In May 24, 2013 the instant hit online game "Flappy Bird" was released on the Apple Store. After great controversy, it was later added on to Google Play and other phone app stores.
The game itself was ranking in a high $50,000 a day.On Feb 8th of the following year, the game was pulled from the app store. Game-maker Dong Nguyen stated it was because of the negative press he was getting for the game.
It had later been released that Nintendo pushed Nguyen to remove the game entirely because of the similarities in game design linking to Super Mario Bros, created in 1985. Nintendo noted that the pipes in Flappy Bird were identical down to shading. Though Nguyen covered up the real reason, Flappy Bird was more than likely removed from the app store due to copyright infringement.
"'Flappy Bird' Game Deleted Over Nintendo Copyright? Creator Receiving Death Threats." International Business Times. N.p., 10 Feb. 2014. Web. 28 Oct. 2015.
http://www.ibtimes.com/flappy-bird-game-deleted-over-nintendo-copyright-creator-receiving-death-threats-1554401
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