Let's get it out there straight away: Angry Bunnies is clearly a blatant rip-off of Angry Birds. Featuring "comical characters", "physics-based demolition", and a title that's about as close to Rovio's world-dominating smartphone release as possible, it's pretty safe to assume that you know what you're getting here.
Still, the game has appeared on the Switch eShop this week and curiously, it's available for free. Angry Bunnies has actually been available on Nintendo platforms before - both 3DS and Wii U had versions - but it always came at a cost. So, now that it's available for free, should you pick it up?
Well, that decision is entirely up to you, of course. When we reviewed the Wii U version a few years back, it scored a rather pitiful 3/10, although the pleasure of playing it did cost buyers about $9 back then. For free, it's harder to say no, but we're still not convinced it's worth your time.
Either way, we're curious to see how people feel about this one. Will you check it out considering its non-existent price point, or does the idea of such an unoriginal clone put you off? Tell us below.
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I'd rather take out the trash than download it.
Nah. I’ll wait for Angry Puppies.
Would be good to have a quantum of quality control
At the very least, worth tossing into the library like I do with other freemiums on Switch. And if Angry Birds franchise hasn't sued since Wii U days, there are no qualms to have about it either.
This is such a blatent rip off, and I can't imagi- WAIT... FREE, YOU SAY??
Played it for about 5 minutes then deleted it... it's trash.
They will have to pay me to download this.
"Get rid of foxes"
...nah, we straight, fam.
No. Just no. I don’t care if this game is free, this game is pure trash. This game is just another shovelware game for the Switch.
@SpicyBurrito16 genuinely curious - have you played it before? If not, how can you call it trash?
Yeah, this is a case where a price of "Free" concerns me a lot. If they are not charging you cash, exactly how are they paying the bills. Is it mining bitcoins in the background, tracking and selling information, or something equally shady?
I'll play anything to kill the pain of waiting for Dragon Quest XI to come out. That game can't come soon enough!
Slow news day?
@Dang69 not really, lots of news on the homepage.
@Darknyht yeah don't worry, consoles are closed environments for developers where you cannot do those things. Even when someone manages to do it on PC where it is possible people find out within a week.
Plop plop ploppy
@antdickens Oh for the love of...man, you know, you know.
Lmao I feel like anger birds will sue nintendo soon.
@teamdave2002 You see my friend, there are these things called sales. Where video games are at half priced. I picked this game up during a sale, and it was terrible. Definitely not playing this game again.
@SpicyBurrito16 not sure why you needed to be condescending, but I guess you do you.
@JamesJose7 yeah, because the Nintendo eShop team has a shining record in vetting games for abuses. You'll have to pardon me, I think the developer of "A Dark Room" brought me a keyboard to press "~" on once I plug it into the dock.
@teamdave2002 I don’t even know why I had to be condescending. It just happened I guess. Apologies.
This game is absolutely terrible. They put little to no effort into this game and it shows. I'd be embarrassed putting this in my EShop if I were Nintendo.
@Darknyht high chance they putting it out for free to get people to take more look into their games.
@edgedino From the comments above, this game might not be the best example to use to showcase their games. But I will concede the possibility.
@Darknyht this also coulda been the cheapest for them to port so it wouldn't hurt them to make it free but while its true its not the best example for their work the fact it is a sample of their work should be more concerning, either way children have lower standards.
@Darknyht exactly, that is the only example that exists. And even that one was instantly taking care of when Nintendo removed it. Also it was just a compiler, meaning an actual exploit was not introduced. It could've served as an entry point for doing something with the Switch but that required user input. Also they confirmed that games run on a sandbox much like how you can protect OS instances by virtualizing them. That's why people who find exploits do it on a hardware level first. So yeah, everything is fine.
@nhSnork no, it's really not worth adding to anything, it's absolutely horrible, Paladins, Warframe, Super Kirby Clash, DCUO, Smite, etc. (Honestly, even Fortnite) are popular because they offer some substantial gameplay, Angry Bunnies is a waste of (memory card) space
@JamesJose7 The switch is a computer running a software. Given enough time and effort, it can and will be exploited. It doesn't matter if it is a sandbox, if there is a flaw in the code it can be used to gain access.
Just look at the recently discovered iPhone hacks that was exposed by Google TAG. They found fourteen vulnerabilities (including two sandbox ones) across five exploit chains. All it took was visiting a website to be compromised.
So it is healthy and wise for you to stop and ask, "What is this company getting in return for this free game." They are not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. To give you an idea of the access they want on Android:
Photos/Media/Files
*read the contents of your USB storage
*modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
*Wi-Fi connection information
*view Wi-Fi connections
Phone
*read phone status and identity
Device ID & call information
*read phone status and identity
Storage
*read the contents of your USB storage
*modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Other
*receive data from Internet
*control vibration
*run at startup
*view network connections
*full network access
*prevent device from sleeping
Sorry, this game and developer doesn't pass the sniff test.
@Darknyht I'm sorry friend you lost me at Android app permissions. I was referring to the ability to easily exploit a closed system such as a console through games for the wild things you mentioned like bitcoin mining or information stealing. But since you really want to know how people make money with free games is microtransactions. I don't know if you're new here but if you go to the eshop page of this game you will see the dev selling multiple level packs as well as in bundles of in-game currency. There you go, mystery solved.
Shovelware! At least its free, but I won't download it.
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