Ice Climber (Animal Crossing)

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NES game
Ice Climber
Buy price Sell price
Not for sale  10,000 Bells
Size
1.0 x 1.0  1 × 1
Obtain via:
(DnM+)
 Data Moving Service (gift for using service)
 Secret code (never officially released)
Obtain via:
(AC)
 e-Reader card (N01 Ice Climber)
Obtain via:
(DnMe+)
Unobtainable (dummy item)
HRA points 1983
HRA penalty if facing wall Unknown
Feng shui None
Appearances
Notes
Does not appear in the catalog
Names in other languages
 アイスクライマー
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 Ice Climber
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Ice Climber is a furniture item in Doubutsu no Mori+ and Animal Crossing. It can be placed on the surface of tables and other similar furniture that have surfaces for items. This item is a playable NES game, and the player can interact with it 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 Doubutsu no Mori+, it could instead be obtained as a bonus gift after transferring a Doubutsu no Mori save file via the Data Moving Service until the service's discontinuation. In Doubutsu no Mori+, Ice Climber can technically be obtained using a secret code using the player's name and town name; however, Nintendo never officially distributed the generator for this game on their website, so it is not legitimately obtainable (a third-party code generator must be used). In Animal Crossing, Ice Climber is not a valid item that a secret code can be created for.

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.

No villagers have this item in their home.

Version differences

Doubutsu no Mori Controller Pak giveaway

The Ice Climber Controller Pak

Although the Ice Climber item does not appear in Doubutsu no Mori, the magazine Nintendo DREAM held a giveaway for 30 Nintendo 64 Controller Paks containing Ice Climber ROM data, which could be loaded and played in Doubutsu no Mori through the Disk System furniture item. As detailed in volume 58 of Nintendo DREAM, readers of the magazine could enter the giveaway by writing to the magazine's editorial department about their thoughts on Doubutsu no Mori by June 21, 2001 for the chance to win one of the 30 Controller Paks. In addition to Ice Climber, the Controller Paks contained a letter from Takashi Tezuka, the game's producer, with a Disk System item attached.[1] This is the only known example of the NES/Famicom ROM loading feature being officially used in any of the first-generation Animal Crossing games.

The Controller Pak featured a unique label with Ice Climber art. No further information about the giveaway is known beyond the initial Nintendo DREAM issue, and the fate of the 30 Controller Paks is unknown.[2]

Doubutsu no Mori+

Ice Climber in Doubutsu no Mori+

In Doubutsu no Mori+, Ice Climber is modeled after a Famicom rather than a Nintendo Entertainment System. Since e-Reader functionality was removed in the European version of Animal Crossing, this item cannot be obtained in that version without the use of cheats.

Leftover dummy item

The dummy model used by unused items.

In Doubutsu no Mori e+, Ice Climber is still leftover in the game data as a dummy item, unobtainable without gameplay modification or glitches. As with all dummy items in Doubutsu no Mori e+, its name appears as "かぐ?" (kagu?, furniture?) in the player's inventory. However, when dropped on the ground outside, its name from Doubutsu no Mori+ is shown. It uses the dummy model from Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+, a white triangle with red Japanese text reading ダミー (damī, dummy). The item cannot be placed down in the player's house if in their inventory.

Game overview

For more information about this game, see its corresponding article on Wikipedia.
Gameplay of Ice Climber.

Ice Climber (アイスクライマー Aisu Kuraimā?) 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 Super Smash Bros. Melee, and have made reappearances in every sequel, although they were reduced to a trophy role in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.

See also

References

Ice Climber on other wikis
  1. Nintendo DREAM staff (July 2001). Nintendo DREAM (#58), page 87.
  2. Damien McFerran (August 1, 2024). "Internet Sleuth Discovers Eighth NES Game In N64 Animal Crossing, But It's Now "Lost Media"". Time Extension. Retrieved August 1, 2024.