Unhealthy Piggies 2, the sequel to the Rovio’s Indignant Birds spin-off, is offered in a handful of European nations on iOS forward of a wider launch, and an Android model.
The announcement was made by way of the Unhealthy Piggies 2 Fb web page and signifies the title will first be launched in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands and Poland, with many of those being round Rovio’s own residence of Finland.
The Unhealthy Piggies franchise concentrates on the titular antagonists of Rovio’s flagship Indignant Birds franchise, with the physics-based destruction changed by the development of elaborate automobiles to propel the characters to the tip of the extent.
In a chat on the creation of the title, then head of studio Jaakko Haapasalo spoke concerning the preliminary idea. “At Rovio, we take into consideration video games as leisure and about characters, so in 2011, we thought, ‘What if the piggies had their very own recreation?’ Pigs wish to construct issues and so they like eggs. The preliminary idea was quite simple.”
Even badder piggies
Whereas Indignant Birds has propelled forwards as a franchise, most famously with its personal movie sequence, Unhealthy Piggies has had just one entry earlier than this sequel. Launched again in 2012 it acquired a comparatively constructive response from reviewers, together with our sister website PocketGamer.com, however has not warranted as a lot consideration because the mainline franchise.
Given the distinction to its father or mother franchise this could come as no shock. The title additionally marked a serious shift in not simply character but additionally growth practices, with the sport turning into identified for its use of the Unity engine fairly than the in-house instruments Rovio has develop into well-known for.
With all this being stated, the discharge of Unhealthy Piggies 2, even in a restricted variety of nations, signifies Rovio continues to be intent on pushing the boat out little by little, maybe buoyed and assured after the announcement of their acquisition by Sega, Rovio is now forging forward with tasks beforehand on the backburner. Both method even ten years down the road evidently pigs nonetheless cannot fly, however they will drive.
