Ports and Related Releases
On March 27, 1992, a subsidiary of Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, known as Character Soft, reprogrammed and published a Family Computer version of Balloon Kid, titled as Hello Kitty World (ハロー キティ ワールド?). This version, unlike Balloon Kid, which was never released in Japan, was released exclusively in Japan. Balloon Kid was created after it was brought to North America. The only notable changes to the game were Balloon Kid's plot being replaced with Hello Kitty's, as well as updated/changed visuals.
On July 31, 2000, Balloon Kid was remade and renamed as Balloon Fight GB (バルーンファイトＧＢ?), and was also developed by Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo, but released exclusively in Japan for the Game Boy Color through the Nintendo Power flash RAM cartridge series. This version features colored graphics, battery-backed memory for helping players save their progress in order to pick any stage of their choice after they completed them. Super Game Boy compatible features such as frames were added as well. Balloon Fight GB was later added to the Virtual Console for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on October 19, 2011, while Balloon Kid was added to the same platform in North America on November 3, 2011 and in Europe on January 26, 2012.
Some of the game's BGM was added in some parts of the Game Boy Camera, such as the "Hot Spot" section.
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