If you click Nana on the select screen, can you play as her?

[bd43]

Or is it restricted to certain colors like in Melee?

[PsychoIncarnate]

In Melee 2 of the colors had Nana in the lead instead of Popo...I'm not sure if this is the case in Brawl from what I've seen

[DKpunch!]

Lemme test this real quick... *waiting for game to end for testing*


Looks like you are always Popo, no matter your color.

[AsbestosBlatant]

Try holding R, like with Zamus?

[dooky]

Hmm. On a video I saw a while ago, I thought I saw Nana in front, wearing black. Unfortunately, I now can't remember which video it was. I did notice, on a recent video showing the alternate colors, that the Climbers don't switch places on the select screen when you switch through all the colours, like they did in Melee.

Huh. If you can't play as Nana I'll be a little disappointed. Yeah, I know there's no functional difference, but I like Nana >.>

[DKpunch!]

Nope, that doesn't seem to work either.

I'll keep trying different combinations, but at the moment, nothing is working.

[choknater]

PsychoIncarnate has so many posts.

[Cubelarooso]

PsychoIncarnate has so many posts.

Because he posts in every thread.

[Chaudgobay]

o nooo...that was the worst nerf for me, i just play with ics cause i like the nana
=/

[TheSMASHtyke]

According to this video that displays several charictors color vriations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciLn6cFxA2k), You cn only play as popo now. :(

But this is only go how the game worked in melle, they might of changed it to clicking on the charicotr or pressing R for brawl

[t0ki]

Based on the color changes that I've seen Popo is the only climber who's playable this time around. Ahh well, I suppose not everything can be perfect. I just hope Nana isn't as wonky this time around, she was so....stupid. =/

[lampiaio]

Just tried it out and I confirm you can play as Nana in 3 of the 6 color shifts.

[t0ki]

woot! that's a relief, i'd rather use her anyway, but regardless i hope the ai has improved

[Cubelarooso]

Just tried it out and I confirm you can play as Nana in 3 of the 6 color shifts.

Uhh... Which ones?

[neoREgen]

They kind've look identical in this game...
so... um, aren't you always Nana if you want to be? :)

[ss118]

PsychoIncarnate has so many posts.

And you don't?

I don't really care if nana is playable or not, just let her be less stupid.

[Davy Jones]

She will be an alt again, and if she will not be stpid, Ice CLimber will be to strong.

[Reno-Vgas]

According to this video that displays several charictors color vriations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciLn6cFxA2k), You cn only play as popo now. :(

But this is only go how the game worked in melle, they might of changed it to clicking on the charicotr or pressing R for brawl

aww man thats dumb. I played the red color in melee and I was always sorta happy when one IC got eliminated so I could play nana solo.

[dooky]

Guys: Check out this video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl2DDxFX_V4)

We have a red-suited Nana in the lead. This makes me very happy.

Before I discovered this video, I was about to make a long-winded post arguing that in Melee, you always played as the darker-coloured Ice Climber... and that Nana has darker colours in at least two of the combinations I can think of (This, and the black/white one). There are practical reasons for keeping the darker one in the lead: they're easier to follow, especially in matches with multiple sets of Ice Climbers.* Well, it would seem all that's changed is the fact that they don't switch places on the character select screen now.

Hooray for this. I'll be maining Nana again!

*Although one of the new combinations has them BOTH in white. Should be, uh, interesting.

[Agent 1337]

Nice to know that you can actually play as Nana; I started to get a little worried. If there was no Nana playable it'd be chaos; that'd be another character cut from Melee, if you like to look at it that way. Really, though, the only difference is the hair and the parka color, so personally, it'd wouldn't matter to me either way. Nice to see the IC fans get pleased, though.

[dooky]

Found another video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WrYd6WbQ7s) which, aside from showing that you can make a completely enclosed stage in Stage Builder, also shows off four of the six Ice Climber colour schemes... two of which have Nana in the lead. The first of the two matches is actually won by red Nana/white Popo.

[IceEmblem]

Im sure that no matter what colour or costume they are in, you never play as nana, although it may look like it.
Bye the way, im talking about Melee im not sure about Brawl.

[t0ki]

Im sure that no matter what colour or costume they are in, you never play as nana, although it may look like it.
Bye the way, im talking about Melee im not sure about Brawl.

Are you dumb, or just stupid? If that made any sense I would justify my claims against it but I thought it would be better just to flame you.

[dooky]

Im sure that no matter what colour or costume they are in, you never play as nana, although it may look like it.
Bye the way, im talking about Melee im not sure about Brawl.

Look closely at the Ice Climbers' faces when you select them in Melee. They have different hairstyles: Popo has a visible fringe, Nana doesn't. When you select either the orange or the red costumes, you'll see that the Ice Climbers switch places, with the female one now in front.

This is what we mean when we're talking about playing as Nana. It's purely a cosmetic thing. I realise a lot of people use 'Nana' to refer to the CPU-controlled Ice Climber, since in the default costume, this is Nana. But in two out of the four costumes, the CPU is actually controlling Popo. And you might be surprised at the number of people I've spoken to who didn't realise it was even possible to play as Nana.

[Cubelarooso]

Look closely at the Ice Climbers' faces when you select them in Melee.
You don't really have to look that close, the change is noticeable.
If you ever scroll through IC's colors, that is.

It's purely a cosmetic thing.
There's a slight change in voice pitch, too, I think.


Also, I've noticed that Popo's always in the cool colored parka and Nana in the warm.
Why, then, is Popo in white and Nana in black? I've always considered white as warm and black as cool.
Have they changed this, or is black/cool, white/warm just a cultural thing?

[dooky]

There's a slight change in voice pitch, too, I think.You're right, and to my shame I only recently noticed this. They do share the same voice actress, though.

I hadn't really thought about the cold/warm thing. If anything, I'd say the colour combinations were inspired by the original designs (Popo in colours close to blue, Nana in colours close to pink), which in turn came from age-old gender sterotypes: the girl must be the one in pink. Not that I'm really criticising Nintendo here... it's more a visual shorthand than anything else. Whatever the reason, Nana's black outfit does break this pattern. It's also my favourite of the new colours, heh.

[TidalSpiral]

They kind've look identical in this game...
so... um, aren't you always Nana if you want to be? :)

It's like Peter Pan you f***s, just believe! BELIEVE! *soars out a window... and into front of eighteen wheeler*