Angry Birds Rio

Angry Birds Rio was a video game that is part of the Angry Birds series. It was developed by Rovio Entertainment, Fox Digital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company), and published by the former in March 2011 to promote the Rio film. In 2014, it would be updated to promote Rio 2.

Development
After the announcement of the Rio movie, Rovio Entertainment Corporation partnered with Fox Digital Entertainment, 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company) and Blue Sky Studios to produce a crossover game to promote it. The game was developed by the original team of the first game and was released on March 22nd, 2011, the same day as the Brazilian release of the movie.

The game was updated with new content since then. In 2014, to promote the release of the Rio 2 movie, the game was updated with new episodes based on the movie's story.

Removal from the app stores
As with all remaining Angry Birds games released before Angry Birds Transformers (aside from Angry Birds Friends), Angry Birds Rio was deleted from the App Store and Google Play Store in 2019.

Server Shutdown
On February 3, 2020, it was announced that the game would have its servers shut down along with Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Star Wars II, it's very likely due to licensing issues. This means the player can still play the game, but won't receive advertisements or be able to make in-app purchases.

Rio
On a normal day on Piggy Island, the Angry Birds are taking care of the eggs as usual. However, they are suddenly caught by an helicopter and taken to a den in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bird responsable of the kidnapping, Nigel, shows up and reveals that he had caught the Angry Birds to sell them in exchange of one hundred thousand dollars, as they were part of an "exceptionally rare species". With this and seeing all the other caught birds, including two macaws called Blu and Jewel, the Angry Birds break themselves free from their cage and start to free all the other birds, including Blu and Jewel. It is in this moment when it is revealed that Blu and Jewel are united by handcuffs. Later, the flock, alongside Blu and Jewel, leave the den to go to a jungle nearby. Enraged, Nigel sends his Marmosets to go after them.

Making their way through the jungle and defeating all the Marmosets that try to stop them, the Angry Birds encounter Nigel, although they defeat him. Afterwards, the group is guided by Rafael to a beach on Rio de Janeiro. There, they find Luiz, who takes the handcuffs out of Blu and Jewel, separating them. Suddenly however, Jewel is kidnapped by Nigel, and the remaining birds go after her. Eventually, during a carnival, the Angry Birds find Jewel and other birds hidden under a chicken-like vehicle that is guarded by Mauro, who is defeated by the flock. Before Blu is able to free his friend however, he is caught by Nigel. With the caught birds, Nigel escapes with the vehicle as the Angry Birds go after them.

Eventually arriving at an airport, the Angry Birds free the caged birds and go aboard an airplane, where they free Blu and Jewel. Later, the flock has a final showdown against Nigel. After being defeated, Nigel tries to leave the plane as the freed birds leave. However, he crashes onto one of the plane's propeller, damaging it, and falls to the ocean. However, the Angry Birds manage to control the plane to go back to Piggy Island. There, Foreman Pig and a Minion Pig try to steal the eggs, though they leave in panic when they spot the plane. The Angry Birds leave unscratched, happy that the eggs are safe as the two pigs watch behind a bush.

Rio 2
The Angry Birds receive an postcard from Blu and Jewel, inviting them to go to Rio de Janeiro. Accepting to go, the birds put themselves inside a box that is supposed to be sent to the city. Much for their frustration however, they arrive at any location but Rio, even getting to the moon. There, they fall though the earth's atmosphere, ending up in a location near Rio, for their satisfaction. However, they are soon forced to deal with the hordes of Marmosets in the outsides of the city. Ending up in a harbor, the flock frees the caged birds and dolphins, eventually commiting the error of freeing Nigel himself, who was revealed to have survived the past incident, as he laughs maniacally. However, on a river, the birds manage to defeat him and throw him to the waters. Later, the Angry Birds and Blu deal with the remaining Marmosets.

Gameplay
Angry Birds Rio is a puzzle video game with the same gameplay to that from the original Angry Birds game. In the game, the player takes control of a limited group of birds, who can be launched anywhere by the use of a slingshot. All levels have a series of enemies, who can be either caged birds or Marmosets, the player must take down by the use of their characters. These enemies normally appear sheltered inside of structures made of wood, glass, and/or stone, in addition of some additional objects, such as chains and TNT. If the player fails to kill all the enemies in the levels, they will get a Level Failed screen, encouraging them to try again. If they manage to do so however, they will win and pass to the next level. Upon completing each level, the player will receive one, two, or three stars depending on the score received.

As with Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio is composed on several episodes. Each episode can be unlocked after completing the previous one. Following the release of Rio 2, episodes were divided into two different categories: "Rio" and "Rio 2". The episodes in "Rio" have the sprites from Angry Birds Chrome for the birds and have the same mechanics as those from Angry Birds. On the other hand, the episodes in the "Rio 2" category use new sprites, with the birds mantaining their appearances from Angry Birds Toons. These episodes also feature more mechanics, such as rockets and water. In addition, the levels from these episodes also have optional hints for the player if they are stuck. Regardless, gameplay in all episodes remains unchanged. In addition, there is also Playground, a tutorial episode that introduces the player to the most basic mechanics of the game.

Episodes in Angry Birds Rio are composed on several levels, the amount of which varies; the episodes in "Rio" have thirty levels, while the "Rio 2" episodes have twenty levels (though Hidden Harbor has fifteen levels and Treasure Hunt has fourty). In addition, all episodes, except Playground and Hidden Harbor, have six extra, optional bonus levels, which can be unlocked by completing certain tasks or by spending Coins.

Like other Angry Birds games, Angry Birds Rio makes use of power-ups, which are optional booster items the player can use to get a temporal advantage to beat the level with more ease. These power-ups are limited and cannot be used if the player runs out of them; to compense this, Angry Birds Rio also makes use of Coins, the game's currency, which allow the player to buy more power-ups and unlock bonus levels, amongst others. While Coins can be obtained by collecting stars or by watching ads, the player is also encouraged to use real money to buy more Coins to use in gameplay. However, as the game's servers closed down in 2020, watching ads and using real money to perform purchases is now impossible.

Items

 * Coins
 * Eggs (x3)
 * Golden Anchor
 * Golden Fruit
 * Golden Gear
 * Golden Rocket
 * Golden Treasure Chest
 * Power-ups
 * Call the Flock
 * Power Potion
 * Samba Burst
 * Sling Scope
 * Super Seeds (formerly)
 * TNT Drop
 * Sardine
 * Slingshot

Gimmicks and obstacles

 * Balloon
 * Beach ball
 * Glass
 * Rocket
 * Sand
 * Stone
 * TNT
 * Treasure Chest
 * Wood

Playable characters

 * Angry Birds
 * Red
 * Samba Bird
 * The Blues
 * Chuck
 * Rocket Bird
 * Matilda
 * Bomb
 * Terence
 * Hal
 * Bubbles
 * Stella
 * Blu
 * Jewel

Non-playable characters

 * Nigel
 * Rafael
 * Luiz
 * Mauro
 * Mighty Eagle
 * Foreman Pig
 * Minion Pig

Enemies

 * Caged bird
 * Marmoset
 * Caged dolphin

Bosses

 * 1) Nigel (Jungle Escape)
 * 2) Mauro (Carnival Upheaval)
 * 3) Nigel (Smugglers' Plane)
 * 4) Mauro (Market Mayhem)
 * 5) Blossom River boss (Blossom River)

Rio

 * 1) Smugglers' Den
 * 2) Jungle Escape
 * 3) Beach Volley
 * 4) Carnival Upheaval
 * 5) Airfield Chase
 * 6) Smugglers' Plane
 * 7) Market Mayhem
 * 8) Golden Beachball

Rio 2

 * 1) Rocket Rumble
 * 2) High Dive
 * 3) Blossom River
 * 4) Timber Tumble
 * 5) Hidden Harbor
 * 6) Treasure Hunt

Other

 * Playground

Special Offers
Special Offers is where the player can get power-ups and unlock levels by paying with Bird Coins or real money (now impossible). A maximum of three offers will appear. Offers will change after two or six hours.

Shop
The shop is where the player can buy new power-ups with Bird Coins to use in gameplay. Its products are the following:

Trivia

 * Before the menu music was changed for Rio 2, when the music was about six seconds in, Red and Blu would start listening to it and bouncing as if they were dancing to the beat.
 * Angry Birds Rio was the first Angry Birds iOS game that does not make use of pig puns in episode titles.
 * Angry Birds Rio was the first crossover Angry Birds game, being a crossover with Rio; the second is Angry Birds Star Wars, a crossover with the Star Wars original trilogy; the third is Angry Birds Star Wars II, another crossover with the Star Wars prequel trilogy; and the fourth is Angry Birds Transformers, a crossover with the Transformers series.
 * In the "Rio 2" segment, birds do not have blinking animations like in the "Rio" one.
 * Strangely, some artwork for the game have the birds in their pre-Chrome designs when they never have them in this game.
 * Nico, Pedro, Gabi and Charlie surprisingly don't appear in this game despite being in merch and artwork in Nico, Pedro and Gabi's case while Charlie's only appearance in Angry Birds media is the Return to Angry Birds Rio trailer where he appears on the Rio 2 logo.

Music

 * Initial release: [[File:AB rio theme.mp3]]
 * After the release of Rio 2: [[File:ABRio - Rio 2 Theme.mp3]]