Snowboy


 * "Snowman" redirects here. For the character in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, see Snowman (New Leaf).

"YES!! Sweet, precious life! I've been perfectly molded! No complaints here!"

- Snowman

Snowboys (known as snowmen prior to ) are snowfolk in the. They can be built by the player by rolling two snowballs together. If built perfectly, they will give the player unique winter-themed items.

In
In, snowmen can be built from December 25 to February 17, and, if built perfectly, will mail the player an item from the Snowman Series the following day. Additionally, a furniture item can be obtained from Tortimer on Snow Day. If a snowman is walked into for around two seconds, it will fall apart. Otherwise, snowmen will stay where they are for several days until they melt.

In and
Snowmen appear in and  and act similar to their appearance in, mailing the player items from the Snowman Series if built perfectly. They can be built from December 10 to December 25. Additionally, the Snowman furniture item returns, though it is now obtained from the snowman himself. Unlike in, snowmen cannot be destroyed by running into them.

In
In, snowmen are now known as Snowboys, and alongside them are three new snowpeople: Snowmam, Snowman, and Snowtyke. Snowboys can be built from December 11 to February 25, and, like in previous games, Snowboys will mail the player an item from the Snowman Series if built perfectly. An imperfectly built Snowboy will comment that the player is so close to perfection, while a poorly built one will poke fun at the player for building him that way. A Snowboy has the same voice as a lazy villager.

Snowboys, as well as all other snowpeople, do not appear in dreams and cannot be called with a Megaphone.

In
Snowboys return in and are mostly identical to their previous appearances. When perfectly built, they give the player DIY recipes for items in the Frozen Series and a, or just a Large Snowflake if all the DIY recipes have been obtained. However, the first Snowboy that the player builds will give out a DIY recipe whether he is perfectly made or not. The player can also collect one Large Snowflake from each perfect Snowboy per day. Snowboys last for four days before completely melting.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Snowboy, alongside Snowman, Snowmam, and Snowtyke from, appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Name in Italics indicate PAL trophy name.

In Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8
Snowboys appear in the winter theme of the Animal Crossing course in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as obstacles that slow racers down if ran into.

Trivia

 * Although Snowboy does not appear in, a client icon for him exists in the game's data.