Flappy Bird Download: Deleting News Does Not Stop Game Returning Unofficially on 3DS; Get QR Codes to Recreate Game

Flappy Bird is coming to the Nintendo 3DS through a DSiWare programming app, Petit Computer, despite the game's creator recently saying that he was deleting the game from public distribution.

This app lets gamers recreate games and programs using basic codes, reported Polygon. With the programming tool, a user could set up QR codes and start recreating the game.

According to Polygon, programmer "Bluerobin2" said in the future, the 3DS version of the game could be made to have checkpoints, moving obstacles, and custom modes. The QR codes can be obtained here.

The indie developer who recently pulled the plug on Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, finally gave a reason for his big pull - the game's addictive quality.

"It happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem," said Nguyen to Forbes. "My life has not been as comfortable as I was before. I couldn't sleep."

The developer plans on continuing to make games and currently has two other popular games out, Super ball Juggling and Shuriken Block.

"Press people are overrating the success of my games. It is something I never want. Please give me peace," Nguyen tweeted.
Nguyen took the game down from iOS and Android stores on Sunday.

"I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down," developer Nguyen wrote on his Twitter Saturday. "I cannot take this anymore."

The game has been around for roughly a year already but in the last few weeks it suddenly went viral and became the largest craze in smartphone games. Daily Mail reported the game was making $50,000 a day on advertisements alone.

The premise of the game was simple, and it was kind of stylized after Angry Birds and Super Mario. The user would have to tap the screen to keep a bird flying and if they did not he would plummet. Along the way were a ton of obstacles, which were just like the green pipes from Super Mario.