![]() ![]() After you have an upgrade, the same drink will give you an extra 5,000 points instead of an upgrade. The things that can be upgraded are your speed, range, and power. The upgrade system comes mainly in the form of 3 different beverages which give you a one-time upgrade until you die. 2 a lot of fun is getting upgrades for your characters. The platforming levels add a different kind of challenge to the game. 2, this is where the magic is at as the bonus point rewards are ASTRONOMICAL compared to the rest of the game. If you’re ultimately chasing high scores in Snow Bros. The faster that you get to the top of one of the these levels, the more bonus points you’ll be rewarded with to the tune of several hundred-thousand points. This provides a different kind of challenge that rewards players for speed, rather than trying to optimize a line of enemies to take out. The game consists of 6 worlds, but 2 of those worlds are actually vertical-scrolling platforming levels. 2 stand out against something similar like Bubble Bobble is that it changes up the formula in a couple of the worlds. Bonus points rain down when you defeat every enemy in one shot. This makes chasing down a high score interesting as it starts to really feel like it takes some skill to continue maximizing score. I feel like each time I play through a level after World 3, I feel a little overwhelmed with trying to survive the level rather than trying to optimize for killing as many enemies as possible with a single snowball. ![]() Early levels are easy to optimize for points, but things are much trickier as the game progresses, which is where the game is starting to become interesting for me. Each level has a static, predictable layouts and enemy placements. Something I really like about this game is I feel like I’ve got responsive control over my character at pretty much all times, which is an essential feature of a game where chasing high scores is the main point.Īt the end of the day, I’ve found myself chasing down high scores in Snow Bros. The player moves around at a quick pace and it feels good to be able to drop through floors (a feature missing in the original Snow Bros). ![]() The first that that makes this game stand out as something that’s worth your time is the fact that it actually feels great to play. 2: With New Elves is by no means a perfect game, but if you own an iiRcade, it’s one that’s worth adding to your library regardless. That being said, I’m glad a sequel exists. Based on my experience with both the arcade version and the NES version, I can’t imagine it was highly successful in the arcades. I’m not sure how either a sequel OR home ports of the original Snow Bros. 1 didn’t execute on that formula particularly well, which is probably why I’m genuinely surprised that the second one is actually enjoyable. It’s a standard issue, basic arcade formula. You also fight bosses every so often as well. When you clear all the enemies out of each single-screen stage, you move onto the next one. If you’re unfamiliar with Snow Bros., it’s essentially an arcade game where you’re throwing globs of snow at enemies to turn them into a giant snowball and then kicking the snowballed enemy into as many other enemies as possible. Other than being an obnoxiously expensive game to add to your NES or Mega Drive collection, they’re not worth writing home about. ![]() The original game and its NES port feel like clunky versions of Bubble Bobble. Honestly, if you would have told me 3 short months ago that I’d have something nice to say about anything related to Snow Bros., I wouldn’t have believed you. ![]()
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