We announced a few weeks ago that Rovio was working on both Space and Rio updates. The update for Space was more obvious what would be included, but the Rio update was a bit more vague since only one achievement was leaked. This morning, we need to wonder no more, as Angry Birds Rio v1.7.0 is now available for iOS, PC, Mac, and Android via Google Play and the Amazon Appstore!
PC and Mac users: We have a separate post for this release, since so much was added in the PC update!
This update features a major overhaul of the graphical user interface, so let’s not waste any more time. This update includes:
- 15 new levels in the Golden Beachball episode! We have had reports that this episode is now automatically unlocked on all platforms. (Previously, you had to manually unlock these levels, and the method varied by device.)
- 15 golden cherries to be found! Note that the cherries are scattered across all 30 levels of the episode, so be sure to back-track looking for them. Our golden fruit walkthroughs will help you find them.
- Six bonus levels!
- One level each for earning 30, 50, and 70 stars in the episode.
- One level for earning 10 feathers in the episode.
- A fish trophy for
3-starringpassing all 30 levels of the episode. (Thanks @josm for the correction.) - A cherry trophy for obtaining all 15 fruit in the episode.
- One new achievement for iOS.
- As we said, there’s been a major graphical overhaul. The first changes you see are to the app icon, loading splash screen, and episode selection screens. They look a bit more slick and sleek now.
- The Trophy Room (or Awards Room) has been removed. All bonus levels now appear within the episode they pertain to, at the top of the screen. Note that the total score that appears on the episode selection screen only counts the basic 30 levels. It does not include any bonus or trophy levels, meaning they match ABN’s leaderboards.
- Also, the background for all Golden Beachball levels are now unique, instead of derived from the Beach Volley episode.
- Pro Tip! The blue fish trophies scattered through the 15 levels are worth 3,000 points!
As always, please do NOT enter Power Up scores on our Leaderboards. Please note also that Angry Birds Rio includes no score distinction between Power Up and “pure” scores whatsoever, so for the recreational PU user, be mindful of your usage and score entry here. Suspicious scores will have to be removed, unfortunately.
As this update lands for other platforms, we’ll be interested to hear how episode availability is affected. And we’d love to hear from the community as well!
Helpful Links
- Walkthroughs for all Golden Beachball levels, including the Bonus and Trophy levels, are now live!
- Hungry for fruit? Our Golden Cherry walkthroughs are live if you need help unlocking those!
- Total Destruction video walkthroughs using the Mighty Eagle can help you earn your feathers. Our walkthroughs for this update will be coming soon.
- For a complete list of all achievements available in Angry Birds Rio, see our page.
- Think you can take on the best? Compete on our Rio leaderboards. But please, do NOT enter scores using Power Ups on our ABR leaderboard.
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- New Splash Screen
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- New Level Selection Screen
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- New Episode Selection Screen
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- Level 16
I really like the new look to the game. So much better now! Thanks Rovio.
@AMslimfordy ”A fish trophy for 3-starring all 30 levels of the episode.”
Just for finishing all levels :) 3 -stars not necessary
@josm Thanks. Corrected!
So, with the Trophy Room levels being moved, is this going to mean that the leaderboard will reflect the move, or will it remain the same?
@TruckDriver We haven’t had a chance to discuss this yet. There are 2 things to discuss:
(1) Should the “Trophy Room” leaderboard be pushed into “Bonus”?
(2) Should the “Trophy Room” walkthroughs be re-categorized into their respective episodes?
OK, Slim, thanks. However it ends up, I’m sure will be fine, it’s just a case of my idle curiosity rearing it’s head once again.
My two cents: since the Bonus levels and Trophy Room levels are now all on the episode pages the leaderboard should reflect that. Like how the bonus levels on Space are listed at the end of those episodes.
No, this will NOT be done. The app itself does not count these levels in episode total score, so nor will we.
Graphics really nice indeed!
I guess next is Space and we will be amazed by the new graphics in it also.
I hadn’t unlocked the golden beachball levels in the previous update, and after the update the golden beachball episode is already unlocked. So, with the update the episode was unlocked automatically.
Thanks!! We’d love to hear from a few more people like you before calling the question 100% answered.
By the way, what device do you use?
I have iPad (as do you); they were unlocked.
It’s unlocked on android as well :)
I’m using an iPhone 4S :)
I’m glad that the episode is unlocked automatically
Confirmed! I just loaded the Rio app onto an iPod Touch that had not previously had the app installed. Without playing any levels, Golden Beachball shows up on the level select screen just like all other episodes.
So is the original hidden golden beachball still there?
I finally played through Beach Volley on the new device to check this out. When I fling a bird to roll under the suspended platform area on level 28, nothing happens.
Wow, you guys are QUICK! lol
I just posted in the news forum that this was available and, lo and behold, here’s the full story! Awesome, keep up the great work and I’m off to start flinging!!!
I keep getting the option for a free TNT drop about every third time I reset a level. Assuming that this constitutes a power up and have declined the offer each time. I could see this as throwing a monkey wrench into the leaderboards as new users may not see the distinction. Am guessing that this is also available on existing Rio levels, which could change scoring significantly.
Me too @burbman !
I’ve used it just the once to see what it does, but I don’t think it’s a PU as such as I have those switched off, but I can see how it might affect scoring on the ABN leaderboards – @AMSlimfordy?
(nb. I’ve not had the chance to check the other episodes/levels yet!)
I also have notifications turned off, so not quite understanding why I’m getting the tnt drop pop-up thing; as you say, it appears about every three resets, so it does tend to affect the flow of play, as well as being quite irritating don’t you think?
TNT drop has been a Rio Power Up since their inception.
Odd that it should be in the form of a pop-up, and not on the pu scroll bar, which as previously stated, I have turned off.
As such, and as burbman stated, with it being this way, it could well throw a monkey wrench into the leaderboards.
Something to consider perhaps @AMSlimfordy ?
@leggy I don’t believe you can turn off the Power Up bar in Rio.
I stand corrected @AMSlimfordy – my apologies!
I have my scroll bar closed and therefore just assumed they were turned off.
In other AB apps there is of course the option to turn PU’s off completely via the opening page settings button, not yet an option in ABR though. :(
I too am seeing this on Android phone’s Rio update. I did play a number of other levels to get cherries and don’t recall it popping up on those, but won’t swear to that.
Just played Smugglers Den #1 several times badly to see if I got the same pop up, and I did. We really need score differentiation here.
@burbman – agreed!
Not only is it irritating, it is very easy to tap the wrong place accidentally and maybe not realize it. So you may be playing using a PU without realizing it.
I am getting that “Free TNT Drop” option too while I was playing through some Beach Volley and Golden Beachball games. Really annoying if you are never intent on using it. (I did use that option once.)
I just replayed Beachball 1-15 & got a random pop-up for Samba Burst, so I’m presuming now that as we play Rio on the variety of devices & platforms we all use that we’re going to see these pop-up options to use a PU even though we haven’t selected the PU icon.
Scrolling not smooth.
Level 19 is frust for me, other is easy.
That PU appear seem is base on level, I tested few level it offer me TNT, and as justpast40 said that level will offer samba brust.
But it is free to use?
I want to officially thank Rovio for having the foresight to program an oh-so-helpful “Power Up Reminder Box” to pop up incessantly while I’m playing. It’s as if I were out eating a meal I purchased at a local diner and every three minutes the waitress stops by to ask me if I’d like some help chewing my food. #ROVIOFAIL – Aloha.
May I suggest a new acronym for this new gift from Rovio? How about PUPU for Power Up Pop Up? I’m taking a screen cap on my iPad every time I encounter a PUPU. I will let you know how many I’ve been forced to say “No, Thank You” to once Ive completed these Beach Blanket Bingo levels. Aloha.
I really dislike the “PUPU” very much. (Great acronym @surfcow). Hope it will eventually stop. Don’t use PU. Really enjoy the new update though!
Only 71 PUPUs encountered during three hours of game play today. I accidentally tapped on that ginormous USE button twice. Three tiny TNTs drop from the sky. Whoop-de-doodle-doo. Rovio’s doin’ some big pimpin’ of da birds on diss game, yo. Big Birdies and PUPUs forever, y’all. Aloha.
I am getting this pop-up also and its driving me nuts!!! I hope Rovio turns this thing off soon.
THank God I was about done with Rio anyway, as the PUPU is intolerable! Will PUPUs become standard for all AB games? Now there is a nightmare scenario. Rovio, if you are reading, please at least make it an option to turn pop ups off. They remind me of being a kid riding in the back seat of the car with my brother who kept poking his finger in my side until my fists started flying….
I agree. The popup is extremely annoying. I don’t use PUs, but every once in a while, I click the use button instead of the X, and I have to reload the game before playing.
I hope Rovio is reading his. Please give us the option of turning off PUs in Rio and, I think Space is the other game that I can’t turn them off.
I let my 4 year old nephew play the other game where you can’t turn them off once when we were at a restaurant, and found that he had purchased a bunch of PUs without knowing that he was costing me money.
The ! button is for disable the notification, not popups about PU.
The notification should be like this:
Sorry, it seems the link is broken. Here is the link: http://angrybir.de/16tT81c
I may be wrong, but I think if you click anywhere other than the X, you get the PU. I haven’t been paying attention, but does anyone know if it decreases the number you have or if it’s a free extra?
Answers to my own comment. You do have to click on the use button, and yes it does decrease the number of PUs you have. But I don’t use them anyway.
I got this update via the Amazon App Store, too. For once we don’t have to wait days or weeks after everyone else!
Thanks Jody. I’ll update the post in a minute.
This update removed the daily rewards. Guess all games are going to stop having daily rewards from now.
My Rio Daily Rewards stopped working on my Android phone a few days after it 1st became available while still working on my iPad. While I’ve never used them, I’ve made it a point to collect them on the off chance Rovio ever allows unused PU to be converted to something else.
Thanx Rovio for one awesome birthday present. Rio is my favorite Angry Birds game and the first episodes I played in 2011.(It took me that long to get my first android phone). I love the update. Happy Birdday to me
Love the new levels, went back and have all the cherries. I do miss the trophy room however, liked seeing all the accomplishments in one place. Played through all the levels, now time to go back and 3 star them all. The new bonus levels are cool too. Spending the day with my birds. Have fun everyone
I prefer the trophy room too. It’s difficult to figure out what you have three starred and what you haven’t.
According to Angry Birds by a tweet posted by them:
“Updated Rio? Power-ups are now hidden across random levels – one to find every day”
How does this work? @amslimfordy
So we need to look into levels for power-ups?
I haven’t seen anything @iamMighty, and I don’t quite have the motivation to check 200 levels ;)
@iammighty – I found the hidden power ups today, actually three times today, so not sure what the one every day is all about. When I opened a level, a little gift wrapped box popped up and nestled itself somewhere within the level. When I hit the package, I received one power up of what seemed a random selection, free gift is sponsored by the National Geographic Angry Birds book through Amazon, and when I clicked on the box, it took me to the Amazon site to purchase the book.
It’s interesting that Rovio made so many overall changes to Rio for a relatively minor, though fun, update. I bet they are using this as a trial run for changes that will play out in the rest fo the Rovio universe.
This is fantastic! Christmas in July for AB addicts. Thank you to the @admins for keeping us in the loop and a big thank you Rovio! Now, I am charging my Kindle and making coffee :-).
It’s nice that they introduced these cherry’s. It means we can do old this old games again, in the mean time we can see how bad we did this, lol.
Am I correct that there isn’t an ad-free version of Rio? The in level ads covering up the score are really annoying. Android if it makes a difference.
I believe there is one via Amazon, but (1) that’s USA only and (2) I don’t know if data transfers nicely.
@amslimfordy I had the ad-free version from Amazon, then for some reason installed the one from the PlayStore. I think it was to get an update that was late on the Amazon store.
Yesterday I updated the Playstore one, but hated the ads, so this morning I installed the Amazon version, and it kept all my progress. It seems you can go back and forth between them without losing anything, but of course, to be safe, always backup.
@78rpm
If you turn ‘off’ your Wi-Fi connection ‘before’ opening the Rio app (or any of the other AB apps for that matter!), this generally gets rid of the adverts within the game, and makes for a much more pleasing gaming experience. Turning the notifications off via the settings button on the opening screen will also eliminate some other general annoyances. ;)
Also, don’t forget to disable mobile data too ;)
Hmm, I was only 8 levels short of completing Rio. Those 8 levels were the trophy award levels! Oh well….
@andy2510 – y’all better git ‘er done then!
:-)
@78rpm I have done them all now! Time for a rest!
Really cool Levels. I love the Monkey Head on Level 30. some feathers are really hard work !!!
I want to be happy about this update, but dang, those PUPUs are just another nail in the coffin for AB as far as I am concerned. If this is the road Rovio is intent on, I will be saying ny goodbyes :|
My feelings exactly. The new levels themselves are great, but the constant pop-ups are incredibly annoying.
Damni82much got to beat thru the first 15 levels again on my 2nd platform.I’ve returned my primary platform to my working place(public property) plus the levels are truly time consuming.Took me a week to finish -1 with 2 birds and I won’t be surprised should it take me another week.Don’t know why people make such a fuss about PUPU.Fail in Bad Piggies thrice and they would offer a free mechanic for use.I rejected every time thus earned 6 mechanics without spending a buck.All in all,it’s just hallowed stool.
Anyone get the feather on the Cherry Bonus level? I have tried and only got 95% destruction while leaving nothing but round stones…have 3 stars and feathers on all other levels, but this one is getting frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
It’s the hardest one. I think the round stones are required for TD.
I agree with @Chris — I think all of the round stones are needed, plus a decent amount of other destruction. Forget about the blue seashell (I mentioned it somewhere). The real question is, how do you destroy all the round stones?
@spoonmon We’ll be working on feathers this weekend. We’ve had to divert our attention to another task for the time being.
Thanks…no worries. Just a very difficult feather to get!
@AMSlimfordy — Any chance you could do TD on the Cherry Bonus level first? I’ve gotten as high as 97%, but not higher. I’m thinking maybe you need to destroy the blue seashell on the left??? Can’t tell, and have never gotten rid of all the round stones, except maybe when there was a huge amount more left.
@mvnla2 As I said, we’ve had to divert our attention to other matters. Our goal is to get these up early next week.
@AMSlimfordy, Sorry if it wasn’t clear. By first what I meant was first of the TD walkthroughs, not before you finished whatever else you’re working on.
I have made 98% (using a power up), but honestly no matter how many times I try I just can’t get 100%
I think they may need to lower the threshold slightly on the Cherry level.
Just got 100% ME Total Destruction on Cherry Trophy Level.
link:
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/angry-birds-rio-trophy-room-walkthrough-cherry-trophy/comment-page-1/#comment-716392
Congratulations!
Another comment that can be moved to the appropriate walkthrough when available:
TD on level 27 — I’m amazed at how much is left when you get TD; I’m sure I’ve had less without getting it. Clear off left side and blue fish; leave sardine can on lower left rock. Eagle takes out most of right side except for left section of right structure, but you get TD anyway!
I am curious if there are no available Powerups, would a pop up still appear? I have about 90 available power ups from daily rewards that I never use. I wonder if I waste them all, will the new pop up appear, or will I just get a pop up prompt to buy more, OR will Rovio let me alone to play in peace? Hmmm….
You still get the Pop-up with USE in it, only then you need to buy more..
@Surfcow, I like the new acronym for this new gift from Rovio? PUPU for Power Up Pop Up.
In AB:SW, there are some levels where you want to “Bloat” Han (the red bird) and not use his light sabre. I thought that it was annoying that the game (i.e. Rovio) would keep reminding me that he has a light sabre that I can use, but this PUPU is MUCH MORE annoying.
The PUPU and the lack of score distinction in RIO makes me wonder what’s going on at that division. Seems like they are not in contact with the rest of the world.
I’ve always felt like Rio has been very forceful in marketing P-Ups compared to the other games. I hope PUPUs don’t appear in the upcoming Space update.
Played the first four levels and despite the PUPU these were just pure fun. Loved them all. Thanks Rovio!!!!!!!
@AMslimfordy, now that the trophy room is gone, I am finding it a bit difficult to know which chapter the trophy belongs to. Perhaps it is already there and I am just not seeing it (it is a habit with me I know), but in the walkthrough page for each trophy could you add a comment as to which chapter it can be found? The way it is now, I have to do a bit of guess work.
@bonneypattycat We will be double-listing the walkthroughs under both the (abandoned) Trophy Room episode and its specific episode. I just need a few minutes to do it. :)
Thanks slim! I know you guys are extremely busy with all the updates. I don’t know how you manage to keep up with it all!
I play in android, but am not usable though I purchased Mightyeagle!
Though the indication that bought it is given, why is it?
I just discovered the Rio update tonight when I looked up the Challenge of the Day. To me the new graphics are even more “cartoonish” than before,but I can live with that. What is bugging the crap out of me is that the moment I launch a bird,my previous score in the upper right corner of the screen disappears. I also don’t get to see my current score as it accumulates. Instead,I now have to wait until I get rid of all the marmosets ,or run out of birds,to see my new score. I hope Rovio puts the scores back the way they were.
Just for the record,this is happening on my android-based tablet. I haven’t opening Rio on my PC yet.
@meanguy No problems here with your score issue, im playing also on android tablet, maybe restart your device otherwise send rovio a support ticket
I have seen this on my android S3.. but this is related to the ads that I receive.
I have to say, the ads are getting far more aggressive (not quite as aggressive as Seasons) and instead of the scores going below the ads like they used to, they are now blocked by them and you cannot see unless you press pause and hope the ad quits. If the ad remains during the level, you won’t know your score even after you finish the level, it just goes to the star screen.
Thanks @josm & Morph416 for replying.This problem does seem to be related to the ads that drop down in the upper right corner of the screen.Today I found the same problem while replaying the Golden Beachball level.More than half the time,I have to wait for the level I’m playing to end to see my score.On the rare times when no ad is present,the score is easy to see. Maybe Rovio will fix this with their next update…or it’s a plot to get me to pay for ad-free games.
@meanguy If i’m gonna play Rovio’s games i always turn off my wifi, never seen any ads :)
@AMslimfordy Well, today is Rio challenge day again. And as usual PUPU is getting on my nerves (understatement). You, along with everyone on the Nest, know the importance of getting the first shot right. So, if it fails, we go back and aim again and again. But we’re rudely interrupted and put off our stroke by the infuriating PUPU.
Now, this is an ad-free game. Furthermore, if we want powerups all we have to do is say so by using the lightning flash. This pop-up is therefore redundant to the game and is, quite simply, AN AD! It would be great if you could put in a good word with Rovio about this on behalf of the many ABN members who have complained. Thanks.
Rovio was notified. @annie-leigh