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In this Gameboy conversion of the hit Toaplan coin-op, the player is cast as a petite snowman, out to deal frozen water-related death to a number of evil beings who have infested his platform domain.

The action is displayed in a very similar style to Taito's Bubble Bobble. The Snow Brother (in the arcade version, simultaneous two-player action was the order of the day, but only one player is available in this Gameboy version) takes to the platform environment with his aim being to dispose of all of the villains on the screen.

This is achieved by throwing snowballs at them until they change into a large snowball. This can then be rolled to the bottom of the screen, taking out any sprites who get in the way. Once all of the bad guys have been dealt with, the Snow Brother is automatically teleported to the next screen where the carnage continues.

At the end of every ten levels, a massive guardian is lying in wait to do away with the defenceless Snow Brother. These ginormous bosses can be disposed of by chucking snow at them. The boss responds by throwing tiny sprites at you. Snow these up and roll them at the boss for the best effect!

The only problem that this game has is that it's too easy. The graphics are spot-on, the sound is great, and the gameplay is highly addictive... for a while.

Sadly, the challenge is lacking, and it only takes a few games before you finish it.

Snow Bros. Jnr. is an entertaining platform game successfully captures the action of the arcade original. The graphics and sound are also pretty close, but the gameplay suffers in that it's far too easy.

Fans of the arcade should have a look. Others should leave this alone.