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Title: Ice Climber Review Mini
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 04, 2013, 01:23:00 PM

Climb every mountain.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/reviewmini/34111

Ice Climber is an early NES game, and it shows. It’s a simple mechanic, repeated over and over again, with a bare bones presentation. And yet I can’t stop playing it. Maybe it’s just my love of arcade-style gaming, but the simple act of breaking through layers of ice to climb to the top of a mountain keeps me hooked for all 32 mountains available.

Because of how archaic this game is, though, I can’t in good conscience recommend it to most people. If you buy this game, you need to have a high tolerance for primitive game design. The collision detection doesn’t always work the way it seems like it should, and that can cause what feel like cheap deaths at times. But if you can stomach the antiquated design, this is an underrated game from the early NES days that’s worth playing. 

Title: Re: Ice Climber Review Mini
Post by: UncleBob on May 04, 2013, 02:33:34 PM

Ice Climbers seems like the perfect game for a Digital-only download remake.

Title: Re: Ice Climber Review Mini
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 04, 2013, 03:35:42 PM

It really is. It's a simple, fun arcade concept with room to be fleshed out

Title: Re: Ice Climber Review Mini
Post by: TJ Spyke on May 04, 2013, 03:38:35 PM

I think even a 6/10 score is generous, the game quickly gets tiresome after about 10 mins. The controls just kill the game. Maybe re-making it as a $5 3DS eShop game could make it good. As for the VC version, I would not recommend it at all.

Title: Re: Ice Climber Review Mini
Post by: pokepal148 on May 04, 2013, 06:58:07 PM

its decent for two player just messing for five minutes but thats it.