
Most larger Bloons also move faster than their lower-end constituents, making them even more threatening to the player. Colors of the bloons in order according to Bloons Tower Defense 5 are red, blue, green, yellow, pink, black, white, lead, zebra, rainbow, and ceramic. The speed of bloons can vary, pink bloons are the fastest but have less layers, and blimps like the Z.O.M.G being really slow, but have high health. Different types of Bloons consume different amounts of lives (if they reach the end of the playing area) with Red Bloons consuming 1, Blue consuming 2, Green consuming 3, Yellow consuming 4, and so on. Depending on the difficulty and version of the game, the player has a certain amount of lives available to them. Some Bloons also have special abilities, invulnerabilities, or strengths.

There are many types of Bloons, with the tougher variants usually containing a number of weaker ones. They appear at the entrance(s) located on the playing field, and follow along a pre-defined path on the track until they either reach the exit(s) or are popped.

The playing area consists of a defined track, with one or more entrance and exit for the Bloons.īloons are the enemy in the game series.

As implied by the genre, the player has various types of towers at his disposal to defend against the Bloons including Dart Monkeys, Tack Towers, Ice Towers, Cannons, the powerful Super Monkey, and others introduced in the various versions of the game. The main objective of the game is to prevent the enemy “Bloons” (a creative derivative of Balloons) from reaching the end of the track on the playing field.
