Introduction: In this guide, you will get some tips on how to survive, and high score tips (no level to level guide since for this type of game it would be redundant. Also, no Balloon Trip guide). This is a different format than I’m used to doing at the moment, so sorry if it doesn't maintain the quality my guides usually have. Even if my very first guide was still amazing <.<. Also, no pictures, sorry .

Controls and um IMPORTANT STUFF: The controls are a tad weird. First, the B and A button. If you hold down B, then you “flap” continuously as you hold it. The A button just makes you flap once, regardless of whether you hold it or not. The weird part is that you’re controlling yourself like you’re tied to a balloon (so basically floaty). You can’t really move that efficiently if you don’t flap, but flapping too much can mess you up. Also, if you go to one side of the screen (horizontally) then you will appear on the other side.

For the important stuff (basically gameplay), you have to defeat all the enemies on the screen to go to the next level. You fight the enemies, which are bird-like guys, by bouncing on top of them. That pops their balloons, which makes them float down using a parachute. If you bounce on them when they’re in parachute form, you’ll get more points than you would if you bounced on them after they landed (or dropped in the water. Which then you would get no points).

Survival: This part will name all the dangers, explain them, and tell you how to avoid them.

Danger: Enemies

There are three colors of bird guys: Pink, Green, and White. Pink is the slowest with the worst AI, White is the fastest with the best AI, and Green is in the middle. They can all hurt you by popping your balloons. Bounce on them twice, once in the air and once on the floor or in the parachute. Try to get higher ground than them for height advantage, but try not to hug the ceiling too much since it causes you to bounce down. Also, like most other games, try to take out the most threatening enemies first. If they manage to pump up their balloons on the floor they’ll become the next level (unless they’re already White of course )

Danger: Da Big fish

The fish eats you if you’re too close to the water. So don’t go near the water. But if you do, get as high as possible to get away from the fish. Or you’ll die instantly.

Danger: The clouds (more the electricity)

After a while, the clouds will generate a little electric spark (there can be two sparks on the screen at once). That electric spark will INSTA KILL U. So try to finish the stage as quick as possible, and if the spark appears, stay away from it.

Danger: The bumpers

In like the 7th stage that’s not a bonus round, these will be introduced. They don’t instantly kill you, but if they start to spin around they can kill you by bumping you into enemies/sparks/etc.

Score: This section will tell you how to get a highscore. Also, survival and score goes hand in hand, because you can’t score points if you’re dead, of course.

Score giver: Enemies

Remember when I told you that the colored balloons affect their AI and speed? Well, the higher up you go, the more points you get . When you pop their balloon you get points, starting at 500 points and increasing by 500 for each level of AI. if the enemy floats to the ground, and if you hit them on the ground, you get the original points you got from popping their balloon plus 250 points (unless it’s the white guy, where you get 500 more points). If you hit them when they’re in a parachute before they hit the ground, you get the score you got from popping their balloons x2! Also, if they hit the water, the fish will eat them and you won’t get any points.

Score giver: Bubbles

Everytime you kill a bird guy, a bubble comes out of the water. They give you 500 points a bubble. Try to get them, but not if it puts you in danger (obviously).

Score giver: Bonus Stage

Every three levels, you will get into a bonus stage. In the bonus stage, 20 balloons will float up from four pipes. Your goal is to try to pop as many balloons as you can. Each Balloon gives you either 300, 500, or 700 points depending on what bonus stage you’re on (it increases as you go up. The balloons will change color), and popping all of the balloons give you a perfect bonus score of 10,000, increasing by 5,000 every bonus round and capping at 30,000. Getting all the balloons is pretty hard, so here’s what you have to do. Try to get the balloons near the bottom of the screen, and if there’s a balloon coming from the left/right pipe, and the next balloon is coming from the opposite pipe, just go to the side of the screen the pipe is near to get that balloon.

Zlinqx :

Method of getting a high score: The Zlinqx way

For methods, you could just do what Zlinqx does. Summoned him for, you know, credit (for the method) . I mean, he did get 315,650 score by using this method. That’s 6th place on Vizzed :o! And yes, I typed all of this, it’s just that the method isn’t mine.

You know how the bird guys become the next level of AI if you let them pump up their balloons again? Well, let them pump up their balloon. Then pop their balloon again, and wait for them to pump their balloon up again. Rinse and repeat. This works because the stage layout becomes harder as you go on, so you’ll probably survive longer this way, and since the enemies become the next level of AI when they blow up their balloon, and the higher AI they have, the more points they give. The enemies will eventually fall into the water or something similar, but at least you would advance to the harder layouts slower, therefore giving you more points, and having you survive longer.

Conclusion: The purpose of this guide wasn’t to go through every pro MLG method of getting a 999,999 score or something crazy like that, but it’s more of an introductory guide to learn the basics and dangers. I hope this guide helps you and…

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Sorry for the short guide guys. The next one will be longer, and I promise, the December one will be longer than any I've ever typed before 3.

I was wondering when you'd make your game guide for the month. This is a very accurate guide. I do enjoy Balloon Fight myself, so that's why I say that. So, what are your plans for a game guide for next month?

gamerforlifeforever2 : My guide for this month was supposed to be longer, but time started to run out . My Red and Yellow jersey will have to wait :vv:

And my plans for the game guide next month has to do with a story about A Boy and His Blob (hint hint).

Nice walkthrough! The controls sure are complicated . This game reminds me of our beloved late president, Satoru Iwata, as he made the game. The game works pretty similar in Nintendo Land. Don't worry about writing short guides. The quality matters, not the quantity. Keep up the good work!