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Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves

Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves[a]is a 1994platformarcadevideo gamedeveloped and published byToaplanunder their Hanafram label.[2][3][4]One of the last games to be created by Toaplan, it is the sequel toSnow Bros.,which was released earlier in 1990 on multipleplatforms.In the game, players assume the role of one of the playable characters to rescue a kidnappedprincessfrom captivity.

Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves
Developer(s)Toaplan
Publisher(s)Hanafram
Composer(s)Osamu Ōta(uncredited)
Ryūichi Yabuki(uncredited)
SeriesSnow Bros.
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
  • WW:April 1994[1]
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player,multiplayer

As of 2019, the rights to the title is owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia alongside many other ToaplanIPs.

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot
See also:Snow Bros. § Gameplay

Like its predecessor,Snow Bros. 2: With New Elvesis a platform game similar toBubble Bobblewhere players must traverse through six increasingly difficult worlds composed of multiple stages, each with abossat the end that must be fought before progressing any further to ultimately rescue the kidnapped princess as the main objective.[5]Players fight enemies by throwingsnowat them enemies until it is completely covered and turns into asnowball,while partially covered enemies in snow cannot move until it shakes it off. 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.

A new addition are three new playable characters, each with their own method of dispatching enemies from the playfield, however thesnowmanNick was omitted in the sequel.[5]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 life, in addition of immediately advancing to the next stage. 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. If a single player is downed, their character is immediatelyrespawned.Getting hit by enemy fire or colliding against solid stage obstacles will result in losing a life, as well as a penalty of decreasing the characters'firepowerand speed to his original state and once all lives are lost, thegame is overunless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine tocontinueplaying.

Development and release

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Snow Bros. 2: With New Elvesserved as one of the final projects to be developed by Toaplan, as the company ceased development ofshoot 'em upgames prior to their closure.[6][7]Thesoundtrackwas co-composed by Osamu Ōta and Ryūichi Yabuki, although neither are credited as such in the game.[8]According toJunya Inoue,the project was developed by then-freshman members at Toaplan.[9]

Snow Bros. 2: With New Elveswas 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 declaringbankruptcyon March of the same year.[2][10][11]According to Japanese websiteInstitute of Game Culture Conservation,the game was distributed in low numbers.[12]Prior to launch, the title was first showcased to the public in a playable state at the 1994AOU Show.[13][14][15][16][17]On 25 April 2018, an album containing music from the title, as well as its predecessor's soundtrack was published exclusively in Japan byCity Connectionunder their Clarice Disk label.[8]

Legacy

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In more recent years, the rights toSnow Bros. 2: With New Elves,its predecessor and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named afterTruxton's Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by former Toaplan employee Masahiro Yuge, who are now affiliated with arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia.[18][19][20][21][22]

A remake of the game titledSnow Bros. 2 Specialis currently being developed by CRT Games and is planned to be released on both the PC andNintendo Switch.[23][24]

Notes

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  1. ^Also known asOtenki Paradise: Snow Bros. 2(Japanese:おてんきパラダイス・スノーブラザーズ２,Hepburn:Otenki Paradaisu - Sunō Burazāzu 2)in Japan.

References

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  1. ^Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006).Đông á プラン (Toa Plan)(in Japanese) (1st ed.).Amusement News Agency.p. 50.ISBN978-4990251215.{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)
  2. ^ab"Be Mega AM Network".Beep! Mega Drive(in Japanese). No. 55.SoftBank Creative.April 1994. pp.30–31.
  3. ^"Arcades - News•Previews: Snow Bros 2 (Toaplan)".Joypad(in French). No. 30.Yellow Media.April 1994. p. 26.
  4. ^"Thiệu giới - おてんきパラダイス".Gamest(in Japanese). No. 114.Shinseisha.15 May 1994. p. 189.
  5. ^ab"おてんきパラダイス"(in Japanese). Shooting Star.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2018.Retrieved24 November2019.
  6. ^Iona; VHS; K-HEX (June 2009). "Đông á プラン FOREVER".Floor 25(in Japanese). Vol. 9. pp.1–70.(Translationby Gamengai.Archived2020-10-10 at theWayback Machine).
  7. ^"Đông á プラン シューティングクロニクル đặc thiết ページ".SweepRecord(in Japanese). SuperSweep. 27 October 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 15 February 2020.Retrieved15 February2020.(Translationby Shmuplations.Archived2019-10-02 at theWayback Machine).
  8. ^ab"CDST-10064 | Toaplan ARCADE SOUND DIGITAL COLLECTION Vol.5".vgmdb.net.VGMdb.Archivedfrom the original on 17 November 2019.Retrieved24 November2019.
  9. ^"Tỉnh thượng thuần tai - “エスプレイド” “ぐわんげ” を sang った nam ".Continue(in Japanese). Vol. 6.Ohta Publishing.September 2002.ISBN978-4872337006.(Translationby Gamengai.Archived2019-11-22 at theWayback Machine.Transcriptionby Gaijin Punch.Archived2006-07-10 at theWayback Machine).
  10. ^"Overseas Readers Column - Toaplan Goes Bust".Game Machine(in Japanese). No. 472.Amusement Press, Inc.15 May 1994. p. 26.
  11. ^Lambie, Ryan (21 June 2018)."Toaplan: the rise and fall of Japan's greatest shooting game company".Den of Geek.Archivedfrom the original on 21 June 2018.Retrieved24 November2019.
  12. ^Komise (8 August 2019)."シューティングのトップメーカーが thủ がけた cố định họa diện アクションゲーム『スノーブラザーズ』"(in Japanese). Institute of Game Culture Conservation.Archivedfrom the original on 14 December 2019.
  13. ^"'94 AOUショー thiệu giới - おてんきパラダイス ".Gamest(in Japanese). No. 110.Shinseisha.19 March 1994. p. 87.
  14. ^"AOU TV - おてんきパラダイス ( đông á プラン)".Game Machine(in Japanese). No. 469.Amusement Press, Inc.1 April 1994. pp.10–11.
  15. ^Kaida, Kiyotaka (April 1994)."Super Soft Hot Information: アーケードゲーム (Arcade Game) - AOUショー chủ な xuất triển ビデオゲームリスト".Micom BASIC Magazine(in Japanese). No. 142.The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation.p. 296.
  16. ^"'94 AOUショー レポート - おてんきパラダイス ".Gamest(in Japanese). No. 113.Shinseisha.May 1994. p. 67.
  17. ^"'94 AOUショー thiệu giới - おてんきパラダイス ".Gamest(in Japanese). No. 113.Shinseisha.May 1994. p. 184.
  18. ^"ライセンス sự nghiệp"(in Japanese). TATSUJIN Co., Ltd. 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 25 December 2018.Retrieved25 November2019.
  19. ^Bravo, Roberto (12 September 2018)."Nueva compañía" Tatsujin "asegura tener gran parte de las IPs de la extinta Toaplan"(in Spanish). Gamercafe.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2019.Retrieved25 November2019.
  20. ^"Tatsujin".exA-Arcadia. 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2019.Retrieved25 November2019.
  21. ^Bravo, Roberto (25 January 2019)."Tatsujin, los dueños de Toaplan, anuncian que están trabajando para exA-Arcadia"(in Spanish). Gamercafe.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2019.Retrieved25 November2019.
  22. ^"［JAEPO2019］TATSUJINやナツメアタリの tham nhập が phát biểu されたexA-Arcadia. Xuất triển コーナーの mô dạng を thiệu giới".4Gamer.net(in Japanese). Aetas Inc. 26 January 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2019.Retrieved25 November2019.
  23. ^"『SNOW BROS. 2 SPECIAL』の chế tác とグローバルパブリッシング khế ước をグラビティとCRT GAMESが đế kết - điện kích オンライン".dengekionline.com.Retrieved26 December2024.
  24. ^"Snow Bros. 2 Special launches in 2024 for Switch, PC".19 July 2024.
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