in times of hardship, but then neglect them in times of plenty. It's like having a son who only ever calls you when they want something.

* JumpScare

'''Viridi''': You! Zip it! The Aurum are the agressors here! We're the victims!\\\

-->'''Palutena:''' And what about that? The camera pans to a second moon.
-->'''Pit:''' Like I said, they're pretty... wait...

* NeverMyFault: During the Aurum invasion arc, Pyrron recounts a prophecy fortelling their arrival when attracted BY discord. Palutena suspects Viridi and Hades' feud got their attention, but Viridi reminds her and Pit's battle against Medusa, which Pit counters that Viridi's detonated Reset Bombs on humanity could be seen from space. Viridi then handwaves the subject and states that the Aurum makes them all victims, to which Palutena agrees.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Medusa, Thanatos, and Pandora get hit with this in their appearance in this game.
** Medusa is changed from a cycloptic woman to a more beautiful one who as shakes for hair. (Averted when she TurnsRed.)
** Thanatos is changed from a serpentine creature to a humanoid clown-esque monster.
** Pandora is changed from a BlobMonster to a living blue fireball that looks like Calcifer's powered-up form from ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''. She then pulls this AGAIN when she turns into Amazon Pandora, getting a human form.

* IntercomVillainy: The commanders of nearly every enemy base that you invade magically speak to you and your MissionControl as you progress, questioning your motives, explaining their own rationale, and most often, [[GoKartingWithBowser making small talk]]. This happens much more often past Chapter 9, when the leaders of the Underworld and goddess Viridi casually chat to you in nearly every level while also sending armies to kill you.

-->'''Palutena:''' It's true: humans are simple, selfish little creatures who are driven by greed. [[NotSoDifferent Sounds a lot like us gods, wouldn't you say?]]

* SamusIsAGirl: Dark Lord Gaol is actually a human woman.

** The computer players can also wield weapons that you've never obtained, so long as you have at least [[DoubleUnlock unlocked the ability to obtain them]].

* DummiedOut: AR Card 405 "Medusa (Rare)" is unobtainable by normal means due to its associated card never being released, making it impossible to obtain without hacking. Card 411 "Pit (Victory)" also shared this status for ''six years'' until December 2018, when its associated card was revealed on the series' official Twitter two days ahead of the release of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

* PartingTheSea: The majority of Chapter 8's Flight section occurs after Poseidon parts the sea to open a path for Pit to fly to the ocean's floor so that he can enter the Seafloor Palace and defeat Tanatos. [[TheGadfly Palutena initially takes credit for it in order to troll Pit]], but relents after Poseidon reveals himself.

** Chapter 16 to some extent. There is an Intensity 7 gate that drops weapons that tend to be a lot stronger than what you usually find at that difficulty.

** A chest in chapter 5 looks like it can be easily picked up by traveling down a short out-of-the-way branch of the invisible path. Cue an Orne showing up and chasing you. ''Un''like the chapter 2 example, there's no warning for this.

* DayOldLegend: Many idol descriptions for the weapons qualify. It is justified with the reveal that all of Pit's weapons are replicas created by Dyntos, however.

* AllThereInTheManual: The "Idols" you can collect, which are [=3D=] models of characters, items, and locations accompanied by a short text entry that frequently gives details not mentioned while playing through the story.

** Pit's English voice in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' noticeably sounds older than his original Japanese voice ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWYQx0SvVOI#t=2m36s video comparison]]). His voice got even deeper when they [[TheOtherDarrin changed his English voice actor]] for ''Uprising''.

** The box art itself succumbs to the Trope Namer's precise scenario; in the Japanese box, Pit's mouth is open and he looks happy. The America box has his mouth shut, making him look more determined.

** The three primary factions in the game all reluctantly team up when the Aurum invade the planet.
** Pit teams up with Viridi when the Chaos Kin posseses Palutena. Dark Pit also joins in later.

* EpicFail: Viridi drops her last Reset Bomb on the Aurum Brain's housing after Pyrrhon merges with the Brain. Repeat: she drops a self-described natural accelerator, which generates a giant forest, on a completely artificial structure, which is under the control of someone who ''may'' be the sun god and ''definitely'' has [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]]. Pyrrhon laughs it off and sets it aflame.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The morally-ambiguous Viridi and even Medusa despise Hades with a passion.

* SealedEvilInACan:
** Clubberskulls are enemies who start out trapped within a skull bound in chains, but if their skull is attacked, they get loose and begin chasing Pit... Oh, did we forget to mention that they're ''extremely'' strong and durable?
** Clobblers are pretty much the Force of Nature counterpart of the Clubberskull, though rather than being sealed they move around freely while in their peaceful state and can return to it after rampaging for a while.
** Aurum Baglos are the Aurum equivalent, though they remain stationary even when provoked, and murder you with BeamSpam rather than pummeling.
** The Chaos Kin is a more plot-relevant example, being imprisoned within the Lunar Sanctum.

* LostAesop: The game occasionally opens up ethical debates that it really never gets around to actually having.
** The game makes a big to-do about the killing, reviving, and misusing of souls, but despite raising the question of why such matters are so important, never gets around to making a coherent point about why such things are bad or whether the circumstances of war affect such things. On top of that, the game lets [[BigBad Hades]] make several arguments that he's not actually doing anything wrong, which are only poorly challenged, if at all. Viridi in particular is a notorious equivocator on the matter of killing, directly comparing her attempts to commit unchallenged genocide on humanity to Pit and Palutena waging a defensive battle on humanity's behalf against the forces of the underworld.
** The relationship between the mortals and the gods, the proper conduct of the gods in relation to the mortals, and the moral status of both parties is also occasionally discussed, but every time the gods get close to acknowledging their own complicity in the chaos (especially Viridi dropping {{Fantastic Nuke}}s), the matter is quickly glossed over. Worse, [[InformedFlaw the supposed crimes of humanity are never actually shown]], save for one instance of pitched battle (which was [[AppleOfDiscord deliberately induced]] by Hades in a gambit that even Pit and Palutena fell for at first), which makes it seem like [[NeverMyFault the gods are outright projecting onto the humans]].