Snow Bowl
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| “ | Snow day! Transform into a giant snowball and bowl down foes! Roll them up and crash into a wall for an ice-cold strike! | ” | — Pause Menu description |
Snow Bowl is a Super Ability available in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, obtained by defeating a Super Chilly. By gaining the ability, Kirby gains a hat resembling a soft ice cream cone with a large crystal pattern and a star on the front.
Moveset
Upon use, Kirby transforms into a large snowball, which can roll around and jump.
By giving the Wiimote a shake, the snowball gains a burst of speed and careens across the stage, instantly defeating any enemy in the way and destroying star-marked terrain and objects.
Once the snowball hits a wall or runs out of steam, or the unknown reader presses 1, it bursts, sending the previously-defeated enemies scattering and freezing any others that happen to be nearby.
| Snow Bowl's Moveset | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Skill | Button Execution | ||
| Snow Bowl | 1 | ||
| Snow Attack | Shake Wii Remote during Snow Bowl | ||
| Jump | 2 during Snow Bowl | ||
| Snow Crash | Snow Bowl + 1 or Snow Attack + hit wall | ||
Trivia
- Snow Bowl and Monster Flame are the only Super Abilities that don't have the normal counterpart's name in them.
- Snow Bowl and Ultra Sword are the only Super Abilities whose names don't have any change in the English localization.
- Snow Bowl is the only Super Ability not used by Magolor Soul. He adds an ice element to his Grand Hammer attack, however.
- An almost identical ability exists in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, known colloquially as Ice-Ice. That ability is a Power Combo of two Ice abilities that similarly turned Kirby into a snowball and rolled him across the stage, catching enemies, then blowing up with them.
Gallery
- Snow Bowl Get.jpg
Kirby acquires the Snow Bowl ability.
- Snow Bowl Ready.jpg
Using Snow Bowl, about to bowl down a row of Waddle Dees.
- Snow Bowl Using.jpg
Snow Bowl.
- Snow Bowl Burst.jpg
Snow Crash.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スノーボウル Sunō Bouru |
Snow Bowl |
| German | Schneeball | Snowball |
