Snow Guy
| Snow Guy | |
|---|---|
 Sprite fromYoshi's Story | |
| First appearance | Yoshi's Story (1997) |
| Latest appearance | Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) |
| Variant of | Shy Guy |
Snow Guys, also known just asShy Guys,[1] are mountain-dwellingShy Guys with earmuffs and gloves that inhabitPoochy & Nippy inYoshi's Story. Their role is to firesnowballs at theBaby Yoshis from the background of thelevel, where they cannot be defeated. They come in red, yellow, green, and blue.
Snow Guys reappear inYoshi's Woolly World andPoochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. They have a new design where their robes are a parka similarly to theIce Snifits introduced in the same games. Snow Guys appear only inA Little Light Snowfall. These enemies appear in the main plane instead of in the background, so aYoshi can interact with them now. They can be defeated identically to a normal Shy Guy. There are two types of Snow Guy. Both stand in place, creating and throwing snowballs. In either case, once they create a snowball they are required to throw it. This happens even if Yoshi eats their snowball while it is still in their hands, resulting in the Snow Guy throwing nothing. They always turn left or right to match where a Yoshi is. Snow Guys of random colors always throw their snowballs straight ahead in the direction they are facing. White Snow Guys only appear in rooms accessed byWarp Pipes and in aMega Yoshi section. They instead throw their snowballs directly at a Yoshi.
Gallery[edit]
Holiday-themed promotional artwork forYoshi's Story
A group of Snow Guys inYoshi's Story
A Snow Guy in a Christmas promotional wallpaper
A Snow Guy inYoshi's Woolly World
Two Snow Guys inYoshi's Woolly World
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゆきだまヘイホー[2][3] Yukidama Heihō | Snowball Shy Guy | |
| French(Canadian) | Maskache des neiges[?] | Snow Shy Guy | |
| French(European) | Masglaglass[4] | Portmanteau ofMaskass ("Shy guy"), and a pun betweenglagla (onomatopoeia for shivering) andglace ("ice") | |
| German | Schnee Guy[?] | Snow Guy | |
| Italian | Tipo Nevoso[?] | Snowy Guy | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Guy aterido[5] | Chilled Guy | |
| Spanish(European) | Esquiguy[?] | Ski Guy |
References[edit]
- ^Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998).Yoshi's Story Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (English). Page 64. Retrieved March 27, 2022 from Internet Archive.
- ^アルス(liaoallen) (August 2, 2015).ヨッシー ウールワールド - 敵をみる おもいでシアター (全73種) (02:49).YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^1998.「ヨッシー全百科」 (Yoshi Hyakka).Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-281158-6. Page 98. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from Internet Archive.
- ^marye43 (September 27, 2015).Scrapbook Theater enemy and music names in the European French localization ofYoshi's Woolly World.jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023. (Archived June 8, 2025, 21:25:24 UTC via archive.today[deprecated link].)[better source needed]
- ^Carpa de los recuerdos (3 Feb. 2017).Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World byGood-Feel.Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
