Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Blizzard appears as a recurring character in the Mario series.

Character description
Mr. Blizzard resembles a snowman that can be found in cold and frigid areas. Mr. Blizzard traditional appearance is a snowman that contains two black eyes and a mouth, black bottoms across his stomach, and usually has a stick arm with a mitten at the end of it. Mr. Blizzards can also be seen with a bucket for a hat. Mr. Blizzard made his debut as an enemy in Super Mario 64. Mr. Blizzard appeared in the ice courses and tosses snowballs at Mario when he approaches one of them. Mario can destroy a Mr. Blizzard by running around them when one is staring at him. They will then spin out and vanish, leaving behind a few coins. Mr. Blizzards can also be found hopping on bridges, in which they cannot be destroyed at all.

Mr. Blizzard has also appeared as an enemy in other Mario games. He appears as an obstacle in Mario Kart DS and causes other characters to spin out when they make contact with one of them.

Mario Party series
Mr. Blizzard appears as a non-playable character in the Mario Party series. His biggest role in the Mario Party series was in the form of a capsule. He has also appeared in several mini-games.

Mr. Blizzard appears as a collectable capsule in Mario Party 5. When a character throws a Mr. Blizzard capsule on the board, any character that lands on the trap space will be crushed by Mr. Blizzard. They will then lose all their capsules. Mr. Blizzard also appears as an orb in Mario Party 6 and Mario Party 7. His role in these games are similar to his role as a capsule in Mario Party 5, except he does not affect the character that throws the orb on the board. Mr. Blizzard's appearance also slightly changes in these games.

Mr. Blizzard appears as a partner in Mario Party 3's Duel Mode. Mr. Blizzard does not appear as a partner with the playable characters, but he can be chosen through the partner picking machine. Mr. Blizzard attacks by throwing a snowball at the enemy in front of him. He has a weak attack but has an abundant amount of health. He also appears in the mini-game Mr. Blizzard's Brigade in Mario Party 4, where the characters must avoid the snowballs that the various Mr. Blizzards toss in the rink.