People (i.e. me) sometimes ask, why can Kid Icarus fly in Captain N when he can't in the game, and why is he called Kid Icarus and not Pit?
Remember Pit killed Medusa at the end of Kid Icarus, but in Captain N she is still alive and Kid turns her to stone?
So Captain N is obviously set before anything in the game happens. Even before he became Captain of Palutena's Army. The reason he is only ever called by his nickname of Kid Icarus in Captain N is because, of course, Nintendo said that they can't name-check his game if he wasn't.
Okay, so he looks a bit different now but this is Videoland, right?
After the N-Team save Videoland from Mother Brain, Kid is sent to train in Pally's Army and rises to the level of Captain (and loses the speech defecticus - awww).
Of course he is still a kid, because angels age much much slower than humans, being immortal and all that. Then he gets kidnapped by Medusa, who clips his wings (and perhaps even breaks a few bones) to stop his escaping and that's why he can't fly in Kid Icarus, and that's why he can fly in Brawl, because of course, his primaries have grown back. In Of Myths and Monsters (the sequel to Angel Land Story), Pit's wings have some functionality, which just goes to back up my theory, that his flight feathers were still growing back and his wings still healing at that time.
You see, it's so simple.
When you think about it.
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Okay, I totally made this up, but it's the only explanation that makes sense to me. I mean, he lives in Skyworld, he'd need to be able to fly. Stands to reason, doesn't it? Why have wings if you can't fly? I'm going with this theory for my Skyworld Story anyway. I like my stories to make sense.
Comments from old blog
Hmm... Makes sense I guess. But if Medusa clipped his wings and he's growing his flight feathers back, why can't he fly (at least a bit) in Kid Icarus: Uprising? And since he can't in Kid Icarus: Uprising, where does Brawl come in the timeline?
I agree with what Brett said though. Captain N doesn't count as part of Nintendo history. But I'm glad they made it anyway-icus. I love Kid Icarus in that! Except for that episode when he wishes himself big. That kinda freaked me out.
-Dusk 29/09/13
But that one was hilarious maximus! Uprising doesn't count (check the blog post's date). I like things to make sense, even if I have to manipulate the official story to do so ??
I REJECT NINTENDO'S REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE IT WITH MY OWN!!!11 *dancing banana*
— Silver Arrows 02/10/13