Angry Birds POP!

Angry Birds POP! (originally known as Angry Birds Stella POP!) the second game of the Angry Birds Stella series. The game released on December 22, 2014 in the Canada App Store and released worldwide on March 12, 2015. On October 29, 2015, the game was added to Facebook.

Playable Birds

 * Red (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the "Drop the Pigs" levels)
 * Chuck (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the "Piggy in the Middle" levels)
 * Stella (only "Pop the Top" and "Defeat Gale", used to be playable in "Drop the Pigs")
 * Willow (only "Free the Hatchlings", formerly Critters)
 * Poppy (only "Beat the Clock")

Non-Playable Birds

 * Terence

Limited Time Birds

 * Dahlia used to be permanently playable in the "Piggy in the Middle", until her removal in the Autumn Orchard update and was available to play for a limited time.
 * The Blues, was available to play for a limited time.Th
 * Shakira Bird, was avaliable to play for a limited time.
 * Bomb, was avaliable to play for a limited time.
 * Luca, was available to play for a limited time.
 * Matilda, was available to play for a limited time.
 * Hatchlings, were available to play for a limited time.

Enemies

 * Gale (When her Pop Meter is full, she will command the Minion Pigs blockers (and occassionally line blasters or fruit bombs) to the bubbles.)
 * Minion Pigs

Others

 * Critters
 * Hatchlings
 * Bees

Gameplay
The game features the slingshot lined up in the bottom center, the player flings the bubbles to pop the bubbles at the top with a combination of three or more bubbles with the same color. Each level will give you a limited number of bubbles given at the slingshot and you can buy more by coins. Sometimes, there are also blocks appears at the top along with the bubbles. The game also has lives like all other match-3 games. When you lose a level, you will lost one of it and if you lost all the lives, you must buy them by coins to continue playing. The game will features the six characters that appears in Angry Birds Stella and each character will have a special power that can be use when the Pop Meter is full to unlock powerful boosts from their powers like Stella's Power Pop, Poppy's Line Pop and many more. To fill the Pop Meter, you have to get x6 Streaks, that means 6 pops in a row. The levels are in different kinds and each of them marked as an icon. Here we will show you a list of the kinds of levels that has been known:




 * Drop the Pigs - Help Red (formerly Stella) to pop bubbles and drop all the pigs to win the level!


 * Pop the Top - Pop any 6 top row bubbles to complete the level!


 * Piggy in the Middle - Help Chuck (formerly Dahlia) drop the pig by popping everything around him.


 * Free the Hatchings - Help Willow free the Hatchings  (formerly critters ) ! Pop bubbles around them.


 * Beat the Clock - Help Poppy to pop all the bubbles before she runs out of time.


 * Defeat Gale - Gale and the pigs will stop you from clearing the level.

Abilities
Each bird has a special pop when their streak meter is full.
 * Stella: Power Pop: Pops bubbles around an area.
 * Dahlia: Color Pop: Pops all bubbles of the color that is hit. With the v.2.3.0 update, her ability is the same as Chuck's when he is available for a limited time. This pop is called the Science Pop.
 * Willow: Splash Pop: Colors bubbles in an area the same color as the next bubble.
 * Poppy: Line Pop: Pop rows of bubbles.
 * Red: Rock Pop: Pops up to 4 bubbles, including rocks(usually unbreakable).
 * The Blues: Triple Threat: Pops bubbles around three areas.
 * Chuck: Flash Pop: Pops all bubbles in a column. (Including rocks, making his ability very useful) With the v.2.3.0 update his ability is the same as Dahlia when she was available permanently. This pop is called color pop.
 * Shakira Bird: Love Pop: Adds all the bubbles it hits(excluding special ones) into your "bubble bank", giving extra moves. It does not increase the timer in Poppy levels.
 * Bomb: Blast Pop: Pops all bubbles and blocks in a row. However, this only clears 3 items to each side.
 * Luca: Sonic Pop: Drops in an area of bubbles. However, it does not add into your "bubble bank", unlike Shakira bird. Does not increase timer in Poppy levels.
 * Matilda: Flock Pop: The same as Shakira's Love Pop except it does increase timer in Poppy levels.
 * Hatchlings: Prize Pop: The same as Willow except it transforms bubbles to prize bubbles.

Boosters

 * Rainbow Bubble: Matches any colored bubbles (unlocked at level 11)
 * Fireball: Clear columns of bubbles (unlocked at level 18)
 * Color Crush: Reduces the number of colored bubbles (unlocked at level 24)
 * Instant Bird Boost: Allow activation on x3 to x5 streak
 * Mighty Eye Sight: Extends the slingshot aiming line

Daily tasks
Since version 2.15, players are given 3 tasks to complete for 3 reward items such as boosters and gold.


 * Pop X Y bubbles
 * Bounce X Y bubbles
 * Complete Y levels
 * Use Y boosters
 * Spend Y gold
 * Play as X Y times
 * Use Y X pops
 * Drop X Y blubbles

Trivia

 * This is the second game in the Stella Series.
 * This is the most number of levels in all Angry Birds games, the second most was Angry Birds Seasons.
 * This is the fifth Angry Birds Game/Spinoff without regular gameplay.
 * This is the 1st time Red does appear in an Angry Birds Game/Spinoff (See Teaser)
 * Angry Birds Seasons, the second Angry Birds game, came 2 years after the first Angry Birds game. However, Angry Birds Stella Pop was announced 2 months after Angry Birds Stella was released.
 * This is the first Angry Birds Game where the player will not hold the device horizontally to play.
 * This is the first time a character who is playable before appears but is not playable
 * There is a lives system in this game. It works similar to Candy Crush Saga as failing a level costs 1 live and recharging for 30 minutes each.
 * The new player will get 50 coins and unable to get more for free. Now you can get them more for free by completing challenges.
 * In the 1.4.30 update, the player can choose between the bird required for the main level or Red when he was available for a limited time(from March 21st to June 3rd).
 * Red is also the first playable male from this game.
 * Also, when playing with Red, you see a feather along with the stars. In order to get the feather, the player must complete the level with Red. The game actually says that "the feathers might be valuable"
 * Red has been removed as of June 4th 2015, but the collected feathers still stay in the game.
 * Even if removed, he still appears in the map while playing a guitar.
 * It's unknown why Gale would appear in this game if she was already killed off at the end of the episode "To the Bitter End."
 * However, the Canada soft release date as seen above shows the date before that episode was released.
 * This is the first Angry Birds video game that does not have its own Toons.TV video app, formerly, and now it has its own.
 * The Blues appeared in the 1.7.2 update as playable birds in the same manner as Red(avaliable from July 6th to July 20th). However, they require blue feathers.
 * Blue feathers are earned in the same way as Red: by beating a certain score and completing the level.
 * Just like Red, The Blues stay for 2 weeks straight, and after they're not going to be playable after the timer is out.
 * Chuck also appears in the game.
 * Red is the first bird to appear as a guest star twice.
 * Since v1.8.0 update, the Stella name was removed from the app store's title and the new name is Angry Birds POP!. It's probably due the Stella game was discontinued.
 * Even as v2.3.0 update, Red and Chuck are now permanent playable birds. Dahlia was a limited time bird at that time.


 * This game is now one of the few Angry Birds games that is also available in Facebook. The other is Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds Star Wars, which was discontinued and removed.
 * Before the v2.3.0 update, the limited time birds have their respective feathers. As of the said update, all of their feathers are now as of one- golden feathers.
 * It is possible to get zero stars on levels, which means you fail the level. This makes the first Angry Birds game to do this. (Angry Birds Epic does not count because the game only gets zero stars on equipment's.)
 * Dahlia, The Blues and Bomb appear on the map (levels 426 to 445 area) even though they were removed.
 * In v1.3.0 Facebook update, Time Limited Birds were added.
 * In v2.11.2 mobile update, UI menus have changed.
 * The Hatchlings introduced in v2.12.0 was to promote the upcoming The Angry Birds Movie.
 * The critters appear on the map even though they were removed.
 * This is the second time the Hatchlings appear as the guest star twice. When the Hatchlings was first introduced, the player has to collect treats for a reward. In the second appearance of the Hatchlings, the player has to complete 3 daily tasks the same manner as Terence's Tasks to earn one part of the movie poster and a booster. Collect all 4 parts to complete a poster.
 * In version 2.15, daily tasks were added. However, in this update, during the level gameplay, player may activate the bird boost instantly with coins on x3 to x5 streak.
 * In Facebook v 1.10.1, daily tasks were added, alongside with the movie posters. It was given 14 days instead of 30 in mobile.
 * The Blues was available on the June 23, 2016 as a part of summer treats for a limited time.

Gallery
For this subject's image gallery, see Angry Birds POP!/Image Gallery.

Soundtrack
For the soundtrack version, see: Angry Birds POP! Soundtrack