The game’s title art

The game’s title art

Snow Bros is an old arcade game I don’t know much about. From what I can gather, it’s one of what I would call a “Bubble Bobble”-like; a level-based, one-screen game where you trap and punt enemies one way or another. In Bubble Bobble it’s with bubbles, in Snow Bros it’s snow. It’s a fun gameplay loop, these Bobble-likes.

There’s a lot of characters here

There’s a lot of characters here

This game appears to be an improved remaster of Snow Bros 2 which came out for arcades in 1994. There seem to be a lot of unlockables here in the way of characters, all with redone portraits. I say redone, because this game lets you use the “original” portraits, which are uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The unfortunate original portraits

The unfortunate original portraits

The remaster was sharp and the game seems fine, as I guess the original arcade game was. It’s fun but it’s “just” Snow Bros. At least from what the demo had to tell.

The actual game

The actual game

As of writing (2024-11-09), Snow Bros 2. SPECIAL is still only available as a demo.