Basic movements[edit]
In Magical Drop, the player must stack three balloons of the same color to make them pop and pop all other of the same color that are connected. The player moves a clown on the bottom of the screen with left and right and collect or release balloons from the play field. Like in most puzzle games, when a column reach the bottom of the screen, the game is over.
Magical Drop III plays with three buttons:
pick a line of balloons of the same color from the field. The clown can hold any number of balloons but only of one color at a time.
will release all the collected balloons on the field.
will make a new line of balloons appear on the top of the field.
Once three balloons of the same color are stacked on the same column, they will pop. All other balloons of the same color near the popped ones will also pop.
Chains[edit]
Unlike other puzzle game, speed is emphasized instead of big columns. If the player makes an other column pop while the first is still popping the ting will sound in higher pitch. In versus mode
You can create chains by popping balloons horizontally or by collecting and releasing other balloons very quickly.