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Ice Climber
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The Ice Climbers are the pair of playable protagonists from the game Ice Climber, released in the pre-Super Mario Bros. era of NES games. When playing one player, the player plays as Popo. When playing two player, player one plays as Popo, while player two plays as Nana in Ice Climber.
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If you're a diehard fan of Ice Climber, this game is worth picking up. However, if you aren't a hardcore nostalgia buff, the $20 price tag is a pretty steep price to pay for a game this simple.
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It’s a little-known fact that the Japanese version of Ice Climber featured a seal as one of the standard enemies. Nintendo changed the seals to a nondescript yeti-like creature called a Topi to avoid animal cruelty issues. This change was ... implemented when Ice Climber hit the Famicom Disc System. The seals made a return in the Icicle Mountain adventure stage and as trophies when Super Smash Bros. Melee hit Japan, but versions of the game in other regions kept the Topi enemy and trophy.
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In Ice Climber one or two players need to climb their way to the top of 32 different mountains. Each mountain is broken up into eight levels of platforms along with a bonus stage at the top. Attempting to stop you from making upward progress are different creatures ranging from polar bears to condors as well as treacherous landscapes with falling icicles, moving platforms, and icy floors. To help out, your only weapon is a mallet which can be used to knock out enemies as well as bust away bricks in the platforms to give you some room to jump up to the next level. When you finally reach the top, it's time to move on to the next, more difficult level.
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Your job in Ice Climber is to ascend 32 multi-leveled mountains consisting of a series of platforms. Since many of them are covered in ice, players use a hammer to break holes in the floors above so they can jump to higher platforms. While scaling the slopes, various creatures will try to fill the holes, cause avalanches, and knock you off the mountain. As an NES launch title, the graphics and sound effects are pleasingly simple and arcade-like, but the controls are sluggish at times, making the game more frustrating than it is satisfying.
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The Ice Climbers (Nana and Popo) were absent from the Nintendo world until their appearance as selectable fighters in Super Smash Brothers Melee (Nintendo GameCube). They both fight as a pair and have moves inspired by the original Ice Climber game. They ... have a stage inspired by their game and in the Adventure mode, the Polar Bear and Topi appear as enemies/obstacles. The freezie appears in Super Smash Brothers Melee as an item/weapon.
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