I was thinking about this the other day. What type of genre will make a good Kid Icarus game. I think and Action RPG (Secret of mana) or a platform will be best.

ya know what i would like to see...a JRPG

Interesting question. I think a mix of platforming and action set in a 3-d rendered 2d world. Add in a bit of RPG elements to the character growth and it would be a good game from nintendo.

Hopeful an action adventure or action platformer. Hopefully not a mini game collection.

 The will already has a lot of game for mini games so i hope that as well. Also i think a first person game will not be so good as well.

I say a third person "Zelda" type game with emphasis on flying. I'd buy it!

Hybrid platformer/adventure game ...

If you take Zelda and add some of the platforming elements from Mario, or take Mario and add some of the combat/adventure elements of Zelda, you end with a game where the movement and combat elements of a character like Pit could be used to create something really enjoyable.

Edit: To a certain extent the platforming elements would play something like Banjo-Kazooie, but if it was using an art style and them more like SotC or Zelda: Twilight Princess you could create a new classic.

The problem lies in how true to the roots do you stay? The original game was a platformer with very difficult enemies, especially at the beginning. So it was trying to be both at the same time, and that was hard. It was kinda like the original Metroid game (it used the same engine) but without exploration and lots more platforming.

I think a re-emergence of 2-d games is in the future. This would be a good game to do that with.

A Zelda type game.

I would have to agree with you.