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Hot Air Balloon
	; Artwork of a Hot Air Balloon for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) (2004)

Latest revision as of 10:22, December 14, 2023

This article is about a form of transportation in the Donkey Kong games. For the recurring object in the Mario Kart series, see Hot-air balloon. For the Yoshi transformation, see Hot-Air Balloon Yoshi.

Hot Air Balloons^[1] (also parsed as Hot-Air Balloons)^[2] are large balloons used for crossing large portions of lava. They first appear in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and return in Donkey Kong Land 2.

HistoryEdit

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestEdit

In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Hot Air Balloons appear only in Red-Hot Ride, as a key feature for making it through the level. Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong can stand on a Hot Air Balloon and lean either left or right to control its movement. If the Kongs stand at the edge of a Hot Air Balloon, the animation of them about to fall off is shown, even though they cannot walk off of a Hot Air Balloon. By default, a Hot Air Balloon slowly descends into the lava, but it can be suspended in midair if it is floating at the top of a thermal column, which come in varying heights. Most Hot Air Balloons start off at the top of a thermal column. Throughout Red-Hot Ride, the Kongs must maneuver the Hot Air Balloon past a series of enemies, especially Zingers, until reaching the next Hot Air Balloon or the ground. Some of the Hot Air Balloons have a DK Barrel on it, or even either one of two enemies: Kruncha or Neek. Although they walk back and forth on a Hot Air Balloon, this does not affect the direction of its movement.

Donkey Kong Land 2Edit

In Donkey Kong Land 2, Hot Air Balloons, function identically as before, although their appearance is slightly wider. They appear in only two levels, both taking place in a volcanic environment: Redhot Ride and Fiery Furnace. There are no thermal columns along the way, so a Hot Air Balloon cannot be suspended back in midair.

ProfilesEdit

Donkey Kong Land 2Edit

Virtual Console manual bio: "Jump on these to cross perilous gaps. Press to move left or right. The balloons will gradually start to descend after you jump on them."

GalleryEdit

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest sprite
The Kongs riding on a Hot Air Balloon in Red-Hot Ride in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Land 2 sprite
Diddy Kong riding a Hot Air Balloon in Donkey Kong Land 2

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	熱気球ねつききゅう^[3] Netsukikyū	Hot Air Balloon
Italian	Pallone di aria calda^[4]^[5] Mongolfiera^[6]	Hot air balloon (meant as "balloon full of hot air") Hot-air balloon (like an actual balloon-aircraft)

ReferencesEdit

^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES instruction booklet, page 16.
^ Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA instruction booklet, page 15.
^ Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy instruction booklet, page 20.
^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, GIG's Italian manual
^ Donkey Kong Land 2 Italian manual, pag. 15
^ Donkey Kong Country 2, European manual, pag. 113

Navigation

[1] Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES instruction booklet, page 16.

[2] Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA instruction booklet, page 15.

[3] Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy instruction booklet, page 20.

[4] Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, GIG's Italian manual

[5] Donkey Kong Land 2 Italian manual, pag. 15

[6] Donkey Kong Country 2, European manual, pag. 113

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-{{about|a form of transportation in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] games|the Yoshi transformation|[[Hot-Air Balloon Yoshi]]}}
+{{about|a form of transportation in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] games|the recurring object in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]|[[Hot-air balloon]]|the Yoshi transformation|[[Hot-Air Balloon Yoshi]]}}
-{{item-infobox
+{{item infobox
-|image=[[File:Hot Air Balloon DKC2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Hot Air Balloon for ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
+|image=[[File:Hot Air Balloon DKC2 artwork.jpg]]<br>Artwork of a Hot Air Balloon for ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
-|name=Hot Air Balloon
 |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
 |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
 }}
-'''Hot Air Balloons'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' SNES instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> (also parsed '''Hot-Air Balloons'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2'' GBA instruction booklet, page 15.</ref>) are objects that are used for crossing large portions of [[lava]] in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''.
+'''Hot Air Balloons'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' SNES instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> (also parsed as '''Hot-Air Balloons''')<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2'' GBA instruction booklet, page 15.</ref> are large balloons used for crossing large portions of [[lava]]. They first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and return in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''.
 ==History==
 ===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
-[[File:Red-Hot Ride DKC2.png|thumb|left|The Kongs riding on a Hot Air Balloon in Red-Hot Ride in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'']]
+In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Hot Air Balloons appear only in [[Red-Hot Ride]], as a key feature for making it through the level. [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] can stand on a Hot Air Balloon and lean either left or right to control its movement. If the [[Kong]]s stand at the edge of a Hot Air Balloon, the animation of them about to fall off is shown, even though they cannot walk off of a Hot Air Balloon. By default, a Hot Air Balloon slowly descends into the lava, but it can be suspended in midair if it is floating at the top of a thermal column, which come in varying heights. Most Hot Air Balloons start off at the top of a thermal column. Throughout Red-Hot Ride, the Kongs must maneuver the Hot Air Balloon past a series of enemies, especially [[Zinger]]s, until reaching the next Hot Air Balloon or the ground. Some of the Hot Air Balloons have a [[DK Barrel]] on it, or even either one of two enemies: [[Kruncha]] or [[Neek]]. Although they walk back and forth on a Hot Air Balloon, this does not affect the direction of its movement.
-In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Hot Air Balloons only appear in the level, [[Red-Hot Ride]], where they are a main feature. Hot Air Balloons are large, about the size of [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]]. The [[Kong]]s can stand on a Hot Air Balloon and control the direction that it moves in by leaning either left or right. By default, a Hot Air Balloon slowly floats back down to lava, but can be slowly suspended back into midair if it is floating from a thermal column. Each thermal column is at a different height, and the Hot Air Balloon can stop rising when it reaches the top of the thermal column.
-The Kongs must maneuver the Hot Air Balloon past a series of enemies until reaching the next Hot Air Balloon or land. Diddy and Dixie usually do this process a few times before reaching land. Most Hot Air Balloons are initially positioned at the top of a thermal column, which gives the Kongs time to move onto. A couple of Hot Air Balloons have a [[DK Barrel]] or an enemy such as a [[Kruncha]] or [[Neek]]. The former enemy can only be defeated via [[Team-up]] or by using an object carried by the Kongs.
+===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
+In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', Hot Air Balloons, function identically as before, although their appearance is slightly wider. They appear in only two [[level]]s, both taking place in a volcanic environment: [[Redhot Ride]] and [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Fiery Furnace]]. There are no thermal columns along the way, so a Hot Air Balloon cannot be suspended back in midair.
+==Profiles==
 ===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
-In their second appearance, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', Hot Air Balloons have the same role as in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', although have a slightly wider appearance. Aside from appearing in [[Redhot Ride]], Hot Air Balloons also appear in the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]] level, [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Fiery Furnace]].
+*'''[[Virtual Console]] manual bio:''' "''Jump on these to cross perilous gaps. Press {{button|3ds|Padleftright}} to move left or right. The balloons will gradually start to descend after you jump on them.''"
-{{br|left}}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 Hot Air Balloon.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
+Red-Hot Ride DKC2.png|The Kongs riding on a Hot Air Balloon in Red-Hot Ride in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
 Hot Air Balloon DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2'' sprite
 Redhot Ride DKL2.png|Diddy Kong riding a Hot Air Balloon in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
 </gallery>
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
+|Jap={{ruby|熱気球|ねつききゅう}}<ref>''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 20.</ref>
+|JapR=Netsukikyū
+|JapM=Hot Air Balloon
+|Ita=Pallone di aria calda<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', GIG's Italian manual</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual, pag. 15</ref><br>Mongolfiera<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'', European manual, pag. 113</ref>
+|ItaM=Hot air balloon (meant as "balloon full of hot air")<br>Hot-air balloon (like an actual {{wp|Hot air balloon|balloon-aircraft}})
+}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
 {{DKC2}}
 {{DKL2}}
+[[Category:Balloons]]
 [[Category:Platforms]]
 [[Category:Aircraft]]
-[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Objects]]
+[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest objects]]
-[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 Objects]]
+[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 objects]]

Hot Air Balloon
Artwork of a Hot Air Balloon for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) (2004)

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Protagonists		Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Swanky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends		Clapper • Enguarde • Expresso • Glimmer • Quawks • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses		Krow • Kleever • Kudgel • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kerozene • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies		Cat O' 9 Tails • Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kaboom • Kackle • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Kutlass • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Screech • Shuri • Snapjaw • Spiny • Zinger
Levels	Gangplank Galleon	Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
	Crocodile Cauldron	Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Red-Hot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Kleever's Kiln
	Krem Quay	Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Bramble Blast • Kudgel's Kontest
	Krazy Kremland	Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Scramble • Rickety Race • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
	Gloomy Gulch	Ghostly Grove • Haunted Hall • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
	K. Rool's Keep	Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Castle Crush • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
	The Flying Krock	Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
	Lost World	Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Funky's Flights missions		Aerial Loop • Submerged Stint • Kongstruction • Kongnapped • Cool Sounds • Kongnapped 2 • Toxic Kongstruction
Barrels		Animal Barrel • Regular Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Biplane Barrel • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Golden Barrel • Krockhead Barrel • Plus and Minus Barrels • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Steerable Barrel • TNT Barrel
Other items and objects		Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster Star • Toxic waste
Miscellaneous		Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Original Soundtrack • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Uncle Kong

Donkey Kong Land 2
Protagonists		Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends		Clapper • Enguarde • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Bosses		Krow • Kleever • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies		Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Lockjaw • Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spiny • Zinger
Levels	Gangplank Galleon	Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
	Krem Cauldron	Hothead Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Redhot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Kleaver's Kiln
	Krazy Kremland	Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Blast • Rickety Race • Bramble Scramble • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
	Gloomy Gulch	Ghostly Grove • Krazy Koaster • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
	K. Rool's Keep	Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Dungeon Danger • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
	The Flying Krock	Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
	Lost World	Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Barrels		Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Light Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • TNT Barrel
Other items and objects		Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster • Star • Toxic waste