Editing Balloon (platform)

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Balloon-1.png|30px]]<br>Sprite from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|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=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|isbn=1-59812-016-6|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|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 and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=74|publisher=Nintendo of America|location=Redmond, WA|date=1995|language=en-us}}</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|date=2002|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as platforms that can be stood on. 

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
Balloons in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' appear in [[Construction Site Fight]] only, where they rise up and down, inflating and deflating in the process.

===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
Balloons in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]] have smiling faces and appear in a variety of 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''===
Balloons in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' already appear 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, a balloon blinks after a few moments and then vanishes, reappearing in its original spot after a few more seconds. To make use of balloons, she has to jump repeatedly to reach new heights before they vanish.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World''===
Balloons in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' function identically as in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' games. Balloons can be popped by [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s or from touching the ceiling.

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

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|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
}}

==References==
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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]]