Dodo Pop

Dodo Pop was a puzzle mobile and computer game developed and published by Disney Interactive Studios. It was a match-three game that involved touching (or clicking) on chains of colored gumballs to clear them away, similarly to Angry Birds Dream Blast or other similar game titles.
The game was removed from the App Store on June 14, 2019.
==Gameplay==
Dodo Pop was presented in the style of a match-three game where the player had to pop a number of gumballs to progress throughout the game to help Crash, a , be able to "fly" with the help of . Throughout the game, the player had to pop a number of colored gumballs (which could only be popped with at least two gumballs in a group in order for it to count; otherwise, a message reading "Not a group" would appear if the player attempted to pop a single gumball) to feed Crash to give him the ability to "fly" by following the objectives in each level. The more the gumballs the player has popped, the better combo the player received upon popping a number of gumballs. If the player popped a number of gumballs of the same color, a special gumball appeared in-game which zapped away a number of colored gumballs when highlighted. Once the player met all the objectives, Crash would blow a bubble to help him "fly" to his way home, regardless of how many moves the player used to complete the objectives in each level.
The more the player advanced, the harder gameplay went with special objectives (such as gumballs marked with stars or gumballs of a specific color marked with a number which could only be popped when a sufficient amount of gumballs was present next to a number gumball). Other elements featured in the game also consisted of moving walls, environment modifiers that moved to scatter gumballs on a different area to make gameplay a bit more difficult in various further islands where the player advance through. In addition to this, glass was occasionally displayed on certain levels which prevented the player from popping gumballs very easily, making gameplay more difficult and the only way to pop the gumballs behind the glass was to pop the matching gumball of the same color above or below them.
During gameplay, the player had a limited number of pops displayed on the Pop Counter on the top right screen as well as each level having a three-star rating; the number of stars earned depended on how many points were scored based on how many pops were left when the player completed each given objective. If the player ran out of pops, they would receive the option of continuing through the use of coins giving them extra chances; otherwise, they would fail the level if they chose not to continue, causing the player to lose a life as well as causing Crash to react in a sad expression for not meeting all the objectives.
Optional boosts were also available which could help the player complete difficult levels faster and there were three types of boosts: Rainbow Splash, Strike One, and Extra Pops. The Rainbow Splash boost allowed the player to selct a gumball to convert its corresponding ones to the same color; the Strike One boost allowed the player to pop a single gumball with a lightning strike; the Extra Pops boost gave extra chances to the number of Pops the player had which could help the player complete a difficult level. Coins used to purchase boosts or add extra moves were also available in the store but were purchasable via in-app purchases through the use of real-world money. Additionally, achievements were also available through the use of Game Center where players had to complete a specific goal to unlock achievements throughout the game (such as beating a level in thirty seconds, popping a certain group of gumballs, beating all the levels in an island, collecting three stars in every island's levels, beating a level after retrying it at least ten times, etc.).
==Trivia==
*Crash, the dodo protagonist of the game, is seen wearing a pair of aviator goggles throughout the game. In real life, these goggles did not exist around the time the dodos were alive since the dodo itself went extinct in real life in 1690 and the goggles did not exist until 1936.
==External links==
*App's official trailer.
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