Īfter the press conference Tak Fujii was also interviewed by G4TV and GameSpot. He also announced that the game has more than 1 million troops. Some of the main changes the sequel introduces include an online co-op mode, leaderboards and brand new difficulty levels which make the game even harder. ĭeveloped by feelplus, the game's art style is noticeably darker than its predecessor.Īt the Konami E3 (2010) press conference, the lead producer of the series, Tak Fujii noted that the sequel has been vastly improved technically, allowing hundreds of enemies to be present on screen in one shot. The game was unveiled at Microsoft Game Studios's TGS 2008 press conference, for Xbox 360. While many bands have covered this song over the years, Goldfinger’s version is significant because while it is sung in English, it also sings one verse in the original German.This section is empty. Nena’s purpose in creating this song was to make people aware of the threat of nuclear war during this time period. “Dust that was a city” uses imagery to show the destruction that war can result in. The songwriter believes that nuclear warfare could be the cause of this. These last lines allude to the end of the world, or the so-called Apocalypse.
The last stanza of the lyrics read: “Now it’s all over and I’m standing pretty/ In this dust that was a city/ If I could find a souvenir/ Just to prove the world was here”.
The song means to raise awareness of the dangers of war, not to glorify its equipment. The next line, “ninety-nine knights of the air/ riding super high-tech jet fighters”, uses imagery to portray military warfare. “The President is on the line/ as ninety-nine red balloons go by”, is ambiguous because “on the line” can either mean on a telephone line or on the line of fighting in war. In the next stanza, the line “worry, worry, super-scurry/ call the troops out in a hurry” not only uses alliteration and rhyme, but also shows how one mistake in military radar can lead to an unnecessary panic. This is also symbolism of the world’s readiness to go to war at any time during this era. In the fourth stanza, a “war machine” is personified as opening “one eager eye”. The line “panic lads, it’s a red alert” may also be an allusion to the Cold War and the “Red Scare”, or fear of communism, that was still going on in the United States. The line, “back at the base, bugs in the software” uses alliteration and also describes a military base recognizing the innocent red balloons as an attack. The song also alludes to the idea of a nuclear war, or World War III, happening.
The song tells the story of a war-like reaction to ninety-nine balloons floating over the Berlin Wall, an allusion to the Cold War that was going on at this time. It is perfectly easy to picture dozens of red balloons floating in the sky. One of the most prominent poetic devices evident in “99 Red Balloons” is imagery. Although Nena is considered a one-hit-wonder band, both the German and English versions of “99 Red Balloons” are still played on U.S. The original German song was extremely popular in Europe, and gained that same popularity in the United States however, many Germans argued that the English translation of the song did not match up with the German. The original song was a post-Cold War protest song. In the year 2000, Goldfinger recorded Nena’s “99 Luftballoons”, which translates in English into “99 Red Balloons”. Los Angeles punk-rock band Goldfinger may be only barely known for their own work, but are oppositely famous for their cover of German 1980s pop song.
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