135k possible!

As with pic 4, the "previous best" score on tally pages shows no sign of having used PUs. The difference between that picture and this one is that, here, the score of 21780 was ALSO gotten with powerups (no sign of it too).

(Long story short: Rio has ZERO separation between "clean" and powerup scores, with no lightning bolt.)

The "previous best" score shown on tally pages (when you get a score that's lower than it) has no indication of being gotten with powerups, as in this pic, where the "previous best" of 25540 used PUs; in this example, the main shown score of 23880 was without PUs.

(Long story short: Rio has ZERO separation between "clean" and powerup scores, w…[Read more]

The highscore shown inside the level does nothing to indicate if it used a powerup or not. In this pic, the 25540 highscore was previously gotten with powerups, but there's no lightning bolt near it…

(Long story short: Rio has ZERO separation between "clean" and powerup scores, with no lightning bolt.)

The tally page when completing a level with powerups shows NO signal of it such as lightning bolt! This picture shows a score gotten on the same attempt as pic 1.

(Long story short: Rio has ZERO separation between "clean" and powerup scores, with no lightning bolt.)

Using a powerup on a level shows NO lightning bolt while at it. In this pic, you can see the Samba Bird powerup on the slingshot, but no special mark on the score.

(Long story short: Rio has ZERO separation between "clean" and powerup scores, with no lightning bolt.)

Note the trajectory: the red bird dived below debris, deeper than in my previous score (but not as deep as how other strats sent OB).

This picture was taken AFTER the 10k bonus bird was counted to the score.

Ditto as with pic 1.

Taken at 23h22min in timezone GMT-3 (August 11 2025, here), which (as seems to me here) is just 22min after when a new challenge is revealed.

On my previous device, I remember trying so hard to achieve the top score… New device, first time retrying the strategy, and I beat it! Yippee