Editing Hot Air Balloon (Donkey Kong franchise)

{{title|Hot Air Balloon (''Donkey Kong'' franchise)}}
{{about|a form of transportation in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] games|the recurring object in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]|[[Hot-air balloon]]|the Yoshi transformation|[[Hot-Air Balloon Yoshi]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Hot Air Balloon DKC2 artwork.jpg]]<br>Artwork for ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
}}
'''Hot Air Balloons'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=16}}</ref> (also formatted as '''Hot-Air Balloons''')<ref>{{cite|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' GBA instruction booklet|page=15}}</ref> are large balloons that player characters use to travel across hazardous areas, namely wide pits of [[lava]]. They appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and its sister game, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
Hot Air Balloons in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' are encountered in [[Red-Hot Ride]] only, where using them is required to make it through the level. [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] can stand on a Hot Air Balloon and lean either left or right to control its movement. If the [[Kong]]s stand at the edge of a Hot Air Balloon, the animation of them about to fall off is shown, even though they cannot walk off of a Hot Air Balloon. By default, a Hot Air Balloon slowly descends into the lava, but it can be suspended in midair if it is floating at the top of a thermal column, which come in varying heights. Most Hot Air Balloons start off at the top of a thermal column. Throughout Red-Hot Ride, the Kongs must maneuver the Hot Air Balloon past a series of enemies, especially [[Zinger]]s, until reaching the next Hot Air Balloon or the ground. Some of the Hot Air Balloons have a [[DK Barrel]] on it, or even either one of two enemies: [[Kruncha]] or [[Neek]]. Although they walk back and forth on a Hot Air Balloon, this does not affect the direction of its movement.

===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
Hot Air Balloons in ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' are functionally identical as before, but they are slightly wider, and appear in two volcanic-themed [[level]]s, [[Redhot Ride]] and [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Fiery Furnace]]. Neither levels have thermal columns, so it is not possible to suspend a Hot Air Balloon back in midair.

==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
{{Multilang profile
|type=vc_3ds
|Eng=Jump on these to cross perilous gaps. Press {{button|3ds|Padleftright}} to move left or right. The balloons will gradually start to descend after you jump on them.{{page needed}}}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hot Air Balloon.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Red-Hot Ride DKC2.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Hot Air Balloon DKL2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
Redhot Ride DKL2.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|熱気球|ねつききゅう}}<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1995|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=20|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Netsukikyū
|JapM=Hot Air Balloon
|Ita=Pallone di aria calda<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', GIG's Italian manual</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual|page=15}}</ref>
|Ita2=Mongolfiera<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual|page=113|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2004}}</ref>
|ItaM=Hot air balloon (meant as "balloon full of hot air")
|Ita2M=Hot-air balloon (like an actual {{wp|Hot air balloon|balloon-aircraft}})
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Balloons]]
[[Category:Platforms]]
[[Category:Aircraft]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest objects]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 objects]]