Category: Astro-Knights Island

Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks

Volcano’s Hole

Slanted Fish

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Trapped in a volcano’s hole? What is Comic Kid up to now?

The story below is a sequel chapter to the “Lost in the Wreckage” chapter from a previous post on the PHB. Please note that the story below is a work of fiction; written by the PHB Team to entertain its readers. Enjoy!

The Old but New Adventures of Comic Kid
Ned Noodlehead by day, Comic Kid hero by night.

Chapter 3
Hot Under the Collar

When Ned Noodlehead woke up, it was already early night-time, and he was now the legendary Comic Kid hero of the dark. Using his super eyesight (with the help of his big glasses), he had somehow found a way to exit the old castle he was in. Whew, thought CK, finally out of that filthy place! Now if only I could find a TV or comic book to look at.

But just as he thought this, a huge gust of wind swept over him and he was tossed into the air. He was going so fast he couldn’t think, but he knew he was being taken far, far away. He’d read about these winds in his comic books. They were rare and dangerous, but when a victim was standing at the wrong place at the wrong time, he’d find himself in for a nasty ride. Why, he even remembered the TV episode in which Super Pretzel Boy had experienced this himself while trying to sell donuts on Astro-Knights Island!

It didn’t last very long, though, but he’d been going so fast he no longer knew where he was. He was also very tired again, but at least now he could think clearly. Okay, I need to get myself a shelter so I can rest a while, he thought. He looked around, but only saw red lands and mountains all around him. Not to mention that the sky had mysteriously turned red or that the temperature was terribly hot. Well, I’ll search for anything useful, thought Comic Kid, now full of determination to overcome this troublesome island. Unfortunately, as soon as he took a step, he slipped and fell.

Down, down, down he went. He’d fallen into a hole that turned out to be more than just a hole. When he landed on his feet, he looked around again, and was aware that he’d fallen into a volcano. A really, really HOT volcano, where the temperature was far worse than it already was above. CK was standing on a dark red rock, but he knew he’d have to be careful. Because all around him were rivers of burning, steaming lava!

Blog Post Title: Hot Under the Collar
Description: In my recent adventures I stumbled into a hole that turned out to be more than just a hole. As you can see it was a very hot place, so I made sure to get out as fast as I could.
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q9BePaDQLzI/ShF65cqTvzI/AAAAAAAAAEE/F5J1QYUtJbI/s1600-h/hot_place.jpg
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Heh heh… another misadventure from Poptropica’s most famous superhero. Notice in the sneak peek that he gets to use some kind of “scared” emote where he’s holding the sides of his head with his hands. Cool! :mrgreen:

Astro-Knights Island, Snapshot Series, Sneak Peeks

Main Street’s Main Buildings

Slanted Fish

VladtheViking has posted a new YouTube video entitled “Astro Knights Stroll.” It’s our very first Astro-Knights video, and even though it only lasts 9 seconds and just shows Main Street, it’s awesome. Check it out:

Here’s a quick recap of the video:

Time | Occurance

  • 0:01 | A boy with short orange hair wearing a brown cap with a yellow feather, a yellow cape, brown clothes with a sword strapped to the belt walks past the Planetarium and sees the left part of the Crop Circle Inn. In between the 2 buildings is another lady, who has short dark brown hair and is wearing a blue squarish hat with blue clothes. They both look medieval-themed.
  • 0:02 | We get a good view of the front, lower part of the Crop Circle Inn. The label on the left is torn and tattered, the flowerbed on the ground has been trampled on, and the round window on the right is cracked. But other than that, the tan-and-brown housing center looks very pretty, especially with the purple door, clean windows, and tidy flowers on the windowsills.
  • 0:03 | The boy wearing brown continues on his peaceful stroll, and meets a nice lady standing outside of the inn.
  • 0:04 | We see that this lady has dark skin, a big round yellow striped hat, a dark yellow top and a light yellow robe-like bottom. Definitely medieval-themed!
  • 0:05 to 0:09 | The yellow-clad lady says to the boy, “Does anyone know if the king and queen are safe?”

How close is it till Astro Knights Island comes out? We don’t know but it must be soon because of this amazingly exciting video. Just makes you want to play it now right?

Tell us what you thought about the video and what ideas do you have on what you think will happen there?

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There’s also another Snapshot Saga! Today Vlad features Speedy Club, a pink superhero with an amazing gift of speed! The Viking shares his experience with us on his blog:

Wanting to keep up to date on the happenings around Super Power Island, I took a quick trip to The Daily Paper. Inside, I met a very speedy Poptropican with a fitting name. Speedy Club and I had a quick chat over the latest news, and she spared a moment for me to take a picture before speeding off to continue her adventures in Poptropica!

Congratulations Speedy Club, you have just been featured in Snapshot Sagas!

Watch for me as you travel through the wonderful world of Poptropica, you may be featured in the next installment of Snapshot Sagas!

A big congratulations to Speedy Club from all at the PHB! Let’s hope we all get to visit Vlad the Viking sometime and get the chance to be in his pictures!

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Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks

Poptropica is… a planet?!

Slanted Fish

~Poptropica Help Blog Investigation~
Is Poptropica a planet?

The Poptropica map simply shows a bunch of islands laid out together, making Poptropica seem flat. But whether it really is flat or not is another question.

For those of you who have completed the Nabooti quest, you’ve probably learned that the secret of the Nabooti tribe’s totem is… space travel! At the time of Nabooti Island’s release, it seemed pretty strange to most of us why the Creators would include space travel into an island that didn’t use much technology – other than a few computers and such here and there. But with Astro-Knights to look forward to, I’ve been wondering whether Nabooti’s space travel may be relevant to the upcoming AK Island, seeing as that includes space travelling too. Grumpy Tomato, one of PHB’s readers, thinks that Astro-Knight’s plot might be a sequel to Nabooti’s! He shares:

Think about it – the space ship on the most recent PCB post shows the space ship leaving earth, and when the totem pole leaves earth, the earth has mountains and different things like that. But both earths look the same. Remember how the totem pole was from alien life form? Maybe we have to search for alien things.

After you place the final jewel onto the totem at Nabooti Museum, the following scene appears:

Who would've guessed?
Who would've guessed?

 At the top-right corner, you’ll see that the totem has green sparks coming out of it. The shape of these sparks look very much like the blue sparks seen in some of the AK Island sneak peeks showing the custom rockets! That’s another relation between the two island plots! Maybe Poptropica’s flying vehicles are powered with these mysterious substances?

Now, is Poptropica just flat or… round? Referring back to the picture shown above, you’ll notice that the totem had been shooting out of a round planet. We know that the totem had lifted off from Nabooti Museum, which is in Main Street of Nabooti Island, Poptropica. Therefore… could that round planet (which resembles our Earth!) be Poptropica?! That’s our first glimpse of Poptropica as a planet.

On April 22, 2009, the Poptropica Creators designed a very special poster in honor of Earth Day, encouraging us to protect the planet. The planet in the picture looked very similar to the one shown in the Nabooti quest cutscene at the end, except in this poster, the Astro-Knights custom rocket was flying past. This was what it looked like; our second glimpse of Poptropica as a planet:

And now we have the third glimpse of Poptropica as a planet. This was today’s sneak peek, courtesy of Binary Bard:

Blog Post Title: Now Leaving Poptropica
Description: 01001100011010010110011001110100011011110110011001100110
Now reaching cruising altitude over Poptropica. Please keep your seat belt securely fastened during the flight. In the event of an emergency you will be given further instructions…Maybe.
Image URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bqXCl2IJBSo/Sgg_mwIzsBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/wes0lIaZ9Q0/s1600-h/liftoff.bmp
Image Name: liftoff.bmp

The binary code (the o’s and 1’s) in the description read “Liftoff”. Thanks, Incredible Fish! The UFO in this sneak peek might possibly be Excalibur, as shown in a previous Astro-Knights sneak peek. Again, this picture is added proof that Poptropica is indeed a planet!

Speaking of this sneak peek, Astro’s release, which is due in spring 2009, must be getting close! Spring is coming to an end on June 20nd, with summer beginning officially on June 21st (at least, for those living in the northern hemisphere!). (Unless they delay it again like they did with Nabooti and Big Nate, but let’s hope not.) Also, the title of this sneak peek (Now Leaving Poptropica) and its description sort of hint that Astro-Knights Island might be coming vveeerrrryyyyy soon. 🙂

And remember that Disney’s Space Buddies advertisement building? There was a nice little mission to go along with it. Thanks to a reminder from Purple Sword, we just remembered to show you guys out fourth glimpse of Poptropica as a planet! Check out this YouTube video made by Blooberry95, displaying a tutorial of the ad’s mission:

Starting from the time 0:14 (14 seconds into the video), to 0:33, you get to see the Disney space shuttle leaving the Poptropica planet, which indicates that the islands of Poptropica are indeed placed together on the same planet.

Also, thanks to Rough Eye (who actually has a pretty keen eye) and Incredible Fish, we’ve also remembered that there are two more glimpses (we’re now up to the 5th and 6th!) of a planet available in Poptropica! In the room ‘B.A.D. Satellite’ on Spy Island, where you fight the minibots and Director D, there are two round windows on each side with a half of a planet showing in each of them. This is what the view of the left window looks like:

I spy with my little eye...
I spy with my little eye...

Oddly enough, this planet looks a little less cartoon-ish than the others. And since this is on a satellite hanging in space, we’re able to see Poptropica’s planet that way.

There is also the theory that Poptropica is part of the real planet we live on, Earth. One example of why this could be true is that on Nabooti Island, you are actually traveling through Africa, a real continent in our Earth. The question we have now is, would Poptropica be part of our Earth or does it exist as its own individual planet?

As we can already tell from the Astro-Knights official description image, there’s going to be a Planetarium on Main Street with a big telescope sticking out. Who knows, but maybe then we’ll be able to do a little astronomical investigation of the stars and… PLANETS!

What do you think? Comment below and tell us your thoughts and if possible, furthur investigations!

Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks

Castlewrecked!

Slanted Fish

Not shipwrecked. Castlewrecked because of the television-wreck.

The story below is a sequel chapter to the “TV Time” chapter from a previous post on the PHB. Please note that the story below is a work of fiction; written by the PHB Team to entertain its readers. Enjoy!

The Old but New Adventures of Comic Kid
Ned Noodlehead by day, Comic Kid hero by night.

 Chapter 2
Lost in the Wreckage

“I can’t believe this,” moaned Comic Kid. “How could they be showing Sponge Pop Circle Pants instead of the X-Popman Heroes?! What are they THINKING? This is a terrible disgrace! What about Super Pretzel Boy’s fights for crime? And I’m supposed to be his assistant, Super Hot Dog Boy! This CAN NOT be happening!” Frustrated, Comic Kid stormed upstairs and slammed the door.

After he’d finally calmed down (during which he’d fallen asleep on the floor because of his temper tantrum and then woke up), it was already morning and the sun was shining brightly through his pretzel-patterned bedroom curtains. He trudged down to the bathroom and came out feeling very refreshed. Then he hustled into the kitchen to fix himself some breakfast, thinking, Surely Sponge Pop’s silly show has been cancelled by now? But no, when he turned his TV on again, hoping he’d see Super Pretzel Boy handcuffing Sir Rebral, he was so upset that he threw his toast on the ground (which the ants chased after). There was Sponge Pop cooking spaghetti at the B.A.D. Bistro, laughing away. “That’s IT!” he yelled. “I’m gonna have to find another TV. The royal family living in Astro-Knights should have better TV shows than this. Time to get one!” And with that, Comic Kid – or should I say, Ned Noodlehead – strapped on his cape and took off into the skies.

Boom! The wind was moving unusually fast today, and Ned accidentally landed head-first into the vast King and Queen’s castle of Astro-Knights Island. Fortunately, he was okay, but he had a big bruise on his head. “Ugh…” he groaned, struggling to his feet. Then he looked up and all around him. “What on Poptropica has happened to this place? The walls are cracked, the paintings are hanging sideways, the bricks and wooden planks are falling as I speak… it’s a disaster!” Now, where are the TVs?, he thought.

Two hours later, Ned Noodlehead had searched the castle (or at least, the parts he was able to even step on) from top to bottom, finding no TVs. Zero. “Impossible,” muttered NN. But he was very worn out after all that climbing and crawling around the demolished leftovers of the building – if you could call it one now. He didn’t know about any UFO crashes, but he had recognized some parts of the structure from his previous journeys. I wanna go home!, wailed Ned’s brain. So Mr. Noodlehead looked around. But he could find no exits – he could see outside through all the holes and windows, but he wasn’t about to jump out so dangerously! I wish my donkey was here to save me, dreamed Ned hopefully. But of course that didn’t happen. In fact, it looked as if Ned and the donkey would never be reunited together again… He, Ned, was lost, and all he cared about right now was that 1. he was tired, and 2. he wanted to sleep. He found a servant’s bed, and within seconds was fast asleep.

Blog Post Title: Lost in the Wreckage
Description: While I was exploring this vast damaged structure I got lost. I could see the countryside through holes and windows, but exiting through them wasn’t an option.
Image Link: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q9BePaDQLzI/SgHW-TDEaNI/AAAAAAAAAD8/7ZgjF2XHbLk/s1600-h/lost-.jpg
Image Name: lost-.jpg

Oh boy, looks like Comic Kid’s having a rough time. We’ll see what happens next… what other disasters are waiting in Astro-Knights Island? 😛

Astro-Knights Island, Snapshot Series, Sneak Peeks

A Clear Sky and an Incredible Thunder?

Grumpy Wolf

How can you have a Clear Sky and an Incredible Thunder in one day? Let’s find out!

I was eating a nice meal at Capn’ Salty’s when I came across another fun Poptropican named Incredible Thunder! After a brief chat, I was able to take his photograph and add it to Snapshot Sagas!

Congratulations Incredible Thunder!

Keep your eyes open! You may be the next Poptropican featured in Snapshot Sagas!

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And the Clear Sky!

 

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Blog Post Title: Clear Sky

Description: The stars shine brighter when there’s no pollution… or atmosphere.
Image URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AkTCxo8C1Ys/SftQbiDNvFI/AAAAAAAAAGA/In_k50TW0lU/s1600-h/spaceplace.png
Image Name: spaceplace.png

Well, I can see in the background that the is the AK rocket, so that might improve the fact that your AK rocket is a prime methode of transportation in AK Island. I’m not saying that’s the only way of travel, but it sounds pretty cool!

Later guys!