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 are found anchored in place on surfaces and 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, heavily damaging anything within range. They quickly and infinitely regenerate for repeated use.
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
- Escape-Artist.Floor
- Pyramid.Floor
- Field-of-Explosions.Floor
- Orbit-Rail.Floor
- Explosion-Festival.Floor
- Forward-Momentum.Floor
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.
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A Balloon Fish in Side Order.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ボム風船 Bomu Fūsen |
Bomb Balloon |
 Dutch |
Ballonvis | Balloon fish |
 French |
Fugu explosif | Explosive puffer fish[a] |
 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 |
물고기 풍선 mulgogi pungseon |
Fish balloon |
Translation notes
- ↑ Fugu is another word for poisson-ballon (literally "balloon fish"), both French words for puffer fish.
Internal names
| Internal name | Meaning |
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 Msn_CourseObj_06 [1]
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References
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