Snow Pokey

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Snow Pokey
A Snow Pokey from Super Mario 3D World.
Artwork from Super Mario 3D World
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)
Variant of Pokey
Relatives
“The Snow theme turns Pokey into a snowman! Step on one, and you're in for a snowy surprise.”
Narrator, Super Mario Maker 2 - A Legendary Update - Nintendo Switch

Snow Pokeys are enemies that debut in Super Mario 3D World. They are snowman-like Pokeys with icicle-like spikes on their body, a red pail acting as a hat, and a carrot for a nose.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Screenshot of the playable characters and a Snow Pokey in Snowball Park in Super Mario 3D World; there are no mountains in the background as in the final game
Snow Pokeys in Snowball Park

In Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Snow Pokeys appear in Snowball Park and Peepa's Fog Bog, and three of them serve as the second wave of enemies in Mystery House Brawl. When a Snow Pokey catches sight of the player, it will begin to move towards them. A Snow Pokey can be defeated by hitting its head with a projectile or swiping it with the Tanooki Suit. The segments of the Snow Pokey will turn into snowballs, which can be carried and thrown. If a Snow Pokey is hit with fireballs, snowballs will not appear. Furthermore, a Snow Pokey's segments can be knocked out by tapping them with the Wii U GamePad. If a Snow Pokey's head is tapped when all other segments have been knocked out, it will be defeated. If its head is tapped any time before this, its pail hat will fall off.

Cat Snow Pokeys[1] appear in the Bowser's Fury campaign in Crisp Climb Castle, acting the same way as they do in Super Mario 3D World.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Snow Pokeys reappear in Super Mario Maker 2, taking the role of regular Pokeys in snow-themed levels, except they can be jumped on, which reduces them to a single snowball. In addition to retaining their original appearance in the Super Mario 3D World style, as well as in the New Super Mario Bros. U style, they receive new designs in the other three styles. In the Super Mario Bros. style, they wear yellow hard hats instead of the red pail; in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style, they wear red knit caps; and in the Super Mario World style, they wear red bobble caps.

Mario Golf: Super Rush[edit]

Snow Pokeys appear in Mario Golf: Super Rush where they act as obstacles in Blustery Basin and Bowser Highlands during the Golf Adventure mode.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, Snow Pokeys appear on the route between Boo Cinema and Starview Peak. They stand in place and oscillate.[2] When defeated, their segments stay on the track for a short time.

Other appearances[edit]

Although not directly analogous to Snow Pokeys, Snomaul, a snowy variant of Pokey, appears in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and can be summoned as an Echo. Unlike Snow Pokeys, it can regrow lost snowballs.

Gallery[edit]

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 with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.

Snow Pokey[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スノーサンボ[3][4]
Sunō Sanbo
Snow Pokey
Chinese (simplified) 雪刺球丸子[4]
Xuě Cìqiúwánzi (Mandarin)
Syut Chikàuh'yúnjí (Cantonese)
Snow Pokey
Chinese (traditional) 雪刺球丸子[4]
Xuě Cìqiúwánzi (Mandarin)
Syut Chikàuh'yúnjí (Cantonese)
Snow Pokey
Dutch Snow Pokey[5][4] -
French (NOA) Pokey des neiges[4] Snow Pokey
French (NOE) Pokey des neiges[6][4] Snow Pokey
Pokey de neige[7] Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
German Schnee-Pokey[8][9][4] Snow Pokey
Italian Nevibruco[10][4] Portmanteau between neve ("snow") and Marghibruco ("Pokey")
Korean 스노선인[4]
Seuno Seon'in
Snow Pokey
Portuguese (NOA) Cactubola Polar[11] Polar Pokey
Portuguese (NOE) Catubola Polar[12][13] Polar Pokey
Russian Снежный поки[14][4]
Snezhnyy poki
Snow pokey
Spanish Pokey PolarA[15][16][4][17] Polar Pokey

A - This name was lowercased as "pokey polar" in Latin American localizations from 2012 to 2019.[4]

Cat Snow Pokey[edit]

"Cat Snow Pokey"[1] refers to the type of Snow Pokey found around Lake Lapcat in Bowser's Fury.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ネコスノーサンボ[18]
Neko Sunō Sanbo
Cat Snow Pokey; comparable to「ネコマリオ」(Neko Mario, "Cat Mario")

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Tris Valbuena (April 6, 2025). NEW Mario Kart World Gameplay! (Switch 2 Experience Demo). YouTube. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" 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). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 226.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l In-game name from Super Mario Maker 2 (stored internally under ReferenceMsg/PartsIconName/Sambo_snow).
  5. ^ Nintendo Nederland (24 Dec. 2015). De Kat-Mario-show - Aflevering 22 (8:06). YouTube (Dutch).
  6. ^ Nintendo France (24 Dec. 2015). Le show de Mario chat - Épisode 22 (8:19). YouTube (French).
  7. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 226.
  8. ^ Nintendo DE (24 Dec. 2015). Die Katzen-Mario-Show - Folge 22 (8:10). YouTube (German).
  9. ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 226.
  10. ^ NintendoItalia (24 Dec. 2015). Il Mario Gatto Show - Episodio 22 (8:24). YouTube (Italian).
  11. ^ "Pegue moedas azuis entre os Cactubolas Polares!" – Mission description (5 June 2025). Mario Kart World by Nintendo EPD. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese).
  12. ^ Nintendo Portugal (24 Dec. 2015). O Programa do Mario Gato - Episódio 22 (8:35). YouTube (European Portuguese).
  13. ^ «Apanha moedas azuis entre os Catubolas Polares!» – Mission description (5 June 2025). Mario Kart World by Nintendo EPD. Nintendo (European Portuguese).
  14. ^ Nintendo Россия (24 Dec. 2015). В гостях у Марио-кота — Серия 22 (8:37). YouTube (Russian). (Archived 3 Dec. 2023 via Nintendo Россия Archive.)
  15. ^ Nintendo España (24 Dec. 2015). El Show de Mario Felino - Episodio 22 (8:08). YouTube (European Spanish).
  16. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 226.
  17. ^ "¡Obtén las monedas entre los Pokeys Polares!" – Mission description (5 June 2025). Mario Kart World by Nintendo EPD. Nintendo (Latin American Spanish).
  18. ^ 2025. スーパーマリオ 3Dワールド+フューリーワールド. Mario Portal (Japanese). Retrieved 7 Apr. 2025. (Archived January 26, 2025, 14:03:19 UTC via Wayback Machine.)