The smash-hit game app “Flappy Bird” flew away.
Dong Nguyen, maker of the frustratingly hard yet viral game, has pulled it from the mobile app store a day after saying in an apparent tweet from his account That he would ask Removing the game.
The reason appeared to be the mass of criticism he’s received, Particularly Because of the Visual Style That some game blogs have said look too similar to Those used in Nintendo’s original “Super Mario Bros..” game.
“I can not take this anymore,” he wrote. “It is not anything related to legal issues. I just can not keep it anymore. “
Neither Nguyen nor a spokeswoman for Nintendo time immediately responded to requests for comment.
Nguyen’s Twitter account is not verified as authentic by the social networking site, and so it is Unclear Whether the developer was tweeting.
In the tweets, he did not say definitively if he would ask Removing his other titles, Such as “Super Ball Juggling,” though he vowed to continue Developing games. In another Tweet, he apparently said he will not sell the title to someone else.
The move is a surprise Following the game’s success. “Flappy Bird” has in the past week’ve become a viral hit, inspiring similar titles by Competitors as it topped the mobile app store popularity charts.
The game was Offered for free and made money through advertising.
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