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The top mobile video game among U.S. teens may surprise you. It’s “Flappy Bird,” that notoriously difficult-to-play smartphone game that its creator pulled off the market in February. Piper Jaffray surveyed 7,500 teens from Feb. 24 to April 1 on a host of topics, including video games. Asked to name their favorite mobile game, 16% said “Flappy Bird,” which was published by .GEARS (dotGears) Studios, a small, independent game developer in Vietnam. The creator of “Flappy Bird,” Dong Nguyen, removed the game from the Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) app stores on Feb. 9 after facing criticism about its level of difficulty and alleged plagiarism in graphics and game mechanics. Many have called the game addicting. Players tap the screen to keep a small bird aloft and flying through obstacles. The game, released last May, appeared to borrow from the look of old Nintendo (NTDOY) games like “Super Mario Bros.”… Scalper1 News
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