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Type of site | Online games |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Nickelodeon |
| Created by | Nickelodeon |
| URL | Nicktropolis |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required for game |
Nicktropolis (also known as NT, Nicktrop or Ntrop) is a game on Nick.com where users with a NickName (username) and password may safely chat to their friends by using either pre-written messages or the Nick Safe Chat dictionary, which blocks out offensive language. Users can also chat with chatterbots posing as Nicktoons such as SpongeBob, Danny Phantom, and Jimmy Neutron. Users may buy items in Nicktropolis "stores" with NickPoints, which is the Nicktropolis currency. In August 2006 there was a long closing of Nicktropolis.
History of Nicktropolis
Nick.com began construction on Nicktropolis in February 2006, and it went Alpha, or Pre-Beta, on March 14. At that time, Nicktropolis' population was limited to about 500, thus Nicktropolis was fairly quiet. However, Nicktropolis was open to non-users at the time.
On June 18, 2006, Nicktropolis was closed for a short time to begin its beta phase. Also, Nicktropolis was closed to non-users, and only open to users with NickNames. All went smoothly in Nicktropolis until somewhat of a Nicktropolis tragedy, which was August 18, 2006 at 5:00 PM.
From 5:00 PM on August 18 to 10:30 AM on January 6, Nicktropolis was in its tragic closing. Many NickNames hosted electronic "riots" against Nicktropolis creators. They were under fire until finally opening Nicktropolis to the beta testers on January 6 at 10:30 AM.
After almost 5 months of being closed, Nicktropolis was finally opened to the original testers. There were two ways to get on Nicktropolis then, one through Wikipedia, another through a person's post on the message boards.
As of June 13, the Nicktropolis population was 3,494,009 which makes it bigger than Manhattan by population. Nicktropolis' homepage was redone on May 11 to match Nick.com's new look. All of the angry message board posts have been deleted since the opening, and there are few reports of anger. Nicktropolis has new safety features from reporting safety concerns to accepting ground rules. Nicktropolis is now considered somewhat of a "safer RuneScape for kids."
Versions
| version | date |
|---|---|
| Alpha | March 14, 2006 |
| Beta 1 | June 18, 2006 |
| Beta 2 | January 6, 2007 |
| Full Release | January 30, 2007[2] |
Places
There have been 59 places in Nicktropolis. Currently there are 66 "Rooms" in Nicktropolis.
Teenick Point
This is a new place in NT for Teenick shows.
The Naked Brothers is the only place for now. It has Fuzzy Room, Apartment, and The Studio. In the Fuzzy Room, players put up a disco ball and dance. In Apartment users can play the guitar, Piano, and Drums. They can also play the Naked Bros. game "In Girl Trouble". In the Studio users can look at the band's instruments and make a NBB mash-up.
More Locations are to be added when they become to us.
Downtown
The downton area of Nicktropolis has 4 distinct areas. These are the Rec Center, The Aquarium, Market Street and Metro Park. The Rec Center contains the Lounge as well as an inside and outside virtual recreation center. The Aquarium contains the undersea volcano, the castole ruins, the lost ship and the store. The Market Street area contains Decor nation, the Seasonal Store, Wild Walls and floors as well as Gadget Universe. The last area in Downtown, Metro Park, contains The Bridge, The Fountain, The Forest and the Softball Field.
The Pier
The pier area contains several sections as well as 2 sub-sections. The Pier has the Front Gate, Midway One and Two and the Fortune Teller and the House of Horrors.
The Midways contain both in game casual game play and also more robust game overlays.
Nicktoons Boulevard
- General Store
- Krusty Krab
- The Reef
- Conch Street
- SpongeBob's House
- Squidward's House
- Patrick's House
Miracle City (El Tigre)
- Leone
- The Riveras
- General Store
- Manny's Bedroom
- Fenton Works
- Casper High
- General Store
Avatar Nations (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Planetarium
- Water Palace
- Fire Tent
- Air Temple
- General Market
- Ba Sing Se
Retroville (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
- Jimmy's Lab
- General Store
- Candy Bar
Former places
(May return during Kids' Choice Awards 2008)
- Orange Carpet
- Voting Room
- Control Room
- Backstage
For the first time users could vote on the Kids' Choice Awards from within Nicktropolis. Voters casted 10 million votes for their favorite performers, movies, tv shows and games.[3]
Winter Park
Winter Park left on April 5, 2007 but may return during Winter 2008.
- Igloo
- Ice Cave
- Bumper Burgs
- Snow Fort
Upcoming Places
- Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series) (Rumored)[4]
- Back at the Barnyard) (Rumored)[5]
- P.C.A. Zoey 101 (Rumored)
- Dimmsdale Fairly Odd Parents (Stated by MrTropolis to come this summer!)
- Drake & Josh (Rumored)
- Nicktropolis Space Center(Coming this June!) - The new space themed environment, launching on Nicktropolis will allow kids to navigate and "fly" on a space ship from downtown Nicktropolis into the Space Center. With state of the art Nicktropolis Space Center auto pilot enabled on the ship, users can steer the ship to different locations within the Space Center. They will also be able to play the first true Nicktropolis multiplayer online game. Users had the opportunity to vote on three possible new zones for the site, choosing among a Space Center, Underground and Prehistoric Nicktropolis. Out of nearly 1 million votes in one week, 46% voted for the new space world.[6]
NickPoints
NickPoints are the official Nick.com currency. They can be used to buy trading cards or buy items in a Nicktropolis store. Nickpoints can be found all over Nicktropolis and spent in many different ways. Points are awarded by playing games, doing actions, rewards for signing up for the newsletter and by finding "Gnomes." Points are spent by buying items to decorate your room. Entrance fees to some rooms like the Fortune Teller at The Pier. You also need points to buy fish at The Aquarium to put in your fish tank in user rooms.
Inside of Nicktropolis there are hidden NickPoint blobs officially known as "Gnomes." There are 5 types of NickPoint Gnomes which are the Blue Gnome (250 NickPoints),the Black Gnome (200 NickPoints), the Gold Gnome (50 NickPoints), the Red Gnome (25 NickPoints) and the Green Gnome (10 NickPoints).
Message Boards
Nicktropolis has sevearl message boards which fall into 1 of four sections. These sections are Ask MrTropolis where Users ask MrTropolis who is one of the Nicktropolis engineers any questions they may have, Nicktropolis where users post general purpose comments comments on this board, Nicktropolis Gaming where Users post gaming experiences in this board and Nicktropolis Party Board where Users post information about parties they and their friends may be planning.
Trivia
- Nicktropolis' population is over 3 million as of May 26.
- Nicktropolis' homepage was redone on May 11, 2007 to fit in with Nick.com's new look, which was applied on Wednesday.
- During Nicktropolis' closing, many beta testers expressed their anger on the message boards.
- Users can create a fish in the Aquarium, but they have to be fed and played with often.
- The Treasure Hunt gets a new prize every Wesnesday.
- Nicktropolis is updated every Friday.
- Nicktropolis is getting new rooms regularly.
- There is a daily "newspaper" in Nicktropolis called Nicktropolis News.
- In Frankie's Lab in the House Of Horrors there is a secret passage which takes you to the Slime Room.
Nicktropolis Timeline
| Date | Event | |||
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| March 14, 2006 | Nicktropolis became Alpha (or pre-beta) | |||
| June 18, 2006 | Nicktropolis went Beta | |||
| August 18, 2006 | The Nicktropolis ground rules are set | |||
| August 18, 2006 at 5:00 PM | Nicktropolis closed for remodeling | |||
| January 1, 2007 | Nicktropolis was scheduled to reopen | |||
| January 6, 2007 | Nicktropolis opened to the beta testers | |||
| March 6, 2007 | Nicktropolis opened to the public | |||
| May 11, 2007 | Nicktropolis home page is remodeled with added news, polls, and weather forecasts written by users. | |||
| June 14, 2007 | TEENick Point launches with first live action area, The Naked Brothers Band. | |||
| June 19, 2007 | Now when you log into Nicktropolis while say loading it tells you what knew at Nicktropolis. | – | Late June, 2007 | The Nicktropolis Space Center comes out! |
| Summer, 2007 | Dimmsdale come to Nicktropolis! |
References
- ^ Mike Shields (2007-06-18). "Nickelodeon Launches Nicktropolis Web Playground". AD Week. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
- ^ Mike Shields (2007-06-18). "Nickelodeon Launches Nicktropolis Web Playground". AD Week. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
- ^ Joe Garofoli (2007-05-27). "Online social networks marketing to preteens". San Francisco Chronicle.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help); Unknown parameter|http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=ignored (help) - ^ Nick.com (2007-06-20). "Nick.com TV Show Site". Nickelodeon. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ Nick.com (2007-06-20). "Nick.com TV Show Site". Nickelodeon. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ Press Release (2007-06-18). "Nickelodeon's Nicktropolis Reaches Almost 4 Million Unique Registered Users in Just Four Months". Nickelodeon. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
See also
External links
Official
- Nicktropolis (requires a NickName and password to play)
Official Message Boards (requires a nickname and password to post)