![]() Bad Piggies was an interesting way to tackle the pig story, but in Angry Birds Star Wars II, it’s just pigs hurling themselves at birds for ill-defined reasons instead. Even the inclusion of the “Pork Side”, where you play as the pigs doesn’t change that up much. Questions of taste aside, this is still just yet more Angry Birds. You should be able to work out why that’s a minus. There’s a lot of Star Wars material out there, but for Angry Birds Star Wars II, Rovio’s opted for the prequel trilogy. Angry Birds Star Wars II (plus Telepods): On the minus side It’s basically an IAP model with physical toys, so it’s very Skylanders (or if you prefer, Disney Infinity) indeed. You can only use a Telepod (or purchased in bird, if you don’t want to go down the toy bird route) once per level, to keep things balanced, and you can’t use a Pig in a Bird level, or vice versa. ![]() You can only do so from within each level, hitting the “T” shaped icon to swap your toy bird in for the suggested bird. One quick tip here: The box for the Star Destroyer just says “scan them into the app”, but it’s not at all clear where you do that, probably because the toys were released well before the app itself was. ![]() What about the Telepods and their much-hyped scanning ability? This comes down to, of all things, teeny tiny QR codes printed on the unmentionable side of each bird, and a magnifying stand that you plop each bird onto in order to scan them in. It’s finely tuned by now, with plenty of challenge if you want three stars for each and every level. Unlock new levels, use mysterious powers of the Force in order to break things more efficiently. There are pigs, there are structures, there’s a catapult. The core game itself is just classic Angry Birds. There might just be a few Star Wars fans out there who like that kind of thing. Plus, you know, it’s Star Destroyer shaped. Kids do - and probably always will - enjoy setting up and destroying structures, so this isn’t a revolutionary toy. Now it’s time for the sequel, and its new hook - toys.Īngry Birds Star Wars II came out a couple of weeks ago, and Hasbro - who manufacture the Telepod toys - were kind enough to send me the Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods Star Destroyer Set, which includes ten Telepods (5 birds and 5 pigs) and a stacking Star Destroyer that you can fling the birds at with the provided mini-catapult. Just like the Star Wars machine, so the hybrid of the two was pretty inevitable, and that’s what we got back in 2012 with Angry Birds Star Wars. The point is, the Angry Birds machine is huge and hungry, and needs new games. It became apparent to me quite how much money a few years back when wandering a Shanghai bootleg tech market, noticing that every second object - including the underwear - had an Angry Birds logo on it but I digress. It’s made Rovio - and many, many franchisees - a whole lot of money. If there’s a game that defines mobile app success, it’s Angry Birds. Is the Force strengthened in the Angry Birds franchise with the introduction of Skylanders-style scannable toys? Angry Birds Star Wars II (plus Telepods): On the plus side
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