The original “Angry Birds” has flown back to the App Store and Google Play faster, better, and angrier than ever. We solemnly swear this is not an April Fools joke.
Rovio Entertainment confirmed the return of the uber-popular classic mobile game, now titled “Rovio Classics: Angry Birds,” through its official Twitter account on Thursday, March 31, 2022. It shared a video of “The Angry Birds Movie” version of Red getting sucked into the game and meeting his classic appendage-less self and his friends as they try to get their stolen eggs back from the pigs.
Despite the fact that it originally came out in 2009 in the middle of the swine flu epidemic that inspired the creation of the green piggies as the enemies of the titular birds, Rovio said in a press release that “Rovio Classics: Angry Birds” is a recreation of the game as it appeared in 2012, with over 390 levels split into eight chapters. The game costs $1, which means there will be no annoying microtransactions or advertisements whatsoever. However, it will come with all the power-ups and other DLC that were originally in-app purchases, including the Mighty Eagle.
Video games edit
Because of the game’s success, imitation and parody titles have emerged that use Angry Birds’ core gameplay mechanics. In the movie Angry Turds, for instance, monkeys fling excrement and other objects at poachers who have taken their young. [135] A different game called ChicksnVixens, which was made available in Windows Phone device beta form, swaps out the pigs and birds for chickens and foxes, respectively. [136] ChicksnVixens’ creator meant for the game to be a challenge to Rovio Mobile, which at the time had said that an Angry Birds Windows Phone port would not be available until later in 2011. [136] Just Dance 2016 features the characters from the Angry Birds theme song (Balkan Blast Remix). [137].
Global impact edit
In 2012, Heikki Kovalainen, a Formula One driver from Finland, wore a helmet with an Angry Birds theme as part of a sponsorship agreement with Rovio. That year, Angry Birds sponsored the Lotus F1 Team as well, placing their logo atop each Lotus Renault F1 car’s nosecone. As a condition of the agreement, fellow Finn Kimi Räikkönen wore caps bearing the Angry Birds Space logo. [132].
The 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships’ official mascot was Hockey Bird, an irate bird that plays hockey. It was designed by Toni Kysenius and Rovio Entertainment. [133].
Premier League association football club Everton F. C. struck a contract with Rovio in 2017 that will see the Angry Birds logo appear on the left sleeve of the team’s jerseys starting with the 201718 Premier League season. [134].
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Rovio is looking into ways to make more Angry Birds content, such as movies, TV series, and merchandise. A feature film in the stop-motion animation style of Aardman Animations, best known for the Wallace and Gromit franchise, has been envisioned by Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Mobile. [51] To that purpose, Rovio has acquired an animation studio in Helsinki in order to produce short Angry Birds cartoons for the Nicktoons networks Nickelodeon Extra. The first of these was a Christmas special called “Wreck the Halls,” which made its premiere in December 2011. [54] Hed notes that a movie like that would take years to come to fruition, and that in the interim, Rovio needs to make the characters relevant through new game adaptations or sequels. [51].
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