Balloon World

Balloon World is an upcoming minigame set to appear in an update for Super Mario Odyssey in February 2018. The minigame can be played by completing the main story and finding Luigi somewhere in one of the kingdoms and talking to him.

This minigame will feature two different modes: "Hide It" mode and "Find It" mode. In "Hide It" mode, the player has thirty seconds to hide a balloon somewhere in the kingdom. The player can choose to place the balloon before the time runs out or they can restart to try and find a different hiding spot. In "Find It" mode, the player has thirty seconds to find a balloon hidden in a kingdom. To help the player, there is an arrow pointing to the direction of where the balloon is located as well as a meter counter that will decrease or increase depending on how close or far the player is from the balloon.

Balloon World also features a ranking system, which shows the statistics of the player, such as how many coins they received and how many balloons they found in a row. The player will receive stars for each objective that is completed.

The balloons used in this minigame have images of characters, such as Mario and Yoshi as well as items such as Super Stars on them. Additionally, the time of day and weather in some kingdoms will change when playing this minigame, such as the Cascade Kingdom taking place at night and the Metro Kingdom taking place during a rainstorm.