Balloon World
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Balloon World[1] is a minigame that appears in an update for Super Mario Odyssey released on February 21, 2018.[2] The minigame can be played by completing the main story and finding Luigi somewhere in any of the kingdoms and talking to him.
This minigame features two different modes: "Hide It" mode and "Find It" mode. In "Hide It" mode, the player has thirty seconds to hide a balloon somewhere in the kingdom. The player can choose to place the balloon before the time runs out or they can restart to try and find a different hiding spot. In "Find It" mode, the player has thirty seconds to find a balloon hidden in a kingdom. To help the player, there is an arrow pointing to the direction of where the balloon is located as well as a meter counter that will decrease or increase depending on how close or far the player is from the balloon.
Balloon World also features a ranking system, which shows the statistics of the player, such as how many coins they received and how many balloons they found in a row. The player's rank is represented by stars, which are awarded for each objective that is completed. Each time the player ranks up, they recieve a sum of coins; the higher rank they become, the more coins are awarded.
The balloons used in this minigame have images of the player's Nintendo Switch profile icons. Additionally, the time of day and weather in some kingdoms change when playing this minigame, such as the Cascade Kingdom taking place at night and the Metro Kingdom taking place during a rainstorm.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | バルーンファインド[3] Barūn Faindo |
Balloon Find | |
| Chinese | 发现气球 (Simplified) 發現氣球 (Traditional)[?] Fāxiàn qìqiú |
Find the Balloon | |
| German | Ballonjagd[?] | Balloon Hunt | |
| Italian | Caccia ai palloncini[?] | Balloon Hunt | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Mundoglobo[4] | Balloon World | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Mundoglobo de Luigi[5] | Luigi's Balloon World |
References
- ^ GameXplain. (January 11, 2018). Super Mario Odyssey - Luigi's Balloon World Free DLC Update! (Nintendo Direct). YouTube. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Official Nintendo of America Twitter
- ^ Nintendo. (January 23, 2018). Nintendo Direct mini 2018.1.11. YouTube. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ https://twitter.com/31HorasMex/status/966549606623571969
- ^ http://www.nintenderos.com/2018/02/super-mario-odyssey-recibe-el-modo-mundoglobo-de-luigi/
- ^ https://youtu.be/nyD5BjHXJ88?t=387
