Much like the game it shares a title with, Angry Birds Blast Island will see
players popping balloons containing the titular birds to progress.
Not exact matches
It appears that regular minigames only happen when
players pop a Coin
Balloon, and occur just before the turn ends.
Players will roll, turn and loop their way through mission - based objectives in exciting modes of play including a narrative based Story mode and a score - based mini-game that challenges the playerâ $ ™ s precision flying skills called
Balloon Pop.
In Mario Party 2, a bypassing Lakitu serves as timestamp for the game - if the
player does not trigger his or her flag - raising button before Lakitu has gone offscreen, the Shy Guy will
pop his or her
balloon.
Both
players must attempt to
pop balloons to reach 30 points.
A life is lost if both
balloons are
popped by enemy
Balloon Fighters, if the
player falls in the water, gets eaten by the large piranha near the surface of the water, or is hit by lightning.
Returning from Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7 is the ability to respawn after all
balloons are
popped - this causes the
player's total score to halve and respawns with 3
balloons instead of 5.
Both
players try and
pop the most
balloons using their ink.
Therefore, the
balloon is arguably the most important gameplay mechanic as if it is lost or is
popped; it will result in the
player having to restart from the most recent checkpoint.
In a creative twist appropriate for the mobile platform,
balloons will now appear on a
player's map, which they can then
pop to claim its prize.
Let your head get too big and it
pops like a
balloon and the other
player wins.
Plus, a 2
player battle mode, where the first to
pop the three
balloons wins.
Balloon Battle returns with the terrific change of not eliminating
players once all three of their
balloons have been
popped.
Event types include races in which every car competes to cross the line first in 3 lap races, while battle races add weapons to the mix; stunt showcase tasks
players to accumulate as many points as possible by successfully landing air tricks within the time limit of 3 minutes and get enough air from stunt ramps to
pop balloons for bonus points; and takedown sees
players earning points by destroying as many crash karts as possible.
You may also respawn now once all
balloons are
popped, which was a feature in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7; this also penalizes
players by taking half their points and starting them with 3
balloons.
The mode is basic and has you
popping balloons, with the first to 30 points, or the
player with the most points when the three minute timer runs out, being the winner.
One game mode that caught my attention is called Battle Dojo, in which two
players compete locally to
pop balloons, with one
player playing on the TV while the other uses the gamepad.
Various game modes include a Grand Prix where
players face off with AI in different engine size classes, a classic versus mode where four
players can compete in split - screen, a battle mode where
players don't race but find weapons to
pop each other's
balloons, as well as a LAN play mode where up to eight Gamecube consoles can be connected for 16 -
player races.
In Battle Mode,
players would be thrust into an arena with the aim of
popping all of their opponent's
balloons; as the series progressed it was possible to add more
players, making this aspect even more compelling.
Taking a hit from an item will make a
balloon pop, which awards a point to the offending
player.
Finally, Battle mode has two to four
players facing off in enclosed arenas as they gather items and try to
pop every other
player's three
balloons (this is also the only time in the series where defeated
players in Battle mode would become bombs that could ram into a surviving
player to eliminate one of their
balloons for a little revenge from beyond the grave).
Balloon Battle: In this oldie but goodie,
players earn points by
popping balloons on the back of their opponents» karts.
InkBalloons is a quick tapping game where
players must
pop coloured
balloons in a presented sequence in order to get enough points to proceed to the next level.
Rather, local multiplayer is confined to simple one - on - one matches where
players race to
pop balloons that randomly spawn throughout the same five aforementioned multiplayer maps.