<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
is	O
a	O
flying	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
1990	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
1991	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
,	O
a	O
licensed	O
Family	O
Computer	O
port	O
titled	O
was	O
reprogrammed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sanrio	O
's	O
subsidiary	O
Character	O
Soft	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
edition	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
titled	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1-player	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
an	O
arrangement	O
of	O
the	O
Balloon	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
mode	O
of	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
screen	O
automatically	O
scrolls	O
toward	O
the	O
left	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Alice	O
that	O
uses	O
two	O
balloons	O
to	O
float	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
enemies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Balloon	O
Birds	O
,	O
came	O
from	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
giant	O
fish	O
that	O
eats	O
anyone	O
who	O
flies	O
too	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
water	O
also	O
came	O
from	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
bosses	O
in	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2-player	O
mode	O
is	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fights	I-Application
Game	O
A	O
and	O
Game	O
B	O
modes	O
,	O
where	O
one	O
player	O
battles	O
against	O
another	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
"	O
Balloon	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
"	O
mode	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
's	O
mode	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
Alice	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
else	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
BGM	O
itself	O
,	O
are	O
unchanged	O
from	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fights	I-Application
Balloon	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
unnamed	O
,	O
Earth-like	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alice	O
-	O
The	O
protagonist	O
of	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
1992	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Hello	O
Kitty	O
creator	O
Sanrio	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Character	O
Soft	O
,	O
reprogrammed	O
and	O
published	O
a	O
Family	O
Computer	O
version	O
of	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
,	O
titled	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
was	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
was	O
created	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
notable	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
plot	O
being	O
replaced	O
with	O
Hello	O
Kitty	O
's	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
updated/changed	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
was	O
remade	O
and	O
renamed	O
as	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Pax	O
Softnica	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
but	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
through	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
flash	I-Application
RAM	I-Application
cartridge	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
compatible	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
frames	O
were	O
added	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
GB	I-Application
was	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
while	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
platform	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
BGM	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
some	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
Camera	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Hot	O
Spot	O
"	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Yoshio	O
Sakamoto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
first-party	O
Nintendo	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
until	O
Nintendo	O
licensed	O
it	O
to	O
Sanrio	O
's	O
subsidiary	O
Character	O
Soft	O
for	O
reprogramming	O
and	O
publishing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
as	O
Hello	B-Application
Kitty	I-Application
World	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
1992	O
,	O
while	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
was	O
remade	O
for	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
and	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Hitoshi	O
Yamagami	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
GB	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
due	O
to	O
demand	O
for	O
a	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
sequel	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Gallery	O
"	O
made	O
them	O
consider	O
making	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Japanese	O
market.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
and	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
GB	I-Application
were	O
later	O
re-released	O
in	O
their	O
original	O
regions	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
lineup	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
VS	O
Mode	O
"	O
became	O
incompatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
editor	O
Lucas	O
M	O
.	O
Thomas	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
a	O
solid	O
little	O
adventure	O
game	O
"	O
that	O
stood	O
out	O
to	O
him	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Balloon	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
mode	O
of	O
Balloon	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
he	O
thought	O
that	O
Balloon	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
is	O
"	O
a	O
nice	O
little	O
lost	O
sequel	O
from	O
yesteryear	O
that	O
is	O
pleasant	O
to	O
play	O
through	O
again	O
for	O
just	O
three	O
bucks.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Author	O
Jeff	O
Rovin	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
How	O
to	O
Win	O
at	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Games	O
noted	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
"	O
novel	O
"	O
if	O
repetitive	O
after	O
the	O
second	O
stage	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
regardless	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
entertaining	O
for	O
all	O
ages	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
worthy	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
library	O
"	O
,	O
grading	O
the	O
game	O
B	O
.	O
</s>
