For you guys that followed my previous ranking topic with myself ranking the Super Smash Bros. Brawl stages, I stated a few times in the rankings, that I really dislike Icicle Mountain. I find it to be not a very fun stage at all, with myself and my friends finding it more annoying then fun to play and fight on back in Melee.
The main gameplay problem I had with Icicle Mountain, was the annoying random side-scrolling shifting in the stage. The stage would at random times screw up the main gameplay action in the stage by shifting randomly up or down, forcing you to jump in the opposite direction where the stage is shifting. The random shifting in the stage would at times go slow and steady giving you a fair amount of time to flee and not killing yourself to moving lighting fast giving you only a few seconds to escape death. This would lead to very cheap KO action happening in this stage and the highest amount of cheap KO action in the Smash Bros series happening within this stage.
The random up and down shifting in the stage happens far too often within gameplay action in the stage for you to ignore. The shifting in the stage would last and appear often more then you and your friends trying to have some simple fighting action on the stage, leading to a stage based on luck where you are in the stage and when the random shifting appears in the stage.
Making matters worse, the main platforms that you fight on in the stage, have a weird, bland, and annoying design to them. Another main problem I had with this stage was, the lack of support recovery in the stage. If you and your opponents are battling on top of one the platforms while the stage is not scrolling, one of your opponents could easily toss you up in the air resulting in for a cheap ko.
Overall, not a very fun stage at all. Icicle Mountain ranks down with Brinstar as one of the worst stages in the series.