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Ice Climber

Ice Climber (XSX) game cover art
Platform: NES
Tags: Action, Platformer
Developer: Nintendo
More Platforms: Famicom Disk System

Publisher
Region
Released
NA
10/??/1985
EU
09/01/1986
JP
01/30/1985

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Staff Reviews

Ice Climber review

Reviewed April 22, 2013

Rhody Tobin says: "Very nearly lands on the platform of greatness, but accidentally slips through the edge instead."
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Reader Reviews

Ice Climber review

Review date unknown

aganar says: "Ok, this is my 10th NES review so I thought I might as well do it on an NES veteran because these little guys are supposed to appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee. I thought that this game would be good since it was made by Nintendo and they thought it was good enough to put in a great game like Super Smash Bros Melee. What I found wasn't pretty. This was really disappointing. Nintendo made amazing games on the nes, unfortunately, this wasn't one of them. "
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Ice Climber review

Reviewed October 05, 2004

destinati0n says: "As I was playing through Super Smash Brothers: Melee the other day, the thought occurred to me on just what game the Ice Climbers were from anyway. It seemed like they were the only characters from the list I had never heard of. On further inspection I found out they had their own game on the NES, so I got me a copy and had a go. Now Ice Climbers is a very innovative approach at the platform genre, with its one unique trait of moving vertically, rather than horizontally. Your point..."
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Ice Climber review

Reviewed July 13, 2005

goldenvortex says: "I still fail to see why the general gaming population loves so many of these retro re-releases. I was looking through the “NES Classics” series (a.k.a the 'take advantage of our fan’s stupidity' series) and found the dreaded “Ice Climber” on the roster. Ice Climber was a bad game in 1983 so no matter how many times you try to repackage it and pimp it out today, it’s still going to suck. However, after the two Eskimos made their return in Super Smash Bros. Melee with new kick ass attacks and the ..."
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