Diving

Diving is a flying technique that is only present in the Game & Watch game Balloon Fight and Nintendo Land: Balloon Trip Breeze.
== Description ==
Diving is listed in the manual of the game as an "Advanced Technique" like Hovering, and is accomplished by simply pressing the lower Warp button, which is essentially the system's equivalent of the down button on a Directional Pad. In the manual it gives this description, with some odd typos:
"Dive: Normally, Balloon Man looses altitude set speed but if you wish to make him come down fast, press the lower Warp button. However, be careful not to make him dive to quickly as he may fall into the sea."
Although this technique is impossible in most other versions of Balloon Fight, Balloon Kid allows you to drop your Balloons and fall, though this is less controllable. In Balloon Trip Breeze, it is also possible to carry your Mii downward using the breeze. Although down directional inputs are used in some other games, such as for camera scrolling in Vs. Balloon Fight or inflating Balloons in Balloon Kid, no other game uses it for aerial movement.
Through the Nintendo Switch's news section, an official minigame for the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit was released on July 31st 2019 which was heavily inspired by Balloon Fight. The game allowed the player to press the bottom button to spin and accelerate downward.
Category:Techniques
Category:Game Mechanics