Balloon (Minibattle)

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For other uses, see Balloon

A Balloon is an item used in Minibattles with Bandits. It is used in two minibattles, Pop Balloons, and Throwing Balloons. In Pop Balloons, A Yoshi must Ground-Pound the balloon with the item inside of it. However, the Bandit will try to find it first. In Throwing Balloons, a Yoshi is throwing a slowly expanding balloon back in forth with a Bandit. Whoever has the balloon when it pops loses the mini-game.