Balloon Fighter and Flipper trophies are obtainable in "Super Smash Bros. Melee", and the Flipper is also a usable item, replacing the Bumper from the previous game. The Balloon Fighter was considered for a playable role during the development of "Super Smash Bros. Melee", but the Ice Climbers were chosen instead. The original background music for the Balloon Trip in "Balloon Fight" can be heard in "Melee"s Icicle Mountain stage as alternate music. The giant fish makes a cameo appearance in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl". It appears on the Ice Climber-based stage, the Summit, in which it tries to attack the players from the sea. In addition, a remixed version of the main theme, titled "Balloon Trip" is available for the Summit stage as well. Stickers of the Balloon Fighter and the Balloon Fight Enemy can be collected in "Brawl". In addition, the Villager from the "Animal Crossing" series uses the Balloon Fighter's helmet as one of his special moves in "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U". In the 3DS version of the same game, a stage based on "Balloon Fight" appears with the original 8-bit graphics; the same stage returns in "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", Balloon Fighter appears as a Spirit in said game.