Topic: The Nintendo Advent Calendar platformer is coming back after 15 years - Mission in Snowdriftland

Hi there,

First of all, this is not meant as and advertise thread, but as a place to talk and inform about the Nintendo advent calendar game "Mission in Snowdriftland", which was published 15 years ago. I hope there are many users who still know about this and are still active. In case there is something not in line with the rules, I ask the mods to contact me.

So does anyone remember the Nintendo advent calender platformer game called "Mission in Snowdriftland", which came out 15 years ago?

It was a marketing game presented by Nintendo in retro pixel art style and meant as a tribute to classic platformers like Super Mario. You played a little snowman called Chubby and could open a door of the calendar each day at Christmas time to play one level. At the end of each level you unlocked exclusive goodies like wallpapers, desktop icons, ringtones, etc.

As I am the designer of the game I am curious to know if there are people who still know about it or even played the game back then?

I thought beside a healthy discussion about the old times it might be interesting for many users who already played the original one and are still active on the forums to know that we're planning to bring it back this winter. Yes, 15 years after its first appearance, it's been a looong time Unfortunately it won't be on a Nintendo console for now, but on PC/Steam.

Here is a screenshot of the first level:

And is it ok if I post a link to the official website? I don't want to break any rules, so I better ask before.

However I really would like to hear your thoughts about the original game, in case you played it or even if you didn't

Oh yes I remember this, there was the Nick Robinson video about salvaging the lost media, and the plan to revive the game for Steam via Kickstarter campaign, that ended up being cancelled.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tons-of-bits/mission-in-...
Though the listing on Steam remains.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515200/Mission_in_Snowdri...
I learned about this from the Tinyletter service that was set up, but you've only sent out the single email back in February.

This is one I'm looking forward to actually, I like the idea of playing a level a day this upcoming Advent!
Closer to December, you would definitely do well to remind people about this, I'm keen to enjoy this even though I never experienced the original Flash game or website years ago.

Cool! There is actually a new kickstarter campaign which will start September 1st
Kickstarter Campaign

And you can play the first 3 levels in the free to play version already, if you want to get an impression how the game looks like:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1561750/Mission_in_Snowdri...

Though we improved the graphics and gameplay since this version, but it sure will give a good insight about the general look and feel.

@RupeeClock Oh and please, could you remove the newsletter link, as it is not active anymore. We don't want to confuse anyone

Brilliant, I'm set up to be notified when the new Kickstarter campaign will launch.

And sure, I've removed the newsletter link, though does this mean you're no longer notifying people who signed up to the old newsletter? This might mean you aren't reaching as many people as you could.

Actually we didn't plan to use the old newsetter, but it's a good point and wouldn't harm to do so

@boci
Yeah, though I was set up to be reminded about the first Kickstarter campaign nearer to its intended finish, it was cancelled before I was able to make a pledge, thus I wouldn't receive any notifications that any previous backers would've about a new campaign.

It would be a way to reach interested parties that missed the first campaign like myself, I have a habit of backing a campaign near the end for whatever reason.

I think you are already a member since a long time on this forum, right? If so, you might help me out: Is there a way to post images with tags or other ways, so I can show some of the original graphics and also new ones?

That's simple enough, these forums support common BBcode such as with square brackets ([ and ]).

The conventional use of IMG tags will do, but there's a sticky elsewhere in the forums that detail fuller instructions.
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/help/helpful_tips_for_for...

@RupeeClock Nice, thank you very much! I added a few images to the first post and might update it later with some more

@boci
Nintendo Life have covered Mission in Snowdriftland before, granted it was 11 years ago for the website's 2010 run.
If you reach out to Nintendo Life they might be interested in covering the relaunch of an old Nintendo memory, even if it's not destined for a Nintendo system.
Nintendo Life often cover things that are sentimentally related to Nintendo or might be in their reader's interests.

@RupeeClock Another good idea Thanks! I will reach out to them.

In case anyone is interested: Our Kickstarter campaign has just launched yesterday. There are also new details and graphics showing changes planned for the remaster.

Oh, and you can claim a Chubby plushie among other exclusive stuff

Kickstarter Campaign

The crowdfunding campaign is funded! The comeback of Mission in Snowdriftland is official now

However the campaign will still run until end of October, if you want to support us and unlock new content like minibosses.

Congratulations on reaching funding!
I'm looking forward to playing through this on the upcoming advent.

Thank you! I hope many players will play it the way it's meant to be, like an advent calendar

Update:
The minibosses stretch goal has been funded!

Here is the next stretch goal:

Mission in Snowdrifltand is available on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515200/Mission_in_Snowdri...