Balloon Fight (universe)

Balloon Fight (universe)
Developer(s)	Nintendo Hamster Corporation
Publisher(s)	Nintendo Hamster Corporation
Designer(s)	Yoshio Sakamoto
Genre(s)	Platformer
Console/platform of origin	Arcade
First installment	Vs. Balloon Fight (1984)
Latest installment	Arcade Archives Vs. Balloon Fight (2019)
Article on Wikipedia	Balloon Fight (universe)

The Balloon Fight universe (バルーンファイト, Balloon Fight) refers to the Super Smash Bros. series' collection of properties that hail from the Balloon Fight series of platformers developed and published by Nintendo. Originally released as a 1984 arcade game, later titles included an NES port and numerous sequels and rereleases. The series has constantly been referenced in numerous other Nintendo franchises such as Game & Watch and Wario. It has even had spin-offs starring Tingle and Hello Kitty.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

Balloon Fight receives minor recognition in Melee. The anonymous protagonist of the game, the Balloon Fighter, is a collectible trophy in Melee, and the Flipper - an obstacle from Balloon Fight - is a usable item and as well as a trophy. The original background music for Balloon Fight can also be heard in the Icicle Mountain stage as alternate music.

According to Smabura-Ken, the Balloon Fighter was one of several characters considered for inclusion as a playable character to represent the NES era; this role ultimately went to the Ice Climbers.

Item

• Flipper: An item similar in function to the Bumper that flips around when touched, causing damage and knocking back the target.

Trophies

Flipper

Made famous as an unpredictable obstacle in Balloon Fight, the Flipper stops and hangs in midair when thrown. Any character who comes in contact with the bumper-balls on its ends will be knocked away as the Flipper spins wildly. Flippers can be a bit irksome: in Balloon Fight they caused accidents to friends and foes alike.

Balloon Fight (06/86)

Balloon Fighter

The goal in Balloon Fight is to break your enemy's two balloons, depriving him of his flotation devices. If you lose one balloon, your buoyancy drops and it becomes harder to rise. As you can pop both friends' and enemies' balloons, you have to stay alert in this two-player fun fest. The balloonist's name is unknown.

Balloon Fight (06/86)

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  The Flipper trophy.

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  The Balloon Fighter trophy.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A Balloon Fight reference can be found in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. On the stage Summit, a fish originating from the game appears when the summit of Icicle Mountain slides into the water. The fish is capable of eating any player unfortunate enough to be in the water at the time, dragging them off the screen and taking a life.

Brawl also features a cover of the Balloon Trip music, also appearing on Summit, in My Music.

Stickers

Name	Game	Effect	Characters
Balloon Fight Enemy	Balloon Fight	AttackSpecialsIndirect+004 Attack +4	Ice Climbers
Balloon Fighter	Balloon Fight	AttackWeapon+004 Attack +4	Pit

Balloon Fight Enemy

Balloon Fighter

In Super Smash Bros. 4

The Balloon Fight universe sees a substantial boost in representation in Smash 4.

Stage

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  Balloon Fight: A level from the original Balloon Fight recreated as a new stage for Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. The stage includes the fish and Flippers as hazards, and like the classic game, players can walk off the stage and appear on the other side.

Music

• Balloon Fight Medley: A series of tunes taken from Balloon Fight that plays on the Balloon Fight stage in the 3DS version and the Wrecking Crew stage in the Wii U version.
• Balloon Trip: A new remix of the Balloon Trip music that plays as an alternate track on the Balloon Fight stage in the 3DS version and on the Duck Hunt stage in the Wii U version.

Masterpiece

• Balloon Fight

Misc.

• The Villager uses the headgear from Balloon Fight in his up special move, Balloon Trip. The balloons can be popped individually, and popping both causes the Villager to fall helplessly in a similar fashion to the Balloon Fighter when his own balloons are popped.
• The title screen appears when the gamepad in Gamer powers on.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Balloon Fight universe returns largely unchanged in Ultimate.

Stage

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  Balloon Fight

Music

Returning Tracks

• "Balloon Trip (Brawl)": A remix of the theme of the Balloon Trip side mode from Balloon Fight. Returns from Brawl.
• "Balloon Fight Medley": A medley of tracks from Balloon Fight, including the opening theme from a 1 or 2-Player Game, the theme when an opponent’s balloons are popped, the theme of the bonus mode and Balloon Trip, the jingles that plays when the fish snatches somebody, after respawning, when the player collects a bubble, after completing a stage, after a game over, and when a character falls. Returns from Smash 4.
• "Balloon Trip (for 3DS / WiiU)": A chiptune-esque arrangement of the Balloon Trip theme from Balloon Fight, as well as the stage 1 theme from Balloon Kid. Returns from Smash 4.

Misc.

The fish returns as a stage hazard on Balloon Fight and the returning Ice Climber stage Summit from Brawl.

Spirits

The following characters from the series are spirits.

Primary spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability
1,125		Fish		★★	0	1954	7861	830	3337	1014	4079	Electric Weakness

Support spirit

No.	Image	Name	Class	Cost	Ability
1,124		Balloon Fighter	★★	1	Jump ↑

Trivia

• Balloon Fight is one of two universes, the other being Tetris, to have multiple music tracks play on different stages from different universes in the same game, in this case Balloon Fight Medley being played on Wrecking Crew and Balloon Trip being played on Duck Hunt in Smash for Wii U.