99 Red Balloons - The New Hidden Packages?

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By Chris | 14th Oct 2006 at 10:21 GMT in Vice City Stories | 11 Comments

UGO.com have put up an interesting hands-on preview of Vice City Stories. In it they discuss a couple of missions they get to play, and they also give away details on what could be the new 'hidden packages'. Of course it could just be another thing to find, it's not quite clear yet.

Once we arrived at the marker, a quick gun battle ensued. In the middle of the carnage, we managed to pop a red balloon nearby, calling up a message reading 1 of 99 red balloons found. Get it? Oh '80s humor!

Nena's 99 Red Balloons was of course featured on the Vice City soundtrack, albeit her original German version, 99 Luftballons. Another nice humourous piece from Rockstar there, and 1 less package for us to find it seems! Whether the German or English version of the song will be in the game is unknown, but yet again, we are told to expect an awesome soundtrack.

Also confirmed in the preview was that we will be working for both the Mendez brothers, it was previously unclear to whether both or just one of them was in the game.

Link: UGO.com

Thanks to jarjar for the heads up.

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Ciaran 14th October, 2006 @ 10:54 - Permalink

99 red balloons thats interisting :)

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TM™ 14th October, 2006 @ 11:59 - Permalink
99 red balloons thats interisting :)

Yeah, it is... :)

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Rashon. 14th October, 2006 @ 12:25 - Permalink

I honestly don't like the idea of red balloons as hidden packages even though they'd be bright so you can't miss them.

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TM™ 14th October, 2006 @ 13:28 - Permalink

Well it would be good if the hidden packages was those packages from VC.

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MatthewCorleone 14th October, 2006 @ 14:11 - Permalink

I probably wont even look for balloons........

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Rashon. 14th October, 2006 @ 15:02 - Permalink
Well it would be good if the hidden packages was those packages from VC.

Nah, I think that wouldn't be that good.

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Artur 14th October, 2006 @ 18:45 - Permalink

It's pretty cool I guess. Nice idea, I was expecting something to do with cocaine since Vic is a drug dealer and all like the Tiki statues in VC. But I guess Red Balloons would be good to as rashon125 said it will be pretty easy to find them.

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Charger 14th October, 2006 @ 18:59 - Permalink

interesting but well we will see, I still would liek more info on what you can do and cant on 1 big Article

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TM™ 19th October, 2006 @ 15:39 - Permalink

I think the packages should contain some money when you find it.

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Rashon. 19th October, 2006 @ 19:43 - Permalink
I think the packages should contain some money when you find it.

Regular hidden packages give you 0 for each.

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TM™ 19th October, 2006 @ 21:05 - Permalink

Yeah or more than that. but that will make it more easier for getting guns and properties.