
It is invincible but can be stunned and sent to appear elsewhere in the level with snowballs or snow shots. If the player takes too much time to complete a level, an evil pumpkin head will come and try to kill the players. If players manage to take out all enemies by kicking one snowball (this one snowball may be used to make others bounce around as well and increase the chances to pull this trick off), bonus money will fall from the sky. Any enemies the snowball rolls into are eliminated and other stationary snowballs start rolling when the rolling snowball touches them. Once an enemy has been turned into a snowball, players can roll or throw the snowball, which will rebound off of walls until eventually shattering against a wall. In the NES port, King Scorch cursed princes Nick and Tom by turning them into snowmen, while he also captured the princess twins Teri and Tina, leading the brothers to defeat the king to save their land.Įach player can throw snow at enemies until each one is completely covered and turns into a snowball, however partially covered enemies in snow cannot move until they shake it off. is a platform game reminiscent of Bubble Bobble and Tumblepop, where players assume the role of snowmen twins Nick (P1) and Tom (P2) through 50 increasingly difficult stages, each with a boss at the every tenth stage that must be fought before progressing any further, in an effort to rescue twin princesses Puripuri and Puchipuchi from captivity as the main objective. The rights to the title are owned by Tatsujin, a Japanese company formed by Masahiro Yuge. 2: With New Elves was released by Hanafram, serving as the last game by Toaplan prior to their closure.
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was met with mostly positive reception from critics and players alike, earning an award from Gamest magazine and gaining a cult following since its initial release.

Conversions for various microcomputers were in development but none were officially released to the public. Although first launched in arcades, the game was later ported across multiple platforms, each one being created by different third-party developers and featuring several changes or additions compared with the original version. Starring the eponymous snowmen twins Nick and Tom, players are tasked with travelling through 50 stages, throwing and building snowballs, jumping on and off platforms to navigate level obstacles while dodging and defeating monsters in order to rescue the princesses Puripuri and Puchipuchi from captivity. is a 1990 platform arcade video game originally developed by Toaplan first published in Japan, then in North America by Romstar and later in Europe.
