Played this game on wii virtual console back in the days, but didn't get very far cause it was too hard for me.
Well, this game really isn't that difficult, I was just bad back then.

The music is good and there are some catchy tunes in the game.

Gameplay is overall really solid with some fun platforming. I thought the jumparc was slightly weird at first, but it didn't take that long before I got used to it.
Levels are for the most part fun, but the last level in each world is a labyrinths which could be really confusing and frustrating. There are also these eggplant enemies that turns you into an eggplant which makes you unable to attack. The only way to get back to normal is to find healing rooms around the labyrinths.
Sometimes they will hit you just as you enter their room and you almost can't dodge them.
Luckily the healing room are close to most eggplant enemies, so it could be worse. The labyrinths are still the worst part about this game and drags it down a little.
The other stages are pretty fun tho.
The first world is the hardest and then it gets easier from there cause you grt more life and damagr upgrades.

Overall the game is really soild with some stages dragging it a little down
Without those the game would be really high up in terms of NES games for me.
It is still pretty high up there.

I give Kid Icarus 3.5/5.