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Hello Kitty World

ハロー キティ ワールド
Hello Kitty World Title Hello Kitty World Screenshot

Platform Famicom Year 1992
Publisher Character Soft Developer Character Soft
Region JP Language Japanese
Tags Action, Two Player, Japan Only, Licensed, Birds
Platform Famicom
Year 1992
Publisher Character Soft
Developer Character Soft
Region JP
Language Japanese
Tags Action, 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.
 
Good Bad
  • 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
 
7 Fun game that would benefit from better pacing. Right level of challenge and good variety to the gameplay.

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