Category: Advertisements

(¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.-> Hi Gs, <-.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯)

There’s a new ad building showing its face around Poptropica, advertising the new movie by Dreamworks, Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The movie itself doesn’t look bad, and no, I’m not getting paid to say that, but what’s experimental about the ad is… well, the ad itself! 😆

First of all, inside the building (which I found on the Main Street of Monster Carnival Island), it’s a multiplayer room. I’m not kidding. Of course it makes the room laggy and whatnot, but I think it’s actually sorta a good idea! It gives the player a new common room and environment to interact with other kids in, and as you interact, you can get brainwashed by advertising! I’m joking, of course. 😛

The downside is, the more they work on the common room aspect of the building, the less they can do with the special powers. You can get two new cards from this building: Scooter Power, and Zumba Power. All the Scooter Power does is makes Mr. Peabody and Sherman drive by the screen on a scooter. The Zumba Power shows an annoying clip of Mr. Peabody dancing.

There’s also a WABAC machine that shows yet another annoying clip from the movie. 😛

What’s really cool about the ad, other than the common room aspect, are the costumes. There is a Mr. Peabody costume, complete with dog mask, and a Roman/Greek/IDK Sherman costume next to it.

The mentioned things above are the highlights, but you can also watch the movie trailer, learn about the characters, and check out some snapshots from the movie. 😉

I bet you’re wondering — why the “photos” in the title? Well, it just so happens that the photos (from the Friends feature) for all SUIs have finally been released (thanks Squeezy Wing for the initial update)! We haven’t been able to replay all the SUIs yet, but if you have the new photos in your album (we already have Mocktropica’s) and want to help us out, please leave your username in a comment below, and we’ll add the photos to the info pages. 🙂

EDIT: There are currently only the Virus Hunter Island and Mocktropica pictures, which have both been added to the pages. 😉

From 1956 on Monster Carnival Island to modern day Mocktropica, these photos are pretty close to time traveling. 😉

I’m going to start posting a new “Poptropican Problems” meme made by a different person each time (this time by me) at the bottom of every post. I’m calling it “Meme of the Day”. Tell me what you think in the comments! 😛

-HPuterpop

The forecast today calls for a double serving of ads for the animated movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2! On islands such as Poptropolis Games, you might find an ad building where you can go inside and talk to the boy (Flint Lockwood) to begin a game.

You’ll be in a boat and must make your way across the river safely. The red bar shows how much health you have and the green bar shows how much progress you’ve made. All you have to do is click the yellow button every time you see one of the “foodimals” in your way! When you reach the end, you’ll receive two prizes: Steve (monkey worn on your back) & Bacon Cheespider (worn on your head).

On other islands (such as Mocktropica), you might find just a video ad instead. Watching the trailer will award you with a straw-Barry Costume at the end of the video.

In other news, be sure to send in your Poptropica stories, island ideas, fan art, and more to [email protected] so we can start compiling them for the next issue of our magazine coming out in the second week of March! Take a look at our Magazines page for more info. We would love to publish your creative Poptropica fan work for other Poptropicans to enjoy, so don’t be afraid to submit an entry or two! 🙂

Hi Gs,

Just wanted to warn everyone of yet again ANOTHER new ad unit on Poptropica: Video Ads.

These new ads pop up between pages. You can skip them, but it’s a major annoyance. Nameless has started a petition to stop these ads, which you can view here. Please sign the petition; we need lots of votes to make a difference!

However, do recognize that ads help generate money that Poptropica needs to run, so watching these ads is one way you can support the game.  Further still, the only ad that is currently running would be Galactic Hot Dogs, which they own.  For some users, the ads can be laggy.  They create a barrier, and I just hope they won’t lose any players by this…

-HP