Pop Rock Station

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B15: Ink from Above Station
Deepsea Metro Line B
B01: Wassup 8-Ball Station

"As 50 yellow balloons go by..."
Pop Rock Station
Pop all the balloons!
OE Deepsea Metro Pop Rock Station.jpg
Station B16
Test Fee CQ Points 200
Lives S2 font - octopus glyph.svg × 3
Weapons
and rewards

S2 Weapon Main Blaster.pngS2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png

S2 Weapon Main Slosher.pngS2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png

S2 Weapon Main Splattershot.pngS2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png
 Kamabo Logo.pngRec 
CQ Points 700 CQ Points 800 CQ Points 900
Mem cake S2 Mem Cake Octoling.png Octoling
Music #16 salty

Pop Rock Station is a test in Splatoon 2's paid downloadable content, the Octo Expansion. This station is unlocked after clearing either Ink from Above Station or Wassup 8-Ball Station.

Access

The player must clear either D01B15 Ink from Above Station or B01A03 Wassup 8-Ball Station to access this test. The shortest way to access this station is to clear B01A03 Wassup 8-Ball Station.

Walkthrough

Pop Rock Station Stats
Area Enemies Balloons Armor Main Weapon Special Weapon Sub Weapon
Wave 1 N/A 1x Balloon N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 2 N/A 1x Balloon N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 3 N/A 2x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 4 N/A 3x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 5 N/A 3x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 6 N/A 4x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 7 N/A 1x Balloon N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 8 N/A 4x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 9 N/A 1x Balloon N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 10 N/A 2x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 11 N/A 3x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 12 N/A 1x Balloon N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 13 N/A 4x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 14 N/A 3x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 15 N/A 2x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 16 N/A 5x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 17 N/A 7x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wave 18 N/A 2x Balloons N/A N/A N/A N/A
Final Wave N/A 1x Balloon N/A N/A N/A N/A

Overview

During this station's test, the player must pop all 50 balloons in order to pass it. Popping all balloons in a wave starts a new wave until all waves are cleared. Clearing the final wave, by popping all the balloons, immediately passes the test. Since this test uses only one checkpoint, which is located at the beginning, failing to pop a balloon by letting it fly away means the player has to begin the test from the start.

Wave 1

A Launchpad leads to a single island with ink-able columns and platforms on its edges. A balloon appears in the middle on the northern side of the platform. Popping it makes the second wave appear.

Wave 2

A balloon appears to the left on the northern side of the platform. Popping it makes the third wave appear.

Wave 3

Two balloons appear to the right on the northern side of the platform. Popping those makes the fourth wave appear.

Wave 4

Three balloons appear on the eastern side of the platform between columns; a balloon between the leftmost and middle-left column, a balloon between the middle-left and middle column, and a balloon between the middle column and middle-right column. Popping those makes the fifth wave appear.

Wave 5

Three balloons appear on the northern side of the platform; a balloon moves from the left to the right, one from the right to the left, and one middle which is stationary. Popping those makes the sixth wave appear.

Wave 6

Four balloons appear on the western side of the platform; they rotate as a group from the right to the left. Popping those makes the seventh wave appear.

Wave 7

One balloon appears on the eastern side of the platform; it oscillates up and down while moving from the right to the left. Popping it makes the eighth wave appear.

Wave 8

Four balloons appear on the southern side of the platform; they oscillate up and down while moving from the right to the left. Popping those makes the ninth wave appear.

Wave 9

One balloon appears on the western side of the platform; it oscillates up and down while moving from the left to the right. Popping it makes the tenth wave appear.

Wave 10

Two balloons appear on the eastern side of the platform; one between the leftmost column and middle-left column and one in front of the gap between the middle column and middle-right column. Popping those makes the eleventh wave appear.

Wave 11

Three balloons appear on the eastern side of the platform; two between the leftmost column and middle-left column, one below the other, moving from the left to the right and one between the middle column and middle-right column, moving from the right to the left. Popping those makes the twelfth wave appear.

Wave 12

One balloon appears on the western side of the platform above the middle column. Popping it makes the thirteenth wave appear.

Wave 13

Four balloons appear on the western side of the platform; they oscillate up and down while moving from the left to the right. Popping those makes the fourteenth wave appear.

Wave 14

One balloon appears on the northern side and two balloons on the eastern side of the platform; they oscillate up and down, one appearing to the right on the northern side, one at a high height beyond the middle-left column, and one at a high height beyond the leftmost column. Popping those makes the fifteenth wave appear.

Wave 15

One balloon appears on the northern side of the platform and one balloon appears in the center of the platform. Popping those makes the sixteenth wave appear.

Wave 16

Five balloons appear in a row from the right on the southern side of the platform in front of the columns to the left on the western side of the platform in front of the columns. Popping those makes the seventeenth wave appear.

Wave 17

Seven balloons appear in a circle around the center of the platform. Popping those makes the eighteenth wave appear.

Wave 18

Two balloons appear on the northern side of the platform moving in a figure-8 in the middle. Popping those makes the nineteenth and final wave appear.

Final Wave

One balloon appears on the southern side of the platform at a high height beyond the middle column, moving away from the platform. Popping the final balloon passes the test.

Tips

Collectibles

Mem Cake

S2 Mem Cake Octoling.png
Though parted by the ocean deep, My oldest friend, we meet again. I touch your face; you rouse from sleep.

Completing this test awards the player with the Octoling mem cake.

Enemies and Mechanics

Previously Introduced

Quotes

English

OE Icon CQ Cumber.png C.Q. Cumber's Quotes

When the player enters a station with multiple weapons available to equip for the first time:

Use A to choose a weapon to use.
Recommended weapons have been given the Kamabo Co. seal of approval.
The reward for passing each test differs based on which weapon is used. Good luck.
You can switch out the weapon you're using by activating the equipper with A.

Advice before starting the mission:

Please pop all 50 target balloons.
If you leave a single balloon unpopped, you'll fail.
And the balloons will float away quickly, so don't waste any time.
Jump on in and we'll get started.
A balloon got away—test failed.

OE Icon Cap'n Cuttlefish.png Cap'n Cuttlefish's Quotes

Just one left!

OE Icon Marina.png Marina's Quotes

That's 40 down—10 to go!
Just a few more!

OE Icon Pearl.png Pearl's Quotes

Hurry—don't let those balloons get away!
That's half of 'em!

Gallery

Trivia

  • The title is a reference to Pop Rocks and the subtitle is a reference to the English version of the Nena song 99 Luftballons, known as 99 Red Balloons.
    • The title could also be a reference to the music genre, which was popular during the 1980's.
  • This station has "Gayla Sky Spy" kites floating around in the background. These kites of the Japanese brand Gayla were popular in the seventies. A05 Fake Plastic Station and D06C01 Radical Rails Station have these kites floating around in the background as well.
  • The Dutch title of this station alludes to the floating rock formations in the background of this level.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese 寝転がってるヒマは無い
カウチポテ島駅
にげる風船 全部こわせ!

Nekorogatteru hima ha nai
Kauchipote-tō Eki
Nigeru fūsen zenbu kowase!
There's no time to lie down
Couch Pote Island Station
Pop all the fleeing balloons!
Netherlands Dutch Geen tijd om te dagdromen
Zweverige stenencirkel
Maak de ballonnen kapot voordat ze wegvliegen!
No time to daydream
Floaty stone circle
Pop the balloons before they fly away!
Canada French (NOA) Pas l'temps d'niaiser!
Patates de salon insulaires
Fais éclater tous le ballons avant qu'ils ne s'envolent!
No time for dilly-dallyin'!
Insular couch potato
Pop all the balloons before they fly away!
France French (NOE) L'éclate totale !
Salon des ballons
Fais éclater tous le ballons avant qu'ils ne s'envolent !
The total burst!
Balloon salon
Pop all balloons before they fly away!
Germany German Keine Zeit zum Chillen!
Balloninsel
Lass alle Ballons zerplatzen, bevor sie wegfliegen!
No time to relax!
Balloon Island
Pop all balloons before they fly away!
Italy Italian Non c'è tempo per oziare!
Torrioni Torroni
Fai scoppiare tutti i palloncini prima che volina via!
There's no time to laze around!
Nougat Towers
Pop all balloons before they fly away!
Russia Russian ...Голотурь, или проиграешь!
Кухонный-Полиповск
Плюхни шарики, пока они не улетели!

...Golotur', ili proigrayesh'!
Kukhonnyy-Polipovsk
Plyukhni shariki, poka oni ne uleteli!
...Halotour or you'll lose!
Kitchen-Polyp Town Station
Splat the balloons before they fly away!
SpainMexico Spanish Prohibido holgazanear
Isla Cometa
Revienta los globos antes de que escapen.
Lazing forbidden
Comet island
Pop the balloons before they get away.

Translation notes