Snowboy
- "YES!! Sweet, precious life! I've been perfectly molded! No complaints here!"
- — Snowman, Animal Crossing
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 Artwork of a Snowboy from Animal Crossing: New Leaf. | ||||||||
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| Snowfolk |  Male
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| Role | Snowman Series[nb 1] Frozen Series[nb 2] | |||||||
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Name in other languages
ゆきだるま
눈사람 Pallino Schnemil
雪哥哥
Yétiti Copito Sneeuwknul
雪哥哥 Yétiti Copito Снеговичок | ||||||||
Snowboys (known as snowmen prior to New Leaf) are snowfolk in the Animal Crossing series. They can be built by the player by rolling two snowballs together. If built perfectly, they will give the player unique winter-themed items.
Characteristics[edit]
Appearance[edit]
Snowboys are snowfolk, each one made of two snowballs, like their families. They have red noses almost shaped like triangles, big black circle dots for eyes, and small black circle dots for mouths.
Personality[edit]
Snowboys are usually grateful to anyone who builds them, a trait they share with their family. When built perfectly, they become conceited, constantly bragging about their perfect shape and form. When built near perfectly, they will briefly complain about their slight imperfection, but they will still overall be thankful. When built averagely, they will complain about the player's incompetence, and they will act with overall indifference. When built poorly, they will complain greatly and speak sarcastically, harshly criticizing the player's poor snowman-making abilities.
Appearances[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Animal Crossing, 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 Snowman 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 Wild World and City Folk[edit]
Snowmen appear in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk and act similar to their appearance in Animal Crossing, 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 Animal Crossing, snowmen cannot be destroyed by running into them.
In New Leaf[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, 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 New Horizons[edit]
Snowboys return in Animal Crossing: New Horizons 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 large snowflake, 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 Pocket Camp[edit]
In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, snowfall snowman is a special furniture that was available from December 26, 2019 to January 10, 2020. This furniture is obtainable by crafting and costs 
350 Leaf Tickets. When interacted with, it produces various dialogue spoken by the snowman.
Other appearances[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Snowboy, alongside Snowman, Snowmam, and Snowtyke from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
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Snowpeople
Snowman Family
| Description | NTSC-U: When winter finally settles in and snow covers the ground, you get the chance to build a new pal. If you keep rolling those snowballs and putting them together, eventually you'll have one of four friends: Snowman, Snowmam, Snowboy, or Snowtyke. Each one has a wintery surprise! PAL: When it snows, keep an eye out for a pair of snowballs on the ground. Roll them and roll them and roll them, and then put them together to make...a snowperson! It could be a Snowman, a Snowmam, a Snowboy or a Snowtyke. Each brings their own unique variety of wintery wonder! | |
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| Acquisition | Random | |
Name in Italics indicate PAL trophy name.
In Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8[edit]
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.
Gallery[edit]
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Trivia[edit]
- Although Snowboy does not appear in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, a client icon for him exists in the game's data.
Names in other languages[edit]
Snowman (pre-New Leaf)[edit]
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ゆきだるま Yukidaruma |
Snowman |
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雪人 (iQue) Xuěrén |
Snowman |
Snowboy[edit]
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ゆきだるま Yukidaruma |
Snowman |
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눈사람 Nunsalam |
Snowman |
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雪哥哥 Xuě Gēgē |
Brother Snow |
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雪哥哥 Unknown |
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Сноубой Snowboy |
Same as English name |
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Sneeuwknul | Snowboy |
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Schnemil | - |
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Copito | From copo, snowflake, and -ito, a diminutive suffix |
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Yétiti | From yéti, the abominable snowman, and -ti, a diminutive suffix |
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Pallino | From palla di neve, "snowball," and -ino, a male diminutive suffix |
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