A port of Balloon Kid
This game is based on "Balloon Kid" for Game Boy but with characters and plot changed. It was released only in Japan for the Nintendo Famicom.
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only real men play hello kitty world on the Family Computer (FAMICOM)
this is balloon kid but instead you are hello kitty...very epic....
Game Review - originally written by Flake
Hello Kitty World is a platformer for children based on the anime and exclusive to Japan. It was created at the apogee of the NES console’s run when programmers had learned how to put all of its best features to use. The scenery is remarkably beautiful and the music is exquisitely lovely. I definitely recommend it to anyone who’s looking to introduce kids to the awesomeness of the Japanese video game culture.
Hello Kitty World is a platformer for children based on the anime and exclusive to Japan. It was created at the apogee of the NES console’s run when programmers had learned how to put all of its best features to use. The scenery is remarkably beautiful and the music is exquisitely lovely. I definitely recommend it to anyone who’s looking to introduce kids to the awesomeness of the Japanese video game culture.
Working on Yume 2kki rn, almost done, noticed journal here is kinda dead so scavenged around friend reviews. I played this in like 2020 and thought it was some bootleg or something and assumed it wasn't here but apparently its a real product. It's like okay I guess? However, I'd be hard pressed to play the Game Boy original with no color and a small ass screen and no Hello Kitty. I'm a simple girl and I love Hello Kitty and if you wave any related content in my face I will claw at it and say silly shit like "give it here". One time I hadn't slept for like 36 hours and towards the end of that I was so deprived I was having giggle fits and marathoning episodes of Hello Kitty's Paradise I had on either vhs or dvd or something when i was like three
I remember there was a level inside a whale that was kind of dogshit. Otherwise it's a little fuzzy in my memory, it autoscrolls I think and you have to not hit walls or obstacles while floating around with balloons. There are cute little screens in between levels with the characters but I couldn't read them. I wonder if there's another Hello Kitty game somewhere I haven't looked that tickles my fancy a lil better. Maybe there's one for the snes or genesis or somethin that flew under my nose
I remember there was a level inside a whale that was kind of dogshit. Otherwise it's a little fuzzy in my memory, it autoscrolls I think and you have to not hit walls or obstacles while floating around with balloons. There are cute little screens in between levels with the characters but I couldn't read them. I wonder if there's another Hello Kitty game somewhere I haven't looked that tickles my fancy a lil better. Maybe there's one for the snes or genesis or somethin that flew under my nose
No, I did not just play a Hello Kitty game at random. After playing Balloon Kid again I later found out online that a port was released in Japan on the Famicom with all of the characters swapped out for Sanrio ones.
It's so utterly goddamn bizarre to find out that a game you grew up with back in the day underwent an identity change and was released on other hardware, I mean you really can't blame me for not knowing until recently. It's not like it was released as "This is a Famicom Version of Balloon Kid", and I'm not generally up to date on my Sanrio shit aside from random Aggretsuko clips, so the drive to play Hello Kitty games is almost non-existent.
As far as the game itself, it's mostly the same as Balloon Kid, but I wanna say the slowdown was a bit worse here and my control was probably better due to my 8bitdo NES controller being in better shape than my DS. They also really took away the intimidation factor of the Factory level at the end by brightening it up with Lego bricks and the first stage theme. Don't get me wrong I fucking adore that theme, but I kinda miss the "welcome to hell" feel of the original Game Boy version's aesthetic.
I'm trying to think of a reverse of this situation. What if Balloon Kid was only released in Japan, then was changed for the western audience and ported to NES? What would the characters be? Garfield? The Ninja Turtles? Bart Simpson? Jerry Seinfeld? The possibilities are endless in this possible alternate timeline.
It's so utterly goddamn bizarre to find out that a game you grew up with back in the day underwent an identity change and was released on other hardware, I mean you really can't blame me for not knowing until recently. It's not like it was released as "This is a Famicom Version of Balloon Kid", and I'm not generally up to date on my Sanrio shit aside from random Aggretsuko clips, so the drive to play Hello Kitty games is almost non-existent.
As far as the game itself, it's mostly the same as Balloon Kid, but I wanna say the slowdown was a bit worse here and my control was probably better due to my 8bitdo NES controller being in better shape than my DS. They also really took away the intimidation factor of the Factory level at the end by brightening it up with Lego bricks and the first stage theme. Don't get me wrong I fucking adore that theme, but I kinda miss the "welcome to hell" feel of the original Game Boy version's aesthetic.
I'm trying to think of a reverse of this situation. What if Balloon Kid was only released in Japan, then was changed for the western audience and ported to NES? What would the characters be? Garfield? The Ninja Turtles? Bart Simpson? Jerry Seinfeld? The possibilities are endless in this possible alternate timeline.
This game is so cute. It's difficult! But it's cute and fun. Very much an upgrade from the game boy original. Love this game.