User blog comment:KillRoy231/Kid Icarus Uprising questions/@comment-28082950-20190104230907

Hello, and thank you for coming to us about your inquiries for purchasing Kid Icarus: Uprising! I got into the series thanks to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so I can relate to you. c:

Firstly, I have to emphasize that the level of enjoyment for this game has been notoriously polarizing due to its control scheme—while many think the controls are just fine, myself included, there's also many who think the controls ruin the game. This has to do with the size of your hands, the size of your 3DS, and whether or not you're left-handed.

For example, many people with bigger hands using a classic 3DS found that the control scheme forced their hand into a position that would easily cramp them. I use a classic 3DS but my hands are small, so for me it's a perfect fit. I've heard that a 3DS stand (like the one the game itself originally came with) or a 3DS XL/2DS remedied these problems, though. As for the left-handed problem, while there's an option you can select for left-handed play, many people 1. failed to realize the option was there to begin with, or 2. selected said option and found that left-handed controls were "clunky" for them. I'm not left-handed, so unfortunately I can't give you my opinion on that specific aspect of the game.

As for difficulty, the game uses a system akin to Super Smash Bros 's classic mode, in which you can adjust the difficulty to your liking. So for example, if you're more of a casual gamer, you can probably get by playing the entire game on Intensity 2.0, or if you'd like a bit more of a challenge without setting it to its maximum difficulty, you can play on 5.0. There's one specific boss that most players found difficult in some capacity, though, no matter what type of gamer they were—but I personally found it only moderately challenging as I always played around Intensity 5.0 or so. Let me know if you'd like to know the specific chapter said boss appears in, or even the boss itself by name if you don't care for spoilers.

In summary, I found the game to be fun gameplay-wise and very interesting plot-wise, but people are different, so your mileage may vary! I hope my analysis was helpful to you.