Ice Climbers

The Ice Climbers are a pair consisting of a little boy named Popo and a little girl named Nana, who wear a blue Inuit parka and a pink Inuit parka respectively. They are the main characters of the Nintendo Entertainment System game, Ice Climber. Besides the VS. System release, VS. Ice Climber, the Ice Climbers have not starred in another game of their own, although they have made a cameo in several Nintendo titles, and are a playable character in a few Super Smash Bros. games.

Nana was originally depicted with having blonde hair on Ice Climber's Japanese and European box covers. In the Super Smash Bros. games, both she and Popo have brown hair.

Ice Climber
In Ice Climber, Popo and Nana compete in climbing to the top of one of 32 different mountains. Along the way, they have to break blocks with their hammers to open up paths and ride on clouds on their way to the top. They encounter several animals along the way, including Topis, Nitpickers, and Polar Bears. At the top of the mountains the fastest Ice Climber got the chance to collect vegetables. If either Ice Climber has reached the peak, they could grab a Condor.

Super Smash Bros. series
Popo and Nana are playable characters in three Super Smash Bros. games: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Ice Climbers are notably absent from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, but they make a cameo as a collectible trophy. In a column for the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai claimed that the Nintendo 3DS's technical limitations prevented the Ice Climbers from being included. Sakurai wanted to keep the roster identical for both games, so the Ice Climbers did not appear in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U either.

Other appearances

 * Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land: When Kirby gets the Freeze ability, he dons Popo's parka in the same manner it is worn in Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$: One of 9-Volt's classic Nintendo micro games is based on Ice Climber. It consists of Popo grabbing the condor's feet.
 * Kirby Air Ride: Just like in Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby wears Popo's parka when he has the Freeze ability.
 * WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$: This cameo is the same as the cameo in the original WarioWare.
 * WarioWare: Twisted!: One of 9-Volt's classic Nintendo-styled micro games is based on Ice Climber. The player smashes enemies with a hammer.
 * WarioWare: Touched!: One of 9-Volt's Nintendo micro games is named "8-bit-hero". Players touch the pixel that differs from a 6x7 "pixel checkerboard" in the top image. On third difficulty, the sprite is Popo.
 * Tetris DS: An Ice Climber backdrop makes an appearance in level 15 of the standard mode.
 * Picross DS: Ice Climbers appears in Normal Mode level 11-N.
 * Art Style: PiCTOBiTS: Popo appears in normal mode stage 4 and Nana in dark mode stage 4.
 * WarioWare D.I.Y.: In one of the microgames the player must make Popo jump to grab the eggplant from a Nitpicker.