Tiny Wings iPhone Review

Time will tell if Tiny Wings, the newest App Store phenomenon, can maintain its lofty perch atop the charts. But without a doubt, it deserves whatever success it earns. Tiny Wings is a delightful little play – a one-touch physics/rhythm game that you can play for three minutes or three hours.

You're a wingless bird that gets air by diving down slopes. Tap and hold the screen when your bird slips down the hills and then release as it goes up. Your bird catches height if you time to taps and releases just right along the undulating hills (which change colors as you go -- a very cool feature), but the longer you go, the more complex the landscape. Plus, you are trying to stay one step ahead of nightfall. The farther and faster you go, the more distance you put between your bird and the starry sky.

It sounds so simple, but like some of the best iPhone games – such as Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds – it comes together as a very playable simple pleasure. It's definitely worth the 99 cents, but hopefully it indeed gets some features as time goes on, such as additional play modes and Game Center functionality.

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