Angry Birds Seasons

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Angry Birds Seasons
Composer(s)
  • Ari Pulkkinen
  • Ilmari Hakkola
  • Salla Hakkola
  • Henri Sorvali
Series
3DS
ReleaseOctober 21, 2010
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Angry Birds Seasons (formerly Angry Birds Halloween) was the second puzzle video game in the Angry Birds series, developed by Rovio Entertainment. Based on Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons was released for devices using Apple's iOS in October 2010.

Gameplay

Just as in the original Angry Birds, players use a slingshot to launch an assortment of birds at nearby structures, with the intent of hitting targets located on or within them. The main targets are the pigs, and they can be defeated if directly fired at, or through other strategies, e.g.: the bird hits a structure that falls on the pig, defeating it. Small sized pigs are weak and easily defeated, while bigger pigs can sustain more damage. Each level pack represents a different "season", often based upon different themes and holidays. Different level packs have each unique theme and sometimes much different gameplay.

Release

Season 1

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
1 Trick or Treat October 21, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-10-21) 45
2 Season's Greedings December 1, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-12-01) 25
3 Hogs and Kisses February 8, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-08) 18
4 Go Green, Get Lucky March 10, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03-10) 18
5 Easter Eggs April 20, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-20) 18
6 Summer Pignic June 22, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-22) 30
7 Moon Festival September 2, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-09-02) 33

The first season began in October 2010, when Rovio released a

St. Patrick's Day update, entitled "Go Green, Get Lucky";[6] followed by an Easter update, entitled "Easter Eggs", in April 2011;[7] and a summer update, "Summer Pignic", in June 2011.[8] In September 2011, "Moon Festival" was released in conjunction with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.[9]

Season 2

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
8 Ham'o'ween October 21, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-21) 30
9 Wreck the Halls December 1, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-01) 25
10 The Year of the Dragon January 19, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-19) 15
11 Cherry Blossom March 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-07) 15
12 Piglantis June 24, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-24) 30
13 Back to School August 16, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-08-16) 20

The second season began in October 2011, we move on with the new season with another Halloween update, "Ham'O'Ween" was released and introduced a new orange bird, known as Bubbles.[10] In December 2011, "Wreck the Halls" was released with 25 Christmas-theme levels also arranged in an Advent calendar setting. In January 2012, when "Year of the Dragon" was released; it is about Chinese New Year. It features the replacement of the Mighty Eagle, the Mighty Dragon, that loops out the structures and defeats all the pigs; it is free to use. A Japanese Cherry Blossom episode was announced on February 28, 2012, with a release date on March 7, 2012. In June 2012, Angry Birds Seasons added their twelfth episode, Piglantis.[11] It was launched on June 14 and is the second summer based episode (the first episode being Summer Pignic). The main new feature in Angry Birds: Piglantis[12] is fluid physics: the birds, wood, and glass are buoyant in the water levels; however, the pigs and stone are too heavy to rise to the surface and sink down until they are defeated. In August 2012, "Back to School" was added, which introduces the pink bird, Stella and it's Back To School Day.

Season 3

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
14 Haunted Hogs October 23, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-23) 30
15 Winter Wonderham December 1, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-12-01) 25
16 Abra-Ca-Bacon May 16, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-16) 30

The third season began in October 2012 when Haunted Hogs was released and was the third Halloween episode in the series. It added ghost blocks, which is visible to all items except the birds and the pigs unless they are inside them. On December 1, Winter Wonderham was released and was the third Christmas episode in the series. Like the other Christmas episodes, it is set up as an advent calendar. It introduced slippery blue ice, that makes wood, ice, stone, birds, and pigs slip on contact. In May 2013, when Abra-Ca-Bacon based on World Circus Day was released; it has a magician theme and features magic portals, which can teleport materials, birds, or pigs from one portal to another.

Season 4

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
17 Arctic Eggspedition December 1, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-01) 25
18 South Hamerica July 3, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-07-03) 24
19 Ham Dunk October 9, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-09) 15 (30 more bonus levels)
20 On Finn Ice December 1, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-01) 25

The fourth season began in December 2013, Arctic Eggspedition was released, the fourth

Twitter account unveiled an image displaying Terence swimming on a pool along a similar looking bird, colored blue, named "Tony the Blue", and the title "On Finn Ice", which is the fifth Christmas episode. The tweet also referred to the Finnish band Apocalyptica
, who play the theme music for that episode. With this update, the episodes were arranged to the year they were released, not as it was previously; the "Winter Wonderham" episode, which was in the fourth season, was moved to the third season, as the episode was released in 2012.

Season 5

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
21 Ham Dunk: All Star February 5, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-05) 15
22 Tropigal Paradise April 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-29) 26
23 Ham Dunk: Finals June 4, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-04) 7
24 Invasion of the Egg Snatchers October 21, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-21) 30
25 Ski or Squeal December 1, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-01) 25

The fifth season began in February 2015, a second part of Ham Dunk was added as All-Star Weekend 2015, expanding the world to 60 levels (more than Trick or Treat, which has 45). This update allowed the player to use Shockwave (electrical Bomb) for free, but only in Ham Dunk and for a limited time. At the extreme end of April (the 30th), a tropical world set on an unspecified Pacific island. The world was added in commemoration to Rovio's partnership with

costumes), which are unlocked in a scavenger hunt style, having the player search through levels they completed for certain items, and once 3 items were found (there is a 16-hour wait between obtaining items and an eight-hour wait to get a new mission), they would receive the costume, allowing the birds to (optionally) wear outfits during gameplay. Another new feature in the update was the Power-Up Test Zone, which lets the player test Power-Ups (with infinite uses). Finally, to wrap up 2015 to end with a Christmas episode, "Ski or Squeal" was added (in the usual advent calendar style), taking place a top a frigid mountain summit
.

Season 6

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
26 Fairy Hogmother February 11, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-11) 21
27 Marie Hamtoinette March 31, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-31) 18
28 Summer Camp June 27, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-06-27) 21
29 Piggywood Studios August 25, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-08-25) (Part 1)
September 27, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-27) (Part 2)
October 2, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-10-02) (Part 3) 		54
30 Hammier Things October 20, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-10-20) 24
31 Ragnahog December 1, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-01) 25

The sixth season began on February 11, 2016, a

Stranger Things, and concluded with the Christmas
episode "Ragnahog", which is also a Vikings theme and is set in a Nordic theme. It's also the final episode of Angry Birds Seasons.

Special Items

Levels

No. Episode Name Release date Levels
32 Power-Up Test Site October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10) 5
33 Power-Up Test Site Christmas Holiday Seasons December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12) 18

Like the original game, all episodes have an item representing them which are flying around on the main menu screen once the episode is complete. For example, completing Winter Wonderham awards the player with a star-shaped cookie.

Ports

At E3 2012 in Los Angeles, Rovio and distribution partner Activision announced plans to bring Angry Birds Seasons, along with the original Angry Birds and Angry Birds Rio, to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo 3DS systems.[13] Bundled together as Angry Birds Trilogy, the games were built specifically for their respective consoles, taking advantage of their unique features, such as support for PlayStation Move, Kinect, high-definition displays, and glasses-free 3D visuals.[13] The trilogy was also available for Wii and Wii U.

Reception

The reception of Angry Birds Seasons has been positive. Tracy Erickson of Pocket Gamer said about the Halloween update, "The difficulty is steeper than in the original Angry Birds, which is likely an intentional consideration for those well-versed in the first game. This doesn't make Angry Birds Halloween unapproachable, but it does result in an undesirable increase in trial-and-error gameplay. Without the experience of playing the original, you can anticipate having to replay a lot of stages." He further mentioned, "Of course, these structural issues don't detract from what remains an entertaining game. Angry Birds Halloween is pleasantly more of the same, though you're best served by playing the original before tackling this holiday treat.[15]" Sarah Jacobsson of Macworld said about the Christmas update, "Unlike the original Angry Birds and Angry Birds Halloween, the Season's Greetings track does not start out with a laughably easy level—after all, you only get one level a day, and Rovio wants to make you work for it." She further wrote, "Angry Birds Seasons brings fun, Christmas spirit to the most popular iOS game of the year. With the included Halloween track, you get a total of 69 challenging levels—definitely worth $0.99 (Angry Birds Seasons HD is $1.99).[16]" Abigail Holden of Lazygamer rated the game 8.5/10, saying, "Whether you're new to Angry Birds or you've enjoyed the game on other platforms, Angry Birds Seasons for PC is worth to look at."[17]

See also

  • List of most downloaded Android applications

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Mitchell (October 21, 2010). "Angry Birds Halloween edition spooks iPad, iPhone". Joystiq.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Jeff Cormier (December 1, 2010). "Angry Birds Seasons goes live and free for iOS and Android". The Next Web. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Ewan Spence (December 17, 2010). "Review: Angry Birds Seasons". AllAboutSymbian.com. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Vlad Bobleanta (December 1, 2010). "Angry Birds Seasons out for Android and iOS today, free to Halloween users". switched.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Christina Warren (February 7, 2011). "Angry Birds Gets Facebook-Infused Valentine's Day Edition". Mashable.com. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Angry Birds Seasons Go Green, Get Lucky Update is Here!". March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  7. ^ Chloe Albanesius (April 18, 2011). "Angry Birds Seasons Gets Easter Update". PCMag.com. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  8. ^ Rob Hearn (June 22, 2011). "Angry Birds Seasons Summer Pignic update hits the App Store, adds 30 levels". PocketGamer.co.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  9. ^ Angry Birds Seasons Moon Festival Episode Released Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, IGN, 1 September 2011. Accessed on 2 September 2011.
  10. ^ Official Promo for Ham'O'Ween. Accessed on 21 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Angry Birds Piglantis". David Nelson. 2012-06-14. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  12. ^ "Angry Birds Piglantis Update". David Nelson. 2012-06-14. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  13. ^ a b Greg Miller (2012-07-10). "Angry Birds Trilogy Coming to PS3, 360 and 3DS". IGN. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  14. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-08-07.[dead link
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  15. ^ Erickson, Tracy (22 October 2010). "Angry Birds Halloween". pocketgamer.co.uk. Steel Media Limited. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Angry Birds Seasons". macworld.com. IDG Consumer & SMB. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  17. ^ "Angry Birds Seasons review – Green Pigs and Ham?". lazygamer.net. Lazygamer. March 9, 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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