Balloon Fish

A Balloon Fish.

Balloon Fish, written as balloon fish in Splatoon 3, are a gameplay mechanic in Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, the Octo Expansion, Return of the Mammalians, and Side Order.

Description

The Balloon Fish are white balloons modeled after pufferfish. They have a round appearance, small fins, and ability to expand, much like real pufferfish. They have a small splatter of the player's current ink color on the top and a small, similarly colored Ammo Knights logo on the bottom. Two tiny white dots in the ink above the balloon's tie give the impression of eyes and a mouth.

Balloon Fish can only be popped by ink matching the color painted on top of them. Upon being hit, the balloon will expand and explode in the player's ink, automatically splatting anything within the inksplosion range. It will then respawn within a short time. Balloon Fish are infinitely-regenerating.

Appearances

Octo Valley

• Octotrooper Hideout (Mission #01)
• Lair of the Octoballs (Mission #02)
• Spreader Splatfest (Mission #07)
• Unidentified Flying Object (Mission #09)
• Inkvisible Avenues (Mission #11)
• Spongy Observatory (Mission #23)
• Unavoidable Flying Object (Mission #27)
• Enter the Octobot King! (Final Boss)

Octo Canyon

• Return of the Octarians (Mission #01)
• Welcome to Octopia (Mission #02)
• Octoseeker Shakedown (Mission #10)
• The Octogalaxy (Mission #23)
• Platform Madhouse (Mission #25)
• Paradise Lanes (Mission #26)
• Octoling Workout (Mission #27)

Octo Expansion

• A00 Abandoned Station
• B01A03 Wassup 8-Ball Station
• B11 Tubular 8-Ball Station
• C02 Shrinky Ink Station
• C08 Right Round Station
• C11 Abracadabra Station
• D01B15 Ink from Above Station
• D02 One-Shot Station
• E03 Don't Ralph Station
• E04 Heinous 8-Ball Station
• E05 Hypercolor Station
• F04C05 Stamped-Up Station
• G06A01 Gnarly Rails Station
• G08 Freakazoid Station
• H01D03 Slap Bracelet Station
• I02 Dinky Ink Station
• I06 All Eyez Station
• I07G07 Ride with Me Station
• Escape03 Belly Phase

Return of the Mammalians

• No. 1 Octarians in the Crater? YIKES!
• 0000 After Alterna
• 0106 Zip, Splat, and Jump
• 0107 Become One with Your Smallfry
• 0108 What Caused the Big Bang? YOU!
• 0207 The Ink-Conservation Project
• 0303 Ink Wheels—Experience Tomorrow's Technology Today!
• 0304 Try Curling! Alterna's 11th Most Popular Athleisure Activity!
• 0403 Let's Put a Pin in That
• 0512 You'll Go Far If You Shoot Far
• 0513 Learn to Reflect, and This One Is in the Bank
• 0604 Conserve Ink—Splat Sustainably
• 0609 Dive and Dash
• 0610 Mission: Fly-Fishin'
• Rocket 01 Alterna Space Center: Entrance

Side Order

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Side Order features Balloon Fish in multiple floors.

Gallery

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  A Balloon Fish in-game.

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  A Balloon Fish as seen from a different angle.

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  A Balloon Fish in the final boss battle, Enter the Octobot King!.

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  An Inkling shooting a Balloon Fish.

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  The Ammo Knights logo on a Balloon Fish.

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  Official art of a Balloon Fish.

Names in other languages

Translation needed

Complete Korean translation. ^edit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ボム風船 Bomu Fūsen	Bomb Balloon
Dutch	Ballonvis	Balloon fish
French	Fugu explosif	Explosive fugu
German	Ballonfisch	Balloon fish
Italian	Pesce bomba	Fish bomb
Russian	Рыбошарик Rybosharik	Fish balloon
Spanish	Pez bomba	Fish bomb
Chinese (Simplified)	炸弹气球 Zhàdàn qìqiú	Bomb balloon
Chinese (Traditional)	炸彈氣球 Zhàdàn qìqiú	Bomb balloon
Korean	밤 풍선	Same as Japanese
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