Editing Balloon (Super Mario Galaxy 2)

{{italic title|Balloon (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')}}

{{articleabout|the different-colored Balloons from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''|more types of Balloons from other games|[[Balloon]]}}

[[File:SMG2 WG Finish.png|thumb|240px|[[Mario]] and [[Fluzzard]] gliding towards a Balloon in the [[Wild Glide Galaxy]].]]

[[File:FGG2.png|thumb|left|240px|Mario and Fluzzard about to pop a red '''Balloon''' in the [[Fleet Glide Galaxy]].]]

'''Balloons''' are rare items found only in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They look like multicolored party balloons with strings, and are always suspended in midair. They come in five different colors: red, blue, yellow, green and purple. [[Mario]] can pop them simply by touching them. When popped, the balloons will make a small popping noise, release five or six [[Star Bit]]s, and then disappear. The Star Bits that are released from Balloons will home in on Mario if they are popped this way, so the player does not need to use the [[Star Cursor]] to collect them. Balloons can also be popped by shooting a Star Bit at them. If the player pops a Balloon this way, the Star Bits that are released will not home in on Mario, but will instead fall downwards.

Balloons are found solely in the [[Wild Glide Galaxy]], the [[Fleet Glide Galaxy]], the [[Tall Trunk Galaxy]], and the [[Honeyhop Galaxy]]. In the former two galaxies, both of which Mario must glide through with [[Fluzzard]], the player must steer Mario and Fluzzard towards the Balloons scattered throughout the galaxy to pop them and get retrieve the Star Bits inside them. In the Tall Trunk Galaxy, Balloons appear only in the galaxy's second mission, [[Tall Trunk Galaxy#Tall Trunk's Big Slide|Tall Trunk's Big Slide]]. In this mission, they float above the slide at various intervals, and Mario must jump up at precisely the right time while sliding in order to pop them and collect the Star Bits inside. In the Honeyhop Galaxy, three Balloons are found hovering in the air over the gap between the [[Honeyhop Galaxy#Starting Planet|Starting Planet]] and the [[Honeyhop Galaxy#Queen Bee Planet|Queen Bee Planet]]. While the player crosses the gap using [[Floaty Fluff]], they can optionally pop the three Balloons and get some extra Star Bits along the way.

*[[Star Crystal]]

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