Rovio Classics: Angry Birds



Angry Birds is an upcoming remake of the original Angry Birds slated to release in early 2022, recreated on the Unity engine and as a premium paid game.

History
On June 22, 2021, the Rovio posted a blog on their website and a tweet announcing that they would be remaking some highly desired delisted Angry Birds games, such as Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons, as a response to the infamous "#BringBack2012" movement in the Angry Birds community in which fans wanted to see a "return to form" for the series and for the delisted older games to be put back up on app stores. Not many details were made clear about the project, and what games would get remade would remain unclear until on November 23, when Rovio posted their first "Dev Diary" explaining that the company will remake the original Angry Birds in early 2022, and opened a Q&A on Twitter, allowing fans to ask questions about the project with the #BringBack2012 hashtag. A month later on December 22, they posted another Dev Diary answering some of the questions fans sent on Twitter. Some of the questions that were answered revolved around the rerelase being a separate application, progress not being transferrable, character designs, what content will be in the game and possible future merchandise based on the classic designs (like what was seen during 2019 with the Angry Birds Good Stuff plush toys).

General

 * The remake will be made on Unity, rather than Box2D which the original version of Angry Birds used.
 * The remake will be paid and will lack advertisements or microtransactions, as opposed to the original version, which was always free on Android and became free on iOS in 2016. Rovio has stated that the price will be cheap.
 * Only episodes that were in the game by mid-2012 will be in the remake, which include:
 * Poached Eggs
 * Mighty Hoax
 * Danger Above
 * The Big Setup
 * Ham 'Em High
 * Mine and Dine
 * Birdday Party (only Cake 2/Theme 18)
 * Surf and Turf
 * There will only be 27 Golden Eggs in this remake as opposed to the original game's 36.
 * The Mighty League will be removed from the game because of its mixed-to-negative reception and it being added in 2016.
 * Power-Ups will be removed, due to the remake being a premium experience. Mighty Eagle may return, and if he does, he will no longer be an in-app purchase.

Gameplay

 * It has been said that there will be an easier method to put birds back in the slingshot. It is unknown what exactly is meant by this, but this may be referring to adding the zoom-in button seen in some of the webgames, Angry Birds Friends, or later builds of Angry Birds' PC port.
 * The player will now be able to zoom in or out of a level without accidentally pulling back the slingshot.

Aesthetic

 * More of the game's text will become localizable, which will allow the game to be presented in more languages.
 * The sprites for the pigs seem to have been reverted to the original sprites from before 4.1.0 and in Angry Birds Seasons, as they are seen in a development image for the game in the second Dev Diary. However, this is contradicted from the quote from the same blog, "as for the specific style, they will resemble the birds we had in the Classic game before it left the store", which implies that the resprites debuting in Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Chrome will continue to be used. But as seen in the remake pictures, the sprites will revert back to the sprites used until 2012.
 * The logo will be reverted to the 2010 logo, instead of the new logo seen in Angry Birds 2 and onwards.

Birds
Birds are the protagonists of the game. They are trying to get their eggs back.

If the bird hits a block, they will stop flying immediately, will be injured and won't activate its ability. After a pig is hit, they will be popped, or if they are strong, they will only be injured. Birds give 10000 points if not used after completing the level. Each pig has three stages of injury, but birds defeat them instantly according to strength. The pigs are the following:
 * Red: Shouts a battle cry when tapped.
 * Cannot destroy materials well.
 * Unlocked in Level 1-1 (Poached Eggs)
 * The Blues: They split into 3 when tapped, having more birds to destroy objects.
 * Destroys Glass exceptionally well.
 * Unlocked in Level 1-10 (Poached Eggs)
 * Chuck: Speeds up when tapped, gaining more momentum and strength.
 * Destroys wood exceptionally well.
 * Unlocked in Level 1-16 (Poached Eggs)
 * Bomb: Explodes instantly when tapped or after some time upon impact with something.
 * Can destroy stone really well. His explosion destroys a lot of objects on range.
 * Unlocked in Level 2-5 (Poached Eggs)
 * Matilda: Lays an explosive egg when tapped, exploding once it lands on something while she launches herself up.
 * Can destroy materials well, but not stone. The egg destroys a lot of materials on range.
 * Unlocked in Level 2-14 (Poached Eggs)
 * Hal: Spins when launched and goes to the opposite direction when tapped.
 * He can destroy wood really well, when he activates his ability he can destroy more.
 * Unlocked in Level 6-5 (Danger Above)
 * Terence: Has no ability.
 * However, he can destroy materials really well.
 * Unlocked in Level 9-1 (The Big Setup)
 * Bubbles: Inflates when tapped or after some time and flies away after some time.
 * He can destroy wood really well, and when he activates he destroys any material on range.
 * Unlocked in Level 18-1 (Birdday Party)
 * Mighty Eagle - You first launch a can of sardines and when it hits the ground, the Mighty Eagle will come down, destroying everything in its path and causing an earthquake, popping all pigs he missed and shoots back up into the sky, while also destroying anything else in his path.

Pigs
The pigs are the enemies of the birds. They hunt down the eggs in order to cook give them to King Pig.


 * Small Pig: The weakest of all pigs, being defeated instantly by any bird or material.
 * First found in Level 1-1 (Poached Eggs)
 * Medium Pig: Stronger than small pigs, but can also be defeated easily by any bird or material.
 * First found in 1-14 (Poached Eggs).
 * Large Pig: Stronger than medium pigs, cannot be defeated by some birds instantly.
 * First found in 1-5 (Poached Eggs)
 * Corporal Pig: Stronger than large pigs because of his helmet, cannot be defeated by most of the birds in a hit, but stronger birds will.
 * First found in 1-21 (Poached Eggs)
 * Foreman Pig: Stronger than Corporal Pig, he cannot be defeated by birds in a hit, but stronger birds will defeat him that way.
 * First found in Level 2-21 (Poached Eggs)
 * King Pig: Stronger than any pig, he cannot be defeated by any birds in a hit, except for explosions and Terence.
 * First found in Level 3-21 (Poached Eggs)

Episodes
There are a total of 375 levels in Angry Birds Remake, including Golden Eggs. These levels are grouped into episodes. In different episodes, the pigs try to find new ways to escape with the eggs.


 * Poached Eggs, The birds find that the eggs are missing, and later they discover that the pigs have stolen the eggs and now the pigs attempt to escape. It contains 63 levels and is the episode to feature the most levels.
 * Mighty Hoax, The pigs steal the eggs again and use a cut-out of the King to distract the birds while they escape. It contains 42 levels.
 * Danger Above, The pigs steal the eggs and escape on board using several makeshift aircraft. It contains 45 levels.
 * The Big Setup, The pigs imprison the birds in a cage to prevent their defeat after stealing the eggs. However, Terence is still loose and frees Hal, and they both fight back. It contains 45 levels.
 * Ham 'Em High, The pigs, armed with a rope, lasso the eggs out of the bird's nest and take them to the wild west. It contains 45 levels and 3 Facebook levels.
 * Mine and Dine, The pigs steal the eggs and attempt to hide underground, taking them to the underground mines. It contains 45 levels.
 * Birdday Party, The birds find that the pigs have taken their eggs for once again, and this time, along with a piece of their cake. It contains 15 levels and is the episode to feature the least levels.
 * Surf and Turf, A bonus episode originally released for Angry Birds Friends; a few small pigs steal the eggs with balloons. It contains 45 levels.
 * Golden Eggs, 27 scattered throughout the game, which unlocks hidden levels when collected.

Trivia

 * Despite it being an enhanced remake released almost 3 years after the original game's last update, it features significantly less content.
 * Stella is not in this version of the game.
 * Red's Mighty Feathers and Short Fuse are not here meaning Mighty Feathers Red and Shockwave Bomb are not in this version of game.
 * Birdday Party will have 15 levels in this version despite the fact it had 105 in the original version.
 * Despite it being released in 2012. the episode Bad Piggies will not be here.
 * Golden King Pig was released in 2012 but will not be here.
 * Rovio Entertainment Corporation have not ruled out adding any of these in the future however, since future game updates are possible.
 * In earlier screenshots for the game the backgrounds seemed to be bigger than they should be. This seems to have been fixed.AB 2022 Sardines.jpg
 * The GIF shown which announced Mighty Eagle mistakenly had the fish on the sardines can as grey. This was just an error with the GIF and the fish will be pink, as it should be, in the game.

Errors

 * Matilda seems to use her sketch-like design instead of her old finalized design.
 * The score text doesn't have the S capitalized and its outline is thinner than it's supposed to be.
 * The pause button's rectangles are too close together.
 * The trails behind the birds are transparent like in Angry Birds Reloaded.