Balloon Pop (Wii)

Balloon Pop
Also known as: Pop! (EU), Rainbow Pop (JP) Developer: Dreams Publishers: UFO Interactive (US), 505 Games (EU), Interchannel (JP) Platform: Wii Released in JP: September 4, 2008 Released in US: October 23, 2007 Released in EU: February 29, 2008 This game has unused music. This game has regional differences.

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One of the first strategy puzzle games that was oddly the result of a cancelled Pop’N Pop port, Balloon Pop involves matching three or more balloons with your Wii Remote to pop them, all the way to December.

Unused Audio

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Purpose unknown.

Regional Differences

The game has numerous regional differences between each version.

US	Japan	Europe

• Besides the title screen changes between regions, the Japanese version's "Press A Button" message was extended, adding an additional message about waiting for the "How To Play" screen (see below). Neither the aforementioned screen nor this message is seen in international versions.

• The European release not only added translations for other languages, but it also presented a major overhaul to the English translation to remove some Engrish present in the American release.

• • However, some leftovers from that translation are still present in the game files, but are obviously left unused.
  • Additionally, almost all text (minus the Licensed by Nintendo screen) in the European version uses a different, more generic font, while other regions use the SnowDream font.

• Waiting long enough on the title screen in the Japanese version will show a screen with instructions on how to play the game before restarting the intro cutscene. International releases remove this screen, simply returning to the "Licensed by Nintendo" screen.

• The Balloon Bandit was renamed depending on the region
  • The Japanese version calls him the Balloon King in English, according to the credits minigame. He is slightly redesigned to reflect the change, changing his belt buckle to only have a single letter B (as opposed to "BB" in the international version.)
  • In Europe, he is named the Direful Balloon, however he still retains his American design, with the belt buckle still reading "BB".