Timber's Balloon Pop

Diddy Kong Racing DS -- Timber's Balloon Pop was an online game based on Diddy Kong Racing DS. It was listed along with other Nintendo-related web advergames in the Nintendo Arcade section of Nintendo's official website, and it was also playable on the official Diddy Kong Racing DS website.

A mugshot of Wizpig is used as the game's icon in the Nintendo Arcade, although he does not appear in Timber's Balloon Pop.

Gameplay
The player takes control of Timber, who has to pilot his plane between an endless series of bubbles, small and large in size. The player can move Timber around using the mouse. There is a score which increases regularly with 10 points as the player advances. Along the way, Timber can collect a variety of items, the most common being red balloons. Numbered balloons are also common items, and if Timber pops them in numerical order, he becomes temporarily invincible, allowing him to pass bubbles without getting harmed. There is no penalty for collecting blue balloons in the wrong order, though they are not worth any points. Less common items are keys, which turn all bubbles on-screen into red balloons, and coins, which make bubbles disappear.

Bubbles differ slightly in size and gradually come in larger numbers, making the game increasingly difficult. Touching a bubble results in a loss and will redirect the player to a screen that shows both the score of the playthrough and the highest score achieved overall. At the bottom-right corner is a button allowing the player to restart the game.

The music theme that plays throughout is Hot Top Volcano from Diddy Kong Racing DS.

In-game instructions
Pop red balloons to earn points!
 * First screen

Hitting a bubble will end your game, so avoid them!

''Collect a key to turn all the balloons on the screen into red Baloons [sic].

Collect a coin to make all the bubbles on screen disappear.
 * Second screen

Pop four numbered balloons in a row & collect bonus points.