Here's a sneak preview of Noble Nutlings, which will be released tomorrow in the iTunes store in the US (it's currently available in Canada, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, and Finland). The game was created by three of the core members of Rovio, makers of Angry Birds. It looks like it's going to be fun.

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karrock

Getting some serious Bad Piggies vibes with some of its game elements.
http://www.facebook.com/kmelton Keith Melton

Getting some serious Sonic The Hedgehog vibes myself.
- peregrinus
  
  I so thought “Bad Piggies x Sonic” when I watched the vid!
  
  Unfortunately, even though I loved games, I didn’t like Sonic; and Bad Piggies is a little under-developed for me.
  
  But, hooray for the new generation of games – they’ll like it!
- http://twitter.com/incarnedine_v Dan Hibiki
  
  why? are there were wolf gun slingers in it?
http://openid.aliz.es/Wikipedian Wikipedian

I wonder if they used Box2D lib on this one too.
- echolocate chocolate
  
  I think the source code for this game practically comes with the Box2D API download.
Alexander Borsi

So… Granny Smith meets Bad Piggies…

Sorry. I have both of those already. Also, NUTLINGS? What the deuce is a Nutling? Is it like a Youngling? Because Anakin slaughtered a bunch of those, and I still don’t know what the heck they are.
- karrock
  
  I vote Angry Squirrels.
artbyjcm

I hadn’t heard that they left…. were they let go? Fired? o_O

Why would they leave when it’s sold out so hard and making millions?
ophmarketing

Has kind of a Tiny Wings thing going on, too.
EeyoreX

I’ll see all your vibes and raise you with Happy Wheels.

Wich is a good thing. As long as it’s a good vibe, who cares about from whence it came?
James Mason

How is this game different from a million other games that are exactly like this, except for marginally different characters? Why does it get coveted BB coverage?
Ed O’Connor

This is Hill Climb Racing meets BikeRacePro
Dion Haubro

I think someone has been listening to Tim Minchin : http://vimeo.com/11338327
(note – NSFW or if you’re catholic without a sense of humour)
benher

Didn’t BB cover a game like this involving Goblins that was all black and grey and very similar about a year ago?

http://www.bigblockgames.com/games/supergoblin/
http://jimrph.pip.verisignlabs.com/ Jim

I was able to download it today by searching the full name on my iPod. It’s okay, but not as much fun as Angry Birds. Changing wheels types seems to make little difference. It’s more about learning to tilt your device at the right times. The music is a little too hyper and repetitive for me. Still, for a free game it’s nice.
Jen Onymous

Eh, too much like Loco Roco.

Noble Nutlings: new game created by ex-Rovio/Angry Birds team

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