<s>
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
With	I-Application
New	I-Application
Elves	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
platform	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
under	O
their	O
Hanafram	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
member	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
and	O
now-affiliate	O
of	O
Japanese	O
arcade	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
alongside	O
many	O
other	O
Toaplan	O
IPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
With	I-Application
New	I-Application
Elves	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
where	O
players	O
must	O
traverse	O
through	O
six	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
worlds	O
composed	O
of	O
multiple	O
stages	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
fought	O
before	O
progressing	O
any	O
further	O
to	O
ultimately	O
rescue	O
the	O
kidnapped	O
princess	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
fight	O
enemies	O
by	O
throwing	O
snow	O
at	O
them	O
enemies	O
until	O
it	O
is	O
completely	O
covered	O
and	O
turns	O
into	O
a	O
snowball	B-Language
,	O
while	O
partially	O
covered	O
enemies	O
in	O
snow	O
cannot	O
move	O
until	O
it	O
shakes	O
it	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
an	O
enemy	O
has	O
been	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
snowball	B-Language
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
roll	O
it	O
and	O
rebound	O
off	O
of	O
walls	O
until	O
eventually	O
shattering	O
against	O
a	O
wall	O
,	O
trapping	O
any	O
enemies	O
on	O
its	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
or	O
colliding	O
against	O
solid	O
stage	O
obstacles	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
life	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
penalty	O
of	O
decreasing	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
firepower	O
and	O
speed	O
to	O
his	O
original	O
state	O
and	O
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
the	O
players	O
insert	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
With	I-Application
New	I-Application
Elves	I-Application
served	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
projects	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
ceased	O
development	O
of	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
games	O
prior	O
to	O
their	O
closure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
With	I-Application
New	I-Application
Elves	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
April	O
1994	O
under	O
Toaplan	O
's	O
then-newly	O
formed	O
Hanafram	O
label	O
,	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
last	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
before	O
ceasing	O
operations	O
and	O
declaring	O
bankruptcy	O
on	O
March	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
With	I-Application
New	I-Application
Elves	I-Application
,	O
its	O
predecessor	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
IPs	O
from	O
Toaplan	O
are	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
company	O
named	O
after	O
Truxton	B-Application
's	O
Japanese	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
employee	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
now	O
affiliated	O
with	O
arcade	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
.	O
</s>
