Ice Climber retrospective: A slippery slope for platforming | NES Works  

I just really wish this game got an actual sequel. I know it's about as likely as an official Waluigi game, but one can dream...

+Nintenwhore The more frustrating part about it is that 9 times outta 10 it LOOKS like you should've landed on the platform which you tried to jump on. Even if 50% of Popo's sprite is above the platform he still somehow manages to fall through? How does that even work? Isn't the hitbox in the middle of the character? If you at least fell through and it looked like you should've fallen through it wouldn't have been so frustrating, but no, the game makes you think you can do it and then pulls the rug out from under you.

Chris Gorski yeah, like how they remade Mario Bros and put them as bonus games on all the super mario advance games

personally i like the challenge of it having the player getting use to the jumping mechanics i had fun with the game

If they fixed the jump mechanics the game would be too easy, I guess

Same for me in Sweden. I played this game atleast 1000 hours and still in my top 10 games for the console. I didnt know ppl struggle with the jumpmechanics, well my father did and he only play against me 10 minutes at the time or else he should kill me haha. Good times

​@@andenxtcHaha! 😅 "Psycho Dad!". 😁 I didn't dare playing Ice Climber with my dad at the time, as that would make him loose his mind. 🤬💣💥 But he loved playing NES Tennis and some NES Soccer. I have great memories of us playing intense doubles matches against the CPU. 🎾🎾🥎🤖🤖 NES Tennis was one of the best Tennis games at the time. Better than what I played on Atari and Commodore 64. Ice Climber, however, could only be played with skilled or patient players. That jump mechanic could really make people frustrated and violent! 😄

and in the original japanese version they're not even cute like furballs but adorable baby seals.

You do know Nintendo announced Hamster will be bringing VS. Ice Climber to Switch, yeah?

Yeah, sometimes I omit extraneous information if it doesn't quite fit within the framework I've written. There wasn't much to say about Baseball other than "it is an old baseball game by Nintendo." In this case, the localization changes were interesting but would have bogged down the episode. They'll get a mention in the book, though.

I downloaded this game on my cell phone emulator, Now I'm playing ice climbers with my ps4 controller blue toothed to my phone 😂

Nah, Squid Jump is basically one of those endless jumping smartphone games, except on a console. I've seen ones like it using Madoka Magica or Sonic characters.

My interpretation is that it's a reference to Hatsuyume, the old Japanese belief that you'll have good luck throughout the year if the first dream you have in said year is of an eggplant, Mt. Fuji (which could be the mountain Popo and Nana are climbing), and a falcon (pterodactyls and falcons are the same thing, right?)

I think a Game Boy remake with enhanced controls and collision would have been relly cool. Shame it didn't happen, this cute little title actually holds a lot of potential to be a realñy fun experience.

Matt Terror Indeed it is. It's part of the nightshade family, just like tomatoes. Now you know!

Jeremy Parish Consider my mind blown.

Jeremy Parish And knowing is half the battle. G. I. JOOOOOEEEE!!!!!!

Bahaha pretty close for sure!

haha that gave me a good laugh!

Oh, I just put them together in Photoshop.

They're an excellent touch. They symbolize the care that you put into these episodes

I wonder if it was intentional, as if the edge of the ice was supposed to be slippery.

KyGuy: Yes, and now even the arcade version is available on the Switch, in the Hamster Arcade Series collection. ❤️

I checked the eShop on my Wii U and Ice Climber is available for sale.

Worse than Urban Champion, Stack-Up, or Donkey Kong Jr. Math?

Damn, this Urban Champion erasure is brutal

@@JeremyParish To each their own. Urban Champion is also pretty bad, but I still find it more enjoyable than Ice Climber.