Snowman

This article is about snowmen in general. For information about the Magon enemy in Wario World, see Snowman (Wario World). For the enemy in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, see Snow Man (Donkey Kong Jungle Beat). For other uses, see Snowman (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Snowboy.

Snowman
Mario Kart 8 model
Appearances
First appearance	Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Similar entities
Comparable Bucket Head Dr. Freezegood Flurry Mr. Blizzard Snawful Yukimaru
Notable members Abominable Snowkoopa Bleak Flaky Headless Snowman Snow King

Snowmen are sculptures made out of snow that have appeared as either obstacles or living creatures throughout the Mario franchise.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

Snowman's Land

The world Snowman's Land in Super Mario 64 and its Nintendo DS remake Super Mario 64 DS takes place around a very large snowman. The Mr. Blizzard enemy is also based on a snowman.

Super Mario Galaxy

Snowmen appear in Super Mario Galaxy in snow-themed areas, such as the backside of the icy planet in the Freezeflame Galaxy and in the Snow Cap Galaxy. These Snowmen have Star Bit features and orange hats, and are made up of two segments. It takes two fireballs from Fire Mario or Luigi to destroy them, with each destroying one segment. If the Star Bits haven't been already collected via the cursor, they will scatter everywhere when it is destroyed.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Sorbetti, the Snowman-like boss of Super Mario Galaxy 2

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, numerous Snowman sculptures of Goombas and Bowser appear in the Freezy Flake Galaxy. Also, a snowman-like boss, Sorbetti, appears as the boss of the galaxy.

Super Mario Maker 2

Snowmen also appear in Super Mario Maker 2, where ones resembling Mario and Peach can be seen in the background of snow-themed levels. As of the 3.0 update for the game, they also appear in Super Worlds. When a course icon is tapped on and held, some options appear which the player can use to customize how that course icon looks (give it a pool of water, replace it with a Galoomba, etc.). If the player selects the option to put snow around it, a snowman resembling Mario also appears within the snow. When that course is cleared, the snowman's hat and scarf turn green, causing it to resemble Luigi instead.

Mario Kart series

Toad speeding past Snowmen in Frappe Snowland (Mario Kart 64)

Throughout the Mario Kart series, Snowmen commonly appear as obstacles in snowscape courses such as N64 Frappe Snowland, GBA Snow Land, GCN Sherbet Land, DS DK Pass, Vancouver Velocity R, and Merry Mountain R/T. They are also present on the Mario Kart 7 battle course, Sherbet Rink.

In most of their appearances, when the player collides with a snowman, the player is knocked backwards while dropping any items they have. In DK Pass, snowmen can potentially knock the player off the edge. However, in Mario Kart Tour, where they are referred to as snowpeople, they simply cause racers to slow down without crashing them.

In the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! version of Sherbet Land, snowmen are only part of the background, but in the Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe version, they are found as obstacles that can be bumped into, though they are only located in the off-road segments. In Mario Kart DS, they appear in mission 5-2 where the player has to avoid them while collecting coins, otherwise they fail the mission.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

The Snowmen of Shiver Snowfield from Paper Mario

In Paper Mario, Snowmen play an important role in the area of Shiver Snowfield where they act as the guards of the secret door to Shiver Mountain. The only way to get past them is to bring them a scarf for the scarf-less snowman and a bucket for the hat-less snowman. After Mario does this, the snowmen thank Mario and open the door to Shiver Mountain for him. In addition, Mario will be able to receive items when he sleeps in the Toad House in Shiver City after he helps out these snowmen. Goombario's tattle says, "It's a snowman. There're so many of snowmen! They don't melt because it's cold here. The way they're standing...they remind me of gatekeepers."

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

A Bob-omb snowman, built by a Bob-omb named Gob, makes a very minor appearance in Fahr Outpost in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Super Princess Peach

In Super Princess Peach, Snowmen appear in some of the levels of Gleam Glacier. They serve as merely harmless obstacles, and Peach can destroy them by hitting them with Perry or destroying them with the fire from her Fury Vibe. After being destroyed, they usually release coins.

Super Mario-kun

The Snowman of Super Mario-kun Volume 36

A snowman appears in volume 36 of Super Mario-kun. In the beginning of the chapter, Baby Luigi finds a broken snowman and rebuilds it. It then saves the Mario Bros. by stopping a Shroob bomb from exploding, but the captain shoots a laser at the snowman, leaving Baby Luigi crying. After Baby Luigi freezes the Shroobs, Baby Mario rebuilds him, ending the chapter.

Mario & Sonic series

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

In the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Snowmen appear during the adventure mode. If Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog interact with them, one of the Snowman's hats will reveal briefs about the characters, details about the location of each snow spirit, and occasionally hearts. Snowmen also serve as obstacles in the Dream Event Blazing Bobsleigh.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Snowmen appear as obstacles in Groove Pipe Snowboard in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, where they slowly move around the course and cause the player to be slowed down when hit, though are destroyed upon impact. In this game, the snowmen have hats and green cloaks featuring a star pattern and the Sochi 2014 logo.

Gallery

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  Mario Kart 64 sprite

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  Mario Kart: Super Circuit sprite

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  Super Princess Peach sprite

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  Mario Kart DS sprite

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  Super Mario Galaxy model

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  Snowman craft from Yoshi's Crafted World

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  Mario Kart Tour (DS DK Pass preview)

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  Mario Kart Tour (N64 Frappe Snowland preview)

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  Mario Kart Tour (badge)

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  Mario Kart Tour (badge)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ユキダルマ Yukidaruma スノーマン Sunōman	Snowman
Chinese	雪人 Xuěrén	Snowman
French	Bonhomme de neige	Snowman
German	Schneemann	Snowman
Italian	Pupazzi di neve	Snowman
Portuguese	Boneco de neve	Snowman
Spanish	Muñeco de nieve	Snowman