Balloon Kid (Game Boy) Playthrough

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A playthrough of Nintendo's 1990 action game for the Nintendo Game Boy, Balloon Kid.

In this video I play all the way through the Single Play mode. Then, at 36:54, I play the Balloon Trip mode until I get a game over.

Balloon Kid's gameplay is based on Balloon Fight's Balloon Trip mode, but things have been spiced up a bit. The adventure begins when a little boy named Jim is swept away by the wind while holding onto a bunch of balloons. Alice, his big sister, sees this happen and decides that it would be appropriate to follow after him. And so, weaving her way through a veritable gauntlet of anti-balloon obstacles and hazards, Alice combs the skies of eight auto-scrolling stages in search of Jim.

Alice can hold up to two balloons at a time, and she loses one each time she gets hit. She dies if she takes too many hits or falls into a hazard below, but she can pump up more balloons if she can make her way to solid ground, and she can also intentionally let go of her balloons if she needs to quickly get out of the way of something.

There are Game Boy-shaped doors that she can enter to play bonus rounds, and every so often she'll encounter a bosses that she can take out by jumping on their heads.

The additions Balloon Kid makes to Balloon Fight's mechanics are welcome and make it feel much more modern than its predecessor. It's a much easier game overall - it'll only take a few attempts to clear the main game for most people - but it's fun for the short while that it lasts.

*Recorded in Retroarch using the DMG shader to mimic the look of the original Gameboy screen.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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An early Game Boy release that not many talk about, but I've always liked. It takes Balloon Fight, and expands upon it properly, and was a great pick up and play game.

yusakug

THIS TAKES ME BACK!!!! I spent hours on this game as a kid. all the sounds and music really took me back

JohnnyBrasco

Oh my gosh, that freakin' fish is back in this sequel. That thing is arguably one of the most devious enemies Nintendo ever devised.

LPetal

I loved this game as a kid. Simple and relaxing with great controls and a fun premise.

venom

This is a delightful game and it has awesome, uplifting music. Man I miss my Game Boy and the fun times I had with it.

rjcupid

Here's the Game Boy sequel to the NES classic Balloon Fight, and the new stuff makes for a fun spin on the original formula.

NintendoComplete

Ah, yes, I remember having this game as a kid. I could never play the whale stage because, for some reason, the falling teeth really creeped me out.

raenfox

So glad I grabbed a digital copy of this off the 3DS eShop while I could. This is a lost classic.

BB-tetc

I've never heard of this successor to the NES classic Balloon Fight, but it looks like a fun, simple time.

therealseanw.stewart

I still wonder how her little brother lived through all of this without even being able to control his route... ^^ Anyway - great game, great nostalgia, and great video!

Abdul_Al_Hassred

With music by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka.

VahanNisanian

I love this game. My twin brother and I borrowed it from a friend, and he would borrow one of ours. We never got past the fourth level, our friend never got past level seven.

princessmarlena

Wow, you are really good at Balloon Trip mode. I beat 1P many times as a kid but never got more than a minute or so into Balloon Trip. :)

dividingpicnic

Remember when Nintendo would bring a console game to handhelds, but instead of a port, it was a brand new experience instead? What happened to that?

knuclearx