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According to Japanese website Institute of Game Culture Conservation, the game was distributed in low numbers. 2: With New Elves was released in arcades in April 1994 under Toaplan's then-newly formed Hanafram label, becoming one of their last games to be released before ceasing operations and declaring bankruptcy on March of the same year.

According to Junya Inoue, the project was developed by then-freshman members at Toaplan. The soundtrack was co-composed by Osamu Ōta and Ryūichi Yabuki, although neither are credited as such in the game. 2: With New Elves served as one of the final projects to be developed by Toaplan, as the company ceased development of shoot 'em up games prior to their closure.

Getting hit by enemy fire or colliding against solid stage obstacles will result in losing a live, as well as a penalty of decreasing the characters' firepower and speed to his original state and once all lives are lost, the game is over unless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine to continue playing. If a single player is downed, their character is immediately respawned. As with the first entry, the game hosts a number of hidden bonus secrets to be found, which are crucial for reaching high-scores to obtain extra lives. Another gameplay objective is to complete the words 'EXTRA' at the bottom center by grabbing orbs left by defeated enemies that changes between letters and completing 'EXTRA' gives the player an extra live, in addition of immediately advancing to the next stage. Once an enemy has been turned into a snowball, the player can roll it and rebound off of walls until eventually shattering against a wall, trapping any enemies on its way.Ī new addition are three new playable characters, each with their own method of dispatching enemies from the playfield, however the snowman Nick was omitted in the sequel. Players fight enemies by throwing snow at them enemies until it is completely covered and turns into a snowball, while partially covered enemies in snow cannot move until it shakes it off. 2: With New Elves is a platform game similar to Bubble Bobble where players must traverse through six increasingly difficult worlds composed of multiple stages, each with a boss at the end that must be fought before progressing any further to ultimately rescue the kidnapped princess as the main objective. If you have any other trivia to share, you are very welcome to do it on my Snow Bros Forum.Like its predecessor, Snow Bros.

#SNOW BROS 2 ARCADE MARQUEE FOR FREE#

The game was rediscovered and released for free by Amiga Games That Weren't in 2006. Snow Bros was due for release on the Amiga back in mid-1991, but was for some reason abandoned. It happens even in the original arcade machine (not emulated).Īfter you complete the 50 floors, any remaining extra lives disappear. Sometimes slowdowns occur in the last floor (50). Snow Brothers 3 - Magical Adventure (2002).Snow Bros actually is the first part of a trilogy:

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Out Zone, Snow Bros. In the background two monster chase them, one anonymous and one of the two bosses from floor 40, that is, one of the tougher.Ī bootleg of this game is known as ' The Winter Bobble'. In the Snow Bros marquee you can see both Nick and Tom in the foreground wearing blue and red respectively.

Snow bros 2 arcade marquee