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Snow Bros. Nick & Tom

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Also known as
Snow Bros Jr. Snow Brothers スノーブラザーズ ニック&トム

A fixed-screen platformer where you trap enemies in snow, roll them into snowballs, and defeat all foes to advance.

Snow Bros. Nick & Tom was originally released in arcades in 1990, and the NES version was also released in 1990 by Capcom in Japan and Romstar in North America.

About Snow Bros. Nick & Tom

Snow Brothers is a fixed-screen platform game where players control two princes, Nick and Tom. Their objective is to rescue princesses who have been kidnapped by King Scorch, the antagonist who also transformed the princes.

The core mechanic involves using snow as a weapon against enemies on each of the fifty screens. Throwing snow at foes stuns them, and continued hits encase them in a snowball. These immobilized enemies can then be rolled into other adversaries to clear the level.

This method is essential for progression, as simply stunning enemies is temporary; they will thaw and become more aggressive if not dealt with. The snowballs created from trapped enemies are a challenging but necessary tool, representing the only effective means to defeat the level bosses.

Snow Bros. Nick & Tom Screenshots

10 images
Japanese title screen
Title screen
Story sequence introducing King Scorch.
The king thought the two princes were out of the picture.
Starting out in level 1.
Floor 2
Floor 3
The snow ball rolls across the floor
Boss stage coming up
The boss is really mean