Polar Bears are enemies from the Ice Climber universe that appear on Adventure mode stage 10, Icicle Mountain, in Melee, as well as on The Summit in Brawl.
Character description
Polar Bears are tall bipedal arctic bears wear sports a pair of sun glasses plus pink shorts. The reason they wear pink shorts and sun glasses are unknown as indicated by the Polar Bear trophy. Polar Bears originally made an appearance in the Ice Climber game for the NES. Polar Bears would appear as an enemy on the mountain that the Ice Climbers were scaling. The Polar Bears were hectic to the Ice Climbers and are hard to destroy.
Role in the Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Polar Bears serve both an an enemy and an obstacle. They also appear as a collectible trophy. Polar Bears walk back and forth on the arena, similar to a Topi - in Adventure Mode, they can also force the screen to scroll up. They deal quite a bit of damage, and can easily KO a player character. Like other enemies, they can be grabbed and thrown for an instant KO - otherwise, they have about 40 HP. KO'd Polar Bears award the "Polar Bear KO" bonus, which awards 800 points.
Trophy description
Trophy #210 "This bizarre beast appears whenever the Ice Climbers take five during their ascents. Each leap the upright bear makes causes an earthquake and makes the mountain scroll upward. If the climbers fall off the bottom of the screen, they'll drop into a bottomless chasm. For reasons unknown, it sports pink shorts and sunglasses."
Game: Ice Climber [10/85]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
[[Image:Stage16 071031e.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A Polar Bear standing on the top of the iceberg in The Summit. A Polar Bear appears as a hazard on The Summit. The polar bear pushes the iceberg deeper into the water while standing on the summit of the iceberg.