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[[File:PoppingBalloons.png|frame|[[Yoshi]] and a [[Bandit]] playing Popping Balloons]]
'''Pop Balloons''' is a [[Mini Battle]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. In it, a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] has a contest with a [[Bandit]] to see who can pop the [[Balloon (Minibattle)|balloon]] with the special item in it. Some [[player]]s may be mislead that the object of the minibattle is to pop the most balloons, when it is actually only to find the balloon with the special item. Whoever gets the item wins the game and keeps the item.
'''Popping Balloons''' is a [[Mini Battle]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[reissue]], ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. Here, a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] has a contest with a [[Bandit]] to see who can pop the [[Balloon (Mini Battle)|balloon]] with the [[Special Item (Yoshi's Island series)|Special Item]] in it. To pop a balloon, the Yoshi must [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]] it. This is the only Mini Battle that requires luck, since the player cannot see which balloon holds the Special Item. If the player pops the correct balloon, they will get either a [[10-Point Star]] or a [[20-Point Star]]. However, if the Bandit pops the correct balloon, the player will lose.


[[Category:Mini-games]]
This Mini Battle can be played behind the locked doors of shacks in the stages [[Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa]], [[Monkeys' Favorite Lake]], [[Lake Shore Paradise]], and, only in the original SNES version, [[Scary Skeleton Goonies!]]
 
==In-game instructions==
*'''SNES version:''' ''"Pound the ground to pop balloons. Find the correct one to win!"''
*'''GBA version:''' ''"Pound the ground to pop balloons. Find the correct one to win! If Yoshi wins, you will get a 10 pt. Star or a 20 pt. Star!"''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2-PoppingBalloonsIcon.png|Icon
SMW2-PoppingBalloonsJPIcon.png|Icon from the Japanese version
SMA3-PoppingBalloonsIcon.png|Icon from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フウセンわり
|JapR=Fūsen Wari
|JapM=Balloon Split
|Ita=Palloni scoppiati
|ItaM=Popped balloons; a pun on "Palloni gonfiati" ("wingbag/full of themselves"; lit. "inflated balloon")
}}
 
{{YI}}
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island minigames]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 minigames]]
[[de:Peng Bumm]]
[[it:Palloni scoppiati]]

Latest revision as of 12:04, November 14, 2024

Yoshi popping a Balloon while the Bandit is looking for another one to pop.
Yoshi and a Bandit playing Popping Balloons

Popping Balloons is a Mini Battle from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its reissue, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Here, a Yoshi has a contest with a Bandit to see who can pop the balloon with the Special Item in it. To pop a balloon, the Yoshi must ground-pound it. This is the only Mini Battle that requires luck, since the player cannot see which balloon holds the Special Item. If the player pops the correct balloon, they will get either a 10-Point Star or a 20-Point Star. However, if the Bandit pops the correct balloon, the player will lose.

This Mini Battle can be played behind the locked doors of shacks in the stages Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa, Monkeys' Favorite Lake, Lake Shore Paradise, and, only in the original SNES version, Scary Skeleton Goonies!

In-game instructions[edit]

  • SNES version: "Pound the ground to pop balloons. Find the correct one to win!"
  • GBA version: "Pound the ground to pop balloons. Find the correct one to win! If Yoshi wins, you will get a 10 pt. Star or a 20 pt. Star!"

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese フウセンわり[?]
Fūsen Wari
Balloon Split
Italian Palloni scoppiati[?] Popped balloons; a pun on "Palloni gonfiati" ("wingbag/full of themselves"; lit. "inflated balloon")