Bloons Pop!

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Developer(s) Unknown
Publisher(s) Ninja Kiwi
Platform(s) iOS, Android
Latest update Version 7.1
Release dates
App Store 14 June 2021
Google Play Store 14 June 2021
Amazon Appstore 28 August 2021
Language(s) supported
English
Danish
German
Spanish (Latin America)
Finnish
French
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Dutch
Norwegian
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Swedish
Turkish
Chinese (traditional)

Bloons Pop! (also referred to as Bloons Pop, without the exclamation mark) is a free-to-play mobile puzzle game in the Bloons franchise. It is a spiritual successor to the classic Bloons series[1] that incorporates elements of the Bloons TD series (especially Bloons TD 6). The game features procedurally-generated levels in which the player is tasked with popping a certain number of Bloons with a limited set of Monkeys. Completing levels earns various resources the player can spend on Powerups and customizable locations called Scenes to unlock more rewards.

Intro

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Gameplay

Puzzles

Puzzles are made of groups of Bloons in various shapes. The objective is to pop a certain number of Bloons before running out of shots. The objective can be either to pop enough Bloons overall or to pop specific Bloon types.

  • Monkeys: Each Monkey has a different shot behavior - some throw projectiles from the top of the screen, others jump into the puzzle to attack.
    • Mega Monkeys: If two of the same regular Monkey are in the shot queue at the same time, the player can merge them to create a stronger version. Merging also gives the player an extra shot to replace the one that was merged.
    • Heroes: Hero shots are earned by earning points to fill the Hero Bar. Heroes are generally stronger than regular Monkeys, but weaker than Mega Monkeys.
    • Powerups: Items that can be used to activate helpful effects, usually in the form of a single strong attack. Powerups are stored in the player's inventory and can be used in a puzzle at any time outside of Golden Bloon Time. Most of them can be purchased with Monkey Money, but some are only obtainable by participating in events.
  • Bloons: Popping these earns points and progresses the level. Depending on the level, popping Bloons can also have modifiers that give them additional effects, such as multiplying when taking damage. Bloons move up the puzzle by half a tile at the end of each round, and the game ends if any of them make it past the danger zone.
    • Boss Bloons: Encountered only in certain events, Boss Bloons have very high health and spawn groups of Bloons and other objects at the end of each round. Destroying them is required to complete the level.
    • Obstacles: Similar to the blocks in the Bloons series, these are tiles that block objects from passing through. Some can be destroyed with enough hits, others cannot.
    • Hazards: Exclusive to certain events and social features, Hazards more directly interfere with Monkeys, such as changing their projectiles' trajectories or destroying them.

Golden Bloon Time

Main article: Golden Bloon Time

If a standard level is cleared with any shots remaining, the player gets to play a mini-game where they use their remaining shots to clear out a board of Blue Bloons, Golden Bloons, and Bloontonium Bloons. Popping the Golden Bloons and Bloontonium Bloons gives additional rewards at the end of the level, and popping enough Bloons in Golden Bloon Time overall adds a multiplier to those rewards.

On Fire

Main article: On Fire

Completing multiple levels in a row without losing any lives unlocks perks that last for as long as the player maintains their streak.

  • Level 1: A Mini Powerup is added to a random Bloon at the end of each round, which fires projectiles when popped.
  • Level 2: One of the player's first three shots is replaced with a Super Monkey.
  • Level 3: One of the player's first three shots is replaced with a Mega Monkey.

Scenes

Main article: Scene
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Jungle

The Beach

The Great Outdoors

List of levels

While the game technically has infinite levels, only the first 2,000 levels are unique. After level 2,000, all levels are repeats of levels 1,000-2,000.

Currencies and resources

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  • Lives: the number of level attempts available. Lives are lost when bloons reach the top of the screen, running out of shots before meeting the objective, or the player quits or retries the level. Recharges up to five lives.
  • Monkey Money: can be spent on Powerups, extra shots if the player runs out, Scene items, cosmetics from the Cosmetic Store, and speeding up timers.
  • Bloontonium: Used to fill Bloontonium Canisters.
  • Bloonstones: the premium currency, used to purchase Scene items and cosmetics. Generated from collected Bloontonium in Bloontonium Canisters.
  • Party Favors

Reward systems

  • Bloonspedia: an in-game collection of bios and tips for all Monkeys, Bloons, Obstacles, Hazards, and Powerups. Viewing new entries gives the player Bloonstones, and new entries are unlocked as the player progresses.
  • Daily Reward: the daily reward system where the player selects one of nine Golden Bloons for prizes (up to three for Gold Pass players).
  • Goals: in-game goals that give rewards upon completion. Goal requirements include using or merging monkeys, popping bloons, collecting Bloontonium or using Powerups.
  • Bloontonium Canisters: generates Bloonstones from collected Bloontonium. It takes 500 Bloontonium to fill a canister, producing Bloonstones after four hours.
  • Spin to Win!: a prize wheel that can be spun up to 5 times a day for prizes.

Social features and events

  • Profile: allows the player to customize their avatar and display badges, and add or remove friends when connected to a Ninja Kiwi Account.
  • Daily Puzzles: all players are assigned a random level on each day. These levels feature Hazards, unlike normal levels. Players can play their friends' Daily Puzzles to earn additional rewards and compare high scores.
  • Social Goals: similar to Goals, but with randomly-assigned teams of up to 10 players contributing to a single objective.
  • Adventures: a series of levels that unlock over the course of the event, ending in a special level featuring a Boss Bloon. Players earn stars based on how well they perform on each level, and earning more stars gives more shots and Powerups in the boss level. Players are ranked against their friends and a global leaderboard based on their total score. This event runs for one week every other week, alternating with Party Crashers.
  • Parties: similar to clans in other games, players can create or join Parties of up to 10 players. Participating in Party events earns exclusive rewards: Party XP, which can be invested in Party Decor to customize the Party, and Party Favors, which can be spent on exclusive Cosmetic Store items.
    • Party Goals: similar to Team Goals, but for party members instead of random groups.
    • Party Crashers: somewhat similar to Contested Territory in Bloons TD 6, up to six Parties compete to capture spaces on a hexagonal grid by playing levels and achieving the highest scores. Players and Parties are ranked on both local and global leaderboards based on their Party Scores. This event runs for one week every other week, alternating with Adventures.

Monetization

Store

Main article: Store (Bloons Pop!)
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Video ads

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Gold Pass

Main article: Gold Pass

The Gold Pass is a paid subscription service that gives the player extra rewards and quality-of-life features, including extra rewards at the end of levels, extra Daily Rewards, free use of reward systems that otherwise require watching an ad first, faster timers, and the ability to collect all time-based Scene rewards at once.

Update history

For a complete list of updates, see Update history:Bloons Pop!.
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Technical information

Engine Unity 2020.3.15f2
Resolution Variable
Frame rate 60

Non-playable characters

Easter eggs

  • Like Scene items, some background objects in Scenes perform animations when tapped on:
  • In On The Beach, Happy Crabs may perform a dancing animation when tapped on, then enter a different idle animation. By placing Happy Crabs in all small slots and tapping on each until all of them are in their alternate idle animation, then tapping on all of them again to revert them to their original idle animation, the player earns a hidden badge.

Music

Further information: List of music in Bloons Pop!

Development

Promotion

Announcement

Trailer

For more Bloons Pop! images, see Gallery:Bloons Pop!.

References

  1. "... and that’s the collective mindset that’s guided Bloons Pop - to be the spiritual successor to the physics puzzle fun of the original Bloons but also to dig into the characters and abilities that we’ve grown since then." –  (Fri, 14 May 2021) "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th May, 2021". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.