Rumor: Kid Icarus for the Wii Being Revealed at E3?

The “big three” (Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo) are notorious for pulling out huge surprises at E3, but it looks like one of Nintendo’s secrets may have been inadvertently revealed already. On a couple of podcasts from IGN, one of the hosts, Matt Casamassina, has all but confirmed that a new Kid Icarus game is on the way for the Wii:

“Of course [Nintendo is] going to have some E3 surprises. You know, Kid Icarus, for crying out loud, how many times do we have to say Kid Icarus? Kid Icarus is coming for crying out loud.” When a co-host asks if he wants to reveal the developer he responds “I think we’ve confirmed it a billion times but no, I’m not going to say it officially.”

Yeah, this is kind of a “wink-wink-nudge-nudge” reveal, but Casamassina sounds really confident about his prediction; like he might be privy to some insider information [note: the image above is a made-up fan creation]. Plus, it’s not like fans haven’t been requesting it even more fervently ever since Pit made an appearance in Smash Bros. Brawl. This could actually be a really good idea to bring in some of the gamers that are tired of so many Mario games, but still love Nintendo’s classic characters. *Sigh* Just another reason E3 can’t get here soon enough.

Via Joystiq [image via VGBox Art]

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