<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
Pop	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Japanese	O
studio	O
Dreams	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
puzzle	O
strategy	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
pop	O
balloons	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balloon	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
can	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Balloon	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
,	O
except	O
that	O
the	O
holidays	O
in	O
each	O
month	O
had	O
been	O
sealed	O
by	O
the	O
Balloon	O
Bandit	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
seasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
link	O
at	O
least	O
3	O
balloons	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
(	O
Original	O
game	O
,	O
Festival	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
(	O
DS	B-Device
,	O
Remix	O
,	O
2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
either	O
point	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
at	O
the	O
balloon	O
,	O
hold	O
A	O
,	O
then	O
flick	O
the	O
remote	O
in	O
the	O
desired	O
direction	O
,	O
or	O
hold	O
the	O
remote	O
sideways	O
for	O
a	O
conventional	O
control	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
is	O
more	O
simple	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
quickly	O
move	O
balloons	O
by	O
holding	O
the	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
balloon	O
and	O
sliding	O
in	O
the	O
desired	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
credits	O
minigame	O
will	O
begin	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
shoot	O
down	O
balloons	O
,	O
UFOs	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Balloon	O
Bandit/King	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
for	O
a	O
score	O
boost	O
)	O
In	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
continues	O
endlessly	O
regardless	O
of	O
level	O
and	O
will	O
only	O
end	O
once	O
the	O
line	O
is	O
breached	O
or	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
manually	O
quits	O
,	O
though	O
a	O
high	O
score	O
will	O
only	O
be	O
saved	O
if	O
the	O
former	O
occurs	O
on	O
DS	B-Device
;	O
the	O
latter	O
simply	O
shows	O
the	O
Game	O
Over	O
screen	O
and	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
played	O
in	O
each	O
level	O
cycles	O
through	O
the	O
five	O
soundtracks	O
in	O
Story	O
Mode	O
in	O
order	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
only	O
plays	O
the	O
December	O
theme	O
due	O
to	O
technical	O
limitations	O
,	O
Due	O
to	O
the	O
swift	O
controls	O
on	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
clunky	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
controls	O
,	O
the	O
level	O
difficulty	O
sharply	O
increases	O
upon	O
reaching	O
Level	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
despite	O
there	O
being	O
only	O
a	O
VS	O
CPU	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
CPU	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
blue	O
mushroom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
which	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
EA	O
's	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
and/or	O
Sega	O
's	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
,	O
Remix	O
was	O
simply	O
a	O
direct	O
clone	O
of	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
with	O
Balloon	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
gave	O
Balloon	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
an	O
overall	O
rating	O
of	O
4.7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
(	O
"	O
bad	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
that	O
rips	O
off	O
many	O
previous	O
titles	O
but	O
forgot	O
to	O
borrow	O
some	O
challenge.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
3	O
out	O
5	O
star	O
review	O
,	O
GamesRadar	O
concluded	O
"	O
until	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
software	O
library	O
offers	O
better	O
options	O
for	O
the	O
price	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
decent	O
choice	O
for	O
genre	O
dabblers	O
and	O
those	O
seeking	O
a	O
simple	O
diversion.	O
"	O
</s>
