Ice Climber (game)

Ice Climber
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Kenji Miki
Released	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, Ice Climber) 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. It can be played for 40 seconds and starts at the first level.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Screenshot from the Masterpiece in Brawl.

Characters

Popo and Nana, otherwise known as the Ice Climbers themselves, are the stars of this game and are playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Stages

The stages Icicle Mountain and Summit are based on this game.

Enemies

Topis and Polar Bears appear in Melee as common enemies which can be found in the Icicle Mountain stage in Adventure Mode. Polar Bears also appear as enemies in the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS mode Smash Run.

Music

Both the "Icicle Mountain" and "Ice Climber" songs are a medley of the main level theme and bonus level theme from this game.

Others

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.