Mighty Eagle Now Available in Angry Birds Seasons

Updates:

08/31/2011 – Our Angry Birds Seasons Mighty Eagle Total Destruction walkthroughs are starting to come online, so if you’re stuck please check them out. We typically only do Mighty Eagle walkthroughs for the toughest levels, so if one is not listed feel free to drop your request in the forum.

08/23/2011 – Woot! I’m not sure if somebody spinkled magic pixie dust over the v1.5.3 update, but it looks like you can now successfully purchase the Mighty Eagle. Please note, before I was able to make the purchase I had to completely close and restart Angry Birds Seasons. You do this by:

  1. If it’s running, close Angry Birds Seasons
  2. Bring up the quick launch menu by quickly double-tapping the round home button at the bottom of your iOS device.
  3. Now tap and hold on any icon in the quick launch menu until they start shaking and red close button appears
  4. Close Seasons by clicking the close button
  5. Relaunch Seasons and now try purchasing the Mighty Eagle again

08/23/2011 – The Moon Festival achievements were added to Game Center. This update was supposed to land in September, so it’s hard to say whether or not this is an indication of another — larger — update coming soon.

08/22/2011 – The Mighty Eagle has finally come to Angry Birds Seasons, but a unknown bug is preventing anyone from actually purchasing it. When you initiate the purchase process the loading icon appears, but shortly after it says, “Unable to connect to iTunes Store”. Rovio is aware of the issue and even left a comment below stating that they are looking into the problem (thanks guys). Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon and we can start accumulating some feathers. We will update you guys as we know more.

Here is more other info about the Angry Birds Seasons v1.5.2 update, including bugs that have and have not been fixed:

  1. A separate In-App purchase is required to obtain the Mighty Eagle in Angry Birds Seasons. In other words, if you already purchased him in Angry Birds Classic you will have to purchase it again in seasons. In my humble opinion this is to be expected as these are separate apps.
  2. As AMslimfordy points out below the Golden Egg number discrepancy between iPhone and iPad is semi-fixed.
    • The Pause Screen and Level Completion Screen now show the same value.
    • Unfortunately, both of these values are one higher than the true value. No matter how you write the numbers, either there is no “Golden Egg 1” or no “Golden Egg 9/10”. In other words, if “The Big Present” is GE-1, then there is no GE-9 (or GE-10, however you want to count “The Big Egg”). If “The Big Present” is GE-3, then there is no GE-1.
  3. It looks like the bug preventing people from unlocking the Facebook levels in Go Green, Get Lucky has not been fixed. We still to confirm this though, so if you have NOT yet unlocked these levels please try and let us know if it works for you. If it does we will mark this as fixed.
  4. The Summer Pignic score counter has been fixed.
  5. It looks like the Summer Pignic Score Addict achievement is still bugged, as well as the Bunny Hunter achievement (for some users).

Below is the text from the original post about this update.

Some keen fans who play Angry Birds Seasons on iOS devices noticed something interesting in Game Center today. Out of the blue Mighty Eagle achievements have shown up in Game Center. Now this could just be a boo boo on someones part, but I highly doubt that.

It’s been speculated for along time that the Mighty Eagle would come to Angry Birds Seasons next, but I don’t think anyone expected him to arrive before the Moon Festival update is released in September. Now, I don’t think the Moon Festival update is coming early, so this will likely be an interim update. In addition to the Mighty Eagle I’m hopeful that this update will address some lingering bugs that are present in Angry Birds Seasons.

If you’d like to know more about the Mighty Eagle check out our in-depth article about him here.

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Comments (312)

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By Sethulhu (@sethulhu)

its updated now and purchasable, but for damn reason i am not able to :( .. it keeps telling me CANNOT CONNECT TO ITUNES, when my internet is working perfectly fine, and i was bale to log into ITIUNES for many updates and downloads .. :( .. maybe too much purchases now??

hate the wait…

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Please read the first paragraph of this post.

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By crazyhacker (@crazyhacker)

that is because Rovio didn’t make the Mighty Eagle yet, they just updated it with the ability to purchase it. That is why it cannot connect to iTunes, the link is currently invalid.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Yes, the Mighty Eagle is “made” for Seasons. It seems they simply forgot to enable it as an in-app purchase.

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By rjohnson_8ball (@rjohnson_8ball)

I still see 34 points being awarded (instead of 30) for Easter Eggs Score Addict. I checked the achievements through AB Seasons and through Game Center, starting the apps fresh. I am using iPhone4. Maybe they award 30 points on HD (iPad) version?

By Chris

Same here. Easter Egg Score Addict is still 34 points (iPhone).

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Oh no, silly SD. I checked on HD when I reported the change. My mistake.

By Chris

Does this mean that they only corrected the mistake in AB Seasons HD? Will you clarify this in your article above?

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By crazyhacker (@crazyhacker)

I found an Intel Golden Egg in the PC images folder. Looks familiar..

By Juan

What’s that mean??

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By crazyhacker (@crazyhacker)

Also an golden egg that says Rio(it says Rio not a football).

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

That’s the video link after you complete the “Golden Football” level. Not a different Golden Egg.

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By crazyhacker (@crazyhacker)

So thats where I remember seeing it…

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By p1g p0pper (@p1g-p0pper)

We should get free mighty eagle 4 the inconvenience

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I’m perfectly content spending $0.99 for 154 Mighty Eagle levels (+ more in the future, as early as September).

By spoonmon

I am willing to spend the 99 cents as well as long as it works. Hopefully it will be fixed soon!

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

I don’t think we should get the mighty eagle for free. We are people, people make mistakes all the time. No one is perfect. We just have to wait a couple of days for the new update to come out.

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By C_Wiz (@c_wiz)

I can confirm that the Facebook unlock from Go Green, Get lucky bug is NOT fixed. I hoped it would be in this update (since Rovio support confirmed to me they found the bug not long ago) but sadly it isn’t :(

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Thanks for the confirmation.

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By 4R2 (@r2)

Can you please explain this bug in more detail so we can take a look? Thanks.

By Chagui91

+1 for me the bug is NOT fixed

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By Eddie (@angrybirdiscool)

But when I bought the seasons HD,I can unlock all Facebook and twitter levels!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

If you click the “Facebook Like Icon” in Go Green, Get Lucky, nothing happens. Basically, it is a button that is unpressable.

By Chris

It’s the same in Hogs and Kisses. If you press the facebook button there, nothing happens. But maybe nobody realised so far, cos everybody had the levels before this bug appeared.

I think this bug came with the Summer Pignic update. Cos I have all the facebook levels. So the facebook buttons have been pressable once.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I think that timing is right. With “Summer Pignic”, I believe the style of the button changed in that it would not open Safari in a separate “window”. Rather, the browser was intended to open in-app.

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By 4R2 (@r2)

Thanks for the report. Just tested it and every FB like button works on my own device.

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By 4R2 (@r2)

I can assume you have some sort of internet connection set-up on your iPhone/iPod/iPad?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I can’t confirm myself, as I unlocked the levels on first release.

Yes I have an active WiFi connection. Suppose I already “Liked” and got the levels, etc. Should I get any message by re-clicking the icon?

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By C_Wiz (@c_wiz)

You’re from Rovio I assume ? Just to be clear I filed a bug report to your support about this, and was told a few days ago that the bug was found and fixed. I posted the ticket response here

The Facebook button is just unresponsive, nothing happens when I click it (I would expect Safari to launch). I do have Internet connectivity, yes, using an iPad 64GB Gen 1 (AB Seasons HD). Right now using iOS 5b6. You can see other reports of this bug on the link I pasted below. If you want more details or want me to check something specific feel free to ask.

By Chris

If I click on the twitter button in Easter Egg episode, the link still opens even if I already have the bonus levels. But the facebook links don’t open any more. This proves that there must be something wrong with the facebook buttons.

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By C_Wiz (@c_wiz)

Version 1.6.0 fixed this bug for me !

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By Victor (@victor)

You have to respect Rovio for the wonderful game they make, but they have been making some mistakes lately. This update basically doesn’t do the one thing it is supposed to do, while not even fixing simple little achievement bugs. On top of that, the bad PR surrounding release dates (which, if they can’t control it, should never have been made public) really paints the picture of a company that is not able to keep up with the demands of success. Maybe their focus should not be on expansion but on defending the home turf, i.e. releasing flawless products for the existing platforms.

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By dGhost (@dghost)

I like where you’re coming from Victor. I don’t mind waiting a couple more days if it means my updates will be giving me what I want. The Mighty Eagle for Seasons update was just a total disaster. Hopefully the fix will be out soon. And Summer Pignic Score Addict… *sigh*

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

There are no time commitments for updates, so I dont know what your complaint is on that. I don’t blame them at all. I think there is nothin wrong with this update. I think the issue is that the Mighty Eagle is NOT listed in iTunes as an IAP, which could be an issue with iTunes. I think we are all better off enjoying a great app with incredible replay value costing 99¢. No reason to get upset over a dollar.

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By dGhost (@dghost)

I get what you mean, Slim. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not annoyed or upset by the Mighty Eagle not working. I just think Rovio may be under some pressure to release updates on so many devices that they may be overlooking some programming faults.
I love Seasons the most, personally. Hard levels but also quite fun! Currently have Score Addict for all the packs but Seasons Greedings, so off to work I go!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Honestly, I agree. I think Rovio has grown leaps and bounds above what it ever expected. I do think they are under tremendous pressure by the general public and that is certainly a contributing factor to some of the bugs that arise.

On the other hand, I think it’s only fair to give them the credit they deserve. They could very well charge additional cash for updates, and they don’t. That’s something I love about the game.

By Corry

I think your all right. Although the development isn’t quick , it still gets developed almost perfectly. The mighty eagle bug will eventually be fixed,just be glad that the games are only $0.99. Rovio gets the job done all the time, but everyone makes mistakes. Imagine working for rovio and constantly developing levels for angry birds, rio, and seasons. The mighty eagle bug is obviously getting fixed ASAP

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By dGhost (@dghost)

Corry is right. For only 99 cents, (in Australia) you get a game that you spend a lot of time working on, whereas some games such as the very popular but hardly worthwhile first person shooter series *no need to write the name, I think you know* cost up to $80 dollars for one of the games that came out over 3 years ago! Angry Birds has high playability, and costs MUCH less than almost every single worthwhile game out there. So everyone, be thankful, and when you’re Mighty Eagle doesn’t work in Seasons, don’t throw a tantrum :)

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By Victor (@victor)

There may be no official time commitments for updates, Slim, but it seems to me a lot of people here are disappointed nonetheless. And while the people here know its not something they are doing wrong, others don’t, causing perhaps even more frustration (has there been any widespread official announcement about this broken update?). It’s not a knock on Rovio to say they should do more to ensure quality. Arguing that we should just be thankful no matter what they hand us, is a sure way for them to become complacent. It also forgets that these updates are carefully hyped, deliberately raising expectations of Angry Birds players, to keep people interested in the game (and its merchandising).

But I don’t mean to present a one-sided story. The fact that someone from Rovio visits this forum to let people here know they are working on a fix, is pretty classy.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I think the opposite effect will happen. I think if the general public didn’t send Rovio emails two days after an update saying “I NEED MORE LEVELS!!!” and was just happy with getting free updates once a month or so, that Rovio developers would feel far less pressured. In turn, this would allow them peace of mind and time to do a couple extra rounds of QA and bugs would basically disappear.

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By BoomerangBird (@boomerangbird)

Well, the mighty eagle is out on seasons, mine and dine is finished, “airfield chase part 1” and “mooncake festival” are here, but there’s still work to be done for developing new seasons,or holidays.They still need to finish airfield chase for rio,and think of the final chapter for Angry Birds Rio itself. I wonder if the developers of Rovio get any breaks between making levels, or something like that. From what I see, they just keeping making levels and levels and levels and levels and levels and golden egg levels and levels. I think they are pressured because they know people want there updates ASAP. I kind of feel bad for them, but on the other hand, I feel jealous because they come up with every single level with pure creativity.

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By heathen (@heathen)

You say above that the Summer Pignic score has been fixed. If you are referring to Game Center scoring/recognition in Game Center, then that has not been fixed.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

You misread. The score counter in-game has been fixed. The achievement is still bugged.

By Chris

Maybe you should write “the Summer Pignic Score Addict achievement is still buged” instead of just “Score Addict achievement”.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Good point. Done.

By Dude

So, to sum up, the newest “update” did little else than increment the version number. Is that correct? Impressive.
You would think there are quality control and testing processes that need to be completed before an update gets released. You learn something new everyday.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

At this point that is what it looks like. I highly doubt this was intended and I imagine the version they tested internally worked better. Who knows what happened, but I can say that no company wants this to happen, but sometimes it does.

By Chris

Of course it was not intended, but nevertheless it is embarrassing. This is what they announced yesterday:

“New in version 1.5.2:

Mighty Eagle finally available in Angry Birds Seasons!

Run out of levels to play? Stuck on a tricky level? Now you have the opportunity to purchase a can of sardines, which you use to lure out the elusive Mighty Eagle. This phenomenal creature will the soar from the skies to wreak havoc and smash the pesky pigs into oblivion!

Mighty Eagle will help you skip the toughest obstacles, but there’s a limit: you can only use the aid of Mighty Eagle to pass a level once per hour. In other words, when you pass a level with Mighty Eagle, you need to wait an hour to use him again to pass another level.

Is that all? Far from it! Mighty Eagle includes all new gameplay goals and achievements! In each level that you already cleared using the regular birds, you can smash away freely and try to fill up the destruction gauge! If you want to smash your way through every level leaving nothing behind, you have every incentive to do so!

Mighty Eagle is an in-app purchase in Angry Birds and costs $0.99/£0.59/€0.79 to download. One-time purchase, unlimited use!”

If they announce something like this, they should be 100% sure that it works.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

In theory yes, but sometimes things are not that black and white. When you release something into the Apple app ecosystem it all goes out together. That means your update, In-App purchases, verbiage, etc. I’m sure things worked internally, hence why they pushed out the update. Something obviously got messed up along the way. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t have way to hotfix something on the fly, so they’re basically stuck with what they have until they get an update out. And any subsequent update will still have to go through the normal Apple approval process, which takes time (so even a quick hotfix can take a bit of time to appear as an update). If it’s the glitch is a big one then it could obviously take that much longer. It’s almost like the wrong update got pushed out, but who knows. These type of things happen to every app developer. With Rovio they’re just exacerbated because of the scope and popularity of the game. Trust me, I hope we see a fix soon, I just don’t like to speculate as to the cause.

By Chris

v1.5.3 is out now. In the app store it sais “Mighty Eagle works like a charm now!”

Let me try it.

By Bum

I just downloaded another update, to take it to version 1.5.3, unfortunately the bug still exists and the eagle can’t be purchased

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By SvirkaBG (@svirkabg)

After update to 1.5.3 (works like a charm now, they say) still can’t connect to iTunes Store, score addicted it’s still bugged. Is this some kind of joke?

By marabou

1.5.3. is here, but not Mighty Eagle still can’t be purchased! Also Moonlight festival achievements are in game center.

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By Sethulhu (@sethulhu)

same here .. damn i thought i will nto sleep tonight due to this new update.. but guess ill sleep happy knowing iam not late in finnishing a new feature :) …

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By Nabors (@nabors)

1.5.3 works keep trying! Took about 10 try’s tho.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Good for you. I have not had such luck yet. It did “think” for awhile, so I wonder if this is related to a server issue now.

By RheaCarolina

It works for me, first it did not, but then I restarted the device and closed the app via multitask bar before reopening it, and then it worked on the HD version for me, have bought the mighty eagle already

By Bum

Yep confirmed, it now works woop woop. Purchased fine.

By Chris

Did you not receive the message “unable to connect to iTunes store”?

By EJB

Hi,
I down loaded the new update, it didn’t work, but I then shut down my Ipod Touch and restarted it. It then let me purchase the Mighty Eagle and use.

By Chris

Haha, finally I got it. After about 100 tries (no joke!).

By Chris

But it did not give me the Aquiline Benefactor achievement.

By Chris

Sorry, some minutes later, I got the achievement. So everything is fine now!

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Good to hear.

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By theJARs (@thejars)

still no dice for me either. I tried on 3G adn WIFI. I also tried from within a level and from the home screen. After a while it spits back the error with a minimal amount of effort to connect.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Have you tried completely restarting Angry Birds Seasons first then trying again? Directions on how to do that are at the top of this page.

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By 4R2 (@r2)

Mighty Eagle purchasing works now. Sorry for all the trouble.
If it gives you “Cannot connect to iTunes Store”. Try again later.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Thanks for following up.

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By bernard (@bernard)

It doesn’t work, not only are you unable to connect to iTunes from within the app, when you search for ABS in the App Store there is no possibility for in-app purchases..

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By theJARs (@thejars)

scratch that. I got it. I bounced around a different screens and then wnet back and it worked.

now to be highly unproductive in other areas of mu life… :)

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Have you tried completely restarting the app as noted at the top of this page (directions included)?

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By bernard (@bernard)

Yeah, tried restarting both ABS app and my iDevice, nothing. Strange that it seems to be just me now..

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By mkgrenwel (@mkgrenwel)

Not just you. I’m hoping it’s a server issue at the moment.

What devices are you guys on? It’s an iPad I’m having trouble with.

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By bernard (@bernard)

I’m on an iPhone, still no luck despite multiple restarts of app and phone. ME appears neither in-app (can’t connect to iTunes, still) or within App Store… Those who claim to have purchased it, is ME appearing in ABS in the app store?

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

It doesn’t for me, but I was able to purchase it (only after completely closing and restarting ABS though).

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By mkgrenwel (@mkgrenwel)

Ok, I’m in. It just took a whole bunch of tries. I guess patience and persistence are what it takes.

By S_T_A_R_S

Finally purchased the Great Eagle :)

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By Carlos de los Santos (@carlosao)

it works i just bought it

By Jordan Firari

I didn’t have to totally reboot the app, all I did was accidentally click the video instead of buy, and switched back to the app and it let me buy it

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By bernard (@bernard)

Hmm this doesn’t work for me either..

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By aca911 (@aca911)

Im also still unablet to purchase ME for ABS. Ive closed out the program, rebooted, 3g as opposed to wifi and attempted to log into it several times… ugh…. Any other suggestions? =)

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

You could throw your phone on the ground then run and jump on it in an attempt to reenact the Mighty Eagle’s destructive powers. Okay, that’s not recommended, but I’ve felt like doing this many times. Anyhow, I think you should just try again in a little bit. When they first released the Mighty Eagle for Angry Birds Classic there were similar issues that were likely related to tens of thousands of people trying to do the same thing at the same time.

By pahrpledrahnk

I feel like this is a sick joke…..I still cannot load iTunes even after closing the app and a hard reset on my phone.

By Chrisron

I tried all the tips like rebooting and stuff and nothing worked. But then I just tried to buy it again and again and suddenly I got connected.

So keep on trying people. You’ll get it eventually. :)

By Sara

it really sucks that we have to buy the mighty eagle again… it makes no sense

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By bernard (@bernard)

I’d be more than happy to purchase it, if only it would work. A dollar is more than fair for the hours of entertainment it will provide.

By Sara

it’s only 79cents for me, but I’ve already paid for it once, I won’t pay for it again… I really think it’s unfair because it’s not a new game I’ll be paying for

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

I really don’t agree with that. It’s a separate app that you opted to purchase separately. Regardless, there isn’t anything Rovio can do about it as different apps require different In-App purchases in order to abide by Apple’s terms of service. Here’s a tweet on the matter.

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By whitebird (@whitebird)

I’ve managed to purchase it, but it hasn’t given me the acheivement ‘unlock mighty eagle’ anyone else have this problem??

By Chris

Purchasing is not sufficient. You must USE Mighty Eagle. Unlock means use.

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By whitebird (@whitebird)

not convinced its working, I’ve got 2 feathers, surely I should have ‘aquiline benefactor’ im on the iphone, can anyone else confirm…

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I have “aquiline benefactor”, but the first time I saw it was after getting the “Feather Collector (30)” achievement.

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By whitebird (@whitebird)

thanks AMslimfordy will give it ago!

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By whitebird (@whitebird)

Just to let you guys know, got the mighty eagle achievement but it looks like there might be a delay with game centre… I’ve not started playing properly only got 3 feathers and up it popped !!

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