Balloon Trip (theme)

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"Balloon Trip"
"Balloon Trip" in Balloon Fight
Image for "Balloon Trip" from Balloon Fight on Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Hirokazu Tanaka
First appearance Balloon Fight (1985, overall)
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

"Balloon Trip"[1] is a musical theme composed by Hirokazu Tanaka for Balloon Fight, where it plays in the Balloon Trip mode and in bonus stages. The theme has made frequent appearances in the Super Mario franchise, as well as every game in the Super Smash Bros. series since Super Smash Bros. Melee.

History[edit]

WarioWare series[edit]

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$![edit]

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, a short arrangement of "Balloon Trip" plays in the microgame Balloon Fight. It is titled "Balloon Trip" in the Nintendo Music app.

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WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$![edit]

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, an arrangement of "Balloon Trip " similar to the one from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! plays for the same purposes as before.

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WarioWare: Twisted![edit]

In WarioWare: Twisted!, a faithful arrangement of "Balloon Trip" appears as the Balloon Fight souvenir.

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WarioWare: Smooth Moves[edit]

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In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, an short arrangement of "Balloon Trip" plays in the Balloon Fight microgame. Additionally, an extended version plays in the Balloon Trip minigame. They are both titled "Balloon Fight Remix" in the Sound Studio.

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WarioWare: D.I.Y.[edit]

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In WarioWare: D.I.Y., a brief arrangement of "Balloon Trip" can play in the B. Fight microgame. Additionally, the "B. Fight" record is an arrangement of "Balloon Trip" that incorporates other themes from Balloon Fight.

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WarioWare Gold[edit]

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In WarioWare Gold, a new arrangement of "Balloon Trip" plays in the new Balloon Fight microgame.

Donkey Konga 3[edit]

Balloon Fight
Artist Hirokazu Tanaka
Game(s) Donkey Konga 3
Length 1:52
Difficulties
Famicom ★★★★★

An arrangement of "Balloon Trip" appears as a playable song in Donkey Konga 3, where it is titled "Balloon Fight". The song loops twice and then fades out.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Game Boy Advance 2003 Arrangement "Balloon Trip"[2]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Arrangement
WarioWare: Twisted! Game Boy Advance 2004 Arrangement "Balloon Fight"
Donkey Konga 3 Nintendo GameCube 2005 Arrangement "Balloon Fight"
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Wii 2006 Arrangement "Balloon Fight Remix"[3]
Arrangement
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Nintendo DS 2009 Arrangement
Arrangement "B. Fight"
WarioWare Gold Nintendo 3DS 2018 Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (Nintendo Music) 2026 Past arrangement (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!) "Balloon Trip"

Names in other languages[edit]

"Balloon Fight"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseバルーンファイト
Barūn Faito		Balloon Fight[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Balloon Fight (Nintendo Music)
  2. ^ WarioWare, Inc.:Mega Microgame$! (Nintendo Music)
  3. ^ WarioWare: Smooth Moves sound test
  4. ^ Balloon Fight Wiki (May 30, 2020). Donkey Konga 3 - Balloon Fight song. YouTube. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Funky the Main Monkey (Funky's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)" • "Token Tango (Bonus Level)"
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! "Big Boss Blues"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Island" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Jungle Hijinxs" • "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels "Ending"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Title BGM" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Throne Room" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Rescuing Princess Peach" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins "Main Theme"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Powerful Mario" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Bianco Hills" · "Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mario Vs. Luigi - Final Results" • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme" • "Volcano Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Aquatic Race" • "Attack of the Airships" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Bowser Appears" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Deep Dark Galaxy" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Help!" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Pipe Interior" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "Star Ball" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "A Tense Moment" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Airship Theme" • "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Fortress Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Sudden Encounter" • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • Tower boss theme[conjectural] • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Sky Station Galaxy" ("Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • Castle Theme[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Toad House" • "Victory Parade" • World 2-3's theme[conjectural]
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Beep Block Skyway" • "The Bullet Bill Express" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Double Cherry Pass" • "Light the Color Panels!" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Sprawling Savanna" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Battle Mode" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Banshee Boardwalk" • "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st – 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Bowser's Castle" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "DK Jungle" • "Music Park" • "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi franchise Yoshi "Mushroom BGM"
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Ground BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Wario franchise Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 "Main Theme"
Wario Land 3 Out of the Woods' theme[conjectural]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"[conjectural] • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other Balloon Fight "Balloon Trip"
The Legend of Zelda "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Battling Monsters" • "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "The Mario Drawing Song" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Donkey Konga 3
Characters Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Dixie Kong • Enguarde • Funky Kong • Winky
Songs "Ashita ni Nattara..." • "Baka Survivor" • "Banana Tengoku" • "BINGO" • "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" • "Dairantō Smash Brothers DX" • "DONKEY'S GROOVE" • "Do Re Mi Fa Daijōbu" • "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" • "Entertainer" • "Fire Emblem" • "GO!!!" • "Hana" • "Happy Days" • "ignited" • "Ii Yu Dana" • "Jungle Beat" • "Kimi ni BUMP" • "Kite Kite Atashinchi" • "Kochira★Mona Pizza" • "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" • "La Cucaracha" • "Locolotion" • "Matsuken Samba II" • "Mezase Pokémon Master" • "Miyo, Yūsha wa Kaeru" • "Ora wa Ninkimono" • "Rewrite" • "Seishun Kyōsō Kyoku" • "Star Fox" • "START" • "Tenohira o Taiyō ni" • "TOMORROW" • "Touch" • "William Tell Overture" • "Yodel Tabehōdai"
Famicom
songs 		"Balloon Fight" • "Clu Clu Land" • "Dig Dug" • "Doctor Mario" • "Donkey Kong" • "Donkey Kong Jr." • "Donkey Konga" • "Druaga no Tō" • "Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari" • "Ice Climber" • "MAPPY" • "Mario Brothers" • "Nazo no Murasame Jō" • "PAC-MAN" • "Palutena no Kagami" • "Sky Kid" • "Super Mario Bros. 3" • "Super Mario Bros. Chijō BGM" • "Super Mario Bros. Suichū BGM" • "XEVIOUS" • "Zelda no Densetsu"
Minigames Match That Badge
Modes Famicom Heya • Freestyle Zone • Rhythm Banana Tō • Street Performance
Items and objects Banana Bunch • Barrel • Biplane Barrel • KONG Letters • Rhythm Banana • Star Barrel • Super Taru Taihō
Miscellaneous DK Bongos • Gallery • Staff
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