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The curious case of “Flappy Bird,” a successful yet controversial smartphone game, shows a missed opportunity for Nintendo in mobile games. The Vietnamese developer of “Flappy Bird” pulled the game from the Apple (AAPL) App Store and Google (GOOG) Play store over the weekend, despite its apparent smash success. Developer Dong Nguyen announced on Saturday that he was yanking the game, apparently fed up with the intense criticism about it. “Flappy Bird” was knocked for being frustratingly hard to play and for looking like it copied the design of Nintendo ‘s (NTDOY)popular side-scrolling “Mario Bros.” games. Nguyen claims legal issues did not factor into his decision to withdraw the game. However, two friends of his told Reuters that Nintendo had sent him a warning letter about the game. But the Wall Street Journal says Nintendo has denied that it had complained to Nguyen. Nguyen told the Verge that his free-to-play… Scalper1 News
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