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This article is about the arcade game. For the activity in general, see Ice climbing. is a climbing platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. In some countries of Europe, the game was bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System, increasing the game's familiarity outside Japan.
Gameplay In the game, player 1 controls Popo (ポポ) (a boy dressed in a blue Eskimo suit) while player 2 controls Nana (ナナ) (a girl dressed in a pink Eskimo suit). Their challenge is to venture up an ever scrolling mountain in their quest to defeat an evil condor. The only tool a player has is a hammer to make openings on the floor above and to club enemies, shown on picture 2 below. The enemies they encounter on their way up the mountain include polar bears and Topis. Topis were seals in the Japanese version of the game (and earlier U.S. releases), but they were redesigned as small yetis in the American version over concerns of animal cruelty (seal-clubbing). The yeti versions of Topis appeared in the Japan-only Ice Climber for the Famicom Disk System, which has the same name as the original, but is somewhat different and based on VS Ice Climber. Other obstacles include deadly falling icicles. Near the end of the level, the enemies disappear and a bonus round is available to earn extra points by collecting vegetables, most notably eggplants. The game can be played in one or two player mode. The latter pits Nana and Popo against each other in the race to the summit. They cooperate together on the way up, but during the bonus round they compete for the top. Super Smash Bros. Melee The Ice Climbers appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee for GameCube as playable fighters. Nana and Popo are connected as a single character. If the player selects the Ice Climbers, he or she will control one of the characters; the other one is computer-controlled, and will mimic what the player does unless separated by a considerable distance. Expert players can take advantage of this by purposely separating them to use two separate attacks at once, making them hard to defend against in one-on-one matches. Although the two characters work as a unit (especially if they have the same item or if one is charging the other can block), the computer-controlled player can be defeated without the player's character being defeated. However, the effectiveness of the Ice Climbers' attacks are reduced, as Popo can no longer use his third jump when he is alone, and the player can no longer use two smash attacks at once. However, players may still be deadly without the computer-controlled player. One of the stages, Icicle Mountain, is based off the mountain stages in the original game. Polar bears wearing pink shorts from the Ice Climber game and Topis both appear in the stage in Adventure mode, as well as randomly coming out of crates and barrels. Lastly, the "target test" stage for the Ice Climbers is a direct representation of a standard NES-style Ice Climber stage. This game uses the international Ice Climber enemies, and thus contains the yeti design for Topis instead of the seal design. In addition to Icicle Mountain, there are a few other references. There are two music tracks in Icicle Mountain; "Icicle Mountain" is the title theme and stage music from Ice Climber, and "Ice Climbers's Victory" is the stage complete music. There are also five Ice Climber trophies: Ice Climbers, Ice Climbers (Smash 1), Ice Climbers (Smash 2), Polar Bear, Topi. The Ice Climbers's Target Test stage borrows graphics from the original Ice Climbers. The final target is carried by the Condor (rendered in 8-bit form). In the game, Popo and Nana are both voiced by Sanae Kobayashi. Trivia Ports Ice Climber has been ported a handful of times. Appearances WarioWare series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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