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It was first scheduled for June 1986, was later changed to August, but very likely came out in September.
It can also be played in the first Animal Crossing, both through its Nintendo Space World 2000 demo and in the final game.
This title was not released in Japan on the Game Boy, but colorized versions titled as Hello Kitty World (published by Character Soft) for the Famicom and Balloon Fight GB for the Game Boy Color were later released only in Japan.
Balloon Fight became the first Wii U Virtual Console title to be released.
HAL Laboratory had worked on a Famicom port of Joust as a subcontractor for Nintendo and had taken it as far as a finished ROM, but terms could not be agreed with the developer over rights and it was shelved. The game system was hurriedly rearranged and released as Balloon Fight.
There is also a Game & Watch title of the same name, never released in Japan, whose content is based on the Balloon Trip of GAME C.
It was arranged and made by 4 people — Yoshio Sakamoto, Gunpei Yokoi, Satoru Iwata, and Hirokazu Tanaka — based on Joust (1982), an arcade game released by Williams in the United States.
It was originally released for arcades as VS. Balloon Fight, with the console version releasing in Japan in 1985 and internationally in 1986.
Similar to other early Nintendo titles, the exact date of the console release is difficult to pinpoint.
Ultimate and Balloon Fighter appears as a Spirit in said game.
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