Balloon World

Balloon World (called Luigi's Balloon World in the Nintendo Mini Direct trailer) is a minigame which was added in Super Mario Odyssey in an update on February 21, 2018. To start the minigame, the player has to talk to Luigi in any of the kingdoms (with the exception of the Cloud Kingdom, Ruined Kingdom, Dark Side and Darker Side) after finishing the main story to begin. This is Luigi's only appearance other than the Luigi outfit.
== Description ==
There are two different modes in the minigame. "Find It" mode, which the player has to try and find other players' balloons, with an arrow pointing towards the balloons' direction, as well as a meter increasing and decreasing depending on how far the player is, and "Hide It" mode, which the player has 30 seconds to hide a balloon for another player to find. Finding as many balloons as possible will result in the player's rank going higher and they will receive more coins.
The icons for the balloons depend on the player's Nintendo Switch profile icon (for example, if a user has an image of Mario as their profile icon, then their balloon will have an icon of Mario on).
The minigame also features a ranking system, which shows the statistics of the player, such as how many Coins they received and how many balloons they found in a row. The player's rank is represented by stars, which are awarded for each objective that is completed. Each time the player ranks up, they receive a sum of Coins; the higher rank they become, the more Coins are awarded. For every 10 stars collected, Luigi, will gain new balloons for his case. At first, he only has a red balloon, but at 10 stars, he gains a blue balloon. At 20, he gains a yellow balloon, at 30, he gains a green balloon, and at 40, he gains a purple balloon.
The weather will also change in some of the kingdoms when playing the minigame, or, sometimes, the sky colour, for example in Sand Kingdom when this is played the sky will change from bright to sunset.
==Locations==
Kingdom 	Starting point 	Setting
Cap Kingdom 	On top of Top-Hat Tower 	(No change)
Cascade Kingdom 	At the top of Fossil Falls 	Nighttime
Sand Kingdom 	On top of the Tostarena Ruins Round Tower 	Sunset
Wooded Kingdom 	On top of the Observation Deck 	Nighttime
Lake Kingdom 	Inside the Water Plaza in front of the Crazy Cap store	Nighttime
Lost Kingdom 	On the east side of the Rocky Mountain Summit's base 	Daytime
Metro Kingdom 	At the New Donk City Hall Plaza 	Rainstorm
Snow Kingdom 	On the islet northeast of the kingdom 	Blizzard
Seaside Kingdom 	At the base of the Glass Tower 	Daytime
Luncheon Kingdom	At the entrance to Peronza Plaza 	Clear sky
Bowser's Kingdom	At the Inner Wall 	Cloudy
Moon Kingdom 	At Ringing-Bells Plateau 	(No change)
Mushroom Kingdom	In front of the entrance to Peach's Castle 	Midday
==Names in other languages==
Language	Name 	Meaning
Japanese	バルーンファインド
Barūn Faindo	Balloon Find
Spanish 	Mundoglobo 	Balloon World
French 	Chasse aux ballons 	Balloon Hunt
Dutch 	Ballonnenjacht 	Balloon Hunt
German 	Ballonjagd 	Balloon Hunt
Italian 	Caccia ai palloncini	Balloon Hunt
Russian 	Мир Шариков
Mir Sharikov	Balloon World
Chinese 	发现气球 (Simplified)發現氣球 (Traditional)
Fāxiàn qìqiú	Find the Balloon
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Category:Minigames
Category:Minigames in Super Mario Odyssey