[quote name='Josef']I seem to remember the fanbase being pretty vocal when Pit was announced for SSBB.
And the first Kid Icarus, while it didn't age well, was great for its time. I only have fond memories of it back then.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Here's the thing, though... I'm curious as to whether Kid Icarus really does have that large of a fanbase (because, really, Nintendo's target audience really didn't know about KI until the SB announcement), or if the anticipation is because we all assumed that they brought him back for SB so he *surely* must be getting a new game. I guess it seemed like some sort of implied announcement. I mean, why else resurrect a long dormant franchise character?
My guess is, though, that if he hadn't popped up in SB, we wouldn't be hearing word one about people wanting a new Kid Icarus. Once a franchise has been dormant for that long, it might as well be dead in the eyes of many.