Angry Birds Rio

Angry Birds Rio is a special edition of Angry Birds, released as a tie-in with the 2011 animated film Rio. Angry Birds Rio includes 6 episodes, each with 30 levels and a bonus episode consisting of 15 levels. Each are set in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The tablet version is called Angry Birds Rio HD and features a higher resolution.

Release
The game's storyline is loosely based off of the film, Rio. The plot focuses on the signature Bird characters, who are captured from their world by poachers and taken to Rio de Janeiro (Located in Brazil), placed in a room alongside other captured birds from the Rio universe. The Angry Birds birds then get mad (despite the title), break out of their cage and proceed to rescue the other birds, plus Blu and Jewel, the main protagonists from Rio, while returning to their homeland.

The game itself is also different from the signature Angry Birds titles, as the graphics of the Birds and the blocks are enhanced. The initial Glass, Wood, and Stone blocks appear, alongside new Crates and "Iron Crates".

The Pigs are not involved in the game. Instead, the prime enemies and targets are birds locked in cages, Marmosets, and Nigel, whom the latter also serves as Rio's main antagonist. However, the pigs make a cameo in Carnival Upheaval as balloons and in the ending scene where they find the eggs.

Opening Cutscene
The opening scene for the game begins with a single panel of the Angry Birds watching over their eggs. The panel is replaced by the birds being captured with a cage, then transported to Rio by Smugglers and then they broke out of their cage and they proceed to release the caged birds and release Blu and Jewel from their cage.

Ending Cutscene
When the player finishes all of the episodes and levels, the cutscene would show all the caged birds flying out of the airplane and Nigel unwittingly caught by the propeller of the plane and goes into a corpse. So, the plane's engine busts up and falls down. The cutscene shows the birds going to crash on their island before the Moustache Pig and Large Pig claimed the eggs. So the plane crashed down, but didn't hit the pigs, and the birds were surpised and happy to know that their eggs are safe.

Platforms
thumb|right|300pxRio, like other Angry Birds games, is available on multiple platforms, including:


 * Apple iOS
 * Google Android
 * Nokia Symbian^3
 * Palm/HP webOS
 * Windows Phone 7
 * Mac OS X
 * Windows PCs
 * Roku

Episodes

 * 1) Smuggler's Den - 30 levels; The birds arewatching their eggs on their home island when suddenly they've been captured within a cage and taken to Rio where the Birds go into a den with trapped birds in there. The birds become VERY ANGRY and attempt to free them. (Special Item: Golden Cage)
 * 2) Jungle Escape - 30 levels; The birds free Blu and Jewel and plan to escape to the jungle. Meanwhile, Nigel the cockatoo sends the marmosets out to defeat the birds. (Special Item: Golden Tree)
 * 3) Beach Volley - 30 levels; Nigel is defeated and the birds go to the beach to find Luiz, who has a chainsaw to remove the chain from Blu and Jewel's feet. (Special Item: Golden Beachball)
 * 4) Carnival Upheaval - 30 levels; the birds see Luiz release the chain from Blu and Jewel, until Nigel abducts Jewel. (Special Item: Golden Balloon with Streamers)
 * 5) Airfield Chase - 30 levels; Mauro, the head of the marmosets is defeated and the birds witness Blu getting captured by Nigel after Blu finds Jewel inside the parade float, causing the Birds to give chase. (Special Item: Golden Suitcase)
 * 6) Smuggler's Plane - 30 levels; The birds follow Blu, Jewel and Nigel to the plane, free Blu and Jewel and the remaining Caged Birds, and defeated Nigel once and for all. In the end, the birds leave Rio while on the plane and arrive home on their island, where the pigs see the eggs until the plane comes down and after the plane crashes, the birds are surprised and happy to see that their eggs are safe. (Special Item: Golden Propeller)
 * Bonus: Golden Beachball - 15 levels (Plays a similar role to Golden Eggs except use of Mighty Eagle available)
 * Bonus: Trophy Room - 12 levels (Also plays a similar role to Golden Eggs except use of Mighty Eagle is available)

Trivia

 * On the Title Screen, when the music raises higher, the Red Bird and Blu start listening to it and move up and down as if dancing to the beat.
 * In the Angry Birds Rio Nigel Mashup Video, all the birds except for Orange Bird were caged. Also, in the video the Boomerang Bird and White Bird were in their original game sprites.
 * On the icon, it shows the Red Bird with the mouth open way from Classic and Seasons. But in the actual game, the way Red opens his mouth is the chrome version.
 * Angry Birds Rio is the first Angry Birds IOS game that doesn't use any Pig-related episode titles. The episode titles are similar to Utopia and the Danger Zone on Angry Birds Space and on Angry Birds; Poached Eggs, Mighty Hoax, Danger Above and The Big Setup. However the reason why Angry Birds Rio didn't appear include Pig-related names was because the Marmosets and the Caged Birds replaced the Bad Piggies. The only exception would be in the ending Cutscenes in the Angry Birds Rio episode Smuggler's Plane. The Mustache Pig and Medium Pig are about the eat the eggs when all of a sudden the Birds crash and reunite with the eggs and the Bad Piggies hide in the shadows.
 * After Smuggler's Plane, it is said by Rovio that it is not the end of Angry Birds Rio. Rovio mentioned that new levels based on deleted scenes and extras from the Rio movie will someday be created. It is unknown that new birds like the Pink Bird will make an appearence in Angry Birds Rio. Only time will tell...
 * It's possible that when Rio 2 comes out Rovio will add more episodes to Angry Birds Rio. Although, Rovio might make Angry Birds Rio 2 (Unlikely).
 * At the end of Carnival Upheaval, Blu gets captured by Nigel. However, Blu still appears occasionally in subsequent levels.
 * Angry Birds Rio will return in Angry Birds Trilogy.