The Snow Bros. are back and they're cuter and funnier than ever! This game features four characters: Nick and Roy, who use trapping attacks; and Richard and Bobby, who can inhale their enemies.
SNOW BROS. 2
Japanese title: SNOW BROS. 2
| Release | 1994 |
| Genre | Horizontally fixed-screen action |
| Platforms | Arcade |
Story
In order to resurrect the Great Demon King Atchich, his younger brother, Attu the Great, is determined to steal the secret treasure of the Sunshine Kingdom, and upon invading the tranquil Weather Land, kidnaps the princess! If Atchich is successfully revived, the princess and Weather Land itself will be in great danger! In response, four brave princes rise up in an effort to rescue the princess and restore peace to Weather Land!
Controls & How to Play
The game is played with an 8-way joystick, a Shot & Kick button, and a Jump button.
The Jump button can be used to climb the terrain.
Also, if you move the joystick downward while pressing the Jump button, you can descend as well.
The characters' shots feature two different types: a trapping attack, and an inhaling attack.
The trapping attack traps enemies in a ball, which you can then kick to attack other enemies.
You can also ride on top of the ball and jump off of it.
The inhaling attack inhales enemies and then spits them out to attack other enemies.
You clear stages by defeating all of the enemies in the stage.
You will lose a life if you are hit by an enemy attack, collide with an enemy, or are trapped by certain obstacles in the stage's terrain.
When you restart after losing a life, all of your power-ups will be reset.
The game is over if you lose all of your lives.
There are a total of six worlds, and the game ends when you clear all of them.
【Player Select】
You can select from four different characters.
Trapping attack type
Nick
Roy
Inhaling attack type
Richard
Bobby
【Items】
Red potion
Increases the speed of your character (1 level).
If you pick one up when you are already sped up, you will receive 5,000 points instead.
Yellow potion
Increases the range of your shots (1 level).
If you pick one up when your range has already been increased, you will receive 5,000 points instead.
Blue potion
Increases the power of your shots (1 level).
If you pick one up when your shots have already been powered up, you will receive 5,000 points instead.
Cup
Increases the size of your character and also turns you invincible for a limited period of time, enabling you to defeat enemies simply by running into them.
Food
There are various food items, and you will earn bonus points for each one that you pick up.
1UP item
Defeating an enemy with a letter from the word EXTRA will cause the enemy to drop the letter.
Pick up the letters and spell the word EXTRA to be given an extra life.
- POINT1
- If you are able to defeat all of the on-screen enemies with a single attack, multiple gift packets will fall from the top of the screen, and you can earn extra points by picking them up.
Impressions
The number of main characters was increased to four, and they definitely feel cuter and more comical than before, but it also seemed that the cool yet hot setting changed somehow... However, the gameplay remained exhilarating despite its simplicity, meaning that the title still felt like Snow Brothers! The characters and storyline are also excellent additions to the Snow Bros 2 lore. This was the final arcade game made by Toaplan, but not too many people were able to play the title due to its limited release. It'd be nice to see it again in some form, even if on a different platform!