Editing Balloon (platform)

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Balloon-1.png|30px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}
'''Balloons''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet|page=18|language=British English}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|isbn=1598120166|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English|date=November 6, 2006|page=40 and 129}}</ref> also described as '''rising balloons'''<ref>{{cite|quote=''Stage 4-3 is a one-way trip across rising balloons and exploding platforms.''|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=74|publisher=Nintendo of America|location=Redmond, WA|date=1995|language=American English}}</ref> or '''happy balloons''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Hop onto one of the happy balloons for a slow ascent to the platforms above the starting point.|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=72}}</ref> are recurring platforms that can be stood on. 

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
Balloons first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', where they are present only in [[Big Ape City]]'s [[Construction Site Fight]]. The balloons rise up and down, inflating and deflating as they do so. The player must time their [[jump]]s in order to land safely.

===''Yoshi's Island'' seeries===
Balloons also appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]], where they have smiling faces and come in different colors. They appear in [[Don't Look Back!]] and a bonus area in [[Beware The Spinning Logs]], and they continuously rise from the bottom of the screen. Stepping on one of them causes it to stop its natural rising, and using them too long results in their disappearance. They reappear with the same function in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' in the levels [[Windblown Wilderness]] and [[Superhard Acrobatics!]] and in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''.

===''Super Princess Peach''===
In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', balloons always come in red, and they gain magenta cheek blushes with short strings hanging. They appear in [[Giddy Sky]] and remain still. If [[Princess Peach|Peach]] stands on them, they go down slowly. If she jumps off one, it makes a short rise. After being stood on the first time, they blink after a few moments and then vanish, reappearing in its original spot after a few more seconds. To make use of them, she has to jump repeatedly to reach new heights before they vanish.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World''===
Balloons are also featured in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', acting as they did in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' games. Balloons can be popped by [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s. They can also be popped if they touch the ceiling.

==Gallery==
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Construction Site Fight.png|''Donkey Kong Land''
Giddy Sky 7-1.png|''Super Princess Peach''
24.1.14 Screen12 - Yoshi's New Island.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
KnotWingtheKoopaSkyFort.png|''Yoshi's Woolly World''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
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|Jap={{ruby|風船|ふうせん}}<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオアドバンス3」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook - Super Mario Advance 3'')|page=102}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパー プリンセスピーチ」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook - Super Princess Peach'')|page=107}}</ref>
|JapR=Fūsen
|JapM=Balloon
}}

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[[Category:Balloons]]
[[Category:Platforms]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects]]
[[Category:Super Princess Peach objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Woolly World objects]]