In some European countries, Ice Climber was bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is possibly the case they are refer to as “ eskimos”. The characters Popo and Nana (Pepe and Nana in the German version), collectively known as the Ice Climbers, scale 32 vertically scrolling, ice-covered mountains to recover stolen vegetables from a giant condor.They have never took off their hoodies or gloves, not even fully shown their hairstyles.In an interview with Masahiro Sakurai, he has referred to the pair as "childhood friends-like boy-and-girl pair" and goes on to say that their relationship is “more than friends, but less than lovers” Contrary to popular belief, the pair are not siblings.Although this is a coincidence, the Ice Climbers slightly resemble Team Umizoomi Double buffered up air is a shortcut cause Nana ACs and Popo doesnt.After the Ice Climbers defeat some Subspace troops, they team up with the other Smashers on a journey to Subspace to defeat Tabuu. Meta Knight and Lucario manage to board the Halberd, and the Ice Climbers are knocked back to the ground towards Marth, Lucas, the Pokémon Trainer, and Ike. After the fight, the Halberd crashes the Great Fox into the mountain. When they and Meta Knight reach the top, they find Lucario there, who challenges Meta Knight to a battle. In the Subspace Emissary, the Ice Climbers are first seen climbing a mountain, when they see Meta Knight fly past them, which they see as a challenge, making them angry leading to the duo racing him to the top of the mountain. The Ice Climbers returns in Super Smash Bros. They mainly attack by using their hammers, but two of their special moves are ice attacks. If Popo is KOd, the game will consider Nana KOd as well. The two Climbers synchronize their attacks, and if Nana is KOd, Popo will be less effective fighting alone. The Ice Climbers are an unique character in that the player controls two characters at once instead of just one.
Their main goal is to reach the top of the mountains while avoiding Topis and Polar Bears and collect as many vegetables as they can on the way. Like Popo, she has black-white-blue eyes. She wears the same clothing as him, with the colors opposite She wears pink winter-clothes and white-pink shoes.
Nana looks similar to Popo, with the same hair color with a different hairstyle. Popo has brown hair and black-white-blue eyes, and wears a blue-winter uniform.