The Ice Climber franchise was also brought back to public attention with the 2004 re-release of the original Ice Climber for the Game Boy Advance. Therefore, Nintendo executives decided that a future Ice Climber game might be made someday. This made them a popular choice in competitive multiplayer matches. The Ice Climbers were not the most popular characters in Smash Bros, but they became well known, partially for their generally high placement in Melee's "tier" lists. The original Ice Climbers as they appeared in Super Smash Bros Brawl.
Melee, a massive Nintendo crossover, brought back the original Ice Climbers, Popo and Nana, as playable characters in a celebration of Nintendo history. Ice Climber was largely forgotten throughout the latter 80's and the 90's, but was brought back into the gaming world's consciousness by the 2001 hit game Super Smash Bros. The last version in particular was published by Hudson Soft, a company that would be vital in rebooting the franchise a quarter century later. The game was soon ported to a number of platforms, including arcades, the Famicom Disk System, and the NEC PC-8801. The game was released on the Famicom on January 20, 1985, and in America on the NES on October 18.Īlthough soon overshadowed, Ice Climber was a moderate hit, selling about a million and a half copies lifetime. It was also the first Nintendo game programmed by Kazuaki Morita, who used the game as practice for creating the more famous Super Mario Bros. The original Ice Climber was developed by Nintendo R&D1, and directed by Kenji Miki. It so far consists of two main games, the original 1985 Ice Climber and its various ports, and the 2010 reboot Ice Climber Ascent for the Game Boy Nitro.
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Ice Climber is a series of 2D platforming games by Nintendo.