When you login on Poptropica, you may find something new at the bottom of the homepage screen. Does this sign feature Poptropica Realms? Well, there’s a brand new feature coming soon to Poptropica and it’s what we’ve all been waiting for—realms sharing!
What do you think? Maybe we’ll be able to visit each other’s realms; I can’t wait to try it out.
Speaking of Poptropica Realms, thelightsaber is still there, so better collect as much Poptanium as you can before it’s gone! Check out our Realms guide for more details about the new tool.
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Also, the banner carousel when you log in now shows a sneak peek for Arabian Nights Ep. 3: Careful What You Wish For, which is expected to come this July!
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Meanwhile, something strange has been going on: if you check the Map on a non-member account, Nabooti Island has been marked with the membership icon and the “play the demo!” sign. After playing a while, you’ll be faced with the “End of Demo” screen.
What makes this all the more unusual is that Nabooti came out before membership and demos were a thing on Poptropica. Is Nabooti going to be the next island to be converted to a SUI? Stay tuned to the PHB as we find out more.
If you get stuck, be sure to check out the PHB’s guide for a written walkthrough complete with pictures. And when you’re done, you can check your rank on the MotM World Champions Map!
The lightsaber allows you to more efficiently collect Poptanium by destroying a huge area, but this powerful tool will only be around for a limited time. So visit Poptropica Realms before the lightsabers disappear! (Plus, check out our Realms guide for more tips and tricks on Realms!)
Hey Poptropicans! As you may recall from recent news, Poptropica is no longer owned by Pearson, but for those of you with an even keener eye, you may notice the copyright adorning the bottom of the homepage now being accredited to Sandbox Networks.
You can read more about the Sandbox acquisition in this article. Family Education Network, formerly a division of Pearson, was recently sold to this London, UK-based company, and along with it went Poptropica. Both the leaders of Sandbox and Poptropica seem positive about this change, so here’s hoping this’ll make Poptropica bigger and better in due time! 🙂
In fact, the article mentions a quote from Jeff Kinney revealing that “…we’ll be seeing the stories and characters from FEN brought to life on the big screen.” And this tweet from Poptropica confirms that they are indeed working on an animated show – the question now is “when?”
@Andrestushhog Yes! Question is "when?" Got talent, scripts, powerful youtube channel, ideas. Need a partner 'cause of costs. Busy courting.
On a different note, here are a couple of Popstorm illustrations that have recently popped up:
Popstorm #28: Fish!
Popstorm #29: Parading Pigs
Also, Captain Crawfish has posted a new Remarkable Realms videoon the official blog, which you can check out below. This one showcases a waterpark made by Fast Lizard – and better yet, a comment made by the Creators on the video assures us that we’ll soon get to share our Realms with each other: “by end of June, we hope to have function that allows users to share on their own”.
And, just in case you haven’t been keeping up with our Twitter timeline (either on the sidebar of the PHB or by following us), here are some tweeted tidbits that may be of interest:
Between the site and app, Poptropica gets about 4.5 million different users a month, playing from 100+ different countries. (see tweet)
Even Jeff Kinney hasn’t completed every Poptropica island. (see tweet)
Arabian Nights Ep. 3 is currently scheduled for late June. (see tweet)
The unnamed underground cave island (hinted at in past sneak peeks) has been an idea from the Creators for years, but the storyline is still uncertain. (see tweet)
There are plans to offer Poptropica in Spanish in late 2015 or early 2016. (see tweet)
There are 31 Creators at Poptropica offices. (see tweet)
Among the Poptropica Creators, there are two Jeffs, two Jennifers, and two Jons. (see tweet)
Heyyo Poptropicans, it’s Ultimate iPad Expert here! Lots of news is out and I am here to give it to you.
Mystery of the Map Island official announcement and tour page
First of all, the highlight of the post (unless you’re into Butt Kites): Mystery of the Map Island has been officially announced on the Creators’ Blog! It is to be released for members on Thursday, May 21.
There’s also a non-members clothing item released for the island, so head down to the Poptropica Store and get yourself a Viking Shield. Also, if you’re a member, you can pick up the “Island Wildlife – Pig” and “Island Wildlife – Dodo” costumes. (Note: There’s currently a glitch that prevents them from showing in the inventory!) (Update: They should be accessible now!)
A lost Viking settlement… an island unstuck in time… a magical map with power beyond understanding… and a devious plot that could unravel the very fabric of Poptropica! Join Mya, Oliver, and Jorge for a thrilling new adventure that lifts the veil from the greatest secret of all: the origin of Poptropica!
Along with that, there are plenty of scenery sneak peeks, as well as the wallpaper:
A whole lot of new MOTM Island stuff! I’m quite interested to hear how the island will be and how it will differentiate from the comics. Hopefully it’ll be a great island and I’m looking forward to how it goes! Check out the PHB’s Mystery of the Map Island page for trivia and discussion. 🙂
Poptropica is no longer owned by Pearson
Next in today’s news comes from the Poptropica official Twitter, on which it was revealed that Poptropica isn’t owned by Pearson Education anymore.
@ishperson2580 Pearson used to own us, but not anymore. 🙂
It’s somewhat said to see Pearson is no longer involved considering they were likely Poptropica’s main funding. But, I’m glad that Poptropica now has the freedom to take liberties for whatever they’d like. Hopefully, this change will be for the good, bringing forth many new islands! 😀
Popstorm #26
There’s a new Popstorm released as well!
Remarkable Realms: Cool Boa’s panic room
This new Remarkable Realms was released on the Creators’ Blog recently! This one is a cabin-like house with a secret panic room.
New Poptropica Realms button in the SUI menu
Just wanted to throw in this post that there is a new button in the SUI menu.
As you can see the left button is one for Poptropica Realms. Like the Blimp button, which brings you to the map, the new Realms button, brings you to Poptropica Realms.
It simply takes this prompt and brings you directly to Realms. A fairly helpful tool for us to use!
Butt Kites and Alligators
Now to finish this post off on an extremely weird note (or a high note, if you’re into this kind of thing). New ad items have shown up on Poptropican for a book called The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry. Items include the Butt Kite and Alligator Tag-Along. You can see them below:
Really kind of strange to me that these are on Poptropica, but I digress.
What do you think of all of this? Feel free to comment your thoughts below!
Heyyo peoples, I’m Ultimate iPad Expert and it’s time for some Poptropica news! The Poptropica Creators’ YouTube channel release a new video recently showing off another Poptropica Realms creation. In the video, a Poptropican is showing their process of getting into a Snow Fortress.
I like seeing the mechanics of Realms, including the Pixies and the creature going for the spaghetti. Hopefully all the bugs will get fixed up eventually. Be sure to check out our Realms Guide for more info about Realms! 🙂
Now for the first ever: Totally unrelated section! 😛
I remember reading the Behind the Name posts (of HPuterpop and Samwow5) and so I was like, “I have a weird username that probably could use some explaining.” And now here we are. Anyways, the story begins on a site called Wikia, you may have heard of it considering it’s where the Poptropica Wiki was. I had an account there, which I called “DaranNorrisFan6.” This was basically a rip-off of the username of my brother (who is also on Wikia), which is DeeBradleyBakerFan. (Dee Bradley Baker is a voice actor, as well as Daran Norris).
Anyways, I decided it was time for a name change. At that point, I was in a big Apple fanboy mood and so I felt like doing something iPad related. I was originally planning to do simply “iPad Expert,” but the problem was that Wikia didn’t allow the first letter of a username to be lowercase. So subsequently, I decided to throw in another word at the front, which I eventually decided would be “Ultimate,” “Ultimate iPad Expert” soon became my Wikia name and spread to other sites like Twitter, WordPress, etc. And that is the story of my username!
I hope you all enjoyed my rambling! And stay tuned for more Poptropica news here on the Poptropica Help Blog.
• Ultimate iPad Expert •
PS: I do not have an iPad, neither am I truly an expert at them. 😛
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