This is a guest post by Incredible Hamburger (username: popguy6) petitioning for all islands, especially member-locked islands, to be made available to all. Enjoy!
Hey there, I’m Incredible Hamburger! (But not the kind of hamburger you would have for dinner…)
The reason I’m writing this Pop Petition is to convince the Poptropica team to make all membership-locked islands playable for non-members too. You know, the ones that say on the map when you roll over them, “demo for non-members.” I think a demo’s not enough, and here’s why:
First, there are kids like me who for one reason or another can’t get a membership. For me, it’s because my parents won’t let me pay for anything, because the cost is not in our budget. If I tried to buy a membership, they’d probably ban me from playing the game altogether! (Yes, Poptropica membership costs less than other games, but still.)
Besides, I really want to play the Wimpy Kid islands, Wimpy Wonderland and Wimpy Boardwalk. They’re the best! The graphics are very fun — they’re in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid style, so it feels like you are actually there. And the gameplay is even more fun. Your character (Poptropican) can talk to Greg, Manny, Rowley, Grandpa, Gramma, and more Wimpy Kid characters! Jeff Kinney really created something magical with Wimpy Kid.
On that note, I could say the rest of the member-locked islands have a similar effect, too. The members-only islands are all sponsored islands, meaning they’re based on other franchises, such as the Magic Tree House books for Red Dragon Island. Again, Poptropica makes it feel like you’re actually there in those worlds and with those characters (like Big Nate, Greg Heffley, Charlie Brown, and more). That’s why I love Poptropica so much, and I’d even say I feel like life is Poptropica.
It’s true that there are a couple of sponsored islands that are accessible to all (Timmy Failure and Galactic Hot Dogs), and I sure hope it stays that way. I’d also love to see a Captain Underpants Island in the future. But the point is, everyone should get to play every island.
So, Poptropica Creators, please: make the islands open to all! There are lots of people like me who just don’t have the means to get a membership, but would love to play every island, especially the ones that are currently locked for non-members. Give us a chance at them, too!
Until next time! Buh-bye! Incredible Hamburger out… for dinner. 🍔
—IH
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Really good points here. At this point, though, I just wish they’d fix whatever issues that caused them to temporarily close off the older islands. Those older islands were the reason why I recently started playing again, but now I can’t access them because the creators have closed them off to (supposedly) fix browser compatibility issues. The only one (out of the ones I’ve tried) that doesn’t send me back to the login screen is Early Poptropica, and I’ve already finished that one. 😦
Thanks for publishing my Petition, Fishy! I like it better this way!
Even though I’m a member, I still wish that all islands were for non members. I remember being a Non Member. I didn’t like not having all the islands.
Btw, I believe that Nabooti island is also members locked too.
I know, it really frustrates me! Nabooti was my absolute favorite island before it got locked, and I was heartbroken.
It’s based off of the choose your own adventure series.
Wait, Its based off something??? 😮
I mean it has a whole library thing for that inside the island. I did a search and it might be based (loosely) on the “lost jewels of nabooti” book.
Well, this is something we all wish to become reality.
Ugh this is so truueeeee and especially frustrating for Poptropica vets because we know the ins and outs of all of our favorite islands and are unable to play them