NDM article 13: Flappy Bird creator removes game from app stores

Flappy bird the new popular iphone game has been taken down from the app store yesterday. The creator of the popular game states that the only reason to why the game had been taken. However, it is suggested that the game creator had actually taken down the game due to potential copyright infringment as the pipes used in the game as well as background look similar to those of Nintendo's famous Mario franchise. Flappy Bird has been downloaded more than 50 million times, making it this year's most popular mobile game so far. I believe that it is to do with legal issues as he does repeat it quite a few times on twitter and most people related the game to Mario when it was first released 
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