Counting sno-bees

One thing I’ve occasionally wondered about this game is exactly how many sno-bees there are.

And if you have too, wonder no more!

During a recent game, I asked my playing partners (who were actually just watching to kill time before a film) to do a count. That is, to count the unhatched sno-bees at the start of each Act as they are all momentarily lined up at the top of the screen getting ready to hatch.

After a couple of times through the full 16 Acts just to confirm their calculations (which they performed most diligently, knowing I'd be writing about it here), I can report that the numbers are as follows:

Act 1 - 6
Act 2 - 6
Act 3 - 8
Act 4 - 8
Act 5 - 8
Act 6 - 8
Act 7 - 8
Act 8 - 10
Act 9 - 10
Act 10 - 10
Act 11 - 10
Act 12 - 12
Act 13 - 12
Act 14 - 12
Act 15 - 12
Act 16 - 12

Total - 152

Which works out to around 1,000 sno-bees needing to be dispatched during a typical million-point game. It's the sort of carnage that doesn't sound out of place with the number of enemies obliterated in an average Call of Duty or Mortal Kombat game (neither of which I've ever played, so maybe it is).

So now you know precisely what you're up against, don't get too daunted by them all. Just take them out one at a time (and sometimes two or three) and the scores will pile up.