Hot Air Bloon (Mobile)

For the flash version see: Hot Air Bloon (Flash)"Get set to take off on an epic adventure as the monkey takes to the skies in Hot Air Bloon. The latest iPhone instalment from the Bloons franchise is here, with brand new, never before seen features exclusive to the iPhone / iPod Touch.

Whilst enjoying a sunset picnic one evening, the monkey and his love suddenly find their world has been turned upside down when an evil sinister character swoops onto the scene and flees with the fair lady.

In a classic tale of damsel in distress you must guide the monkey through 7 differently themed worlds avoiding a multitude of enemies and taking on a number of unique bosses in order to rescue your princess. Each world will see you faced with new twists turns and tweaks to the game play.

Finished with the story mode? Then you can choose to start all over again or take on a fresh challenge in classic mode. Featuring an endless and randomly generated level, collect as many bloons as possible in order to obtain the high score and top the leader board.

Featuring :


 * Simple pick up and play game mechanic suitable for players of all ages.
 * Humorous storyline taking you through 7 differently themed lands.
 * 28 Levels with varying game play.
 * Unique bosses guard each land and try to halt your quest.
 * Classic mode with a never ending wave of bloons and high score game play."

- Official App Store Description Hot Air Bloon (Mobile) was a mobile game based on the flash version of Ninja Kiwi's Hot Air Bloon. It was developed by Digital Goldfish (now part of Ninja Kiwi) and released in the App Store on November 3, 2010. Though the game shared the same core gameplay as its flash component, it had a significantly expanded storyline, map selection, enemy roster, and more.

Likely due to compatibility issues or lack of development focus, Ninja Kiwi removed Hot Air Bloon from the App Store at an unknown date. As a result, very little is known about the game. Only a few app-store screenshots and a single trailer are left to provide insight into what gameplay may have been like. Very limited footage and images have been discovered, and only a few people in the world still have working footage of actual gameplay.

Gameplay
The premise of Hot Air Bloon (Mobile) is to save your female monkey companion who has been abducted by the Sinister Monkey Baron. You must pilot a damaged blimp through seven different regions and face off against unique bosses.

The core gameplay of Hot Air Bloon (Mobile) appears similar to the Flash version in that it is a horizontal scroller where the player is tasked with navigating a monkey hanging from a damaged blimp through an ever-accelerating series of obstacles while popping as many bloons as possible. Players tap and hold the screen to rise and let go to float down. Despite there being multiple colors of bloons, each bloon popped will offer one point. The Blimp will automatically move rightward. Similar to the flash version, there is an endless level. There are also obstacles like clouds, trees, enemies, and potentially more that will hit and damage the Hot Air Bloon.

Unlike the Flash Version, however, there are lives which likely allow the Blimp to survive multiple hits. There is also a mechanism to regain a single life via popping 100 bloons. In addition, there are enemies like bees, crows, and dart-throwing monkeys that attack your Hot Air Bloon. Three of these bosses are known to be a Bee Boss, Whale Boss, and Boss Baron (who is likely the final boss). During the whale boss fight in the trailer, it also appears that the blimp height is controlled by a rotating propeller. This would indicate the presence of more boss specific mini-games that are undocumented.

To learn more about individual levels, view the gallery.

Strategy
No playable versions of the game exist, nor are there any guides or gameplay showcases. So, there are no generally recommended strategies. However, it can be assumed that using shorter tap-intervals will allow for more micro-adjustments to be made and prevent over elevating the Blimp into an obstacle.

Trivia

 * The Evil Monkey Baron and his Minions are the first and only instance of Monkeys directly attacking each other in the Bloons series. Though we do see Monkeys engaging in indirect bloon warfare with each other in multiple instances such as BTD Battles, and Bloons Monkey City.
 * This is the second time Bees appear in the Bloons series. The first was the Bee Bloon in Bloons 2 released two months earlier. Later Bees would return as a Monkey ally through the Beekeeper.
 * The Whale and Bee Boss are a rare instance of non-Monkey animals in the Bloons series, excluding the appearance of cosmetic birds and crows in other games. Other non-Monkeys include the Beekeeper, Meerkat Spy, Radadactyl, and more.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 5th November 2021 blog, the App Store version of Bloons and Hot Air Bloon were removed due to newer devices and operating systems having compatibility issues with both games, and the final decision was to remove them.