Solo game?

[Peaches]

As we all know ice Climbers work best together. . . but we've all been there. You go next to the edge for whatever reason. Then Nana decides to suicide. Or you just plain lose her.
Popo still has plenty of life in him, but you've lost half yor damage, all desyncing comboes, and your precious throw game is greatly diminished. What's the best option for a lone Popo (assuming it's a one-on-one serious match)?

Blizzard and ice shot are much more dangerous becasue of lag and the fact that they are mostly for desyncing.

and vertical recovery is greatly diminished (not that I use belay that much anyways)

But there is still hope, the opponent almost always underestimates Popo. And you still have a slew of good attacks. Though you are stuck with a better keep-away game than an aggressive one IMO.

You still have wavedash to dsmash, and ftilt. Grabs, while not very comboeable are still useful. I don't recommend dthrow though.
Bair is a good quick attack as is nair. Fsmas is typically too laggy, usmash nd dsmash are far better.

I'm probably way off with this, but I think this is a very important thing that people overlook. (not that many people actually play the ICs)
OH yeah, speaking of which. Does anyone here like the old Ice Climbers game?

[gore]

When I just have popo, I usually do alot of Fair L-cancel to Dsmashes, and lots of running foward then wavedashing backwards(kinda like a moon walk I guess?)

[kilroy]

i have nothing to offer in the way of strategy, sorry to say. i just started seriously playing with the ICs.

but, Ice Climbers was one of my favorite games as a kid. i beat it, all 99 levels of vegetable rescuing action. ;)

-kil

[gore]

Dude I really want to play that ****ing game
I heard it sucks from some people, but other people say they like it, Since IC's are my favorite and main character, it would be cool if I could play the game they're from.

[kilroy]

dood i say go for it. if you can get yourself in the mindset of 20 year old gaming, then i highly recommend playing this game. i had a blast and it's a great little platform puzzler despite the questionable hit detection ;)

try it on either the e-card reader version, very cheap, or the new Classic NES series, not so cheap. ;) or even the Animal Crossing version.

it's out there if you want to get down with the ICs roots. =)

-kil

[Cloak and Dagger]

popo has a mean d-throw solo, you can chain most of the cast with it and finish with a forward smash

[IceDragonTwins]

I'v found a pretty solid one man strat is a juggling hit and run.
use mainly the uair and WD-utilt

[nintendoaddict]

popo has a mean d-throw solo, you can chain most of the cast with it and finish with a forward smash

DI prevents the chain throw for most, if not all, characters. When solo I find hit and run to work well, since ICs have a good wavedash. Wavedash in, maybe play a few mind games, get a few attacks in, wavedash away. Also, wavedownsmash is excellent for killing and doing damage when solo.