Snow Guy
| Snow Guy | |
|---|---|
 Sprite from Yoshi'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 as Shy Guys,[1] are mountain-dwelling Shy Guys with earmuffs and gloves that inhabit Poochy & Nippy in Yoshi's Story. Their role is to fire snowballs at the Baby Yoshis from the background of the level, where they cannot be defeated. They come in red, yellow, green, and blue.
Snow Guys reappear in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. They have a new design where their robes are a parka similarly to the Ice Snifits introduced in the same games. Snow Guys appear only in A Little Light Snowfall. These enemies appear in the main plane instead of in the background, so a Yoshi 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 by Warp Pipes and in a Mega Yoshi section. They instead throw their snowballs directly at a Yoshi.
Gallery
Holiday-themed promotional artwork for Yoshi's Story
A group of Snow Guys in Yoshi's Story
A Snow Guy in a Christmas promotional wallpaper
A Snow Guy in Yoshi's Woolly World
Two Snow Guys in Yoshi's Woolly World
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゆきだまヘイホー[2][3] Yukidama Heihō |
Snowball Shy Guy | |
| French (NOA) | Maskache des neiges[?] | Snow Shy Guy | |
| French (NOE) | Masglaglass[4] | Portmanteau of Maskass ("Shy guy"), and a pun between glagla (onomatopoeia for shivering) and glace ("ice") | |
| German | Schnee Guy[?] | Snow Guy | |
| Italian | Tipo Nevoso[?] | Snowy Guy | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Guy aterido[?] | Chilled Guy | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Esquiguy[?] | Ski Guy |
References
- ^ 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). ISBN 4-09-281158-6. Page 98. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from Internet Archive.
- ^ marye43 (September 27, 2015). Scrapbook Theater enemy and music names in the European French localization of Yoshi's Woolly World. jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023. (Archived June 8, 2025, 21:25:24 UTC via archive.today.)[better source needed]
