"Angry Birds' Smash or Pass Challenge Raises Eyebrows"

The Angry Birds mascot, Red, appeared in a TikTok video playing Smash or Pass with video game characters, approvingly voting Smash on the likes of Zelda, Bayonetta, and Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio while passing on Link, Final Fantasy XV’s Noctis, and Overwatch 2’s Tracer. The video came the same week that Sega announced its friendly takeover of Rovio, Angry Birds’ parent company, in a deal valued at over $700 million.