Flappy Bird Foundation responds to questions: We are Flappy Bird IP and ecosystem managers, not GameFi scammers

The news that the 2013 hit mobile game Flappy Bird will return as a GameFi version on Telegram has been met with backlash from the gaming community, so much so that the original developer of the game, Dong Nguyen, distanced himself from the project on social media for the first time in seven years. But the foundation spearheading the effort believes it is unfair to characterize them as GameFi scammers, whose mission is to protect and promote the Flappy Bird game and community legacy. The Flappy Bird Foundation is a team of passionate fans of Flappy Bird. "We have been obsessed with the game since it was removed from stores in 2014," the organization said in an emailed statement. They explained that the trademark for Flappy Bird was abandoned after the game was removed from stores, and the foundation applied to restore the trademark. In 2018, a company called Mobile Media Partners acquired the trademark, which was subsequently acquired by Gametech Holdings, LLC in 2021, from which the foundation acquired the trademark in August 2024. The foundation said its role is "the steward of the Flappy Bird IP and ecosystem." It also said it would bring in Kek, the developer of "Piou Piou vs Cactus (a game similar to Flappy Bird)", and secure the copyright of the game. Flappy Bird is now available as a TON mini-game on Telegram, and is expected to launch a token soon. (CoinDesk) Previously, last week, the Flappy Bird Foundation announced that the mobile game "Flappy Bird" is about to return. However, Dong Nguyen, the original developer of Flappy Bird, did not say that this was a return, and said that he was not involved in it at all and had no connection with the game. Nguyen posted on X (his first post since 2017) that he did not "sell anything and does not support cryptocurrency."