Editing Snowman

{{about|snowmen in general|other uses|[[Snowman (disambiguation)]]}}
{{distinguish|Snowboy}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:MK8 Asset Model Snowman.png|120px]]<br>Model of a snowman from ''Mario Kart 8''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|derived_subjects=[[Abominable Snowkoopa]]
|comparable=[[Barrel Buster]]<br>[[Bucket Head]]<br>[[Dr. Freezegood]]<br>[[Flurry]]<br>[[Ice Ankiron]]<br>[[Mr. Blizzard]]<br>[[Polar Bear (Wario World)|Polar Bear]]<br>[[Snawful]]<br>[[Snow Bomber]]<br>[[Snowman (enemy)]]<br>[[Yukimaru]]
|notable=[[Abominable Snowkoopa]]<br>[[Bleak]]<br>[[Headless Snowman]]<br>[[Snow King]]<br>[[Sorbetti]]
|collapsed=true
}}
In the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], '''snowmen''' appear as obstacles or as living creatures.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS'' ====
[[File:Snowman's Land.png|thumb|left|Snowman's Land]]
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], live snowmen inhabit cold climates, including [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]], more specifically as the [[Mr. Blizzard]] enemies, but not generic snowmen. There is also the [[Headless Snowman]], who must be fully assembled during one of the course's missions. Snowman's Land also has a large snowman with blue eyes and a pine tree on top.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
Snowmen in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' also lie in snow-themed areas, such as the backside of the icy planet in the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]] and the [[Snow Cap Galaxy]]. These snowmen have [[Star Bit]] features and orange hats, and are made up of two segments. It takes two fireballs from [[Fire Mario]] or Luigi to destroy them, with each destroying one segment. If the Star Bits have not already been collected via the cursor, they will scatter everywhere when it is destroyed.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Freezy Flake Sorbetti Battle.png|thumb|Sorbetti, the snowman-like boss of ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' the [[Freezy Flake Galaxy]] features [[snow sculpture]]s that resemble [[Goomba]]s, [[tree]]s, and [[Bowser]]. Also, a snowman-like boss, [[Sorbetti]], appears as the boss of the galaxy.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', snowmen in the likeness of [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] appear as background objects in snow-themed levels. As of the 3.0 update for the game, they also appear in Super Worlds. When a course icon is tapped on and held, some options appear which the player can use to customize how that course icon looks (give it a pool of water, replace it with a [[Galoomba]], etc.) If the player selects the option to put snow around it, a snowman resembling Mario also appears within the snow. When that course is cleared, the snowman's hat and scarf turn green, causing it to resemble [[Luigi]] instead.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', large snowmen appear on the giant snowball in [[Outmaway Valley]] as it rolls during the level's [[Wonder Effect]].

===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:MK64 FrappeSnowland.png|thumb|[[Toad]] speeding past snowmen in Frappe Snowland (''[[Mario Kart 64]]'')]]
Snowmen, named '''snowpeople''' in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'',<ref name="MKT">''Mario Kart Tour'' in-game name</ref> appear in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] series, most commonly as obstacles in snowscape courses such as {{classic-link|N64|Frappe Snowland}}, {{classic-link|GBA|Snow Land}}, {{classic-link|DS|DK Pass}}, [[Vancouver Velocity|Vancouver Velocity R]], [[Merry Mountain|Merry Mountain R/T]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', and Merry Mountain in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. Snowmen in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' are only part of the background in [[GCN Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]], but the course's iteration in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' include them as obstacles in the off-road segments that can be bumped into. Snowmen also appear in the battle course [[Sherbet Rink]] from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. Snowmen, if crashed into, commonly cause the player to be knocked backwards while dropping any items they have, but in ''Mario Kart Tour'', they slow racers without crashing them.

===''Diddy Kong Racing'' / ''Diddy Kong Racing DS''===
In ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and [[Diddy Kong Racing DS|its Nintendo DS remake]], snowmen are decorative obstacles similar to trees in [[Snowflake Mountain]], usually on hills where they can only be hit by the [[plane]]. Snowmen in the remake's optional touch challenge against [[Bluey the Walrus]] throw snowballs to attack.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:Snowmen.png|thumb|The Snowmen of Shiver Snowfield from ''Paper Mario'']]
Snowmen in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' act as the guards of the secret door to [[Shiver Mountain]] in the area of [[Shiver Snowfield]]. The only way to get past them is to bring them a [[scarf]] for the scarf-less snowman and a [[bucket (Paper Mario)|bucket]] for the hat-less snowman. After Mario does this, the snowmen thank Mario and open the door to [[Shiver Mountain]] for him. In addition, Mario will be able to receive items when he sleeps in the [[Toad House]] in [[Shiver City]] after he helps out these snowmen. [[Goombario]]'s tattle says, "''It's a snowman. There're so many of snowmen!{{sic}} They don't melt because it's cold here. The way they're standing...they remind me of gatekeepers.''"

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
A [[Bob-omb]] snowman, built by a Bob-omb named [[Gob]], makes a very minor appearance in [[Fahr Outpost]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.

===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', '''Snow Men'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' internal filename (<tt>ObjectData/SnowMan.arc</tt>)</ref> are decorated with bananas, a scarf, and a blue hat. Groups of appear in cold climate levels, such as [[Ice Warren]] and [[Aurora Glacier]], and upon noticing [[Donkey Kong]], the Snow Men shift their heads into his direction and attempt to block his path. Snow Men often remain in one position and stare at Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong can easily defeat a Snow Man by sliding into it or by using his [[Sound Wave Attack]]. Upon defeating one, Donkey Kong is rewarded with a [[banana]].

===''Super Princess Peach''===
Snowmen also appear in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', where they are dressed in an orange scarf with a matching beanie that both have white pom-poms on them. They appear in some of the levels of [[Gleam Glacier]], serving as merely harmless obstacles, and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] can destroy them by hitting them with [[Perry]] or melting them with the fire from her [[Rage]] [[vibe]]. Snowmen usually release [[coin]]s upon being destroyed. Some snowmen block doorways.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:IceFlowerBabyLuigiSMK36.jpg|thumb]]
In volume 36 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', a snowman first appears in the beginning of the chapter, where [[Baby Luigi]] finds a broken snowman and rebuilds it. It then saves the Mario Bros. by stopping a Shroob bomb from exploding, but the captain shoots a laser at the snowman, leaving Baby Luigi crying. After Baby Luigi freezes the Shroobs, [[Baby Mario]] rebuilds him, ending the chapter.
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===''Mario & Sonic'' series===
Snowmen appear in the {{wp|Winter Olympic Games}} installments of the [[Mario & Sonic (series)|''Mario & Sonic'' series]]. In the [[Nintendo DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', snowmen appear during the adventure mode, where if Mario or [[Sonic]] interact with a Snowman, its hat will either reveal a brief or occasionally a [[heart (item)|heart]]. The game also features snowmen as obstacles in the [[Dream Event]] [[Blazing Bobsleigh]]. In ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', Snowmen with hats and green cloaks with a star pattern and the Sochi 2014 logo are obstacles in [[Groove Pipe Snowboard]], where they slowly move around the course; hitting a snowman slows the player, but it also destroys the snowman.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', snowmen appear in [[A Little Light Snowfall]], being made of yarn with buttons for eyes and on their front. Yoshi can stand on a snowman. Even bigger snowmen appear in the level's secret areas, one of which has a hidden [[Winged Cloud]] behind it.

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
A snowman appears in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' as two crafts: one in [[Poochy's Tape Trail]] made from twisty tape with a pink hat on, and the other made of paper mâché with two twig arms on a polar bear-shaped iceberg in [[Slip-Slide Isle]]. It has a nose that is also made from a twig and its blue hat as described by the [[Blockafeller]] of [[Chilly-Hot Isles]] is made from a plastic bottle cap.

===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
[[File:PPS A Snow Flower on Ice snowman Ninja carpet.png|140px|right|thumb|One of the snowmen, with Peach, [[Stella]] and a [[Ninja (Princess Peach: Showtime!)|Ninja Theet]] standing behind it]]
The stage [[A Snow Flower on Ice]] in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' has a section where Peach must free three [[Dancer]] [[Theet]]s who are trapped in snow, two of which are trapped inside snowmen. The dancers inside the snowmen freeze audibly before Peach rescues them by using [[Sparkle]] on the snowmen.

===Unused appearances===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
[[File:PM3DS14.png|thumb|left|A snowman in a pre-release screenshot of ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'']]
[[List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content|Pre-release]] footage of ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' shows Mario walking by a snowman in a snow-themed level, though it is unknown if it can be interacted with or is merely aesthetic.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
MK64Snowman.png|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
MKSC Snowman.png|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
SnowmanDKJB.png|''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''
Snow Men DKJB.png|Three Snow Men in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''
SPP Snowman.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
MKDSSnowman.png|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
MKDS Snowman Course Icon.png|''Mario Kart DS'' (map icon)
SMG Asset Model Snowman.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
YMCcraft70.png|Snowman craft from ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''
MKT DK Pass Snowman.jpg|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
MKT Frappe Snowland Scene.jpg|''Mario Kart Tour''
MKT_316CB.png|''Mario Kart Tour'' (badge)
MKT_316GB.png|''Mario Kart Tour'' (badge)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ユキダルマ<ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/JPN/NKTJ/NKTJ_J.pdf|title=マリオカート64 (Mario Kāto Rokujūyon) instruction booklet|page=28|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=September 23, 2020}}</ref>
|JapR=Yukidaruma
|JapM=Snowman
|Jap2=ゆきだるま<ref name="MKT"/>
|Jap2R=Yukidaruma
|Jap2M=Snowman
|Jap3=スノーマン<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' Shogakukan book|language=Japanese|page={{file link|DKJB Shogakukan pages 170-171.jpg|171}}}}</ref>
|Jap3R=Sunōman
|Chi=雪人
|ChiR=Xuěrén
|ChiM=Snowman
|Fre=Bonhomme de neige
|FreM=Snowman
|Ger=Schneemann
|GerM=Snowman
|Ita=Pupazzo di neve
|ItaM=Snowman
|Kor=눈사람
|KorR=Nunsaram
|KorM=Snowman
|Por=Boneco de neve
|PorM=Snowman
|Spa=Muñeco de nieve
|SpaM=Snowman
}}

==References==
{{NIWA|Nookipedia=Snowboy}}

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