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Summary

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters feels like a breezy 8‑bit summer road‑trip through Angel Land’s quirkiest corners. Pit darts across three towering realms—underworld, overworld, and sky palace—each split into three zones and a maze‑like fortress, and the screen scrolls freely in all directions, letting you revisit hidden nooks with a wing‑flap slowdown. Scattered hammers smash secret walls, while a network of hidden chambers—shops, black markets, hot springs, bat lairs, and even sacred training centers—hand out upgrades like fire arrows, protective crystals, and a longer bow, plus occasional Zeus‑powered strength boosts. The quest to claim the Wings of Pegasus, Silver Armor, and Light Arrows pits Pit against familiar allies, the Eggplant Wizard, and a parade of mythic monsters, rewarding you with hearts and new abilities for the final sky‑palace showdown. Critics praised the game’s tight platforming, bright graphics, and catchy music, even naming it one of Nintendo Power’s top Game Boy titles, and its design team—led by Masafumi Sakashita with Tose’s help—crafted a surprisingly deep sequel for a handheld.

Storyline

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters draws heavily from Greek and Roman mythology, placing the angelic soldier Pit on a quest for three sacred treasures. After a prophetic nightmare foretelling an invasion, goddess Palutena summons Pit and sends him into a special training to earn the power needed to protect Angel Land.

Pit must defeat three fortress guardians who guard the treasures, after which Palutena equips him with the relics. The demon Orcos then appears, turning Palutena to stone, but Pit overcomes the demon and restores the goddess, bringing peace back to Angel Land.

In the game's conclusion Pit soars into the sky, echoing the myth of Icarus as he flies too close to the sun and loses his wings.