BEAKING NEWS: Red Bird will have a special power soon.
Well, that’s the first part of the “whammy”, and it’s pretty obvious. The more important second part is that, as the image suggests, the ninth episode of the original Angry Birds is coming soon!
Now, there’s some things to note and some things to ask:
Foremost, no we don’t know when this update will land. It could be as early as this week, or as late as a few weeks from now. But it’s coming.
Clearly, the episode’s sliver only has the star counter listed, but no score or feather counter. This is likely due to the beta version that Rovio has, and we probably shouldn’t think much of it. But since some people might mention it, I thought we should point out our powers of observation too. ;)
Less clearly, here’s what I see when I zoom way in on the episode sliver. It looks to me Red is rushing towards his nest. If you squint you’ll also see Red in the background as well, but with some impressive speed blurs behind him. I’m guessing his power will be speed related. What exactly it will be, I haven’t the faintest idea. Maybe a tie-in with the recently announced Angry Birds Go?
Our biggest question: Will the Red Bird’s new special power be episode-specific, or will it be retroactive to all 400+ levels of Angry Birds (ABo)? We can’t know for certain, but my guess is that it will be an episode-specific — or at least we hope so.
And a special hat-tip to @josm for being the first to report it here!
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Update 26 June: Rovio announced today that the next episode of ABo will be called “Red’s Mighty Feathers” and will land in July! The 15-level episode will star the Red Bird himself — not clear whether his comrades will appear at any point to help out though. The announcement was made in Moscow’s Red Square, where Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka spoke to local graduates on Sunday.
We have more info on this update in our new post, which you can check out here.
