Petpet Park has been Released!

[IcyBlue]

You won't actually be able to dress up/train/whatever your current petpets.

You'll only have a choice between those six new petpets that they mention. Rather sad, really.

[Katherine]

The neoboard is back up.

[Toropiusu]

NEW - Petpet Park Grand Opening Celebration! Make sure you join in on the festivities. There are new games, how to draws, and an adventure that will be lots of fun!

I'm probably being over-optimistic in expecting a mini-plot, aren't I?

[eilu]

I'm probably being over-optimistic in expecting a mini-plot, aren't I?

No, I don't think so. It's possible, since TNT has to come up with a way to explain these new petpets (since they aren't tied to a specific land) and why they're somehow "special" (i.e., can be dressed, trained, etc) that fits into the neopets mythos

[lemonade]

I hope it is a new land where there are shops which sell stuff for petpets. That would be cool!

[Matrinka]

I hope it is a new land where there are shops which sell stuff for petpets. That would be cool!

I hope so too (especially on the mini plot idea)! However... I thought TNT would have a plot continuing the Journey to the Lost Isle that explained WHY there was a Slothesque tower on the island and giant mutant petpets. After this long though, I've given up hope for having many new things explained.

[lemonade]

I hope it is a new land where there are shops which sell stuff for petpets. That would be cool!

I hope so too (especially on the mini plot idea)! However... I thought TNT would have a plot continuing the Journey to the Lost Isle that explained WHY there was a Slothesque tower on the island and giant mutant petpets. After this long though, I've given up hope for having many new things explained.

if you read this http://www.neopets.com/comingsoon.phtml, it says, a mysterious voyage continues, which could be the lost isle plot.

[Dustin]

The petpets look too.. non neopets.
Why couldn't they just use already common petpets?
Sometimes, change isn't good.

[Matrinka]

if you read this http://www.neopets.com/comingsoon.phtml, it says, a mysterious voyage continues, which could be the lost isle plot.

That's been up for over a year now.


I have a feeling that the Petpet park won't have me as a visitor for more than visiting as a daily. I got a book today.

[eilu]

The petpets look too.. non neopets.
Why couldn't they just use already common petpets?
Sometimes, change isn't good.

IMHO, they look like (dare I say it) Pokemon.

[Pickles]

Curious - I highlighted the interesting part, as it had been asked already.

Oh beneficent TNT, deliver unto me an answer to this message. The users cry out in despair over the release of your latest feature, the grand Petpet Park, and have somehow got the notion that it will be a pay-to-play addition to Neopia, akin to the NC Mall. Silence their fears, quell their despair, and deliver unto them your divine answer so that the Petpet Park boards may return to peaceful chat and remain not as repeated curses under your name. ~reclusiarchmikelus
Hark, for we heed their cries and answer thusly, child of Neopia.

Without giving too much away early, we created Petpet Park as a world solely dedicated to Petpets and the Neopians who love them. (We very frequently hear things like, "it would be way cooler if the Petpets were more interactive," so we wanted to oblige.) The Petpet Park world uses Neopian characters, settings, and history, so it's still part of the Neopets universe, but it's separate from the site itself. Think of it like… any of the video games we've made (and ones will soon be releasing! *shameless plug*). They're set in Neopia, feature familiar characters and lands, tell Neopian stories, and we dedicate whole sections of the site to letting you know all about them, but they aren't actually part of the site itself. You wouldn't spend your site Neopoints in your Neopets: Puzzle Adventure DS game, for example. Those video games are on their own, self contained. Petpet Park is pretty much like that. (Only it's online and you don't need a game console, but you get the idea!)

And yup, it will be free to play. Everyone will have access, and there will be extra things you can purchase with Neocash for use within Petpet Park, just like you can purchase things with Neocash to use on Neopets.

So, the Grand Opening Celebration that you see now is an introduction to the world of Petpet Park. More info on Petpet Park itself is coming soon, and there might even be a small mini-plot starting possibly next week, maybe, but don't tell anyone we told you.

[Katherine]

I'm not getting my hopes up yet.

[lemonade]

If there is a plot, why do they have to make it next week, I start back at school next week

[Katherine]

If there is a plot, why do they have to make it next week, I start back at school next week

I think that that's the point. Most people stop playing Neo for a bit when they get back to school, so this will keep them on.

[Daze]

if you read this http://www.neopets.com/comingsoon.phtml, it says, a mysterious voyage continues, which could be the lost isle plot.

That's been up for over a year now.


I have a feeling that the Petpet park won't have me as a visitor for more than visiting as a daily. I got a book today.

Maybe that is why it has been there for so long - TNT have always planned to go back to that storyline. As it says "continues", we must be getting a 2nd part.......eventually.

I think that that's the point. Most people stop playing Neo for a bit when they get back to school, so this will keep them on.

Remember, it isn't school holidays everywhere.