Snow sculpture

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Snow sculpture
Squared screenshot of a Goomba-shaped snow sculpture from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy 2
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

Snow sculptures,[1] also known as ice statues[2], ice sculptures[2], or snowmen,[3] are destructible objects in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They are sculpted snow found in some snow-themed galaxies, functioning similarly to the snowmen in Super Mario Galaxy and ice blocks in Super Mario Galaxy 2. In both games, Mario or Luigi can melt snow sculptures with fireballs while in their Fire forms. In Super Mario Galaxy 2, they also fall apart when struck by Mario or Luigi in their Rock forms. They are otherwise typically unbreakable.

Within the first game, snow sculptures only appear in Snow Cap Galaxy, in which they resemble mushrooms or corks and can be stood on. Each one contains a coin. In the second game, they prominently appear in Freezy Flake Galaxy in the shape of Goombas, trees, and Bowser. Amongst these snow sculptures are a Launch Star, a warp pipe, and Yellow Star Chips. Most fall apart with one strike, but the large Bowser statues need to be struck three times to be destroyed. In the mission Bowser on Ice, the Bowser statue on the final planet contains a Power Star. Snow sculptures appear during the the battle with Sorbetti that disrupt the boss's course, but fall apart once struck by it or if hit by spin. The removal of the statues make it more challenging to avoid Sorbetti.

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Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy SnowBlockA SnowBlockA Snow Block
Super Mario Galaxy 2 SnowDollKoopa SnowDollKoopa Bowser Snow Doll
Super Mario Galaxy 2 SnowDollKuribo SnowDollKuribo Goomba Snow Doll
Super Mario Galaxy 2 SnowMoundL SnowMoundL Snow Mound (tree-shaped snow sculptures)

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クッパ雪像[4]
Kuppa setsuzō
Bowser Snow Statue

References

  1. ^ "Those weird snow sculptures give me the creeps! I'm too scared to leave my house... Boiyoing..." – Star Bunny. "Bowser on Ice", Super Mario Galaxy 2, by Nintendo EAD Tokyo, directed by Koichi Hayashida, North American Localization, Nintendo of America, 23 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Browne, Catherine. Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville, Prima Games, 2010, p. 127.
  3. ^ Browne, p. 129.
  4. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.『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』[Japanese source]. Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2015. p. 169.