Headless Snowman
| Headless Snowman | |
|---|---|
 Model fromSuper Mario 64 | |
| Species | Snowman |
| First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
- “I need a good head on my shoulders. Doyou know of anybody in need of a good body? Please! I'll follow you if you do!”
- —Headless Snowman,Super Mario 64
TheHeadless Snowman, or simplySnowman,[1] is acharacter inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. He is asnowman who lives onCool, Cool Mountain, and he is the focus of themission "Snowman's Lost His Head." The Headless Snowman's head is located on a pedestal around the halfway mark of the mountain, while his body (a snowball with a mind of its own) is on a pedestal near the start of thelevel during that mission. The player character can assist the snowman head (who is looking for nearby headhunters) by rolling down the snowball fit to be the Headless Snowman's new body. The snowball takes away two health points if it rolls into the character. If the player is not by the head while the body starts rolling towards it, it misses its target and falls off the stage, leaving no choice but for the player to restart the mission. If the player character is by the snowman's head, the body runs into the head and completes the snowman itself, who then rewards the mission'sPower Star. Afterwards, the snowman remains with a full body in one spot during every mission, unless "Snowman's Lost His Head" is restarted. If the game is finished without completing said mission, the Headless Snowman's body does not appear in the ending.
Exclusively inSuper Mario 64 DS, the Headless Snowman has facial expressions. Without the rest of his body, the Headless Snowman has a sad face, but when he gets his body back, the Headless Snowman gets a smile. He also appears in the minigameSnowball Slalom (andGiant Snowball Slalom) in that same game and in theNew Super Mario Bros. version of thatminigame.
Quotes[edit]
- “Oooooh nooooo! Talk about out-of-body experiences--my body has melted away! Have you run in to[sic] any headhunters lately?? I could sure use a new body! Brrr! My face might freeze like this!”
- —Headless Snowman (without body),Super Mario 64
- “Perfect! What a great new body! Here--this is a present for you. It's sure to warm you up.”
- —Headless Snowman (whole body),Super Mario 64
Gallery[edit]
Texture on the pedestal fromSuper Mario 64
Screenshot fromSuper Mario 64
Head model fromSuper Mario 64
Body model fromSuper Mario 64
Screenshot fromSuper Mario 64 DS
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "Notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゆきダルマ[2][3][4] Yukidaruma | Snowman | |
| 雪ダルマ[5] Yukidaruma | |||
| Chinese(Simplified) | 雪人[2][4] Xuěrén | Snowman | |
| French | Bonhomme de neige[2][6][4] | Snowman | |
| German | Schneemann[2][7][4] | Snowman | |
| Italian | Pupazzo di neve[8] | Snowman | |
| Pupazzo di neve gigante[9] | Giant snowman | Super Mario 64 | |
| Korean | 눈사람[4] Nunsalam | Snowman | |
| Spanish(European) | Muñeco de nieve[4][10] | Snowman |
Notes[edit]
- Although the Headless Snowman is a minor character in his few appearances, he received some publicity in the form of aNintendo Power joke published around the time of the main circulation of the"L is Real 2401"Super Mario 64 rumors. In Volume 107 ofNintendo Power, a "Luigi 64" article is present, whereNintendo states thatLuigi fans had been campaigning to have the character in his very own game, and the company's response was to create a hoax upcoming game known asHeadless Snowman 64. This game was apparently to be made to satisfy fans of the "second bananas" by featuring a cast of both well-known and obscure characters (that were not Luigi), fromSamus to "random audience members fromSuper Punch-Out!!" to the Headless Snowman himself. Additionally, the game would supposedly contain some non-Nintendo characters such as "one of the civilian women inGoldenEye 007" (in the mistaken belief that her name is Luigi), "that bald guy fromBlast Corps," and "the bikini woman inCruis'n USA." Yet, this never-made game was not going to feature Luigi.
References[edit]
- ^January 1997.Nintendo Power volume 92.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 64.
- ^abcdIn-game name for "Snowman's Lost His Head" fromSuper Mario 64.
- ^Naoto, Yamamoto, Takashima Toshihiro, Sone Takeshi, Murata Norio, and Yamada Masahiko, editors (12 Jul. 1996). 『スーパーマリオ64ファンタスティック
攻 略 ブック』.Tokuma Shoten (Japanese). Page 19. (Archived 20 Jul. 2023 via Gaming Alexandria.) Supplemental forFamimaga 64, no. 1. - ^abcdefIn-game name for "Snowman's Lost His Head" fromSuper Mario 64 DS.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 64" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 85.
- ^Huyghues-Lacour, Alain, and Jean-Pierre Labro, editors (1997). "Super Mario 64" inle Nintendo Magazine officiel, no. 1.Emap-Alpha (French). Page 89.
- ^Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997).Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 34.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 85.
- ^Roberto Ferri (April 1999).Official Nintendo Magazine issue 6. Milan:Xenia Edizione S. r. L. (Italian). Page 72.
- ^Guías Nintendo (2007).Snowman´s lost his head (Muñeco de nieve sin cabeza).Guía Super Mario 64 (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:16:14 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
