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MAGICAL DROP - PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
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= DISCLAIMER ==================================================================
This unofficial guide is copyright©2007 James Andrew. This guide can only be
used on websites to which I have given my prior permission.
This guide cannot be used as part of a restricted pay-to-enter website.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at -
[email protected]
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= VERSION HISTORY =============================================================
Version 1.1 - 03/28/07 - Made one correction, and I've centred my header a
little - it was a bit off to the right before.
Version 1.0 - 01/26/07 - It's taken longer than expected, but I've finally
solved all thirty puzzles and completed the guide in
the process.
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This guide has been written for the Puzzle Mode of the Japan-only SNES game
Magical Drop. There are thirty puzzles in total, in which the aim of each
puzzle is to match the colours of the balloons and clear the entire grid in a
certain number of moves.
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The screen for the Puzzle Mode will look something like this:
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1| R R R LEVEL
2| R R 1 2 3 4 5 6
3| R 7 8 9 10 11 12
4| 13 14 15 16 17 18
5| 19 20 21 22 23 24
6| 25 26 27 28 29 30
7|
8|
9|
10| COMPLETE IN 2 MOVES
11|
12| RESTART (SELECT)
On the left of the screen is the grid, it contains six columns (A - F) and
twelve rows (1 - 12). Your character will be placed at the bottom of the grid
where he/she will be able to pull down the balloons and then place them back
into another column, which will consist of two moves.
In this guide, the colour of the balloons will be represented by letters:
B = Blue
G = Green
R = Red
Y = Yellow
# = Crystal
To eliminate the balloons, you'll need to create a vertical column of at least
three balloons of the same colour, any other balloons of the same colour that
are in the next column to the left or right will also be taken out.
As well as four coloured balloons, there are also crystals, which can change
to any colour. To change their colour, you'll need to create a vertical column
of three of the same colours that is adjacent to any crystal. Once a crystal
has turned into a colour, all other crystals in the same grid will also change
into that colour.
Lastly, it says on the main screen, if you want to restart, just hit the
Select button.
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GAME OVER CONDITIONS
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A Game Over will occur if:
1. You run out of moves before you are able to complete the puzzle.
2. You only have one move remaining and you are not holding a balloon.
Remember, your finishing move must involve dropping at least one balloon
into the grid.
3. You have two or less of the same colour in the grid at any point. You need
at least three of the same colour to make them all vanish.
4. You drop a large number of balloons in the grid and it extends beyond the
twelfth row - the same way the game will end in the single player mode.
When you see the Game Over screen, you'll have two options:
CONTINUE: Where you can try the same puzzle again or choose another puzzle.
QUIT: Takes you back to the main menu.
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= PUZZLE MODE ANSWERS =========================================================
Puzzle Mode Level One:
This could not be any simpler. Here you have two moves in which to eliminate
all of the red balloons.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in two moves:
1| R R R
2| R R 1. Take the three red balloons in Column F.
3| R
4| 2. Drop them into the empty Column C, which will
5| connect all of the red balloons and clear the
6| grid.
7|
8|
9|
10|
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Two:
Two separate colours to clear here. Take note that the number of moves in
which you have to complete this is an odd number, meaning that you most
probably have to pick up two of the same colours from two separate columns
without having to drop any into the grid in-between.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in three moves:
1| B R B B
2| R 1. Pick up the blue balloon in Column D.
3| B
4| R 2. Also pick up the blue balloon in Column E, so
5| you're now carrying two balloons.
6|
7| 3. Drop both of the blue balloons into Column B,
8| which will connect all of the blues, and allow the
9| red balloon in Row 4 to drop onto the remaining
10| two red balloons and clear the grid.
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Three:
Again, an odd number. This is the first puzzle to contain any crystal
balloons, which change to any colour when three balloons are cleared next to
them. You'll need to figure out a way to create a structure of three vertical
reds and clear the entire grid in no more than three moves.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in three moves:
1| R # R # R #
2| # R 1. Pick up the red balloon in Column A.
3|
4| 2. Now take the red balloon in Column D.
5|
6| 3. Then drop both red balloons into Column E, this
7| will create a structure of three, and turn all of
8| the crystals into red balloons to clear the grid.
9|
10|
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Four:
Similar to Puzzle Two, you'll need to set it up in a way to make the blue
balloon in Column C fall onto the other two in Column D, once the reds have
been depleted.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in four moves:
1| R R B R
2| B B R 1. Pick up the blue balloon in Column C, Row 2.
3| R
4| 2. Then place it on top of the red in Column D.
5|
6| 3. Now pick up the two red balloons in Column E.
7|
8| 4. And drop them both into Column C - all of the red
9| balloons will burst, allowing the blue balloons to
10| come together.
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Five:
Again you'll need to pick up the same colour from two separate columns - you
only have three moves to do this.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in three moves:
1| R R B R R R
2| R B 1. Pick up the red balloon in Column F.
3| B R
4| B R 2. Then pick up the red balloon in Column F.
5|
6| 3. Place them both on top of the red balloon in
7| Column B.
8|
9|
10|
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Six:
In this case, it's best to get the crystals right beside the balloons you're
about to eliminate.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in six moves:
1| R R B B
2| R # # B 1. Pick up the crystal balloon in Column D.
3|
4| 2. Place it on top of the other crystal balloon in
5| Column C.
6|
7| 3. Pick up the two blue balloons in Column E.
8|
9| 4. Put them on top of the blue balloon in Column D,
10| which will also take out the crystal balloons.
11|
12| 5. Pick up the red balloon in Column C.
6. Place it on top of the other red balloons in Column B to clear the grid.
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Puzzle Mode Level Seven:
The seventh puzzle sees the introduction of the green and yellow balloons, but
the difficulty is still yet to raise.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in four moves:
1| Y G Y Y
2| Y Y 1. Take the green balloon in Column D, Row 3.
3| G G
4| 2. Place it on top of the green balloon in Column C.
5|
6| 3. Pick up the yellow balloon in Column B.
7|
8| 4. Connect it to the yellow balloons in Column D,
9| eliminating all the yellow and green balloons.
10|
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Eight:
This was the first puzzle I struggled on, though looking back on it I do
wonder why?! Anyway, since you have to complete this in an odd number of moves,
it means that there is one colour that you have to pick up from two separate
columns, one after the other. This is most likely the blue balloons since they
are placed across three columns, so you'll have to pick them up one after the
other to eliminate them - resulting in 3 moves (an odd number).
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in seven moves:
1| R B B R
2| R G G B 1. Pick up the two green balloons in Column D.
3| R G
4| 2. Put them on top of the red balloon in Column C.
5|
6| 3. Pick up the blue balloon in Column E, Row 2.
7|
8| 4. Then pick up the another blue balloon, this time
9| in Column D.
10|
11| 5. Place them both on the green balloons set in
12| Column C. You should now have a stack of balloons
leading down to Row 7.
6. Take the red balloon in Column E.
7. Put it on top of the two reds in Column B, depleting all the reds, then the
greens, and lastly the blues.
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Puzzle Mode Level Nine:
It's clear that the crystals are supposed to be eliminated by using the blue
balloons, well, you could do it by taking the greens from Column B and placing
them in Column E, but that will cause an instant game over since there will be
no way to delete the remaining green in Column F. So it's the blues than...
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in six moves.
1| R G B R R Y
2| R G B B B Y 1. Take the blue balloon in Column F.
3| B B G
4| # G Y 2. Place it in Column C to eliminate all the blue and
5| # B B crystal balloons, allowing the green in Column E
6| # to drop down to Row 2.
7|
8| 3. Pick up the two green balloons in Column B.
9|
10| 4. Drop them onto the green balloon in Column E. This
11| move will also take out all the yellow balloons in
12| Column F, leaving only the red balloons.
5. Pick up the two red balloons in Column A.
6. Either place them in column D or E to clear the grid.
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Puzzle Mode Level Ten:
There does seem to be a pattern in this one - if you take out the green in
Column A, the reds will connect, or if you take out the green in Column B, the
blues will connect, and so on... You should mainly focus on the one green
balloon in Column F, as it does seem to be a little out of place.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in six moves:
1| R B G Y R B
2| R G G R R G 1. Pick up the blue balloons in Column F.
3| B B Y Y B B
4| R B G Y R B 2. Put them in Column A, D or E (Not anywhere else).
5|
6| 3. Take the green balloon in Column F.
7|
8| 4. Drop it on top of the green in Column C, Row 4.
9|
10| 5. Pick up the blues which you previously took out of
11| Column F.
12|
6. And place them back in Column F - Now watch the
entire grid disappear.
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Puzzle Mode Level Eleven:
The crystal in Row 5 is the big clue here. By depleting those yellow balloons
in Column E, you could take out all the reds as well, and the greens if you've
got them in the right place...
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in four moves:
1| G G R
2| R R Y 1. Take the green balloon from Column F, Row 10.
3| G G Y
4| G Y 2. Place it in Column D.
5| Y #
6| Y R 3. Pick up the two yellow balloons in Column F.
7| R
8| Y 4. Drop them onto the two yellow balloons in Column
9| Y E, depleting all the yellows via the crystal in
10| G Column F, then the reds and greens will vanish.
11|
12|
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Puzzle Mode Level Twelve:
Two things you need to focus on here - the lone red balloon in Row 1, and the
two yellows in Column F. You cannot take the reds from Column C and place them
in Column D as this will leave the one red remaining, so you'll need to try to
delete those yellow balloons first.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in six moves:
1| G B Y R G G
2| B B Y Y G G 1. Take the two yellow balloons out of Column F.
3| G Y R R R Y
4| G B R R G Y 2. Place them on top of the green in Column E.
5|
6| 3. Pick up the red balloons in Column D.
7|
8| 4. Place them in Column F, where the yellow balloons
9| had previously been taken out.
10|
11| 5. Pick up the yellow balloons now found in Column E.
12|
6. Put the yellow balloons in Column E, to eliminate
all the yellows, then the all the blue and red balloons will disappear
simultaneously, followed by all the green balloons in the grid.
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Puzzle Mode Level Thirteen:
A fairly easy one. From the layout of the grid, it's easy to tell that the
green and blue balloons in Row 5 are supposed to drop onto the balloons in Rows
2 and 3, which means you'll have to focus on clearing those yellows first.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in seven moves:
1| Y Y Y Y
2| G B B G 1. Pick up the six crystal balloons in Column A.
3| G B B G
4| Y Y Y Y 2. Drop them into the empty Column C.
5| G B B G
6| Y Y Y Y 3. Pick up the six crystal balloons in Column F.
7| # #
8| # # 4. And again, drop them into the empty column D.
9| # #
10| # # 5. Pick up the yellow balloons in Column F, Row 6.
11| # #
12| # # 6. Then take a yellow from Column E, Row 6.
7. Drop both yellow balloons into either Column A or B, which will eliminate
all the yellow balloons via the crystals, then allow all the blue and green
balloons from Row 5 to fall onto their respective colours and delete them.
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Puzzle Mode Level Fourteen:
You'll need to take the colours and rearrange them so that they are ready to
fall into the right place.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in nine moves:
1| R G B R Y G
2| R Y B B Y G 1. Pick up the blue balloon in Column B, Row 3.
3| B G Y R
4| 2. Drop it on top of the green balloon in Column C.
5|
6| 3. Take the yellow balloon in Column B, Row 2.
7|
8| 4. Also pick up the yellow in Column D.
9|
10| 5. Drop them both on top of the red balloon in Column
11| E.
12|
6. Pick up the two red balloons in Column A.
7. Drop them on top of the blue balloon in Column D, you may now notice a
pattern emerging.
8. Take the two green balloons from Column F.
9. Drop them both onto the green balloon in column B to eliminate all the
colours in the grid.
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Puzzle Mode Level Fifteen:
It's obvious that you're supposed to eliminate the green balloons first.
Another obvious thing is that the blue and red balloons in Rows 4 & 5 are
supposed to fall onto those same colours in Row 1, so there is no point in
touching those. Just focus on moving those green and yellow balloons around.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in six moves:
1| G G R B Y
2| Y Y Y Y 1. Take the two green balloons from Column B.
3| G G G G
4| G R B 2. Put them on top of the red balloons in Column C.
5| R B
6| 3. Pick up the yellow balloon in Column B, Row 2.
7|
8| 4. Place it on top of the green in Column E.
9|
10| 5. Pick up the greens that have now been placed in
11| Column C.
12|
6. Put them back into Column B to delete all of the
green balloons, allowing the yellow balloon placed in Column E to drop onto
the other yellows, then the blue and red balloons will follow.
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Puzzle Mode Level Sixteen:
If you drop a large amount of balloons in the grid and they extend beyond the
twelfth Row, than it's Game Over. However, they can go beyond the twelfth Row
if you manage to delete them at the same time. Here we have twelve green
balloons in one column, and dropping them anywhere in the grid will make them
vanish, also try to include the lone green in Column F.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in seven moves:
1| G R B G B R
2| G B G B G B 1. Pick up the blue balloon from Column E.
3| G R B B B R
4| G R R 2. Put it into Column C.
5| G G
6| G 3. Then pick up the blue balloons in Column D.
7| G
8| G 4. Drop it on top of the green balloon in Column E.
9| G
10| G 5. Take all twelve balloons from Column A.
11| G
12| G 6. Then pick up the green balloon from Column F, Row
5.
7. Drop all thirteen balloons into Column D to clear all the greens. All the
blue balloons will then vanish followed by the reds.
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Puzzle Mode Level Seventeen:
This one's a bit harder than it looks. It seems obvious that you're supposed
to remove the green from Column B, then place the yellows there to delete all
the yellows, reds and most blues. However, this is not the way to go, since you
cannot complete it this way.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in seven moves:
1| G B R R B G
2| G B R R B Y 1. Start by picking up the two yellows in Column F.
3| B Y Y Y R Y
4| Y R R B 2. Drop them both on top of the green in Column B.
5| G B
6| 3. Pick up the blue balloon in Column A.
7|
8| 4. Place it in Column B, Row 8, on top of the two
9| yellow balloons that have been set there.
10|
11| 5. Pick up the two greens in Column A.
12|
6. Add to that the green balloon in Column F.
7. Drop the three greens in Column C. The colours will then clear in the
following order - greens, yellows, blues on the left, reds and finally the
blue balloons on the right.
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Puzzle Mode Level Eighteen:
Only five moves, but it's enough. The trick here is to find a way to turn all
the crystals into red balloons so you can reach those gaps in between the
yellows (in Columns A & F).
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in five moves:
1| Y Y Y Y Y Y
2| Y Y Y Y Y Y 1. Pick up the crystal balloons in Column C.
3| # # Y Y # #
4| Y # Y Y # Y 2. Then pick up the crystals in Column D.
5| G R R R R G
6| G G G G G G 3. Place all four crystals on top of the red balloons
7| R # # R in Column E.
8| R # # R
9| 4. Pick up the two green balloons in Column F.
10|
11| 5. Drop them into Column A. When the greens have
12| cleared, all the crystals will turn into red
balloons and the entire grid will vanish.
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Puzzle Mode Level Nineteen:
Figuring out what to is simple - try to get all four reds together in fourteen
moves. Figuring out how to do it is the difficult part.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in fourteen moves:
1| R R # # # #
2| # # # # # # 1. Take three crystals from Column E.
3| # # # # # #
4| # # # R # # 2. Put them in Column F.
5| # # # # R #
6| # # # # # # 3. Pick up the red balloon in Column E, Row 5.
7| # # # # # #
8| # # # # # # 4. Drop it into Column C.
9| # # # # #
10| # # # 5. Pick up five crystals in Column D.
11| # #
12| # 6. Drop all five into Column E.
7. Pick up the red balloon in Column D.
8. Add it to the other red in Column C.
9. Pick up the three crystals in Column D, leaving it empty.
10. Drop them into Column E.
11. Take all ten crystals from Column B.
12. Place them into the empty Column D.
13. Pick up the two reds now placed in Column C.
14. Match them up to the red balloon in Column B. The entire grid will now
disappear in the click of a finger.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty:
Here it's difficult to know what colour the crystals are supposed to turn
into. You'll need at least three moves to put the reds together.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in nine moves:
1| R B B B B R
2| B R R B 1. Pick up the three crystals in Column E.
3| Y Y
4| Y Y 2. Place them in Column C.
5| # #
6| # # 3. Take the two yellows from Column E
7| # #
8| 4. Place them on top of the crystals in Column B.
9|
10| 5. Pick up the blue balloons in Column E.
11|
12| 6. Put them on top of the crystals in Column C.
7. Pick up the red balloon in Column A.
8. Then pick up the red at the other end in Column F.
9. Place them both in Column B to eliminate all the reds and crystals. The
blue and yellow balloons will immediately be deleted afterwards.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-One:
It may look like a large mass of colours, but look carefully and you may
notice a pattern. all you have to do is rearrange the balloons in the twelfth
row to make all the colours fall into the right place.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in fourteen moves:
1| Y G B R Y G
2| Y G B R Y G 1. Start by picking up the blue from Column E.
3| R Y G B R Y
4| R G B R Y G 2. Drop it into the only place you can - Column A.
5| B B R G R G
6| R B R G R B 3. Pick up the green balloon in Column F.
7| Y R G R B B
8| Y B R G R Y 4. Put it ion the 12th row of Column C.
9| G Y B R G Y
10| G Y B R G G 5. Pick up the blue balloon in Column B.
11| G G Y B R Y
12| B R Y B G 6. Drop it into Column F.
7. Take the yellow balloon from Column D.
8. Place it in Column B.
9. Pick up the red balloon in Column C.
10. Put it in Column D.
11. Pick up the blue balloon that you'll now find in Column A.
12. Place it in Column C.
13. Pick up the three greens in Column A.
14. And drop them back into Column A. After rearranging the whole of the
twelfth row, the entire grid should clear within this one move.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Two:
What colour are those crystals supposed to turn into? It's either green or
red. Turning them green is simple enough. To turn them into a red colour means
you'll have to dig the red balloons out of Column F.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in eight moves:
1| B R G Y B R
2| B # R # Y R 1. Pick up the two green balloons in Column F.
3| Y # # # # G
4| Y R # G # G 2. Place them on top of the crystals in Column C.
5|
6| 3. Pick up the red balloons in Column F, Rows 1 & 2.
7|
8| 4. Place them on top of the red balloon in Column B.
9| This will deplete all of the red balloons and the
10| crystals. Also the greens put in Column C will
11| connect with the green in Row 1, leaving only the
12| blue and yellow balloons.
5. Take the two yellow balloons from Column A.
6. Put them in Column D, leaving only the blues.
7. Pick up the blue balloon in Column E.
8. And place it in Column A.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Three:
If you managed to finish puzzle 18 easily, than this should be a cinch. The
crystals obviously have to turn green, so it'll be easier to reach those in
Row 2.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in six moves:
1| B B B B B B
2| # # G G # # 1. Pick up the crystals in Column C.
3| B G Y Y G B
4| B Y Y Y Y B 2. Also pick up the crystals in Column D.
5| B Y Y Y Y B
6| Y G # # G Y 3. Put them on top of the green balloons in Column E.
7| G # # G
8| # # 4. Take the yellow balloon from Column A.
9|
10| 5. And take the yellow balloon in Column F.
11|
12| 6. Drop them both into Column C or D, narrowly
avoiding the crystals, so they will turn green
instead of yellow, then the entire grid will
clear.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Four:
In my opinion this is the most difficult puzzle to solve, mainly because its
hard to figure out what colour the crystals are supposed to turn into - it
could be blue, green or yellow.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in ten moves:
1| R Y B B # Y
2| # G B # Y Y 1. Pick up the two blues in Column C.
3| R # G G
4| R Y B G 2. Put them on top of the crystal in Column D.
5|
6| 3. Pick up the green balloons in Column F.
7|
8| 4. Place them both into the empty Column C.
9|
10| 5. Pick up the blue balloon in Column E.
11|
12| 6. Put it on top of the greens in Column C.
7. Pick up the green balloon in Column E, Row 3.
8. Place it in Column C, Row 4. By this point, there should be green balloons
in Rows 1, 2 & 4 and a blue balloon in Row 3.
9. Pick up the two yellow balloons in Column F.
10. Place them on top of the yellow in Column E. All the crystals will now
turn yellow and the entire grid should clear.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Five:
First try an experiment, take all the red balloons from Column F, and place
them back into that same column - what you're left with is three reds and three
yellows and not enough moves to sort and delete them. The solution is to take
those reds and yellows and sort them so they'll fall into the right place
before using the twelve red balloons in Column F.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in eight moves:
1| Y G Y R Y R
2| R G Y B G R 1. Pick up the red balloon in Column A.
3| Y B B G R
4| G Y G R R 2. Also pick up the red balloon in Column E.
5| R B G R
6| Y B R R 3. Place them both on top of the blue balloon in
7| R Column B.
8| R
9| R 4. Take the yellow balloon from Column A, Row 1.
10| R
11| R 5. And take the yellow balloon from Column C.
12| R
6. Drop them both into Column E.
7. Pick up the red balloon from Column E, Row 5.
8. Add it to the twelve red balloons in Column F. All the balloons will now
fall into the right place.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Six:
Again, this is just rearranging the balloons so that they will all be depleted
on your final move. You should mainly focus on the blue balloon in Column C,
since that is the most difficult to delete.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in ten moves:
1| Y R B G B R
2| Y R R R B G 1. First take the blue balloon from Column F.
3| B Y Y G G B
4| 2. Put it in Column E.
5|
6| 3. Pick up the green balloon in Row 2 of Column F.
7|
8| 4. Put it in Column D.
9|
10| 5. Take the blue balloon in Column A.
11|
12| 6. Place it on top of the green in Column D, Row 5.
7. Pick up the red balloon in the first Row of Column F.
8. Place it on top of the yellow balloon in Column B.
9. Pick up the yellow balloon in Column C.
10. Drop it on to the other to yellows in Column A. The yellow balloons will
all vanish, followed by the reds, then the greens and lastly the blues.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Seven:
As far as I know, this is the only puzzle that can be completed in less moves
than what is required.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in eight moves:
1| # G Y B Y B
2| Y G # B Y # 1. Pick up the two blue balloons in Column F
3| G Y Y # B
4| G Y B 2. Drop them on top of the crystal in Column C.
5| B
6| 3. Then pick up the blue balloon in Column C.
7|
8| 4. Drop it onto the blue balloons that have been
9| placed in Column D. A series of eliminations will
10| result in there only being a few blue and yellow
11| balloons left.
12|
5. Pick up the yellow balloon in Column A, Row 2.
6. Drop onto the two yellow balloons in Column E.
7. Pick up the blue balloon in Column A (formerly a crystal).
8. Drop it onto the blue balloons in Column F.
HOW TO COMPLETE PUZZLE 27 IN SEVEN MOVES:
When you start the puzzle, pick up the two blue balloons in Column F, then
without dropping them into Column D (as was mentioned above), pick up the blue
balloon in Column C and then drop all three into Column D. By doing this,
you'll save one move, allowing you to finish the puzzle in one less move than
what is required.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Eight:
The first thing to figure out is what colour the crystals are supposed to turn
into - it's either blue or yellow. Once that has been done, think about how to
eliminate the remaining balloons once the crystals have gone.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in thirteen moves:
1| # # Y # # #
2| # Y # # # Y 1. Take the crystal from Column F, Row 12.
3| B # # B # #
4| # B Y # B # 2. Then pick up the three crystals in Column D.
5| # # B # # Y
6| # Y # Y # # 3. Place all four crystals in Column C.
7| Y # # # # #
8| # # # # Y # 4. Pick up the yellow balloon in Column D, Row 6.
9| # # # # #
10| # # # # 5. Drop it into Column B, Row 12.
11| # # B
12| # # 6. Pick up the two crystals in Column D, Rows 4 & 5.
7. Drop them into Column E.
8. Pick up the blue balloon in Column D, Row 3.
9. Place it on top of the blue balloon in Column F.
10. Pick up the seven crystals now placed in Column C.
11. Put them into Column D.
12. Pick up the two blue balloons in Column F.
13. Place them into Column C. Every crystal in the grid will turn blue and
then vanish, and three yellow balloons in Column B will connect to delete
all of the remaining balloons.
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Puzzle Mode Level Twenty-Nine:
You'll need to get those green balloons in Column E and move them to the left
side of the grid along with the other green balloons. Also you'll need to
rearrange large amounts of the grid to be able to complete it.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in twelve moves:
1| G B B B
2| G G Y G 1. Take the two blue balloons from Column D.
3| R R B G
4| G R Y B 2. Place them into the empty Column F.
5| R G B B
6| R R B Y 3. Pick up the yellow balloon in Column E.
7|
8| 4. Put it on top of the yellow in Column D, Row 5.
9|
10| 5. Pick up the red in Column C.
11|
12| 6. Drop it into the empty Column A.
7. Take the green balloon from Column C, Row 5.
8. Place it on top of the red in Column A.
9. Pick up the two blue balloons in Column E, Rows 4 & 5.
10. Drop them both into Column C.
11. Pick up the two green balloons in Column E, Rows 2 & 3.
12. Place them in Column A to deplete all of the greens. The red balloons will
then be depleted, followed by the blues and finally the yellow balloons.
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Puzzle Mode Level Thirty:
And so our journey through the Puzzle Mode of Magical Drop draws to its close,
but wait... there's still one more puzzle to solve. It may look easy by the
layout, but there is a trick to solving this one.
__A__B__C__D__E__F__ How to complete in eight moves:
1| G G Y R # R
2| G G Y R # R 1. First take the crystal from Column E, Row 10.
3| Y R B G Y G
4| Y R B G Y G 2. Place it on top of the red in Column D.
5| Y R B G
6| Y R B G 3. Pick up the two yellow balloons in Column C.
7| R B G Y
8| R B G Y 4. Drop them both into Column C. Now prepare to move
9| R Y R Y quickly.
10| # Y R #
11| 5. As the balloons start to vanish from left to
12| right, quickly move to the right and pick up the
three yellow balloons in Column E, before they
fall onto the yellows in Rows 3 & 4 and vanish.
6. Drop the three yellow balloons into Column D to deplete all the yellows.
7. Pick up the two greens in Column F.
8. Drop them into either Column A or B.
= CREDITS =====================================================================
- ACarey - whose Translation Guide helped me a lot with this.
- Kojiro Soma.
- CJayC, GameFAQs and all its contributors.
- Neoseeker.
- Data East.
= FIN =========================================================================
