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''Ice Climber'' is a vertical scrolling [[Platform Game]] originally released by [[Nintendo]] in 1984 for the Famicom in Japan, and was later converted into an arcade title in the "Vs." series (as with many early Famicom/NES titles). It was released in North America a year later as a launch title for the NES.
Players control characters dressed in stereotypical-eskimo gear: player one is the blue-clad Popo, while player two is the pink-clad Nana. The general goal of each level is to [[Exactly What It Says
Enemies include sun-glasses wearing Polar Bears, Topis ([[Values Dissonance|depicted as seals in Japan and yetis anywhere where seal clubbing isn't considered politically correct]]), the bird-like Nitpickers, falling icicles, and vultures.
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The game would likely be largely forgotten without the huge boost of publicity generated when Nana and Popo were [[The Unexpected]] inclusions in the ''[[Super Smash Brothers]]'' series, starting with the second game. Uniquely, while the two characters act as a team, generally the player is only able to control one at a time while the AI copies his movements. One can be defeated, but not the other, but a single Ice Climber is at a severe handicap.
Other media to reference Ice Climber include the ''[[
Oh, and to be clear, while the game's title is the singular "Ice Climber", the characters are referred to as the plural "Ice Climbers", commonly mistaken for the actual title of the game, even by Nintendo press releases.
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* [[An Ice Suit]]
* [[Cross
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Everythings Better With Eggplants]]: They are the first kind of vegetable you can find in the bonus round.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: When players are jumping.
** To explain. In different platformers, you have to be right on top of a platform when you're trying to land on it. In this game, to get to higher levels, you typically have to slightly overlap a higher platform as you're jumping up in order to land on it.
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* [[Nintendo Hard]]
* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]
* [[Only One Name]]: Popo and Nana. Much like
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]
* [[Rise to
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: The entirety of the game, though only the higher layers of each level have icy floors that lower your traction, which can lead to you falling down to the previous layer if you're not careful.
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