Fruit Pop Flight Challenge

The Fruit Pop minigame is found in Twilight Princess at Lake Hylia.

First, a parrot called Plumm will fly down, but will only speak to Wolf Link. By howling, Link summons a Kargarok. Once the game starts, Wolf Link and Midna will fly on the Kargarok up to the Zora's River. The object is to pop as many balloons as possible to gain points; for each same color balloon popped in a row, Link gains a bonus point. If the Kargarok hits a wall or pillar the game will end.

Maximum points for Balloon types
Watermelon maximum points = 512

Orange maximum points = 1,536

Strawberry maximum points = 5,120

Awards
Link needs to score 10,000 points to earn a Piece of Heart.

After that, 100 rupees will be awarded.

Maximum Score
What is the maximum score obtainable in this mini-game? It is 61,454 points. To get this, Link has to get all the balloons before the first strawberry balloon and then all the strawberry balloons from then on.

Trivia

 * The fruit balloons reappear with a similar point system in Link's Crossbow Training.