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Hello, and welcome to Discussion of the Week: Winter Wonderland!

Wow, I'm a bit rusty at this. But, it's that time of year (for those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least). Winter is coming! So let's look back at some snowy places and freezing monsters from across the entire franchise.

Snowy Mountains
I started with Freedom 2, so this is the first ever area I saw, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart. To this day I still think it's a great environment - variety in the low grasslands at the bottom, icy caves in the middle, wind-blasted mountain tops. I just wish it didn't take five minutes to get from base camp to the top.



Tunda
The third gen equivalent, I also appreciate this place a great deal. A little plain and flat in places, but the caves are awesome, and the great monsters here really make up for it. I also love the secret areas the Brute Wyverns open up when they want to rest.



Frozen Seaway
Have never been here myself, but I like the look of it. It's sort of a merging of the two previous zones, with it's own unique twist - there's steep mountain sides, and freezing caves, and snow-covered plains, plus an iced-over zone, which Zamtrios seems to enjoy.



Blangonga
A great furry ape, always fond of summoning help in the form of irritating Blango. I like Blangonga - a fun fight without being a pushover, always keeping you on your toes. Breaking the fangs is a bit annoying, though (Fire Element is required).

Barioth
It's a totally different style of fight, but I like it for much the same reasons as Blangonga - fast and challenging. Barioth also has a slightly more varied movepool, launching freezing twisters, jumping off the walls, hipchecking - you name it. I love that breaking the wing spikes makes it slip on the ice though, that's a genius touch.

Gigginox
Loathsome, scuttling, blind - Gigginox is an impressively repulsive cave dweller, lurking in the cold of the Tundra for unsuspecting prey.

Questions

 * What's your favourite snowy or icy area? Doesn't have to be on this list!
 * Favourite monster that's exclusive to somewhere snow-bound? Ditto!

Blog update to come tomorrow!