That Factor 5 is currently developing a new version of Kid Icarus for the Nintendo Wii is one of the gaming world’s biggest rumours at the moment. And Kombo, the website that first started the whispers, has now revealed what it says are story details and concept art for the title.

These concept images are just that - concept - and do not necessarily mean that Factor 5’s Kid Icarus project has been given the official go-ahead, nor whether (if it has) that this artwork reflects the final art style of the game. Nevertheless, Kombo explains that the sketches were first uncovered in early 2008 and that the game’s artwork has progressed “considerably” since.

Rumoured details of the Kid Icarus plotline have also been discovered, with Factor 5 wanting to see an adult Pit (the game’s protagonist) being “cursed for a thousand years for a crime and becom(ing) a fallen angel.” A tattoo on Pit’s arm bears the inscription of his crime.

Both Nintendo and Factor 5 have declined to comment.