The Flappy bird game was addictive because it was so simple yet difficult at the same time. Well, recently a video emerged of what happens once you get to level 999. The tubes become increasingly difficult to navigate in the last 100 levels and seems to require some element of luck to get past the randomly and fast moving pipes as well as the enemies that attack your bird as you try to fly past. Once you do get to 999, however, Super Mario pops out from the final tube, blocking your path and shooting fireballs at your Flappy bird. Presumably, once you get past him you reach level 1000 and win, although it's not clear just how to do that, and the player from the video loses after getting stomped on by Super Mario. Ultimately, this shows that the game is in fact beatable and that it has been done by someone, or at least someone came very close.

Last week, it was reported that Google and Apple have begun removing any and all apps with the term "flappy" in them due to a possible trademark infringement with the popular Flappy Bird game. The original version was also made no longer available by the creator's decision; the Vietnamese man who made the game which took off decided to take it down. The extremely simple, yet addicting Flappy Bird game's popularity exploded which of course caused many similar off-brand games to be developed. If you haven't played Flappy Bird, it's pretty straight-forward: tap the screen to move the bird up or down avoiding large green pipes.

Apparently it isn't just the name "Flappy" that Apple doesn't want on other games, but also the type of game-play. In a direct quote to Ken Carpenter of Mind Juice Media from Apple, "We found that your app, and/or its metadata, contains content that could be misleading to users, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines." It's probably understandable that Apple has decided to take down games with similar names to avoid a trademark violation, however, is it fair to remove games with similar gameplay? It will be interesting to see what else Apple might do to restrict app developers from publishing potentially successful apps. While the app market remains to be a growing business and industry, actions from Apple or Google that reflect an authoritative rule could incite concerns for the future.