Editing Golden Balloon

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:GoldballoonDKRDS.png|150px]]<br>A Golden Balloon from ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
}}
'''Golden Balloons''', also referred to as '''Gold Balloons''',<ref>Leung, Jason, Pelland, Scott and Shinoda, Paul. ''Diddy Kong Racing'' Player's Guide. Page 18.</ref><ref>''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' instruction booklet, page 11.</ref> are shiny balloons that appear in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and its [[Nintendo DS]] remake, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''. These items are the game's equivalent to [[Power Star]]s from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Golden Balloons are required to access all five worlds and their race courses. Each of them is designed with a blue zigzag lining pattern of triangles and has its own minimum requirement for entry, which increases for the later courses and worlds.

The game features 47 Golden Balloons, 43 of which are awarded by [[Taj the Genie|Taj]] for either winning at a race, its [[Silver Coin Challenge]] (or [[Balloon Touch Challenge]] in the DS version), and the three vehicle races against him, either involving a [[car]], [[hovercraft]], or [[plane]].
==Timber's Island locations==
The remaining four Golden Balloons are scattered in specific locations of [[Timber's Island]]. They can be collected in no specific order, and usually require a specific vehicle to reach. The Plane can reach every Golden Balloon.
{|class="dktable-brown"style="text-align:center"
!Image
!Location
!Vehicle(s)
|-
|[[File:TI Golden Balloon Location 1.png|200px]]
|Located on the bridge that leads to the [[Dino Domain]] hub.
|Car, Hovercraft, Plane
|-
|[[File:TI Golden Balloon Location 2.png|200px]]
|On a grassy ledge to the left of the stone Wizpig's head.
|Plane
|-
|[[File:TI Golden Balloon Location 3.png|200px]]
|Hidden in the far left end of the ocean surrounding [[Sherbet Island]]'s entrance.
|Car, Hovercraft, Plane
|-
|[[File:TI Golden Balloon Location 4.png|200px]]
|Located between two pine trees behind the log bridge. It is reachable from the river connecting Snowflake Mountain and Sherbet Island.
|Hovercraft, Plane
|}
As seen in the DS remake, one Golden Balloon is found in a frozen cube on the top of the entrance to [[Snowflake Mountain]]. The stylus must be used to slide the cube down the slopes into the water stream so it melts and releases the balloon onto the shore of the main beach. Another Golden Balloon can be found unburied if the player uses the stylus to draw the balloon to match the carving on the stone wall by the smaller beach.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
Golden Balloon DKR64.png|''Diddy Kong Racing'' sprite
DKR Golden Balloon small.png|''Diddy Kong Racing'' sprite (small)
DKRDiddy1.png|Diddy driving his car while holding a Golden Balloon
Conker3.png|''Diddy Kong Racing'' artwork of [[Conker]] reaching for a Golden Balloon
DKR GoldenBalloon.png|[[Taj the Genie|Taj]] gives a Golden Balloon to Conker in [[Ancient Lake]]
DKRJPNC.png|Golden Balloons in the background of a Japanese ''Diddy Kong Racing'' commercial
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Balloons]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong Racing items]]