Tingle's Balloon Fight DS
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Club Nintendo members could obtain a Nintendo DS version of Balloon Fight in April 2007, which replaced the original protagonist with Tingle from The Legend of Zelda series.[1]
Making and release
It was originally released for arcades as VS. Balloon Fight.[2] Players can choose between the "Balloon Fight" and "Balloon Trip" gameplay options in this remake.[1] The stage designs, while taking the NES levels as their foundation, were enlarged to make use of both DS screens.[1] Completing particular challenges within the game unlocks pieces of concept art displayed in a dedicated gallery.[1]
Nintendo and HAL Laboratory jointly developed the original Balloon Fight, an action game that debuted in 1984.[2] The core mechanics of Balloon Fight bear a strong resemblance to those found in Williams Electronics' 1982 title Joust.[3] A Balloon Fighter character, who remains nameless, is guided by the player and has two balloons fixed to his headgear.[4] Death occurs when an enemy pops both balloons, the character drops into water, a large piranha consumes him, or lightning strikes him.[4]
What the cited sources add
The source "Zelda in my Pocket's Tingle's Balloon Fight Page" states that Tingle's Balloon Fight was released in April 2007 for the Nintendo DS.[1]
References
- Wikipedia, "Balloon Fight" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Zelda in my Pocket's Tingle's Balloon Fight Page" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Balloon Fight" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "バルーンファイトＧＢ／開発者インタビュー", ニンテンドウオンラインマガジン（No.24）, August 2000; "Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com", January 7, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Balloon Fight" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Balloon Fight NES Review", Retro Nintendo Reviews; Gilbert, "A closer look at 10 of the 20 free games current 3DS owners will receive", July 29, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Balloon Fight" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rocha, "Playing with Power: Nintendo NES Classics", DK Games, 1 November 2016, p. 30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Balloon Fight (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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