The Angry Birds landed in Finland over the weekend, making the Särkänniemi Adventure Park the first official place to boast attractions based on the hit smartphone game by Rovio.
Angry Birds Land, the theme park that is entirely based upon Rovio's hit mobile game has officially opened its doors, according to Eurogamer. ABL is part of Finland's Särkänniemi Adventure Park. The park's designers have managed to create 12 different rides in total, plus an adventure course, all built around "Angry Birds." You also have food outlets, restrooms, and pretty much everything else you'd find in any amusement park. Which, again, is based entirely upon the hottest thing going on smartphones.
And now, Eurogamer reports, the Angry Birds Land theme park has opened in developer Rovio's home country, Finland. The family-friendly expansion to the Särkänniemi Adventure Park, which Rovio helped design, has a dozen rides, and, naturally, heavily Angry Birds-themed decor and food, plus game-playing stations and meandering mascots.
The game is, without doubt, an international sensation, but can a Finnish theme park really draw visitors from around the world with the promise of stamping out green piggies? Perhaps, in the end, it's not any sillier than designing a massive entertainment empire around a cartoon mouse and his companions. May they have much slingshot-powered success.
"The area is definitely a must see destination for millions of Angry Birds players, but also a great experience for those who are not yet familiar with the game."
Here we have footage from a visitor, newly posted on YouTube:
I wonder just how much staying power does Angry Birds have, and once the craze dies down (eventually, leaving only a few ‘cultists’, or should I say, die-hard fans left), will Angry Birds Land be turned into a museum instead ?
"The opening of Angry Birds Land in Särkänniemi is a really big deal for us”, said Särkänniemi boss Miikka Seppälä of the opening.
"The area is definitely a must-see destination for millions of players; but also a great experience for those who are not yet familiar with the theme."
