Ice Climbers (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)


 * This article is about the Ice Climbers' appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Ice Climbers.

The Ice Climbers (Ice Climber;, Aisu Kuraimā), the ice-climbing duo from Super Smash Bros. Melee, make a return in Super Smash Bros. Brawl with a significant texture boost to their character models. Popo and Nana still fight as a duo, Nana following Popo's moves. In Melee, the player had the option to change the color of the costume and play as Nana, and you can still do this in Brawl, but the Climbers' positions on the character select screen portrait will not change as in Melee. Experiment with the different costumes to play as Nana.

There was a rumor that characters such Young Link, Mr. Game & Watch and the Ice Climbers were to be excluded from the roster of Brawl due to lack of popularity. Fortunately, this rumor has been proven wrong ever since the appearance of Popo and Nana on the Dojo website.

Pros:

 * Effectively two characters acting simultaneously. This makes them slightly stronger than your average character while together. They can also be "desynched" to perform two actions slightly out of synch for combos
 * Can repeatedly grab if properly desynched
 * Hard to throw, as other Ice Climber can attack while one is grabbed
 * Up B gives great distance
 * Have a ground-hugging projectile
 * Forward Aerial is a spike if Nana is with Popo
 * Quick and powerful ground moves
 * Ice Climbers do not share a damage meter, which can lead to Popo not taking damage sometimes when they are attacked
 * Can freeze enemies, which can be potentially followed up by a finisher

Cons:

 * Each individual Ice Climber is weaker than your average character, making them weak while separated
 * Few recovery options when separated
 * Nana becomes unresponsive sometimes
 * Many hits can separate them
 * Awkward when fighting in the air
 * Projectile is very weak, and weakens over distance.

Role In the Subspace Emissary
The Ice Climbers were doing their part to fight the Subspace Army, and were jumping up a mountain towards the ship. Meta Knight joined them, and they climbed/flew up the mountain. Once they reached the top, they found Lucario, who was looking for a fight with Meta Knight. After the fight, the Halberd crashes Fox McCloud's ship into the mountain, throwing the Ice Climbers back to the ground towards Marth, Lucas, Pokémon Trainer, and Ike. After facing some more Subspace Army troopers, the Ice Climbers teamed up with the other heroes as they journeyed into the Subspace and helped them as they battled Taboo.

Special Movements
Taunts

Up: Jump around.

Side: Point their hammers, and wind blows (same as in Melee).

Down: Dance in as circle.

On-Screen Appearance: They ride in on a Condor.