Review by Phange  "Definitely the odd-man-out of the "Classics""
Ice Climber is not a very good game. It never was, and never
will be. Through the grace of Nintendo Gods, Ice Climber gained
marginal popularity because of its heroes starring in the
incredibly popular Super Smash Brothers Melee. Ice Climber THE
GAME is nothing more than a very simple mind-numbingly dull
action game. Starting as "Popo", your job is to move to the top
of one of 32 mountains. On the summit is a pterodactyl that will
take you to the next level. In 2 player mode, a somewhat
ingenious (but ultimately hindering) amount of cooperation is
required. Popo and Nana must help each other from scrolling
below the screen (which means certain death) and at the same
time jump to normally impossible-to-jump-to ledges. This all
sounds fine and dandy, but in actuality it is SO BORING.
Typical early NES fare. It isn't presented particularly badly,
and the animals for the most part can be determined from their
sprites. The GBA does a fair job emula