Balloon Kid
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Balloon Fight's floaty, flap-and-drift physics got a second life on the Game Boy, and this time they came with a story. Alice and her little brother Jim love balloons, until Jim ties so many together into a rainbow that a gust of wind carries him off into the sky. He promises to leave a trail of balloons for her to follow, and Alice straps on a pair of her own and sets off after him.
The screen scrolls steadily to the left, and you tap the A button to flap Alice upward, feathering her through flocks of Balloon Birds and other airborne pests that want to pop her balloons. Drift too low over the water and the giant fish from Balloon Fight is waiting to swallow her whole. The clever twist is that Alice can detach her balloons at will to walk and jump on solid ground, then inflate a fresh pair to take off again. That trick is also the key to the boss fights, where she sheds her balloons to drop down and bounce on her opponents.
Balloon Kid keeps Balloon Fight's Balloon Trip mode too, with Alice standing in for the original Balloon Fighter and the same background music. With a Video Link cable, two players can race head to head, one as Alice and the other as her rival Samm, to see who grabs more balloons before the end of the stage.
The pedigree is better than its low profile suggests. It was designed by Yoshio Sakamoto of Metroid fame, produced by Gunpei Yokoi and scored by Hirokazu Tanaka, with Nintendo R&D1 working alongside Pax Softnica. Reviews in 1990 were mixed, but later critics have come around, and IGN described it as a nice little lost sequel. The original Game Boy release never came out in Japan, where players instead got a colorized remake called Balloon Fight GB a decade later, which makes this cartridge the Western original of a quietly charming Nintendo follow-up.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1990
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Genre
- Platformer, Arcade
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer
About the game
Take to the skies with Balloon Kid. You'll have to think light as you float across the most unfriendly skies around. Nasty flying creatures will test your piloting skills, but don't go too low because even nastier enemies await you on the ground. Get extra bonuses by gathering all the balloons you can for a series of challenging tests of skill. Take a big gulp of courage and give Alice a hand as she searches for her missing brother. Play alone or use your Video Link cable to race against a friend. Either way, Balloon Kid will give you a lift.
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