Author: Slanted Fish

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Advertisements, Sneak Peeks, Wild West Island

Get your mustache on, y’all!

Slanted Fish

Poptropica has released the official info page for “Wild West Island,” which you can see here on Poptropica or here on the PHB. The island description says:

A shadow is creeping across the frontier, and its name is El Mustachio Grande. He’s the meanest, nastiest, outlaw in the land, and he’s terrorizing the good folks of Wild West Island. With your trusty horse by your side, only you stand between the Mustachio gang and total anarchy. Can you bring Mustachio to justice, once and for all?

What do you say, horse rider? Are you ready to take on the big mustache man?

Wild West Island

Also, there’s an advertisement building for “Open Season 3”! Giant Rock of ThePoptropicaVideos has provided the following video walkthrough:

In other news, for those of you who still have yet to finish Cryptids Island, you might find our guide helpful. Or you can sing along to the new Flamin’ Skulls song “Cryptid Animal” written by fan Scootdaloop188, to the tune of Neon Trees’ Animal!

Daily Pop

To the stars if you really want it

Slanted Fish

Joe: Got a jetpack with your name on it! 😀
Hijuyo: …and WHO, may I ask, are YOU?
Joe: Uh, thought you might like to interview someone else for a change. The next Captain Crawfish in the family line told me to sub in for him. I’m a rocketeer with my own UFO and game named after myself. Not bad if I do say so myself.
Hijuyo: You mean we don’t get to eat anyone today? Aw. Well then, what’s the news now?
Joe: I’ll show you. C’mon, here we go.. come with me..
Hijuyo: Wait, wait, hold on. Where are we even going?! How can you see if your eyes are closed? What does this have to do with anything? I ain’t never been to space before–
Joe: Hold my hand if you feelin’ scared. There’s a world out there that we should see. Let’s fly.
<HJY and J board a UFO>

UFO Joe a-go-go

up, up here we go, go…

[above the clouds and the atmosphere]
Hijuyo: How’d we get up here?
Joe: Where we go, we don’t need roads. And where we stop, nobody knows.
Hijuyo: You mean we’re lost? Where we at?
Joe: Only few have known. We’re on some next level – Super Mario.
Hijuyo: So we’re talking about games now. Is that it?
Joe: Actually, yeah, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. I thought I’d bring to your attention that the competition for the game UFO Joe on the Daily Pop is getting pretty heated up. Check it.

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I'm a rocketeer!

Joe: Calm Star currently holds top score for both the day and week right now with 38,180 points, but if you thought that was something, take a look at this guy – Purple Ant’s on top for the month with 50,800. There’s only a couple days left in January if you want to catch up to that – just a challenge for you rocketeers.
Hijuyo: It’s on!
Joe: Well then, I hope this works out – cardio. Until then, we’re flyin’ up, up outta here.

[Song used:] Rocketeer – Far East Movement

Cryptids Island

Unfriendly woods

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Hijuyo: Hey guys! It’s Juyo&Crawfish here to remind – TUMBLR-STYLE – all you non-members that Cryptids Island comes out JANUARY 18 for us! Excited? Here’s one last sneak peek before you get to enter the island for realz!

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Captain Crawfish 13: Y’know, since I’m probably the unluckiest of my family, and I’ve just been scared off by Cryptids Island so badly that I ran and hid back in my homeland, I’m not even gonna bother. In fact, you probably just brought me here to eat me.
Hijuyo: Aw, you’re no fun. :C
CC 13: -.o

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Even more tales from the Cryptids

Here you have it: the moment where Cryptids Island became too frightening for me to continue, and I was forced to retreat to the friendly waters of Skullduggery Island. Seriously, these woods are terrifying!

Are you up to the challenge of Cryptids Island? Non-Members will able to play tomorrow!

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CAPTAIN CRAWFISH

Hijuyo: Really? “Too frightening” for you?
CC 13: I knew this was a bad idea…
Hijuyo: Yeah? Well, post’s over, guys! Next on our agenda… let’s see here… oh yes, that’s right, NOM THE CRAWFISHAY!
CC 13: You heartless people!
Hijuyo: |-)

CC 13: *backs into corner, cowers, and prepares to be nommed*
Hijuyo: Wow, you’re an easy one. Okay, kids, GET AT HIM!
<Large flow of PHB audience members trample on each others’ feet in a mad dash for Crawfish>

PHB guy 1: SATISFYING.
PHB guy 2: Dibs on that golden pegleg!
PHB guy 3: Mmm. Gotta love crawfish.
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Bonus Items, Daily Pop Sneak Peeks

Kite Flight

Slanted Fish

On Cryptids Island, if you didn’t already know, you can fly kites from the kite store! There’s lots of them to choose from, such as this panda one:

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"Pandas do make me smile."

For non-members, Cryptids Island is apparently opening on Tuesday, January 18. Which isn’t exactly fair because they had originally released the date as January 17. Sneaky Creators. 😐

In other news, there are some new Daily Pop sneak peeks you might want to take a look at the next time you log in:

  • Buzz On – Will this scavenging bird make an appearance in Poptropica?
  • Horse Face – A horse learns to express itself.
  • Take That to the Bank – This scene could use the color of money – and some other shades, too.
  • Yippie for Hippies – No, there’s no Hippie Island planned. We’re always trying out new costume ideas.
  • The (Steam) Works – Most of these ideas never made it into Steamworks Island, but they helped us figure out how we wanted it to look.
  • What a Drag – Gold cards go through the same creative process as islands. Here’s an early look at something that may end up in the Store.
  • Ready, Yeti? – An early sketch of Bigfoot for Cryptids Island. We decided to make him scarier!
  • The Missing Link – Will these cavemen concept sketches ever find a home on Poptropica?

And don’t forget to take Poptropica’s quick survey when you log in! Giving your opinions may help the Creators understand what YOU want from the game!