Ice Climber


 * This article is about the 1985 NES game Ice Climber, you may be looking for the Ice Climbers - the main protagonists of that game.

Ice Climber is a platforming game first released on January 30, 1985 in Japan and then released in America on October 18 of the same year. At the time of its release, it was only playable on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Later on, a few of Nintendo's earlier Famicom games were released on popular home computers such as the Sharp X1 and NEC PC8801, Ice Climber was one of them. Since then, it has been re-released onto the Game Boy Advance and the Wii's Virtual Console. It is the only game to feature the Ice Climbers to date.

Gameplay
The point of Ice Climber is to get to the top of 32 mountains and grab onto Condor's feet. In one player mode, only Popo is controlled and, if there are two players, the second player controls Nana. The Ice Climbers can jump and, if there is anything above them, they will destroy what they hit while jumping. However they are vulnerable to the various threats of the mountains while they are standing still. The Ice Climbers can also use their hammers to get rid of enemies while they are standing still.

Each mountain has eight platforms. Once Popo (or Nana) passes the eighth platform, they will enter the Bonus Stage. In the Bonus Stage, the Ice Climbers have to go through a few more platforms and grab onto the feet of the Condor to go to the next mountain. It is also possible to collect Vegetables in the bonus stage for extra points.

Story
Ice Climber does not have much of a storyline. The game revolves around the Ice Climbers trying to get their vegetables back after the Condor stole them. They have to go through 32 mountains to get them back.

Characters

 * Ice Climbers (Popo and Nana)

Enemies

 * Topies
 * Nitpickers
 * Polar Bears
 * Condor

Obstacles

 * Clouds
 * Ice Blocks
 * Icicles
 * Blocks
 * Moving Blocks

Items

 * Vegetables

Mountains
For a complete list of Mountains, see List of Mountains

Ice Climber takes place in 32 different mountains. The mountains are progressively difficult - starting with a very easy mountain and ending off with a much harder one.