The Aurum Brain is the seventeenth chapter in the storyline of Kid Icarus: Uprising, and is the final part of the Aurum story arc. It has Palutena’s Army, the Underworld Army, the Forces of Nature, and Pyrrhon all working together to perform a full assault on the massive fortress housing the Aurum Brain.
Aerial Mission
Pit will start the chapter flying towards the Aurum Brain, facing Aurum troops and battleships along the way. Underworld troops and Forces of Nature troops will attack Aurum troops instead of you but defeating them gives you hearts. Pit is fly into the brain with Pyrrhon to reach the Aurum Brain. Upon reaching it, Pit will have to destroy it. Then, Pyrrhon merges with the Aurum Brain, causing an explosion. Palutena drags Pit out in time. A Pyrrhon hologram with appear infront of pit, saying that he is now controlling the Aurum. The Aurum troops will now be red in color than the usual green. Pit will continue fighting when Viridi unleashing her final Reset Bomb, which is quickly burned by Pyrrhon. As the Power of Flight starts to reach its limit, Palutena tries to extract Pit which fails. Palutena then has to stop the Power of Flight, causing Pit to fall.
Ground Mission
Viridi gives pit a platform to fight on. It is small however. Soon, Pit will complain and Viridi will give him another platform to fight on, this time larger. However, Aurum troops will be able to fight on the platform. You then have to
make you way though a a battleship and a sandwich tactic attack when Pyrrhon talks about his creed and attacks you with a fire beam with destroys the troops carring the platform. Palutena however, summons Centurion Strongarms to carry another platform for Pit, this time, with a jump pad. You will then proceed into the Aurum Brain. While travelling to Pyrrhon, the Aurum troops will attack the Centurions. You only have 4 centurions as Palutena calls back up. However, losing all Centurions causes you to be unable to proceed and get a Game Over. After making it into the ship, you will then face a now controlled Pyrrhon.
Boss Battle
Pit makes it to the center of the fortress, only to find that the Aurum Brain has taken control of Pyrrhon, turning him into Aurum Pyrrhon. This battle is quite unique as it takes place on a moving platform. Aurum Pyrrhon uses many fire based attacks such as a fire snake, shooting fire balls, and his most dangerous attack where he creates a ring of fire that closes in on Pit. The latter attack can only be avoided by the Jump Pad in the center of the platform. Aurum Pyrrhon can not be damaged under normal circumstances. Pit must first destroy the green orbs around the room to disable the shield around Pyrrhon. Once the shield is disabled, Pit can attack Pyrrhon normaly. After enough damage, Pyrrhon will be defeated.
Epilogue
After defeating Aurum Pyrrhon, Pit escapes, and the Aurum swiftly travel away from Earth, Palutena hopes that Pyrrhon will use the last of his power to propel the Aurum to the other side of the Galaxy.
Trivia:
- The Land Battle of this chapter has little to no free-roaming, as all of Pit's battles take place on small platforms which Centurions or Forces of Nature carries. In a way, it is like an Air Battle with Ground mechanics.
- After the boss is defeated, Pit begins to escape the base; there are a few seconds of extra gameplay that allows the player to score some last-second points, which can be obtained by shooting some enemies as Pit is escaping.
- When Pit is getting close to the boss, while taking down the last waves of enemies, the music that plays is the same music that played for the Underworld Gatekeeper.