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* NintendoHard: Watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuAJmZa6b-8 this Let's Play of the Famicom port]], if you want to see Hello Kitty make a grown man cry.
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* OneHitPointWonder: You can get your balloons popped twice before falling, but Alice suffers an instant death blow if enemies or obstacles strike her directly.

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* OneHitPointWonder: You can get your balloons popped twice before falling, but Alice suffers an instant death blow if certain enemies or obstacles strike her directly.directly. Downplayed for the balloons as Alice can always pump up new ones by repeatedly pressing down as long as she's standing on the ground.

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* AutoScrollingLevel: Justified, since Alice is chasing her brother's balloon trail, at least the reason for it moving.

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* AutoScrollingLevel: All of them, except the bonus levels. Justified, since Alice is chasing her brother's balloon trail, at least the reason for it moving.


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* WhenAllElseFailsGoRight: A notable aversion for a [=2D=] platformer as all its levels start from the right and end at the left, as a CallBack to the original ''Balloon Fight'''s Balloon Trip mode.
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* BittersweetEnding: After overcoming all sorts of deadly hazards, Alice is finally reunited with her brother. Together they fly back home as the credits roll and the beautiful ending theme plays... and then [[spoiler:a sneaky enemy bumps into Alice, which makes her drop Jim into the sea!]]

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* BittersweetEnding: A light comical example. After overcoming all sorts of deadly hazards, Alice is finally reunited with her brother. Together they fly back home as the credits roll and the beautiful ending theme plays... and then [[spoiler:a sneaky enemy bumps into Alice, which makes her drop Jim into the sea!]]



* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Fish skeletons in the whale and later penguins!

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* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Fish skeletons in the whale and later penguins!penguins.



* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: In the factory.

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* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: In All over the place the factory.



* WombLevel: The fourth level doubles with RibcageStomach.

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* WombLevel: The fourth level where you go inside a whale, doubles with RibcageStomach.
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* DistressedDude: Jim since he inflated one too many balloons and a strong gust of wind blows him away, This causes his sister Alice to go on a quest through 8 stages to save him before he is blown out of her reach and he is lost forever.

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* FeatheredFiend: The various birds

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* %%* FeatheredFiend: The various birdsbirds.



* LostWoods: The second level takes place inside a forest.

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* LostWoods: TheLostWoods: The second level takes place inside a forest.



* OneUp: In the form of valentine heart symbols.

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* %%* OneUp: In the form of valentine heart symbols.



%%* ScoreScreen: At the end of each level.



** ScoreScreen: at the end of each level

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Originally released in 1990 for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, ''Balloon Kid'' is a sequel to the NES classic ''VideoGame/BalloonFight''. The player controls a girl named Alice whose goal is to rescue her little brother, who floated away after attaching too many balloons to himself. With two balloons of her own to represent her HitPoints, Alice floats through several stages that scroll from right to left, collecting balloons and avoiding spikes, birds and other enemies.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Challenge, adventure, and sky-high excitement!]]


Originally released in 1990 for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, ''Balloon Kid'' is a sequel to the NES classic ''VideoGame/BalloonFight''. The player controls a girl named Alice whose goal is to rescue her little brother, who floated away after attaching too many balloons to himself.

With two balloons of her own to represent her HitPoints, Alice floats through several stages that scroll from right to left, collecting balloons and avoiding spikes, birds and other enemies.

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* ExcusePlot: Your little brother was carried aloft by balloons! Go save him!



* ForTheEvulz: None of the enemies seem to like Alice floating around and want to get rid of her.



* OneUp: In the form of valentine symbols.

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* OneHitPointWonder: You can get your balloons popped twice before falling, but Alice suffers an instant death blow if enemies or obstacles strike her directly.
* OneUp: In the form of valentine heart symbols.



* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: In the factory

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* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: In the factoryfactory.


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* WombLevel: The fourth level doubles with RibcageStomach.
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* HairDecorations: Alice's bow

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* InvincibilityPowerUp: P Balloons make Alice invincible for a short time and let her knock enemies and hazards off the screen by touching them. Doesn't stop rain clouds from dropping her altitude however.



* SuperStar: P Balloons make Alice invincible for a short time and let her knock enemies and hazards off the screen by touching them. Doesn't stop rain clouds from dropping her altitude however.
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Originally released in 1990 for the GameBoy, ''Balloon Kid'' is a sequel to the NES classic ''VideoGame/BalloonFight''. The player controls a girl named Alice whose goal is to rescue her little brother, who floated away after attaching too many balloons to himself. With two balloons of her own to represent her HitPoints, Alice floats through several stages that scroll from right to left, collecting balloons and avoiding spikes, birds and other enemies.

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Originally released in 1990 for the GameBoy, UsefulNotes/GameBoy, ''Balloon Kid'' is a sequel to the NES classic ''VideoGame/BalloonFight''. The player controls a girl named Alice whose goal is to rescue her little brother, who floated away after attaching too many balloons to himself. With two balloons of her own to represent her HitPoints, Alice floats through several stages that scroll from right to left, collecting balloons and avoiding spikes, birds and other enemies.
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* TimeStandsStill: Bubbles sometimes rise from the water in Balloon Trip and popping one has this affect on everything but Alice, including the fish that try to eat her, for a short while.
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** WallCrawl: The Caterpillars

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** WallCrawl: The Caterpillarscaterpillars and the beetles

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