Ice Climber (game)

Ice Climber
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Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Kenji Miki
Released	1984 (Arcade) January 30, 1985 (Famicom) October 18, 1985 (NES) September 1, 1986 (NES)
Genre(s)	Platformer
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System NEC PC-8801 Sharp X1 Arcade Family Computer Disk System Game Boy Advance E-Reader Virtual Console
Article on NintendoWiki	Ice Climber

Ice Climber (アイスクライマー, Aisu Kuraimā) is the sole game of the Ice Climber series. It was developed by Nintendo and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. The game is one of the twelve playable Masterpieces in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where it can be played for 40 seconds.

Super Smash Bros. series

Screenshot from the Masterpiece in Brawl.

Popo and Nana, otherwise known as the Ice Climbers themselves, are the stars of this game and are playable in both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In addition, Topis and Polar Bears appear in Melee as common enemies which can be found in Icicle Mountain.

The Target Test stage for the Ice Climbers is also a similar rendering of the game set-up, including a flying Condor at the top of the mountain. Also, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there is a Summit stage, representing the top of an ice mountain, Polar Bear appear in addition in the stage.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Polar Bear appears as enemy in the Smash Run mode. But at this time, Popo & Nana are not confirmed yet as Sakurai saying that they caused trouble for implenting them in because of 3DS limitation, and can decided to cut them from the roster.