The top stop for all things Pop
Jeff Kinney, the writer behind the best-selling ‘Wimpy Kid’ series, doesn’t have to work again in his life, but the thrill of influencing 10 million kids per month at Poptropica.com keeps him working.
Uploaded by AssociatedPress on YouTube. Thanks to Popular Dragon for sharing the video with us!
In other news, there have been reports that many handheld items on Poptropica are now Costumizable. Can’t guarantee this for all cases, but check it out while it lasts!
~Hijuyo
TL;DR:
Wild West Island is now open to all, and
Wimpy Wonderland is available to members starting Monday, March 14!
Captain Crawfish 29-W’s will find me? That’s worrying.
EL5-Well, they did steal your china.
CC29-It’s another nomming trick, isn’t it?
Grammar Police-HEY, GRAMMAR POLICE HERE!
CC29-Oh, what the-
EL5-Well then, ANOTHER disappointment comes for members as a new island has been released for all yesterday.
Wild West Island is now open to all!
Saddle up, pardners! Wild West Island is now available for everyone to play. Head on over to Poptropica and visit the travel map to start playing Wild West Island right now!
SHARK BOY 20SHARK BOY 21
EL5-NOMONOMONMONMONMNOM. But there’s good news for members, too! In exactly 48 hours and 10 minutes from now, Wimpy Wonderland will be released for all!
Give me the letter W for the win
Poptropica Members have something else to look forward to on Monday, March 14, when they’ll have Early Access to the newest Poptropica Island, Wimpy Wonderland!
That’s a lot of Ws. Wild West, Wimpy Wonderland — I’ll take the letter W for the win!
CAPTAIN CRAWFISH 29 FROM GRAMMAR PRISON 😦
EL5-Some people will never learn their grammar. Such a shame. Oh, and did I mention that there’s a new ad on main street! Hop! There are two places too win four awesome prizes!
CANDY FACTORY
TALENT SHOW
EL5-I’ll see you next time! And now for my favorite song…HIT IT GRAMMAR POLICE!
Grammar Police-♪A predicate is one the two main parts of a sentence….♪
~EL5 🙂
It’s as clear as black-and-white (literally!): Wimpy Wonderland is the next Poptropica island!
Here’s the island description from the official info page:
The kids in town are enjoying a snow day – all except for Greg Heffley, whose little brother Manny has gone missing! It’s up to you to find Manny, but before you do, you’ll have to contend with surly teenagers, crabby senior citizens, and those rotten Whirley Street kids. Join Greg, Rowley, Rodrick, and the rest of the Wimpy Kid characters for a snow-capped adventure you’ll never forget!
We also have our own WW island page here and it is also listed on our Island Help. Note that there are more Wimpy sneak peeks from the Daily Pop if you’re interested – the black-and-white ones.
Right now you can log in to Poptropica for a sneak preview of the upcoming adventure and talk to some of the characters, including Greg Heffley and weirdo Fregley (“Wanna see my secret freckle?” xD). You can also chase Greg’s little brother Manny up a tree, but if you try to enter any buildings, it will tell you to come back in mid-March. That’s right, Poptropica members get to play this island this month!
For those who didn’t know: Jeff Kinney is the creator of Poptropica, and also the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book/movie series, which this island is based on. So this is pretty cool, since everyone loves DOAWK, right? 😀 (shame on you if you don’t. :c)
To commemorate the departure of the Rock Star costumes from the Poptropica Store for both male and female musicians, The Intertwined band will be guest-starring in this post to play “Burn Out Bright” from alternative rock band Switchfoot! Sing along!
Hijuyo: So you guys may have seen the warning from Black Widow on the PCB… time is running out before the Rock Star officially disappears from the Poptropica Store!
*band plays*
*band bows and shuffles offstage*
These epic costumes will be missed, so get ’em now while you can! Note that they now cost 100 credits, instead of the usual 75. If you want to see more of the Intertwined, check out the band’s blog and their Last.fm music page!
"Burn Out Bright" lyrics belong to Switchfoot.
Captain Crawfish 28-Because EL5 was too lazy to think of a nomming adventure, I will fall into his mouth chopped in half. *does so*
EL5-NOMONOMOMOMOMOMONOMONOMNOMON. Now for this awesome yet previously declared update. We’ve got some news about our slapjack tricks. Posted on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog was some advice for one of the games on Wild West Island – Slap Jack!
One of the games on Wild West Island is a version of the card game Slap Jack. It follows the standard rules: you and your opponents take turns dealing one card into the center pile. When somebody puts down a Jack, the first player to slap the pile wins the cards. You win when all of your opponents have run out of cards. Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, it is, except for one thing: the fake-out.
When you’re dealing a Jack from your pile, you can bluff. Slide the card only partway to the center of the table, then pull it back, and there’s a chance one of your opponents might slap the pile anyway. If they do, you get a card from their draw pile. But be careful! Your opponents will try to fake you out, too. The same rule applies: if you slap the pile before the Jack is placed, you’ll lose a card to the player who tricked you.
Good luck out there. As with everything you’ll do on Wild West Island, the stakes are high.
CAPTAIN CRAWFISH
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