Balloon World

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Mario in the Cascade Kingdom going off to hide a balloon.
Mario participating in Balloon World.

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. However, Balloon World cannot be played in the Cloud Kingdom, Ruined Kingdom, Dark Side and Darker Side.

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 a set amount of time 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. Collecting 3 Coins while either hiding or finding balloons will increase the timer by one second.

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)
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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

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