Balloons minigame Super Mario Odyssey details

Balloons minigame Super Mario Odyssey details

One of the announcements of the latest Nintendo Direct Mini was the free update for Super Mario Odyssey which is scheduled for February. The biggest addition here is the new Balloon hunting mini-game.

With none other than Mario’s brother; Luigi!

As was already known, this mode is only available after the story mode is finished. Luigi will appear in the various kingdoms, where players can participate in hiding and finding balloons.

Mored details for Balloon mini-game

Meanwhile, more details became known about this mode.

In “hide balloon” your score is determined by reference to:

  • The number of collected coins
  • Number of times you have played with balloons

In “Find balloon” your score is determined by reference to:

  • The number of collected coins
  • Total found balloons
  • Amount of balloons gathered in a short time, in succession

Each kingdom will undergo a change in weather or time while participating in the Balloon mini-game. Apparant as we saw in the trailer during Nintendo, raining in New Donk City will and it will be dim in Tostarena.

More outfits

Besides the Balloon mini-game the new update also brings new outfits with it. But Nintendo has confirmed that Super Mario Odyssey in the future will be even getting more outfit updates.

Do you look forward to this free update for Super Mario Odyssey? We certainly do!