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It's pointless to argue this, but Ice Climbers is not a story of a hero or heroine that triumphs evil unless you look at it in the same context as Donkey Kong. Metroid was about a woman who defeated evil on a planet called Zebes. Not scrolling levels of various degrees of difficulty in a cartoon environment that is more akin to a puzzle game, but an actual planet to explore which included such game mechanics as aqcuiring power ups and upgrades in a realistic role playing and action environment.

Nana is the first female video game character, but not the first heroine. And besides, while Nana is described in the story to be the sister, she was only a color swapped character who acted as an extenmsion to Popo. In essense Nana and Popo are one character.