Balloon Kid

Balloon Kid is a platform video game released by Pax Softonica for the Game Boy in 1990, and is apart of the Balloon Fight series. It was later released in Europe in 1991, but did not see a Japanese release until the Game Boy Color remake was marketed in 2000. A Japanese version called Hello Kitty World was released in 1992 for the Family Computer, and featured upgraded graphics based off of the Hello Kitty series. As a sequel for the Nintendo Entertainment System game, Balloon Fight, it features similar gameplay.
== Plot ==
Alice and her little brother Jim live in the town of Pencilvania, which is a metropolis with a skyline of pencil-shaped skyscrapers. They would play with balloons and decorate the sky with them, until one day, when they were playing outside, a strong gust blew Jim away, and Alice went to retrieve him. To help her, Jim makes a trail of balloons so she knows where he is.
== Gameplay ==
Like the Balloon Trip mode in the original Balloon Fight, the player controls Alice, who floats on two balloons. Alice can release the balloons and travel by running and jumping up platforms without the use of them. With the balloons, she can float by waving her arms, and she can collect balloons for extra points, with every 20 balloons earning the player an extra life. Enemies such as low-flying birds can pop her balloons, and plummet her to the bottom of the stage if all are popped, and small flames that tread on platforms can instantly cause the player to lose a life.
The two-player mode has the same gameplay as the single player mode, the only difference, adding a second player (who is signified by Alice's friend, Samm), and adds some competition on who can collect the most balloons.
Category:Games released in 1990
Category:Games released on the Game Boy