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| {{title|Hot Air Balloon (''Donkey Kong'' franchise)}} | | {{rewrite}} |
| {{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]]}}
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| {{item infobox
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| |image=[[File:Hot Air Balloon DKC2 artwork.jpg]]<br>Artwork for ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
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| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
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| }}
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| '''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]]''.
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| ==History==
| | Hot air balloons have appeared in a couple of Mario Games. The first one that appeared was in [[Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World]] in the introduction where Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach go to Dinosaur Land for a vacation. When they arrive Mario and Luigi leave Peach unattended when she gets kidnapped and their suitcase is left there. The next hot air balloons appear in [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] where Mario rescues Princess Peach and Luigi and Yellow and Blue Toads come down. Luigi then lets Mario and Peach onto the balloon then Luigi tries to get into the balloon but it flies off. The Toads then come down and let Luigi into their baloon then they fly away. |
| ===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
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| 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. | |
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| ===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
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| 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.
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
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| |type=vc_3ds
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| |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}}}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Hot Air Balloon.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
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| Red-Hot Ride DKC2.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
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| Hot Air Balloon DKL2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
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| Redhot Ride DKL2.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |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>
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| |JapR=Netsukikyū
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| |JapM=Hot Air Balloon
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| |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>
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| |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>
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| |ItaM=Hot air balloon (meant as "balloon full of hot air")
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| |Ita2M=Hot-air balloon (like an actual {{wp|Hot air balloon|balloon-aircraft}})
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| }}
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| {{DKC2}}
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| {{DKL2}}
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| [[Category:Balloons]]
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| [[Category:Platforms]]
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| [[Category:Aircraft]]
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| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest objects]]
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| [[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 objects]]
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