First Archimpressions: Kid Icarus: Uprising

 The stand is awesome. Just awesome.

 So, Kid Icarus returns and... it's pretty nice. Graphically, it's incredible, having Pit soaring through some amazing backdrops... And the banter between Palutena and Pit is incredibly funny. It also plays very smoothly, and 3D makes it better, it really does. Then Pit hits the ground.... The on-foot sections are very meh. The controls don't help, Dashing, Dodginga and Walking are all done with the analog nub, so it can get pretty unwieldy. More than once I found my self attack-dashing instead of meleeing due to the nature of the movement. It didn't get me killed, but I like doing melee moves. Dodging can get pretty annoying sometimes.
 So yeah, one half of the game is really good, and the other is hampered by the controls. On another note, while the stand is just a piece of plastic, it's a very nice item, it can even stand on a bed.