{"id":111194,"date":"2020-04-06T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/random_a_new_ice_climber_game_from_steamworld_dev_image_and_form_we_wish"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:40:00","slug":"random-a-new-ice-climber-game-from-steamworld-dev-image-form-we-%ef%bb%bfwish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/06\/random-a-new-ice-climber-game-from-steamworld-dev-image-form-we-%ef%bb%bfwish\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: A New Ice Climber Game From SteamWorld Dev Image &amp; Form? We \ufeffWish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4ada186673c16\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4ada186673c16\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Ice Climber SteamWorld\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4ada186673c16\/ice-climber-steamworld.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4ada186673c16\/ice-climber-steamworld.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Climber SteamWorld\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Despite appearing in a number of other titles over the years like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\"><strong>Super Smash Bros.<\/strong><\/a>, Popo and Nana have only ever had the one game under the &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/ice_climber\"><strong>Ice Climber<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; name (well, two if you count the Vs version). So when should this IP be revisited? And why hasn&#8217;t that happened already?<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, as with other series like <strong>F-Zero<\/strong>, Ice Climber doesn&#8217;t seem to be all that high on Nintendo&#8217;s list of priorities at present. Still, the gaming giant hasn&#8217;t been as controlling over its characters in recent years &#8211; Ubisoft has been given access to Mario and Star Fox for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_plus_rabbids_kingdom_battle\"><strong>Mario + Rabbids<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/starlink_battle_for_atlas\"><strong>Starlink: Battle for Atlas<\/strong><\/a>, and Next Level Games has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/luigis_mansion_3\"><strong>Luigi&#8217;s Mansion<\/strong><\/a> covered &#8211; so what about giving the Ice Climber property to another trusted studio?<\/p>\n<p>Well, developer of the much-loved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/steamworld_quest_hand_of_gilgamech\"><strong>SteamWorld<\/strong><\/a> series of games, Image &amp; Form, has pondered the possibility on social media today. Before anyone gets too excited, we&#8217;re sure this is simply an innocent tweet to spark conversation, but the replies are overwhelmingly in favour of the idea. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/steamworld_dig\"><strong>SteamWorld Dig<\/strong><\/a>-type game, but travelling up rather than down and with the Ice Climber brand in full force, sounds pretty perfect to us.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thoughts on this, everyone? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lnsv0wUI2K\">https:\/\/t.co\/lnsv0wUI2K<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Image &amp; Form is home Questing! \ud83c\udccf\u2694\ufe0f\ud83e\udd16 (@ImageForm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImageForm\/status\/1247119760132841472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The SteamWorld series has almost always been a multiplatform affair, but Image &amp; Form is a studio that would rank highly on any Nintendo fan&#8217;s list of &#8216;Nindie&#8217; favourites. We can&#8217;t really think of anyone better to take on a name like Ice Climber, so here&#8217;s hoping this wonderful theory becomes reality one day.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if you&#8217;d like to see this happen with a comment below; perhaps it could even take the shape of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/video_this_delightful_snow_scene_concept_has_us_desperate_for_a_paper_ice_climbers_game\">a Paper Ice Climbers game like the idea we saw a while ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite appearing in a number of other titles over the years like Super Smash Bros., Popo and Nana have only ever had the one game under the &#8216;Ice Climber&#8216; name (well, two if you count the Vs version). So when should this IP be revisited? And why hasn&#8217;t that happened already? 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