Are you ready to join the birds and the pigs as they head back to school! I hope so, as the birds need your help take back the playground from those not-so-menacing pigs. After a short wait we are excited to report that the Angry Birds Seasons Back to School update (v2.5.0) is now available for iOS, PC, Mac, BlackBerry Playbook, and Android via Google Play and Amazon Appstore! This update includes a bunch of stuff and lifts the veil of secrecy surrounding the brand new pink bird, which we reported about last week. We’ve outlined below what we know so far about the pink bird, her power, and this update in general:
Note for PC users: Some people have not been notified by the in-game updater. Instead, go to download.angrybirds.com and click on “Download Free Demo” on Seasons to get the newest .exe file. If you are worried about your progress, check out our Ultimate Backup Tutorial.
- 20 new schoolyard levels decked out with back to school gear, such as textbooks, pencils, and pigs in dunce caps. If you’re stuck be sure to check out our 3 star walkthrough videos.
- Golden Eggs! There is likely at least one Golden Egg hidden in-game, and the 3-star bonus this time around is a “Big Notebook”. Our Complete Angry Birds Seasons Golden Eggs Guide has the location of every single Golden Egg in Angry Birds Seasons, including Back to School.
- No power-ups! I know 99% of our users will be thrilled about this.
- No new achievements for iOS. This is expected, since there is really no space for Seasons achievements points.
- The numbering of the Twitter and Facebook levels has changed.
- On the main screen there is a new refresh Mighty Eagle icon (under the gear icon). I presume this is there for those who need to restore their purchase. I could be wrong though.
The Lowdown on the New Pink Bird
The pink bird first appears on level 1-5. Her power is the ability to blow bubbles, which can trap blocks and — you guessed it — pigs. Once trapped the bubbles rise slowly with their cargo and then pop moments after, letting the blocks/pigs fall back to earth. This is definitely a unique ability that will take some getting used to. It’s also important to note that, much like the sardine can, she is very bouncy, so direct hits don’t do much, if any, damage.
What follows is my opinion of the pink bird (for those who care). At first I was a little skeptical about the new pink bird, but after having played through all the levels I have to say I’m very impressed. Not only is her power very creative, it is also extremely well executed. Rovio could have opted for something easy and predictable, but alas, the pink bird and her ability are nothing of the sort. I’m not sure if the pink bird is filled with flubber or what, but unlike the rest of her flock she bounces like crazy and can only penetrate the most damaged wood. There are no other birds even remotely like this (well, I guess the red bird can’t inflict much damage either). Not only that, her bubbles don’t affect all objects equally. Heavier objects float up slower than lighter ones, and if there is too much weight above them, they don’t do much of anything. All this means that you have to plan your shots and they need to be quite strategic. To me this boils down to very fun gameplay and a welcome addition to the flock. I can’t wait to see her make her way into future levels (could be very interesting in Space!).
New Bugs
We are compiling this list to keep an organized, easy-to-reference list for users and developers alike. We are confirming platforms as the update is released.
Update: Angry Birds Seasons v2.5.1 has been released on iOS, presumably with more platforms coming soon. Repaired bugs still include their details for the sake of completeness.
Bug 45 (iOS/PC/Mac):Bug has been fixed in v2.5.1.
The Level Selection Screens for “Wreck the Halls” and “Season’s Greedings” are not displaying properly (see this image for an example). As a side effect, there are some issues with unlocking the “Big Cookie” and “Big Present” Golden Eggs. This is a bit less common on Mac/PC.- Bug 46 (iOS/Android/PC/Mac): Seasons Golden Egg 16 (in Easter Eggs) is now a broken Rube Goldberg machine (see the walkthrough page for more).
- Bug 47 (iOS/Android/PC/Mac): The Golden Eggs in Moon(cake) Festival have been flip-flopped (see this comment thread for more). As a side effect, the “Golden Mooncake” and “Big Mooncake” unlock backwards (i.e., collecting all 8 slices unlocks the Big instead of the Golden; 3-starring unlocks the Golden instead of the Big).
- Bug 48 (iOS/Android/PC/Mac): The “New Year Egg” from Wreck the Halls cannot be unlocked in v2.5.0.
- (iOS/Android/PC/Mac): Piglantis 2-9 minimum 3-star score has changed. It was 100,000 in the original release and was changed to 102,000 in v2.5.0. This is likely unintentional, but we are checking with Rovio.
Below are some helpful links:
- Back to School 3-star walkthrough videos
- Check out our Complete Angry Birds Seasons Golden Eggs Guide
- Enter your Back to School scores on the Seasons and Seasons Golden Eggs leaderboard
Main Screen
Episode Selection
Pink Bird in Action
Level 1-1
It is great that Rovio answered your e-mail,but I think we know that the update for Seasons will be coming soon for Android,so they are not saying something new.
Ugh….Reply botons,why do I forget you.
Ok, The pink bird is sooooo cute!!!! She totes has the same personality as me. I hope Rovio comes up with the plush pink bird soon I really wanna get it wen it comes out. I have a plush yellow bird, plush orange bird, and plush mini pig and this will b my fourth plush wen it comes out it is adorable. Thx Rovio. Wen is Rovio gonna make the pink bird plush?????????
We don’t know. You would have to ask Rovio. And please, no duplicate posting. :)
There is currently a Pink Bird plush in the making.
http://www.toywiz.com/pinkbirdplushsound.html
ik im ordering it in 2 days :) cant wait!!!
Out for android here
Yes it is out for Android. yay!
Eagle?
Trying to download now. Every time I try it says app is already installed but it’s still the old version. Will try turning phn off then bk on again.
No Eagle in this update
Thanks @Jos for the info. :)
You’re welcome
Yep, no eagle in the Android update. Was a bit disappointed, was hoping to get the feathers in this also. (just glad there are no power ups)
Did anyone else notice that ABS finally caught up with the other games and got the new three star scoring animation?
Yes, That animation was coming with the back to school update
i liked the old one better
But the”are you sure you want to exit?” Stills old
And the ? button is still the same. Not animated.
Mine are animated on ABS.
Sorry. Didn’t really notice until not.
I hope PC version will get the update as soon as possible before I “Back to school” in less than one week :S
I don’t know what’s taking them so much. I wrote them mail, but till now they haven’t replied. I’m trying not to be impatient but I can’t help. It’s probably because I was used to get update like 2 days max. :/
It’s amazing how many ‘Back to School’ things I’m noticing now I’ve finished, lol! Anyway, pretty decent set of levels – pink bird may take a little getting used to, but I can live with that! Pity about all the glitches in this update though……….
Golden Egg 16 is broken on Android as well.
Wreck the Halls selection screen works fine.
Thanks Key. Can you also check:
• Seasons Greedings Level Selection Screen
• Mooncake Festival Golden Egg Flip-Flop
Thanks.
There both fine as well.
Hrm, interesting. Thanks.
On my Android, Season Greedings Level Selection looks fine. But the Mooncake Festival Golden Eggs are flip-flop.
Yes i must be blind the Mooncake Festival Golden Eggs are flip-flop.
OK, good to know. I’ll wait for 1 more person to chime in to rule on this.
Can you guys also check Piglantis 2-9?
Just got 101,650 on Piglantis 2-9 and got 2 stars.
Thanks.
Another android user checking in, the Mooncake golden eggs are swapped on my phone.
Uhh… what just happened?
http://angrybir.de/NCLo1Y
Likely just a RAM issue. Try restarting your device.
Since i download it today, there are many glicthes, especially BTS 1-3. My processor is 600 Mhz so it’s too many lags
If your processor is only 600 MHz, then it’s likely your device causing these issues.
Pink bird is awesome!
However,because my Dad uninstalled it,it has restarted again.
I am an Android user also having problems downloading the new version…it has the description for the Back to School update but I have no way of updating it. Anybody else having problems like this and have you found a solution?
I had the exact same problem. I just resolved it today. This is what I did….I installed 2 apps: Angry Birds Backup (developer: Sergio Patricio) and Dropbox (dev: Dropbox, Inc)….both apps are free. Once you install those, go to Dropbox 1st to create a user name and password. Then go to the AB Backup app and backup your games. I did all. After backing them up, connect to Dropbox to allow AB Backup to add your backed up files. Now this is the part that had me scared, you have to uninstall then reinstall. After reinstalling, play the 1st level of any season except for the Back to School and get at least 1 star. Exit all the way out then go back to the AB Backup app and uncheck all AB games except for Seasons. Click restore and a box will pop up saying to restore AB seasons…tap OK. You won’t get a notification. Just exit out and open your Seasons app. All your progress will be there. It really doesn’t take that long to do all of this. Maybe 5 minutes at the most is what it took me. Good luck! Let me know how it goes.
that method worked perfectly! thank you for your help!
I did this but think I messed up where do I enter on dropbox? It had choice of pics or upload ..I picked uplifting upload but backup was not a choice? Now I’ve lost everything
.even backup:( any more help would be greatly appreciated @BirdLeader ;)
Lost all.progress.again ;( tried the drop off box it wouldn’t work :( oh well I’m used to it..challenges are part -of life ..got the update ;) LOL good luck all ..ty@ncisgrabert. My bad my phone su.. doesn’t have great tech..ux.
ouch! I hope you had a back up of your progress.
I guess no update for Android on Amazon?
Soon
Seasons is now appearing in the update que for Amazon and they are also in the process of changing the product web page to Back To School.
Just came in. FINALLY!!! >:-D~
@evil-hobbit and @AMslimfordy:
Amazon Appstore has the new AB Seasons 2.5.0 update. I just checked.
Thanks.
cc: @Birdleader
Can anyone tell us if it is ok to update? Any reports of losing progress?
@teogeo Just updated AB Seasons. No loss of progress.
Thanks a lot @scooter !
Any time. Just glad amazon got it right this time. Still trying to get my space scores back to where they were!
Is the Might Eagle free now? I don’t recall ever purchasing it, but somehow I have it how.
What device?
iPhone
Has anybody else noticed Angry Birds Seasons acting weird since the Back to School update for Android? On several levels (have not checked a lot), when you activate the yellow bird, it rotates in flight. Also, a bunch of levels, it appears the physics, or coding or something is off. Here is a vid of BtoS level 1-9. Watch the wooden triangle as it falls to the left.
http://youtu.be/StD1_xSJtTM
Now I know I have an old slow phone as evident in the vid I posted in Space, Fry Me to the Moon 3-7. But this does not look like lag. The triangle moves up and down a couple of times. And this was not the worst case. I have seen it behave much worse. Some of these levels are a real pain.
(info, phone is an LG Vortex, running a Snapdragon 1 single core processor at 600-800 mhz)
Is this just my POS phone or are other Android users seeing the same thing?
@sparty83 – I posted about the rotating yellow bird last week, glad to see someone else reporting it. I thought maybe I had been seeing things. I saw it on an iPhone 4, so it is definately not just your device. I have not been looking for any other odd behaviors, but will keep an eye out.
I just noticed that rotating bird today – though I did remember burb’s mention of it. Saw it on iPod.
I sow it to but only once !! I can not remember which level..!!!
@burbman, I posted a vid of the rotating yellow bird on BtoS 1-3. It just seems like every level I play, not just BtoS, but even the old ones like Easter Eggs, they all act strange. My wife has the same model phone, but I have NOT updated hers past piglantis and it does not show the same strange things.
Finally!!! But i’m disappointed about mighty eagle. Probably next update!
The loading text is annoying me (when i launch the app), it’s too big on my phone
It’s too big at my phone too! But I don’t care about that! :)
On my Android,the MD in YotD is not beside the pause button anymore,but below it.Is that new?
Yes, i noticed that as well
On mine it is still at the top next to the pause button.
I think it have to do with how big screen you have!
I am on iOS and the picture on the app didn’t change. Is that normal?
You don’t see this Icon?
No. I don’t know why
As long as you have the episode and you can play the levels, I wouldn’t worry too much about the icon.
I would suggest you consider backing up your progress as a precaution by following: Angry Birds Ultimate Backup Tutorial for all Platforms
how come i have no update on my pc since its say released for pc *back to school*
It’s not updated automatically. You must go to the download link in the article to download it. (Don’t worry, if you have full version already, the download will still be full)
stop delete my comment!! i need to know why there no update on my pc since its released for that
No one deleted your comments!
download the demo from download.angrybirds.com and just install it. In-game update notification NEVER happened in my games
i checked to see if there are any changes in the pc update, here’s what i found out:
1:the bugs of both golden eggs are active (unfortunely (did i wrote that right?))
2:the level selection screens for both seasons greedings and wreck the halls are both ok
3:the fonts are now the ones used in angry birds original as well that if you click the birds they will yell
4:the music for piglantis is different
i can’t check for the level 2-9 because i have 103,xxx BEFORE the update
level 2-9 in piglantis
also the golden egg selection screen for easter eggs is different (i think resembling the selection screen for ios)
That’s always been the case. We have a separate image for Mac/PC.
The pink bird is definitely pretty cool when you learn how to use her correctly. However, the learning curve for her was the hardest of all the birds IMHO.
@oldmanbird, I agree with you. The pink bird is definitely pretty cool :). The learning curve is a bit steep, but I think that I have more trouble with those egg bombs in the Space update. I dislike them almost as much as I dislike the green boomerang birds (which is quite a bit).
Honestly, i don’t like the pink bird at all. finished red planet and played seasons… Believe me, i couldn’t get 3star in the levels of pink bird. Gotta see videos i think. She really bounces a lot as a bird but truly her power is unique
I didn’t at first, but it is all about when she is activated. The most effective is when you activate her just before making contact with anything. The first level with her was really tough until I discovered that.
I really don’t like her either. I think she’s harder to use than any other bird! (Might I mention that I picked up on it immediately on all other birds when I first used them.)
She is a bit bouncy, but she can topple stuff over (like in level 5)!
Angry Birds Seasons – Back to School update (v2.5.0) is out for Mac
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h427/Mighty_Eagle/Angry%20Birds/ScreenShot2012-08-24at124758PM.png
Thanks
cc: @AMslimfordy
Thanks @Mighty-Eagle! All major platforms are at 2.5.0 now :)
This is one of my favorite updates for ABS. :)
I absolutely love the Pink bird. She has a really unique ability, but
it does take some time to get used to it. The level designs look cool and the
new music in menu is great. The only thing that bothers me is that there isn’t enough levels for me haha. XD I want more!!! :P
What does the dunce cap mean?
We don’t have that in our school.Exempted?Naughty?Or what?
A paper cone formerly put on the head of a dunce at school on children who misbehave or are lazy.
I should wear that LOL
Really liked the pink bird her powers are so unique and different.
Bugs #45,#46,#47 are on PC,too.
Not sure about Piglantis,checking….
Flying object on main screen is big for me.
How “big”. I’ll admit it’s a little larger than usual but nothing obscene.
Finally for Mac! :D But, I see that in the Loading screen, it says “Angry Birds Seasons HD”, and in the pause game says only “Angry Birds Seasons”, withouth the “HD”, is that new?
Update: Now all looks in HD!! All is more beautiful than the other updates! Now i know why the “HD” in the Loading Screen!
The Bug 45 in Mac is like solved, because all boxes appears, but you say that on iOS the boxes are only 1 through 5, right?
It’s not universal, but Sal reported that a couple of his final boxes were locked. So I’m just tacking it onto the existing bug.
I think I found another bug in my Mac Version:
I have not finished Trick or Treat episode, the last level I played was 3-9.
But today I open the episode and levels 10 through 15 are UNLOCKED but without any star or any highscore; does anybody knows why?
Another! (Similar to the last one)
I played some Back to School levels (that are very difficult), and I stop on level 1-17, 30 minutes later I opened ABS again and levels 19 through 20 are unlocked!
Is that lucky?
I have some screenshots:
Back to School Levels Unlocked:
http://angrybir.de/OaWRHb
Trick or Treat Levels Unlocked:
http://angrybir.de/OaXG2K
Angry Birds Seasons HD Loading Screen:
http://angrybir.de/MRADMg
I’d call it luck for the time being. Sounds strange though. Thanks for reporting.
Is this a bug or an update?
I have noticed that in the Main Screen the flying objects are only birds and the episodes where you have 3 Stars. Example: In Hogs and Kisses I don’t have 3 stars, and the object does not appears on the Main Screen, but I have 3 stars on Wreck the Halls, and the flying object appears (the candy with a star).
The only flying objects that appears to me are:
Notebook with a Star (Back to School)
Starfish with a Star (Piglantis)
Cherry Blossom Flower with a Star (Cherry Blossom)
Candy Bar with a Star (Wreck the Halls)
Summer Flower with a Star (Summer Pignic)
Easter Egg with a Star (Easter Eggs)
The Flying objects from Year of the Dragon, Ham’o’ween, Moon Festival, Go Green, Get Lucky, Hogs and Kisses, Seasons Greedings and Trick or Treat does not appears in the Main Screen because I don’t have 3 stars.
It’s rather a change.
When I finished the new episode Back to School, I did not see the congratulation screen that sais “and now try to get 3 stars in all levels”. Only after 3 starring all levels, there was a congratulation screen. (There is the same item on the congratulation screen and flying around on the main screen.)
Quite right. Just a change that it only appears when 3-starring is complete. I see all items though.
I also see all items. But all of them with a star. It’s possible that the flying objects without star don’t exist any more (for completing an episode). At least that’s what TailsTheFox wanted to say. He completed Hogs and Kisses, but there is no flying object without star for this episode.
That sounds correct.
Same ‘ere.
After I dowloaded the back to school updat its not even opening up same with the original version
Try restarting your device completely. What device?