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Hello Kitty World

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PlatformFamicomYear1992
PublisherCharacter SoftDeveloperCharacter Soft
RegionJPLanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Two Player, Japan Only, Licensed, Birds
PlatformFamicom
Year1992
PublisherCharacter Soft
DeveloperCharacter Soft
RegionJP
LanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Two Player, Japan Only, Licensed, Birds

Fly your balloons in an auto-scrolling Joust style action platformer set in the Hello Kitty universe. This is a Famicom port of the Gameboy game Balloon Kid.
 
GoodBad
  • Cute characters
  • Bright colorful graphics
  • Interesting use of balloons as your health
  • Special areas only accessibly if you drop your balloons
  • Strategic choices on when to regenerate health by creating new balloons
  • Bonus levels add variety
  • Good level of difficulty
  • Abundant extra lives
  • Interesting boss battles
  • Levels that go on too long
  • Very slow game
Good
  • Cute characters
  • Bright colorful graphics
  • Interesting use of balloons as your health
  • Special areas only accessibly if you drop your balloons
  • Strategic choices on when to regenerate health by creating new balloons
  • Bonus levels add variety
  • Good level of difficulty
  • Abundant extra lives
  • Interesting boss battles
 
Bad
  • Levels that go on too long
  • Very slow game
 
7Fun game that would benefit from better pacing. Right level of challenge and good variety to the gameplay.

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