Was Once a Man: The NES version of the first game claims that Nick and Tom are human princes who were cursed to turn into snowmen.They each have a name in the original Japanese in an appropriate color and font (Fever #1, Bullet Train, Love & Bomb, Usachin, and Attsuu the Great). Too Long Didn't Dub: In the English Snow Bros 2, the bosses are just referred to as 'BOSS'.If you still don't kill all enemies, the evil pumpkin will spawn an invincible ghost relentlessly tracking you. Stalked by the Bell: If you take too long to complete a floor, a jack o'lantern will appear.Spiritual Successor: The most likely one is Nightmare in the Dark, an obscure coin-op that came out 10 years after Snow Bros., featuring a hunchback who engulfs enemies in balls of fire instead of snowballs (other than this, the gameplay is exactly the same).Apart from the NES version of the first game, as explained below. Snowlems: In the end, that's what the bros are.Shows Damage: Every boss in the first game starts to spurt blood (!) after having been damaged enough.Rise to the Challenge: A couple of stages in Snow Bros 2, making it even shorter.Name and Name: Nick & Tom, Love & Bomb (which is how the twin lizard bosses' names are shown in the Japanese Snow Bros 2).Lightning Can Do Anything: The intro of the Amiga version shows that the Snow Bros were regular snowmen brought to life by a bolt of lightning.

It will then disappear and leave behind a Japanese card that can be collected for points. It's difficult to hit: you must use a frozen enemy to allow yourself to reach the unreachable platform and hit the sumo enemy a few times. Invincible Minor Minion: A sumo fighter that appears in stage 3 in unreachable parts of the floor, shoots some fireballs from his hands and disappears when all the other monsters in the floor are defeated.I'm Melting!: What happens to the bros if they touch fire (it goes without saying).Edible Collectible: The bonus items are various kinds of sushi rolls.Dual Boss: The birds in floor 30, the devils in stage 40 and the last boss.

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