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===Downtown===
===Downtown===
The downtown area of Nicktropolis has 5 distinct areas. These are the Rec Center, The Aquarium, Market Street, Treasure Hunt 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 castle 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 Tresure Hunt has unique prizes that kids get for free by locating artifacts around Nicktropolis. The last area in Downtown, Metro Park, contains The Bridge, The Fountain, The Forest and the Softball Field.
The downtown area of Nicktropolis has 5 distinct areas. These are the Rec Center, The Aquarium, Market Street, Treasure Hunt 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 castle 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 and gamer HQ. The Treasure Hunt has unique prizes that kids get for free by locating artifacts around Nicktropolis. The last area in Downtown, Metro Park, contains The Bridge, The Fountain, The Forest and the Softball Field.


===The Pier===
===The Pier===
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===Nicktoons Boulevard===
===Nicktoons Boulevard===
====[[Bikini Bottom]] ([[SpongeBob SquarePants (TV show)|SpongeBob SquarePants]])====
====[[Bikini Bottom]] (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (TV show)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'')====
The Bikini Bottom area includes 7 rooms, which are the General Store, the [[Krusty Krab]], The Reef, Conch Street, which is a portal to SpongeBob's house, Patrick's house, and Squidward's house.
* General Store
* [[Krusty Krab]]
* The Reef
* Conch Street
** SpongeBob's House
** Squidward's House
** Patrick's House


====Miracle City ([[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera|El Tigre]])====
====Miracle City (''[[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera|El Tigre]]'')====
Miracle City consists of 4 rooms, which are Leone, which is Manny's school, the Riveras' living room, the General Store, and Manny's Bedroom.
* Leone
* The Riveras
* General Store
* Manny's Bedroom
====[[Amity Park]] ([[Danny Phantom]])====
* Fenton Works
* Casper High
* General Store
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====Avatar Nations ([[Avatar: The Last Airbender]])====
* Planetarium
* Water Palace
* Fire Tent
* Air Temple
* General Market
* Ba Sing Se
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====Retroville ([[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]])====
* Jimmy's Lab
* General Store
* Candy Bar


====Pupununu Village ([[Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series)]])====
====[[Amity Park]] (''[[Danny Phantom]]'')====
Amity Park's zone consists of 3 rooms: Fenton Works, Casper High, and the General Store.
This area is different, as you pick a character; you do not customize it yourself. This area is the first to utilize the backpack feature. Users can collect items found in the rooms. Place them in their backpacks. Mix the objects together to form spells. And then can cast the spells. Spells effect the rooms and also individual Nickselfs.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2007/08/13/prnewswire200708130930PR_NEWS_B_MAT_NY_NYM023.html | title = Tak's Got the Power, But He Hasn't Got a Clue! | accessdate = 2007-09-07 | date= 2007-08-31 | author = Joanna Roses | publisher = Press Release}}</ref>

* Juju Bizaar
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====Avatar Nations (''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'')====
* Jibula's Hut
The Avatar Nations zone is rather large, consisting of 6 rooms. Those rooms are the Planetarium, Water Palace, Fire Tent, Air Temple, General Market, and Ba Sing Se.
* Juju Temple

* Village
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====Retroville (''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'')====
Retroville consists of 4 rooms, which are the Candy Bar, General Store, and Jimmy's Lab.

====Pupununu Village (''[[Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series)|Tak and the Power of Juju]]'')====
Pupununu Village's area is made up of Juju Bizaar, Jibula's Hut, Juju Temple, and the village itself. This section is also different, as you pick a character, you do not create one yourself.

This section is also the first to utilize the backpack tool, which is used by collecting items in the rooms, placing them in the backpack, mixing the items together to form spells, and then casting them.

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====Barnyard (''[[Back at the Barnyard]]'')====
The Barnyard's area is made up of the Mill, Pig Pen, House of Humans, Back of the Barn, and the Feed Store.


===Former places===
===Former places===
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* Bumper Burgs
* Bumper Burgs
* Snow Fort
* Snow Fort

====House of Horrors====
* Closed for renovations. May re-open in October in time for Halloween.


===Upcoming Places===
===Upcoming Places===
* [[PCA]], [[Zoey 101]] (Rumor)
* [[PCA]], [[Zoey 101]] (Rumor)
* [[Dimmsdale]], [[Fairly Odd Parents]] (Rumor)
* [[Dimmsdale]], [[Fairly Odd Parents]] (Rumor)
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* Barnyard, [[Back at the Barnyard]] (Confirmed)


==NickPoints==
==NickPoints==
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==Message Boards==
==Message Boards==
Nicktropolis has several message boards which fall into one 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.
Nicktropolis has several message boards which fall into one 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 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 ==
== Trivia ==
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| September 7, 2007
| September 7, 2007
| House of Horrors closed for renovation
| House of Horrors closed for renovation
|}
|-
| September 17, 2007
| Back at the Barnyard area launches
|-
|October 2, 2007
|House of Horrors is reopened
|-
|October 2, 2007
|Nicktropolis home page is remodeled
|-


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 09:34, 2 October 2007

Nicktropolis
Nicktropois logo, March 6, 2007-present
File:Nicktrop homepage.PNG
The site's design as of May 2007.
Type of site
Online games
Available inEnglish
OwnerNickelodeon
Created byNickelodeon
URLNicktropolis
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired 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 the beta period of Nicktropolis ended. In January 2007 Nicktropolis reopened and emerged as a full gold release of the game.

History of Nicktropolis

File:Nicktropolis-logo.jpg
The Nicktropolis logo from its beta version to the full release in March 2007

Nick.com began construction on Nicktropolis in February 2006, and it went Alpha, or Pre-Beta, on March 14, 2006. 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, 2006 to 10:30 AM on January 6, 2007, Nicktropolis closed to the general public. Many NickNames hosted electronic "riots" against Nicktropolis creators. They were under fire until finally opening Nicktropolis to the beta testers on January 6, 2007 at 7:00 AM.

After almost 1 year of being closed, Nicktropolis was 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 28, 2007, the Nicktropolis population was 3,839,257 which makes it bigger than Manhattan by population. Nicktropolis' homepage was redone on May 11, 2007 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."

On June 28, 2007 the N.S.C. or the Nicktropolis Space Center was opened. It took four months to build the space center. The N.S.C. features new game functionality like a fully expanded walkable area, rooms scrolling and new full screen artwork.

As of July 3, Nicktropolis had over 4,000,000 registered users.[2]

News is now emailed to users who choose to sign up for the Nicktropolis Newsletter.

Versions

version date
Alpha March 14, 2006
Beta 1 June 18, 2006
Beta 2 January 6, 2007
Full Release January 30, 2007[3]

Places

There have been 81 rooms in Nicktropolis, some of which have been removed.

TeeNick Point

The Naked Brothers is the only place for now. It has the 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", and listen to full-length songs. In the Studio users can look at the band's instruments and make a NBB mash-up.

Downtown

The downtown area of Nicktropolis has 5 distinct areas. These are the Rec Center, The Aquarium, Market Street, Treasure Hunt 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 castle 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 and gamer HQ. The Treasure Hunt has unique prizes that kids get for free by locating artifacts around Nicktropolis. 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.

The Nicktropolis Space Center opened on June 28, 2007 at 3:00 PM. It lets users go to Launch Site Alpha, the alien planet, the Space Station, and the Station Air Locks, where they exit into space. Space suits are now available at both Launch Sites for 50 nickpoints. Users voted for the space center, over two other locations titled Prehistoric Nicktropolis and Nicktropolis Underground. Out of nearly one million votes in one week, 46% voted for the new space world. Users will also be able to play the first true multiplayer Nicktropolis game.

Nicktoons Boulevard

Bikini Bottom (SpongeBob SquarePants)

The Bikini Bottom area includes 7 rooms, which are the General Store, the Krusty Krab, The Reef, Conch Street, which is a portal to SpongeBob's house, Patrick's house, and Squidward's house.

Miracle City (El Tigre)

Miracle City consists of 4 rooms, which are Leone, which is Manny's school, the Riveras' living room, the General Store, and Manny's Bedroom.

Amity Park (Danny Phantom)

Amity Park's zone consists of 3 rooms: Fenton Works, Casper High, and the General Store.

Avatar Nations (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

The Avatar Nations zone is rather large, consisting of 6 rooms. Those rooms are the Planetarium, Water Palace, Fire Tent, Air Temple, General Market, and Ba Sing Se.

Retroville (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)

Retroville consists of 4 rooms, which are the Candy Bar, General Store, and Jimmy's Lab.

Pupununu Village (Tak and the Power of Juju)

Pupununu Village's area is made up of Juju Bizaar, Jibula's Hut, Juju Temple, and the village itself. This section is also different, as you pick a character, you do not create one yourself.

This section is also the first to utilize the backpack tool, which is used by collecting items in the rooms, placing them in the backpack, mixing the items together to form spells, and then casting them.

Barnyard (Back at the Barnyard)

The Barnyard's area is made up of the Mill, Pig Pen, House of Humans, Back of the Barn, and the Feed Store.

Former places

Kids' Choice Awards

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 cast 10 million votes for the award show.[4]

Winter Park

Winter Park left on April 5, 2007 but may return during Winter 2008.

  • Igloo
  • Ice Cave
  • Bumper Burgs
  • Snow Fort

House of Horrors

  • Closed for renovations. May re-open in October in time for Halloween.

Upcoming Places

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 "blobs." Points are spent by buying items to decorate your room.

Inside of Nicktropolis there are hidden NickPoint blobs to get points. There are 5 types of NickPoint blobs which are the Blue Blob, the Black Blob, the Yellow Blob, the Red Blob and the Green Blob.

Minigames

In Nicktropolis, there are several minigames scattered throughout the game.

Fish

  • Users can swap for a fish at the Aquarium Store and design it themselves. They can interact with their fish by adding a tank to their room or visiting an Aquarium room.

Treasure Hunt

  • A weekly game in which users search for hidden items throughout the Nicktropolis environment to win exclusive prizes.

Fortune Teller

  • Users can swap five NickPoints for a horoscope reading and future prediction by a Fortune Teller Chatbot.

The Naked Brothers Band: Girl Trouble

  • A Naked Brothers Band-themed game in which the user plays as Nat as he tries to avoid obsessed fans on the way to a show. This game is available in the Naked Brothers Band Apartment.

SpongeBob: Friend or Foe: Trash Bash

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed game in which users play as Mr. Krabs or Plankton in order to rescue the Krabby Patty recipe before it gets lost in the trash dump. This game is launched from a SpongeBob statue that can be acquired at Gadget Universe.

Ring Toss

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed carnival game in which users toss rings at targets for NickPoints. Located at the Midway.

Wack an Eel

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed carnival game in which the object is to hit as many eels as possible in the allotted time. Located at the Midway.

Strong Man

  • A carnival game that measures the user's strength. Located at the Midway.

Sundae Splatter

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed game in which the object is to make as many ice cream sundaes as possible in the allotted time. Located at the Midway.

Duck Duck

  • A carnival game that tests accuracy in shooting ducks. Available at the Midway.

Shell Game

  • A carnival game in which the object is to guess beneath which shell the marble is hiding. Located at the Midway.

Squirt the Clown

  • A carnival game in which the user shoots a water gun at a target in order to inflate a balloon. Located at the Midway.

Catch 'Em

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed game in which the object is to catch as many falling stars as possible. Located at the Midway.

Deep Sea Shooter

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed game in which users test their water gun squirting skills. Available at the Midway

Bumpin' Billiards

  • A game of pool in which the user can challenge the computer. Located at the Rec Center.

Double Dutch

  • A game of jump rope in which the user scores points for different tricks. Available at Metro Park.

Home Court Hoops

  • A basketball game in which users test their accuracy with a moving hoop. Located at the Rec Center.

NickBowl

  • A bowling game in which users bowl for high scores and NickPoints. Located at the Pier.

Basket Barrel

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed game in which the object is to throw as many balls into a barrel as possible in the time allotted. Located at the Krusty Krab in Bikini Bottom.

Hop-2-It

  • A game of hopscotch in which the user tries to follow a computer-determined path to earn NickPoints. Located at the Rec Center.

Sea Your Strength

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed carnival game in which the object is to hit a mallet against a strength meter as hard as possible. Located in Bikini Bottom.

Puffer Pop

  • A SpongeBob SquarePants-themed game in which the object is to toss as many pickles as you can into the mouths of puffer fish. Available in Bikini Bottom.

Tic-Tac-Curacy

  • A SpongeBob SquarPants-themed game in which the user must toss potatoes onto a tic-tac-toe board. Available in Bikini Bottom.

Message Boards

Nicktropolis has several message boards which fall into one 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 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 5 million as of September 7.
  • 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 up to three fish in the Aquarium, but they have to be fed and played with often.
  • The Treasure Hunt gets a new prize every Thursday.
  • Nicktropolis is updated every Thursday.
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Mike Shields (2007-06-18). "Nickelodeon Launches Nicktropolis Web Playground". AD Week. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  2. ^ Joanna Roses (2007-06-18). "Nickelodeon's Nicktropolis Reaches Almost 4 Million Unique Registered Users in Just Four Months". Press Release. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  3. ^ Mike Shields (2007-06-18). "Nickelodeon Launches Nicktropolis Web Playground". AD Week. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  4. ^ Joe Garofoli (2007-05-27). "Online social networks marketing to preteens". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-06-20.

Official

Official Message Boards

Date Event
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
January 30, 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 20, 2007 Nicktropolis Newsletter launches.
June 28, 2007 at 3:00pm The Nicktropolis Space Center opens.
July 5, 2007 Spacesuits are available to buy
July 12, 2007 New fish styles added to the Aquarium
July 12, 2007 First official Nicktropolis Newsletter is emailed
July 26, 2007 Outside Rec Center had a redesign.
August 02, 2007 New interface launched for main site controls
August 02, 2007 New games added to Nicktropolis
August 10, 2007 More new games added to Nicktropolis
August 14, 2007 Four new games added to Nicktropolis
August 23, 2007 Tak and the Power of the JuJu area launches
August 26, 2007 Games listing page/button launches
August 28, 2007 "BackPack" Launches
September 7, 2007 House of Horrors closed for renovation
September 17, 2007 Back at the Barnyard area launches
October 2, 2007 House of Horrors is reopened
October 2, 2007 Nicktropolis home page is remodeled
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