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"The Making Of: Angry Birds". Edge. Future plc. 28 July 2013.
Futter, Mike (27 January 2014). "Report: Angry Birds Among Apps Vulnerable To Government Data Collection". Game Informer. GameStop.

Golden Eggs

I do know that there are Easter eggs (Golden Eggs) in the game. Should I add it in? Rng0286 (talk) 05:25, 25 August 2019 (UTC) P.S. This is NOT a joke. (I promise.)[reply]

No, a list of the golden eggs or other hidden things are not encyclopedic content. --Frmorrison (talk) 18:36, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I get it. Rng0286 (talk) 04:09, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 December 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved (non-admin closure) ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 09:26, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Angry Birds (video game) → Angry Birds Classic – that is the new name on the App Store 184.181.98.125 (talk) 07:06, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Natural disambiguation is preferred when possible, but in this case the game is not (yet) widely known by the proposed title (or if it is, that hasn't been shown). Dekimasuよ! 16:29, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I'm not very fond of titling articles after retroactive renames. In this case, the game shot to fame as Angry Birds, and is predominantly referred to as such by sources. If I were to see an article titled "Angry Birds Classic", my first thought would be, "oh, so they remade Angry Birds?" Nohomersryan (talk) 20:55, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. While the game is today known as Angry Birds Classic, it is famous for just being known as Angry Birds, not Classic. --Frmorrison (talk) 21:07, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. The name the subject is most widely known by is "Angry Birds". Paintspot Infez (talk) 01:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Similarly to how we don't append "Remastered" to a game's title whenever it gets re-released on a new console, because it wouldn't make any sense._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 14:04, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Contradictory claim?

Hi. I know I could just be bold and change it up, but I guess I had to share this to y'all first. The article claims that Rovio was inspired by the swine flu epidemic to make the antagonists pigs, with a source showing a quote by a then-Rovio employee:

"As the concept evolved and the Birds needed some opponents, the pigs were born. This was around the time the swine flu pandemic scare had reached its highest level, so the sickly green pigs were born out of that!"

However, from Jaakko Iisalo (the designer of these characters) himself, there doesn't seem to be an actual correlation between both. In The Guardian, Iisalo claims that the characters were inspired by childhood drawings and doesn't reference the epidemic (there's also information about why they're green):

We realised the game needed enemies, but the schedule was tight, so obviously I just drew an animal – a pig thing I’ve been drawing since I was 10, according to my mum. [...] Since the main character is red, I chose green – the complementary colour – for the pigs, who have stolen the birds’ eggs and are sheltering in the structures.

More directly, in the Angry Birds: Hatching a Universe book, which concerns the creation of the series and its games at the time, straight-up has Iisalo deny the epidemic directly influenced the pig-based design of the enemies (image from Discord, take is as you will):

However, it's long been rumored that there was a circumstantial aspect that may have influenced the choice of the Angry Birds nemeses: an outbreak of swine flu. lisalo is quick to play this down: "It was certainly something that was happening that you couldn't fail to notice, but I wouldn't say that it was a direct influence!"

This is it. I wanted to share these sources I found since they contradict the page's (and employee's) claim that the swine flu epidemic was a factor in pigs being picked as the antagonists. Cheers. Lazesusdasiru (talk) 00:39, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I have taken another look at it. I noticed that there are lots of uncited statements, including in the "Gameplay" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 23:08, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The gameplay section (as well as other parts of the article) should be rewritten a bit first. Our top priority should be to find reliable sources for unsourced statements and remove original research that can't be properly cited. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 23:15, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SleepDeprivedGinger: Sorry that I missed this on my watchlist. There were some recent edits to this article: do you still think it needs reliable sources to replace the original research? If so, are you (or anyone else) willing to address this, or would you like to nominate this to GAR? Z1720 (talk) 19:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To answer the first question, yes. There are still quite a few citation needed tags and unsourced statements that need to be addressed. I'm currently working on adding a History section to the franchise article, so if I find anything during my research (I already have a lot of sources in my sandbox) then I'll add them. I'm not sure if a GAR assessment is a good idea right now or not, but I believe it may require one seeing as some guidelines are no longer being followed as of this revision. I would submit it for a reassessment myself, but the last time I tried that, it did not go very well (see Talk:Mario Kart Wii#GA Reassessment). SleepyRedHair (talk) 19:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SleepyRedHair: GAR is a different process from GAN, where users evaluate if the article meets the criteria and sometimes work together to improve the article. If you do bring it to GAR, I am happy to add comments and observations if pinged. I'm sorry that you had a less-then-positive experience with the GA process and hope you will consider coming back. Z1720 (talk) 20:36, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the article has an {{Unreliable sources}} banner at the top, which goes against the GA criteria: "Immediate failures [...] It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid." Some references are from AngryBirdsNest, which is considered unreliable. Additionally, the template has been there since April 2025, so it's likely not a template that will stick around for 3 days then be gone. So, the article wouldn't meet the criteria to be a GA anyway. ZaLink700 (talk) 13:00, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ZaLink700: Would you be interested in bringing this article to WP:GAR to outline your concerns? I am happy to help if pinged. Z1720 (talk) 13:03, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: Yes, I would. Thanks. ZaLink700 (talk) 13:15, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ZaLink700: Instructions on how to nominate an article to GAR are at WP:GAR. I highly recommend using the GAR helper script. Feel free to ping me with questions/concerns. Z1720 (talk) 15:34, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: Okay, I have created it here. ZaLink700 (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]