Bare breasts found in Kid Icarus

By Spencer . January 30, 2007 . 10:36am

Bare breasts found in Kid Icarus 

I couldn’t believe this tip from that the Unmasked Ninja sent us. In a short e-mail he/she said, “Have you seen the Kid Icarus manual? My friend showed it to me and the Syrn (corrected to Syren) is topless TOPLESS!” It was one of those tips that I had to see to believe so I searched online and found a PDF with the Kid Icarus manual and right on page 38 under the enemy description there was a topless Harpy. After the whole “Hot Coffee” fiasco and motion gravure games it might not seem like a big deal, but this was done by Nintendo, the family friendly video game company next door. Let me rephrase that, this was done by Nintendo in 1987. The same company who wouldn’t let crosses into games, changed dogs to mutant mice in Wolfenstein 3D and asked Midway to change the blood into sweat in Mortal Kombat. While there was no pixilated nudity in the NES version of Kid Icarus I would have guessed that Nintendo would check their manuals more carefully to make sure something like this wouldn’t happen. It’s an obvious oversight by NOA and huge surprise in video game history. Here’s the next question will the Virtual Console manual keep Syren’s topless picture or omit her in the NES Wii game?

 

Update: Here is a link to the manual stored online in a PDF with the same picture. 


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  • chugaboy

    amen cresco!

  • Nevio

    Actually, that “Syren” looks pretty much like an Harpy.
    And an Harpy is, by any chance, a topless bird-woman chimera.
    I don’t remember i ever saw an harpy wearing a bra, since it is a mythological monster.
    Guess what? Kid Icarus is based on Mythology, that makes sense.
    I think an harpy wearing a bra would have been ridiculous even for Nintendo.

  • Nevio

    Actually, that “Syren” looks pretty much like an Harpy.
    And an Harpy is, by any chance, a topless bird-woman chimera.
    I don’t remember i ever saw an harpy wearing a bra, since it is a mythological monster.
    Guess what? Kid Icarus is based on Mythology, that makes sense.
    I think an harpy wearing a bra would have been ridiculous even for Nintendo.

  • Nevio

    Actually, that “Syren” looks pretty much like an Harpy.
    And an Harpy is, by any chance, a topless bird-woman chimera.
    I don’t remember i ever saw an harpy wearing a bra, since it is a mythological monster.
    Guess what? Kid Icarus is based on Mythology, that makes sense.
    I think an harpy wearing a bra would have been ridiculous even for Nintendo.

  • Nevio

    Actually, that “Syren” looks pretty much like an Harpy.
    And an Harpy is, by any chance, a topless bird-woman chimera.
    I don’t remember i ever saw an harpy wearing a bra, since it is a mythological monster.
    Guess what? Kid Icarus is based on Mythology, that makes sense.
    I think an harpy wearing a bra would have been ridiculous even for Nintendo.

  • Nevio

    Also, this isn’t the only videogame based on mythology who has topless women.
    Go check God of War for PS2.
    I guess topless girls in ancient Greece fantasy environments are commonly accepted because Women in classical paintings found on archeological sites are ALWAYS topless.
    So an ancient greek girl (or Syren/Harpy) with her breast covered would look like a 80s rockstar with short-cut hairs.

  • Nevio

    Also, this isn’t the only videogame based on mythology who has topless women.
    Go check God of War for PS2.
    I guess topless girls in ancient Greece fantasy environments are commonly accepted because Women in classical paintings found on archeological sites are ALWAYS topless.
    So an ancient greek girl (or Syren/Harpy) with her breast covered would look like a 80s rockstar with short-cut hairs.

  • Nevio

    Also, this isn’t the only videogame based on mythology who has topless women.
    Go check God of War for PS2.
    I guess topless girls in ancient Greece fantasy environments are commonly accepted because Women in classical paintings found on archeological sites are ALWAYS topless.
    So an ancient greek girl (or Syren/Harpy) with her breast covered would look like a 80s rockstar with short-cut hairs.

  • Nevio

    Also, this isn’t the only videogame based on mythology who has topless women.
    Go check God of War for PS2.
    I guess topless girls in ancient Greece fantasy environments are commonly accepted because Women in classical paintings found on archeological sites are ALWAYS topless.
    So an ancient greek girl (or Syren/Harpy) with her breast covered would look like a 80s rockstar with short-cut hairs.

  • Daskel

    I’m with Jurek. Less blood and gore. More bare breasts! I mean do you want “kinder and gentler” or what?

  • Daskel

    I’m with Jurek. Less blood and gore. More bare breasts! I mean do you want “kinder and gentler” or what?

  • Daskel

    I’m with Jurek. Less blood and gore. More bare breasts! I mean do you want “kinder and gentler” or what?

  • Daskel

    I’m with Jurek. Less blood and gore. More bare breasts! I mean do you want “kinder and gentler” or what?

  • 1up

    god of war is a little different than KID icarus. nintendo is/was a company orchestrated to have family-oriented content. and no, putting a bra on a harpy would not have been a stretch for nintendo, its not even a stretch for mythologists, much less a children geared gaming company. its obvious that nintendo didnt spend time to check the manual, or whoever did check it did not agree with nintendo’s ideals about video games. there was a lot of documented discontent with the way they ran things at nintendo, so its feasible. that image will be gone for the virtual console game manual, rest assured. theres no way thats escaping another set of nintendo’s eyes…

  • 1up

    god of war is a little different than KID icarus. nintendo is/was a company orchestrated to have family-oriented content. and no, putting a bra on a harpy would not have been a stretch for nintendo, its not even a stretch for mythologists, much less a children geared gaming company. its obvious that nintendo didnt spend time to check the manual, or whoever did check it did not agree with nintendo’s ideals about video games. there was a lot of documented discontent with the way they ran things at nintendo, so its feasible. that image will be gone for the virtual console game manual, rest assured. theres no way thats escaping another set of nintendo’s eyes…

  • 1up

    god of war is a little different than KID icarus. nintendo is/was a company orchestrated to have family-oriented content. and no, putting a bra on a harpy would not have been a stretch for nintendo, its not even a stretch for mythologists, much less a children geared gaming company. its obvious that nintendo didnt spend time to check the manual, or whoever did check it did not agree with nintendo’s ideals about video games. there was a lot of documented discontent with the way they ran things at nintendo, so its feasible. that image will be gone for the virtual console game manual, rest assured. theres no way thats escaping another set of nintendo’s eyes…

  • 1up

    god of war is a little different than KID icarus. nintendo is/was a company orchestrated to have family-oriented content. and no, putting a bra on a harpy would not have been a stretch for nintendo, its not even a stretch for mythologists, much less a children geared gaming company. its obvious that nintendo didnt spend time to check the manual, or whoever did check it did not agree with nintendo’s ideals about video games. there was a lot of documented discontent with the way they ran things at nintendo, so its feasible. that image will be gone for the virtual console game manual, rest assured. theres no way thats escaping another set of nintendo’s eyes…

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