Editing Balloon Mario

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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])

|item=[[Power Balloon]] (''[[Super Mario World]]'')<br>[[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] (''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'')

|character=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]]

{{quote2|With the [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]], [[Mario]] can float like a balloon. In Standard Mode, press {{button|DS|B}} repeatedly to make Mario float up, and crouch to land. Change his direction with the {{button|DS|Pad}}. Try it out!|Instruction text|Super Mario 64 DS}}

'''Balloon Mario'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power#Player's Guides|Mario Mania]]'', pgs. 72, 73, 74, 107, 156 & 160.</ref> (referred to as '''Floating Power''' for ''Super Mario 64 DS''<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' English instruction manual, p. 18</ref>) is a form of [[Mario]] first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and later appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. The former appearance requires the player to get a [[Power Balloon]] to obtain this form, and the latter requires a [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]].

====''Super Mario World''====

[[File:P-BalloonMario.png|frame|left|''Super Mario Advance 2'']]

In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', upon collecting a Power Balloon, Mario or Luigi swells up like a balloon, causing him to hover in the air. They will gradually float upwards if not moved by the player, but is capable of moving in any direction for a limited amount of time. During this time, [[Yoshi]] cannot be ridden. Mario or [[Luigi]] will start to deflate when the item is about to wear off, and once it does, they return to normal size and drop out of the air. The level [[Tubular]] in the [[Special Zone]] requires the player to continually pick up new Power Balloons to maintain flight while they make their way across the level.

The form and its effects returned in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', where, upon picking up a Power Flower, Mario would inflate like a balloon and float. The control scheme for this transformation has been changed somewhat; Mario now gradually floats downwards instead of upwards and has to be kept in the air by tapping the jump button, similar to swimming in 2D [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' games]]. Once again, he flashes when it is about to wear off and plummets when it does. The player can also automatically end the transformation at any time by [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing. Mario is the only character who is affected this way when he picks up the Power Flower. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the music that plays when Mario turns into Balloon Mario is a slow-paced arrangement of the [[Wing Mario]] theme.

While this form isn't usable in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' , knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario World'' style may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form.

''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''{{'}}s final update adds the P-Balloon along with Balloon Mario and balloon variants of the other characters. The controls function differently and the character's pants are turned yellow and emblazoned with a white "P". The Weird Mario Easter egg returns as well.

===''Super Mario-Kun''===

Balloon Mario also appears in volume 6 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'', being featured in a single chapter. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are shown with these forms throughout the chapter.

SMW P-Balloon Mario.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''

SMWBalloonMarioSmallSprite.png|''Super Mario World'' ([[Small Mario]])

SMWBalloonLuigiSmallSprite.png|''Super Mario World'' (Small Luigi)

Tubular SMW.png|[[Small Mario]] version

Balloon Mario SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''

SM64DS FloatingPower.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''

Cape Mario - KC Mario manga.png|Balloon Luigi in the ''Super Mario World'' arc of the ''Kodansha'' Mario manga

MLBISBalloonMario.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''

SMM-SMB-WeirdMario-Door-10.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''

MLBISBJJBalloonMario.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''

|Jap=バルーンマリオ<br>''Barūn Mario''<br>風船マリオ<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/asmj/action/mario/index.html</ref> (''Super Mario 64 DS'')<br>''Fūsen Mario''

|JapM=Balloon Mario<br>Balloon Mario

|Chi=气球马力欧<ref>https://www.ique.com/games/mariods/action/mario.htm</ref>

|ChiR=Qìqiú Mǎlì'ōu

|ChiM=Balloon Mario

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