It's been over 30 years now, THREE DECADES, and these poor little climbers have no sequels and any signs of them having one. If any Nintendo franchise deserves a sequel, it's the Ice Climbers for being a LAUNCH TITLE on the NES, and nothing since. That long, and their exclusion from Smash 4 only adds insult to injury.

I think a sequel for them would be nice to revitalize the franchise. Kid Icarus: Uprising is NOTHING like the original game from what I hear and see. It's very apparent from Smash 4 just how much was added compared to Brawl for Kid Icarus. Ice Climber can easily fix its horrendous controls in this modern era, and I see it most fit as a puzzle-platformer 2D/3D game, though it can probably work on other genres just like what Sakurai did to Kid Icarus. I can see so many possibilities for the Ice Climbers and the uniqueness it can have. Of all the Break the Targets I found the most unique and fun in Melee, it was the Ice Climbers throwback stage. The platforming and miles better control has so much potential that's untapped.

Thoughts?

Nah, rather have new F Zero

I think it would be pretty cool.

A new Mischief Makers would be nice.

Back on topic, I have been waiting for an Ice Climbers Uprising

Not really sure what they could do with the IP nowadays, its focus always seemed pretty specific. Maybe a budget eShop title could work for a game like Ice Climbers

I wouldn't mind a re-imagining, similar to Kid Icarus. I'm not exactly starving for platforming games, and I didn't really care for the arcade style of the original in the first place. There wasn't exactly a deep story in the original game either, so there's a lot of freedom for how to go about it.

I suppose the counter-argument to that is they might as well create a new IP if they're changing the game that much...to which I don't really have a real response. I guess in my mind, ancient, near-unknown IP-revivals are essentially the same thing, but that's a seperate argument.

Ice Climbers was a bad game and the characters aren't that interesting. If they think of a good concept that would work for them, great, but I don't see any particular need or demands for Ice Climbers. On a side note, I'm happy they're no longer in smash. Fucking chain grabs.

Why? Ice Climbers is a game of its time. It's not fun today.

Would be nice but there are tons of other games that I would rather have instead of it

The game sucks and there are much more deserving games out there.