Balloon Pop

and in Japan as Rainbow Pop (レインボーポップ), is a video game developed by Japanese studio Dreams and released for the Wii in North America on October 23, 2007.

A WiiWare version entitled Balloon Pop Festival, was released in North America on July 12, 2010.

The mushroom realizes that if enough balloons are popped throughout the months, the seasons will return and they will revive the earth.

The objective is to link at least 3 balloons in a row using the Wii Remote (Original game, Festival) or the stylus (DS, Remix, 2).

Once the player reaches Level 100 or higher; overflowing the screen at this point will begin a credit sequence, showing a restored Earth.

A credits minigame will begin where the player can shoot down balloons, UFOs, and the Balloon Bandit/King in the end for a score boost) In the DS version, the game continues endlessly regardless of level and will only end once the line is breached or if the player manually quits, though a high score will only be saved if the former occurs on DS; the latter simply shows the Game Over screen and returns to the title screen.

[1] The mushroom from the previous games was canned in place for a weird jellybean-shaped alien, who crash landed on Earth and needs help returning home.

IGN gave Balloon Pop an overall rating of 4.7 out of 10 ("bad"), calling it "a puzzle game that rips off many previous titles but forgot to borrow some challenge.

"[2] In a 3 out 5 star review, GamesRadar+ concluded "until the Wii's software library offers better options for the price, it's a decent choice for genre dabblers and those seeking a simple diversion.