Ice Climber (1985)
Port of Vs. Ice Climber
Family Computer · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U
2.59 from 485 ratings
1075 members have it in their collection · 15 playing now · 150 backlogged · 60 wish listed
How long? Main story 3h · 100% 3h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
If you can break through 8 levels of treacherous arctic ice, you'll reach the top of the mountain! But watch out. The Nitpickers, Condors, and Polar Bears don't want you up there. And they've got a bag of tricks that will test every ounce of your strength and courage. Are you going to let them stop you? No way! There …
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If you can break through 8 levels of treacherous arctic ice, you'll reach the top of the mountain! But watch out. The Nitpickers, Condors, and Polar Bears don't want you up there. And they've got a bag of tricks that will test every ounce of your strength and courage. Are you going to let them stop you? No way! There are 32 mountains to choose from and endless thrills as you fight these arctic creatures alone or with a friend, and ascend to the top of the mountain in Ice Climber!
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Details
- Developers
- Nintendo, Nintendo R&D1
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Arcade, Platform
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Ice Climber
Release dates
- Jan 30, 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
- Oct 18, 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Sep 01, 1986 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Jan 16, 2007 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
- Feb 12, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
- Mar 16, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
- Mar 16, 2007 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
- Jul 04, 2012 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
- Jan 31, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
- Apr 26, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
- Apr 27, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
- Apr 27, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
- Mar 02, 2016 (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo 3DS
- TBD (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo Entertainment System
Also available on
- Vs. Ice Climber (1984) · ARC, FDS
- Ice Climber (1985) · PC88
- Ice Climber-e (2002) · Nintendo e-Reader
- Classic NES Series: Ice Climber (2004) · GBA
- Arcade Archives: Ice Climber (2019) · NSW
Related
Bundled in
- NES Classic Edition (Nov 2016) · Plug & Play
- Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer (Nov 2016) · Plug & Play
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Rating distribution
5 stars
15
4 stars
48
3 stars
202
2 stars
164
1 star
55
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review kingbk83 3/5 · May 13, 2022
NES Lookback - Ice Climber
I want to give this game a two. The controls are atrocious and jumping is extremely difficult.
However, for some odd reason, the game can be quite addictive, and even after you want to chuck the controller across the room because it's so frustrating, you likely will say to yourself "one more time."
I know games have grown a lot …
I want to give this game a two. The controls are atrocious and jumping is extremely difficult.
However, for some odd reason, the game can be quite addictive, and even after you want to chuck the controller across the room because it's so frustrating, you likely will say to yourself "one more time."
I know games have grown a lot since the early arcade days, but there's something about those golden age arcade like titles that just make you want to play them and play them again. And while Ice Climber was not an arcade title, it's an NES game with a lot of arcade traits that make you want to give it one more try.
Review ApramPepo 3/5 · Sep 16, 2021
A Flawed Classic
This game is flawed Big Time.
Jumping feels like a heavy task, and the Controls (to put it politely) Sucks. Love the Arcade-style gameplay but the game gets Too annoying Too quick when playing solo.
Playing with a Friend however is another story. Practically, I find this game better suited to be a Great Co-op Experience for the NES on …
This game is flawed Big Time.
Jumping feels like a heavy task, and the Controls (to put it politely) Sucks. Love the Arcade-style gameplay but the game gets Too annoying Too quick when playing solo.
Playing with a Friend however is another story. Practically, I find this game better suited to be a Great Co-op Experience for the NES on Launch. It's just fun and can get very chaotic.
Review Yungbeck 3/5 · Jan 27, 2021
Pretty Cool
I've always loved ice levels and ice worlds in games. I remember as a kid I was stoked on the cover art for Ice Climber before I even played it. The European version was sick, with the polar bear and the little snow gnome or whatever. It is a really fun platformer where you break ice blocks above you with …
I've always loved ice levels and ice worlds in games. I remember as a kid I was stoked on the cover art for Ice Climber before I even played it. The European version was sick, with the polar bear and the little snow gnome or whatever. It is a really fun platformer where you break ice blocks above you with a hammer and you advance up until you get a bonus stage and advance to the next level, while dodging big birds, polar bears, ice shards, seals and other cool creatures.
Most of us that had the NES either owned or played Ice Climber at some point I feel like. Even if the jumping could have been programmed better, it adds to the difficulty, although it being frustrating just completely falling through blocks at times, when you should have landed on it. It may not have aged well, but at the time it was great fun to play multiplayer on the couch and try to reach the top first, while sabotaging for the other player! Great, sadistic fun! Ice Climber is a classic black box NES game that you should give a shot if you're in to video game history. I have it on my Game Boy Advance too, and it's a great little time waster.
Review Phoenix_Clark 2/5 · Oct 31, 2020
I hate jumping
Slow and awkward controls combined with an unforgiving environment turn a game with lots of potential into something i couldn't try to finish. It was fun at first until it became that kind of difficult that just made you sigh and turn the console off
Review Mazinkaiser 4/5 · Sep 8, 2020
Ice Climber: Slipping Up the Slope
Ice Climber may seem fairly tricky and difficult due to the player's movement and dangerous enemy placement, but offers a variety of well-designed challenges that will give the player plenty to chew on.
The player controls either Popo or Nana as they carry a wooden mallet up eight stages of a mountain plus a bonus stage to grab onto a …
Ice Climber may seem fairly tricky and difficult due to the player's movement and dangerous enemy placement, but offers a variety of well-designed challenges that will give the player plenty to chew on.
The player controls either Popo or Nana as they carry a wooden mallet up eight stages of a mountain plus a bonus stage to grab onto a Condor overhead. The player jumps forward in an arc and can hit enemies with the mallet. This seems unintuitive at first but the player can move in either direction and can scroll across edges to the other side of the stage, offering flexible enough movement among the conveyor belts, moving clouds, and slippery ice blocks.
With no time limit on the main stage, the game is surprisingly merciful and gives the player enough time to strategize out their approach before leaning into a 40 second timed stage with trickier jumps but no life penalty if the player loses there. Enemies build platforms with deadly ice blocks (that can be used to one's advantage) as well as fly across the stage and force the player upwards by forcing the screen to move up.
The game has 32 official stages before it starts speeding the game's enemies up. It's a decent chunk of a game even to get the character through all the way, so either with a second player or single the player'll have plenty of challenge and some good fun trekking up each mountain.
Review Gobbo 3/5 · Sep 28, 2018
It's pretty cool (pun intended)
I like the concept of Mario Bros, but the game itself is just aweful to play, especially because of the controls.
This game is a lot like it but much more entertaining, although you still need... some time... to get used to the controls.
Give it a try and play the 2-player mode, if possible.