_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( B | a | l | l | o | o | n ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ ( K | i | d ) \_/ \_/ \_/ ============================================================================== ___ _ _ _ _ |_ _|_ __ | |_ _ __ ___ __| |_ _ ___| |_(_) ___ _ __ | || '_ \| __| '__/ _ \ / _` | | | |/ __| __| |/ _ \| '_ \ | || | | | |_| | | (_) | (_| | |_| | (__| |_| | (_) | | | | |___|_| |_|\__|_| \___/ \__,_|\__,_|\___|\__|_|\___/|_| |_| ============================================================================== Hey guys, Bkstunt here doing a walkthrough on the gameboy game Balloon Kid. Balloon Kid tells the sad story of your younger sibling, who was carrierd off by balloons into the unknown, and your courageos journey to save him! Or, y'know, it could just be a quick reason to go platforming with balloons. Up to you... This is also an effort to help out the GameBoy FAQ Completion Project located at Gamefaqs.com, which is a project designed to have a FAQ for every gameboy game released. If you feel like helping, go over to the contributor boards at gamefaqs and help out! Also, this guide was written rather quickly and probably won't see any updates barring any HUGE piece of info I missed, which is doubtful. Since it's a habit though, here's my email (Y'know, in case you want to send a lovely "Thank You" email or something). Gregorio31 @ gmail . com ===================== - Table of Contents - ===================== Things to know. Stage 1: -------[BK-1] Stage 2: -------[BK-2] Stage 3: -------[BK-3] Stage 4: -------[BK-4] Stage 5: -------[BK-5] Stage 6: -------[BK-6] Stage 7: -------[BK-7] Stage 8: -------[BK-8] Credits: -------[BK-CRE] =============== THINGS TO KNOW: =============== You can have up to two balloons supporting you at once. Pressing and holding A will let you float. Pressing B will let the balloon's go, dropping you FAST. You can hit down to inflate some more balloons. Press down four times to inflate a single balloon. Collect good things, like balloons or hearts, while avoiding bad things, like pits, fires, and birds. Once you collect 20 balloons in a row, all single balloons will turn into double balloons. You'll get a 1-up if you collect every balloon in a stage. You'll also gain a 1-up at 100,000 points. When you start the game, you'll have a few choices to make: Single Play (The "story" mode, with stages, which this guide covers) Vs. Play (I honestly don't know what this is as I have no one to play with. I doubt you're reading this to find out info about the "Vs mode" though. Moving along... ) Balloon Trip (A type of "free play" mode, where you simply go to the left and do your best to collect balloons and avoid spikes. Try and get a high score!) Anyway, select "Single Play" and lets play! ======= Stage 1 ======= [BK-1] After witnessing your sibling being carried, you'll have to go after him! You start out at your house, with 2 balloons filled already. The screen will slowly pan to the left. Grab the balloons as they lead above some birds and a fire. Land on the first platform there and wait for the screen to catch up. Go down to the bridge grabbing balloons. The next platform has a fire on it, so be careful as you go by it. You should have 20 balloons by now, which as you know turns further balloons into double balloons. Fun! Don't get too comfortable though, as some fire is walking along this second bridge portion so jump over it. You'll soon see an arrow pointing to a gameboy with a balloon on it. This is a secret area. Touch the gameboy to enter it. Here you will see four pipes, which spit out balloons. Collect them all and you'll soon see a large heart, which gives you a 1-up. Sweet! After the bonus room, you'll be dropped off on the bridge. Hang around, because a "POWER" balloon will show up, which is basically the equivalent of the Mario series power star. Yeah, you'll become invincible, which is good because there are a LOT of birds coming up and a LOT of balloons. Now that your invincible, collect all the balloons and take out the birds. It'll wear off after a bit, though, but you should make it to another bridge easily. Gather balloons and jump to the higher platform, where a couple fire kids will walk towards you and a few birds will fly overhead. Continue on past the next platform onto solid ground, where you will see another giant arrow, signifying the end of the first stage. Congrats! ======= Stage 2 ======= [BK-2] You'll be in the woods this time. Gather the first balloons and jump to the next platform over the hornets. There's some beetles hanging out up above that can pop your balloons, so stay lower. Jump to the next platform and you'll see more beetles. Jump between the first set and make it to the next platform. Above you are small platforms with catapillars moving around them. Float onwards, staying up as some bugs will fly underneath you. You'll have another fire kid to jump over, as well as another gap. Here there's more bugs that fly by, but they add in some hornets who fly around their hives. Stay lower and you'll be ok. Drop you balloons when you get to the next platform. You'll see a 1-up on a platform underneath a croc, so grab it and start making balloons again. You'll soon get another "POWER" balloon, so grab it and follow the fast screen to the left, killing things and collecting balloons. You'll pass by several platforms rather fastly, and get a chance to kill beetles, bugs, and fire kids. Fun! All good things wear off, though, so get down to safety. Keep heading left past the beetles and under the wood platforms. Some balls will fall down here and break into spikes, so hurry under them to the left and they'll miss you entirely. Follow the path upwards and drop your balloons when you can fall down the first gap, as it leads to another secret level. This secret level is EXACTLY like the first, so grab all the balloons and then grab your 1-up rewards afterwards. You'll be put back into the woods, with several bugs flying very high and a fire kid hopping down below. Keep heading to the left and the music will change. You'll see your brother float off. Boss time! ---------------- Boss: Giant Wolf ---------------- Didn't know we'd be fighting bosses, did you? This is pretty easy, as the wolf will stay in the central area. Just float over him and drop your balloons so that you land on his head. In fact, with enough momentum you'll bounce off him and grab your balloons again. If not, pump up some more balloons and repeat. After three hits, he'll go down. Cue the happy music and end of the stage. ======= Stage 3 ======= [BK-3] You'll be on an island as you start, with some new music and an island theme. It also seems to me that the screen is scrolling a little faster than normal. Grab the balloons and jumpover the crab. Do your best to grab all the balloons in the air with the faster screen. Watch out for birds and hummingbirds (who are also using balloons! funny!). After a few islands, a "POWER" balloon will show up underneath some spikes. Grab it. Stick to the right though, as a heart will pop up soon after. Once you have the heart, feel free to trailblaze to the left, collecting balloons. Your power will protect you from a lot of swarming birds and even some crabs near the end (where it will run out). Keep heading left under some spikes and over some fire. The platform with arrows pointing down will fall once you stand on it. There will be groups of three birds coming at you in the open area. Either let them pass overhead or go between them. Keep going left and you'll get a chance to drop your balloons and get a 1-up. Grab it and fall down to the island so you can make some more balloons (you need room above you to make balloons). Keep heading left and soon you'll see a whale with his mouth wide open and an arrow. Yep, go into the whale to end the level. ======= Stage 4 ======= [BK-4] Yep, we're inside the whale, with his ribcage acting as spikes up above. Jump over the first gap and avoid the shrimp. The next gap has octupi, followed by some fires. What are fires doing inside a whale?! Be careful, past the fires there are some loose rib bones that will fall as you get near them. Keep grabbing balloons past the falling rib bones and float up to the top of the platform. Drop your ballons and fall down a level. Use the falling platform to reach the 1-up heart, then use the rising platform as you fill up your balloons again. Ride this rising platform to a secret level! This secret level is EXACTLY like the first, so grab all the balloons and then grab your 1-up rewards afterwards. You'll be put back into the whale. Grab the balloons and avoid the fire and shrimp. Stay down by the shrimp though, as skeleton fish fly overhead. Get under the spikes further on and grab the balloons at the end. Stick to the right though, as a "POWER" balloon will show up. Grab it and blaze to the left. There'll be a huge open section filled with octopi, shrimp, and fire. Your power will run out before the end of this section though, so stay up to protect yourself. Keep heading to the left and soon you'll hear the music change. Yep, another boss. ------------------ Boss: Giant Shrimp ------------------ You'll have two platforms on either side of the screen as the shrimp simply jumps out of the water from down below. Jump out over the gap as the shrimp jump up, and let go of the balloons to land on his head. With the momentum, you end up hurting him AND bouncing up and grabbing your balloons. Do this three times to beat him and end the level. ======= Stage 5 ======= [BK-5] At the start of this stage, you'll leave the whale. Notice the rainfall in isolated spots? This will bring you down. This first one isn't wide though, so continue on to the second one. This one is much wider, so get some good momentum and blast through it. Keep heading left avoiding the birds and going through a skinny rainfall. You'll soon come across two more rainfalls and than there'll actually be some clouds that shoot out lightning bolts, which results in a spike ball moving around the screen underneath the cloud. Stick to the left and you'll be ok. Keep heading left and you'll have to navigate through some spikes. Stick to the right and you'll get a "POWER" balloon, followed by a 1-up heart. Sweet! Use the power to blaze to the left, collecting balloons and killing birds and crabs. The power will last you through three more rainfalls to the left and quit shortly afterwards. A well-placed power balloon, if you ask me. This next area sucks. Stick to the right and don't gather any wild momentum at all, as you'll have to navigate through another spike section, with several spikes moving up and down. Time you ascent to pass them overhead and continue on. Make it a point of surviving, and don't go out of your way for any balloons if it's too risky. The next section isn't as bad, with less spikes about. Just be sure to pass through the rainfall with some momentum and you'll soon reach the stage's exit. ======= Stage 6 ======= [BK-6] Ah, you knew an ice area was coming. Stay low in this first part as the penguins will fly overhead. When you see the platform, gain a little height as the penguin flys low (well, they shoot out to the right really, as penguins aren't known for flying...). Drop your balloons for the next section. Stay in the gaps and jump over the fire kids that come along. Keep heading left and you'll see a small-block platform, which will fall if you stand on it too long. Wait as the screen advances, than use that platform to do a long jump to the other side of the screen over the fire. It's quite the jump! Just let the screen advance and you'll be ok. There's another jump over some icicles after that. Beware, as a seal will come your way shortly. Jump past him. There's one more area with small blocks that fall down, so jump over that too. Watch out for the penguin that shoots by. Blow up some balloons and move onwards. Watch out for the snowflakes as you pick up the balloons. Soon a piece of ice will float down, so let go of your balloons and ride it to reach a heart. Now this next part is tricky, as a "POWER" balloon will rise up and you are probably standing on that little piece of ice without any balloons. Jump above you to the higher ice platform and be sure to grab the "POWER" balloon, then pump up a balloon and use the power to go left. Your power will wear off infront of a bunch of squished ledges. Grab what balloons you can and continue left. You'll soon reach solid land with steps. Be careful of the fire kids and keep going. Soon you'll reach the boss of this stage. ------------------- Boss: Giant Snowman ------------------- This guy is pretty easy. He'll move back and forth and throw his bucket helmet at you. When he does, float a bit to the left/right and drop down onto his head. You'll lose your balloons, so quickly blow one up, and repeat what you just did two more times. ======= Stage 7 ======= [BK-7] Now you are in a cave type area. Jump over the fire and dodge the spikes that drop down. This next area is pretty challenging. You'll have to navigate a passage that has spiders moving up and down and also has spikes covering the ceiling and sometimes the floor! Keep your cool and progress slowly (get past the spiders asap). You'll than be able to rest for a bit, but not long. Ahead bats circle around and there's another section with spikes above and below you. Be careful of the descent in this area, as spikes fall down. The ascent is a bit better, beware of any rocks that look out of place! You'll get a break soon. One more passage to get through, with a set of bats and spikes above and below you. Near the end/descent there's a heart that floats up. Be careful of the spikes that drop though! Don't kill yourself for a heart! Exit the cave to finish this stage. ======= Stage 8 ======= [BK-8] You appear to be in a factory this time. The fire barrels here go ALL the way up, so be patient. Get onto the conveyors and continue to the left. Lose your balloons quick and descend down the conveyors. Jump over the fire and continue. This next area is FULL of gears, but also has quite a few open areas to land on and refill a balloon if you need to. Also note that you can stand on the gears. Keep going and you'll see a narrow opening they want you to go into (drop your balloons to continue). Drop down the gap and you'll see a heart up for grabs. Up next is some THOMP-like gears that will try to crush you. Pass by them when you can (again, timing is key). Jump over the fire on the conveyor and lose your balloons to continue. Wait for the screen to advance and jump over the fire. In this next area, the pipes with fire will spit out spikes. Go under them, as you can avoid ALL the spikes by being directly under the pipes. You'll then see platforms moving up and down which can be dangerous as they are spiked on the bottom. There's a break after a few platforms though, so you can refill a balloon if you lost one. This next area is quite challenging. See those lines in the background? Spikes of electricity follow those? VERY dangerous. Avoid them by floating up to the top and staying up there. There will be some vertical spikes too, so be sure and use some grand timing here. Move past the next set of spikes and head upwards to get on top of the platform. Lose your balloons here and grab the heart to the left. Go downwards now and use the rising platform to get to the conveyor's. Use the upcoming moving platform to get your balloons back and make a few easy jumps to continue. Cue the boss music and drop your balloons. You can pump them back up once you get closer to the boss. ----------------- Boss: Giant Robot ----------------- This guy is definitely the most challenging boss of the game. He'll open up his mouth and shoot out four spikes, which bounce around the area trying to kill you. But he shoots two of them forward and two of them upwards, giving you a good diagonal attack oppurtunity, so drop down on him and take advantage of it. Refill/grab your balloons and repeat that four more times to defeat him. Easier typed than done, but this is the last boss, so it's OK to lose a life or two. After the battle, you'll get to move onto a new area where your little brother will float down and free himself. Alice will then carry him as they travel back home. Congatulations on beating Balloon Kid for the Game Boy! ======== Credits: ======== [BK-CRE] Gamefaqs Gameboy Completion Project for providing the motivation. No way I would have done this without that! I'll also thank Apple Juice! Yum! Go have a glass! ~Fin