Item:Ice Climber (Animal Crossing)

Ice Climber is a furniture item in. It can be placed on the surface of tables and other similar furniture that have surfaces for items. The player can interact with this item to play Ice Climber.

Ice Climber can be obtained in a letter from Tom Nook after the player scans e-Reader card N01 at the e-Reader Transfer Machine in the post office. In, it could instead be obtained as a bonus gift after transferring a save file via the Data Moving Service until the service's discontinuation. This item does not appear in the catalog. It does not have any color for the purpose of fêng shui. This item is lucky, meaning it gives a 777-point Happy Room Academy bonus when placed in the player's house.

Origins and gameplay
Ice Climber (アイスクライマー) is an platform game originally released on the Famicom in Japan on January 30, 1985, and on the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America on October 18, 1985 and in Europe on September 1, 1986. An arcade version of the game, VS. Ice Climber, was released earlier in North America in October 1984.

The first player controls Popo, while the second player controls Nana. The goal is to reach the top of the level by breaking through layers of ice while avoiding various enemies, which can be defeated or stunned with their mallets. After eight layers, each level has a bonus stage where Popo or Nana can collect eggplants for points. At the top of each level is a condor, which Popo or Nana must jump into to complete the level.

Enemies include Topis, Nitpickers, and White Bears. Topis are yeti-like creatures (seals in the Japanese version) that can fill holes with ice, requiring Popo or Nana to break them again. Nitpickers are birds that can fly between layers. The White Bear only appears if Popo or Nana take too long to move up they mountain; the bear pounds the ice to force to screen to scroll up.

Although Ice Climber would be the only game in its series, the Ice Climbers themselves, Popo and Nana, were added as fighters in the Super Smash Bros. series, and with the sole exception of, has made reappearances since.

Version differences
In, Ice Climber is modeled after a Famicom rather than a Nintendo Entertainment System, and the game itself is the Japanese version. Since e-Reader functionality was removed in the European version of, this item cannot be obtained in that version without the use of cheats; in , the item was removed entirely.