Snow Brothers

Snow Bros. is a 1990 platform video game developed and published by Toaplan for Japanese arcades; it was distributed by Romstar in North America and Europe. Players control snowman twins Nick and Tom as they travel through 50 stages, using snowballs as weapons while navigating obstacles and battling monsters in order to rescue the princesses Puripuri and Puchipuchi. The game was later ported to multiple platforms, each one by different third-party developers and featuring several changes or additions. Versions for various microcomputers were in development, but were never officially released.

Snow Bros. 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. In 1994, a sequel titled Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves was released by Hanafram, serving as the last game by Toaplan prior to their closure. The rights to Snow Bros. are currently owned by Tatsujin, a Japanese company formed by Masahiro Yuge. A modernized version of the game, titled Snow Bros Special, was developed by CRT Games and published by Daewon Media Game Lab and Clear River Games for Nintendo Switch, and was released in May 2022. A third installment in the series, Snow Bros. Wonderland, was released in 2024.