Bloons Pop 3

"Move the Bloons around to create a match of three. Plan your moves carefully to create immense combos!"

- Offical Description

 is a game in which bloons must be swapped to assemble a line of 3 to 8 same-color bloons. The lines must be vertical or horizontal to count, and the bloons will switch vertically and horizontally, but not diagonally. The game ends when no more matches can be made. Combos are possible. Combos can also give a high score multiplier. (Each match made in a combo doubles the multiplier, which peaks at X32) You can buy hints when you have at least 200 points.

Unlike most early Bloons series games, Bloons Pop 3 has music, the song "Syrup Rush" by Joi Veer. The tune consists of a soft rock tune at allegro moderato in the key of G major, played by an electric guitar, a soft drum kit, and a piano.

Gameplay
The game begins with the instructions for Bloons Pop 3. After reading the instructions, the player is given a screen full of bloons in a 8x8 system. There are 7 different bloon colors. Matching 3 or more bloons of the same color causes them to pop. Further pops causes chain reactions. Some bloons have special icons on them that give special bonuses such as popping more bloons or gaining more points.

Hints can be bought for 200 points, which when used summons an arrow that points to any bloon with a valid move.

There is no definite end to the game until there are no valid moves left, which will subsequently cause the game over screen.

Points
Making matches or popping more bloons in a chain increases score.
 * 3 Match: 100
 * 4 Match: 150
 * 5 Match: 200
 * T Match: 100 + 100
 * L Match: 100 + 100
 * Spiky Extra Pops 50
 * Tack Extra Pops: 50
 * Lightsabre Extra Pops: 50

Popping certain bloons gains extra score:
 * Popcorn Bloon: 500

Chain matches increases multiplier of a base score, but not from an Extra Pop source:
 * 1st Chain: 2x
 * 2nd Chain: 4x
 * 3rd Chain: 8x
 * 4th Chain: 16x
 * 5th and Higher Chain: 32x

An example of a chain not stacking with Extra Pops is popping a Popcorn Bloon with a Spiky Bloon, which gives 1050 points, not 1100.

Reactions
The audience makes a certain reaction sound upon accruing certain amount of points gained in a single move. Reactions are shown in increasing awe.

List of instances where "ooh!" is triggered:
 * Cool
 * Great

List of instances where "ah!" is triggered:
 * Awesome
 * Amazing
 * Unbelievable

In the game, there are only 4 such reactions, to which correspond pretty similarly to the later Candy Crush Saga's Mr. Toffee, who speaks out reactions instead of crowd reacting (his reactions are "Sweet", "Tasty", "Delicious", and "Divine" in the order of increasing awe).

Bloons
List of normal bloons:
 * Red Bloon
 * Blue Bloon
 * Green Bloon
 * Yellow Bloon
 * Pink Bloon
 * White Bloon
 * Orange Bloon

Special bloons:
 * Spikey Bloon - When popped, a spiked ball drops, popping all bloons directly below it.
 * Popcorn Bloon - When popped, earns 500 points.
 * Tack Bloon - When popped, shoots out tacks in all 8 directions.
 * Lightsaber Bloon - When popped, spawns a double-bladed lightsabre that hits bloons up to 2 horizontal units from where the original bloon was popped.

Glitches

 * After earning 200 points, you will have unlimited hints, even if you lose all of them afterwards. This glitch hasn't been patched yet prior to being added to Ninja Kiwi Archive.
 * There is no way to cancel selection of a bloon except to select an invalid bloon or to click a bloon far away from the currently selected bloon.
 * The arrow summoned by the Hint button is not clickable, making it not possible to select a bloon.
 * If the hint button is clicked after already using a hint one move before, the hint's arrow will sometimes not be triggered, wasting a hint.

Trivia

 * No Bloons Pop 1 (unless you count the Bloons Pop! game) or Bloons Pop 2 games exist, so Bloons Pop 3's title doesn't mean that it is a 3rd version of the game. The title is probably derived from the game's task, as you should pop at least 3 bloons in a line on the game.
 * Strangely, the logo for Bloons Pop 3 reads "Bloons pop three", case-sensitive.
 * This is the only Bloons game to feature an orange bloon.
 * This also the only Bloons game to feature a popcorn bloon.