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Neverbelle 02-03-2017 10:50 PM

Club Penguin Island
 
Fly with you pixie pals! So, as some of you might already know, the Club Penguin online world will be closing on March 29th, 2017 and will be replaced by the mobile app Club Penguin Island.

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I have no idea what this new game will be like, but according to Jesse Schell if Club Penguin Island is successful it could pave the way for a mobile version of Toontown and maybe even Pixie Hollow!

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Person 1:'thoughts on club penguin closing down and reopening for an upgraded version? What about Toontown?'
Jesse: 'Let's hope it works! if it is successful, it will pave the way for mobile Toontown.'

Me: 'Jesse, could this also pave a way for Pixie Hollow Online to come back in mobile form?'
Jesse: 'Yes, if it succeeds!'
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I don't know about you guys, but that's pretty exciting to me! Thoughts?

Alexa Diamondflower 02-04-2017 10:46 AM

That is really great!!!!

PixieHollowForever 02-04-2017 02:00 PM

I don't really care aboud CPI, but if playing it means Pixie Hollow will come back, I will play it for as long as it takes.

popcorn1234 02-04-2017 06:48 PM

For those curious about what Club Penguin Island is and it's reception (it's been in a "closed beta" phase for a month-ish, with certain chosen players from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada were allowed to play before the official release), here's some videos:




For me, I'm not that big of a Club Penguin player, but I'll still try out CPI for fun. Might as well, right? Hopefully CPI has a payment system that is able to work better than past payment systems used, so that CPI can prove it can make a profit... I think that if that condition is met, attention can start turning towards bringing (back) other MMOs to mobile.

marigoldsunjewel 02-16-2017 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Neverbelle (Post 313430)
I have no idea what this new game will be like, but according to Jesse Schell if Club Penguin Island is successful it could pave the way for a mobile version of Toontown and maybe even Pixie Hollow!

I don't know about you guys, but that's pretty exciting to me! Thoughts?

Neverbelle - Who is Jesse Schell? Does he work for Disney? I'm just wondering how credible his opinions are before I post about this information on my PH blog...

If what he says is true, I would be ecstatic! :Excited:

popcorn1234 02-16-2017 05:08 PM

Hi Marigold!
Jesse Schell is a game designer and programmer who worked at Disney for a long time. After working with them on designing Disney's Toontown, he formed his own game company, but continued to work with Disney and help develop some of their other games, including Pixie Hollow. (Here's his bio from his company's website, Schell Games.)
He's also a super friendly guy and likes to interact with fans. Other than having answered Neverbelle's PH-related questions on Twitter multiple times, he's also done Toontown Q & A's for Toontown Rewritten.
So, to answer your question: he does not work for Disney, but he worked with Disney to help develop Pixie Hollow and continues to work with Disney to this day (in his Toontown Q&As, he's mentioned how he's kept in contact with Disney and continued to bounce around the idea of bringing back Toontown.) I think it's important to mention that he has never made any guarantees as to whether Toontown or Pixie Hollow is going to come back--you can even see in his most recent tweets with Neverbelle that he qualifies his statements with "if it succeeds." He doesn't make any promises, so I think that if you want to mention him in your blog, it would be kinda important to mention how, even though he talks with Disney, there are no confirmations of anything--just hope.
I hope that makes sense!

marigoldsunjewel 02-16-2017 09:25 PM

That makes total sense - Thanks so much for clarifying, Popcorn! :heart:

I can't believe I hadn't heard of Jesse before...It's exciting that he's so friendly and willing to answer questions from PH fans :Excited:

Daisybelle 02-16-2017 10:03 PM

To be honest, I wouldn't have even discovered Pixie Hollow if it was on mobile. :o With a screen, storage capacity, and processor so small, I think it would be more limiting for a virtual world. I am not saying it's not possible, though!
A virtual world once known as Tinierme has been successfully converted into a mobile app (CocoPPA play). It is no longer a virtual world, but it is an addicting questing game in which you collect items to trade in for gorgeous clothing and background items to customize your avatar.

But still, even though there is a limit to a virtual world it would still be great if there is a well developed Pixie Hollow mobile app, with fun quests.

Neverbelle 02-17-2017 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by marigoldsunjewel (Post 313553)
That makes total sense - Thanks so much for clarifying, Popcorn! :heart:

She explained it better than I could have. :Laughing::Wink:

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Originally Posted by marigoldsunjewel (Post 313553)

I can't believe I hadn't heard of Jesse before...It's exciting that he's so friendly and willing to answer questions from PH fans :Excited:

I agree! I'm grateful someone with at least some knowledge on the subject of Pixie Hollow is willing to communicate with us. He seems like a really nice guy.

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Originally Posted by Daisybelle (Post 313554)

But still, even though there is a limit to a virtual world it would still be great if there is a well developed Pixie Hollow mobile app, with fun quests.

I agree. Heck, I'd be happy to just be able to play the mini-games again with my fairy. Bubble Bounce, Snowy Lullaby, Baking with Dulcie.... I'm dreaming again. :Innocent:

popcorn1234 02-17-2017 02:42 PM

I'm glad my explanation made sense! :Happy:
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Originally Posted by Neverbelle (Post 313565)
I agree. Heck, I'd be happy to just be able to play the mini-games again with my fairy. Bubble Bounce, Snowy Lullaby, Baking with Dulcie.... I'm dreaming again. :Innocent:

I had always loved the idea of being able to play the talent games again--even if it wasn't using my fairy, like with Harvest Hustle. There used to be mornings where I'd just wake up and think, "gosh, I wish I could play Pinecone Pop right now." If there was ever a time where we could access those talent games again...

Onionleaf 02-26-2017 08:02 AM

I do hope that whatever Disney Interactive releases now and in years to come will bring positive results, as it seems this department is rather.. underdeveloped, especially after closing so many online games. :Confused: I agree Daisybelle, when you think about it, it's quite constraining to develop an online world meant for mobile phones, isn't it? But I suppose if market research concludes that only mobile games are earning the required profits :Chest: then what else can be done?
Here's hoping that the Disney tech team will always be thinking outside the box and utilising their resources & creative juices to the fullest to bring us magical gaming fun in the future. (Like Talent Games for mobiles, now that would be lovely to see!)

popcorn1234 04-13-2017 04:34 PM

Hello fairies! So I've downloaded Club Penguin Island (CPI), and put together a review of the game! It gets a little on the long side, so I've put it in a spoiler tab below.
Spoiler for Club Penguin Island - A Pixie's Review:
So where do I begin?
I’ll try to keep this review from becoming too rambly, but in a nutshell, I really like this game. The graphics and animations are spectacular, there are all these little locations in each area that are so small but add life to the game (like the mini kitchen in the boardwalk, or the challenge of climbing up the waterfall and cruising down the lazy river in the cove). The quests are amazing and super fun (they’re voice acted and everything!!) and the clothing creator is great too!! So clearly, I’m biased towards this app. (A small nitpick I have is that their latest update 1.2 was just released yesterday (4/12/17) and has a good sprinkling of weird bugs here and there—most likely within the next few days the major kinks will be worked out in a patch.)

CPI does have its downsides. The biggest (and most obvious) problem is the membership vs nonmember gap. As we know, Disney has a history of putting quite a gap between paying and non-paying players of their (past) games, giving nonmembers hardly anything to do other than walk around and talk to other people. CPI does this as well, but you know that things are different when the “free” items you were given from preregistering your penguin on CP, or given as part of your welcome kit (things like clothes, jackhammers, and other items) were locked from your use without a membership… (This isn’t mentioning the smallest items that are now members only.) For instance, CPI has these cool ziplines that can get you from one side of an area to another quickly. Guess who can’t even use that.)
I think Disney is changing membership strategies for CPI. Make everything worthwhile—everything—require a membership, and then make that membership cost $5-6 dollars a month. (I say $5-6 because I think the fact that I have two CPI accounts on one iTunes account is altering prices for me, but I could be wrong.) Disney Interactive is still making $60-72 per yearly-paying player, which is still a lot. But isn’t that less than what Pixie Hollow had as yearly memberships?

So membership gaps are a big downside to CPI, but it’s also important to consider that CPI isn’t Club Penguin. It references it, sure, and tries to be its successor in spirit. But it’s clearly different in significant ways, the member/nonmember gap being one of the differences. Whenever I log on and am placed into a busy server, there’s usually multiple fans talking about how this isn’t their Club Penguin, and I agree—it’s not.

Oddly enough, I think that’s part of the reason why I like CPI so much. (Just hear me out here.) I did play Club Penguin, and according to my penguin’s age on the day of the shutdown, I’d been playing for over 6 years. That being said, I didn’t play often, and I wasn’t super attached to it either. I largely came back for the events and quests I could participate in as a nonmember, and when Pixie Hollow closed, I came back largely to try and fill in my suddenly free spare time. Now that Club Penguin is closed, I don’t miss it. I can see where the fans of CP are coming from when they say that this isn’t their home, relating that to what I experienced with Pixie Hollow, but I don’t miss CP. Another big reason why I like this game is because I am willing to pay the membership fee—at least for now—to enjoy everything the game offers (which is still a lot for having launched two weeks ago). Both of those things combined makes me personally enjoy the game.

So, at the end of the day, I really like this game. It’s fun for me, and something I like spending my free time on. But if you deeply cared about CP and don’t want to see it changed significantly, or are unable to pay the monthly membership fee, CPI will probably be a poor experience for you.
And there’s my review! A little rambly, I will admit (apparently over 600 words, wow) so... thanks if you read all the way down here!

I also found this cool article that talks about why Club Penguin needed to be converted to mobile, based upon information given from Disney's VP of "Kids and Casual Games". I haven't ready it through fully, but it looks interesting.
Here's the link if you want to give it a read-through!

Onionleaf 04-16-2017 01:19 AM

Thanks for the review Eve, it was well written. :great: The article was interesting to read as well as it outlined the reasoning behind revamping Club Penguin. It looks like their target audience is the younger generation of mobile gamers whose parents are willing to pay the $4.99 a month for the experience. Those who don't fall under that definition will just have to find a different MMO to play. :rolleyes:

vidia3886 04-19-2017 01:40 PM

Oh, man. I'm not a fan of Club Penguin (it's not truly Disney, imho), but if it does succeed, Pixie Hollow might come back, and that would be awesome! Even if it's just the mini games, it's still something! :)

PixieHollowForever 05-17-2017 11:42 PM

Wasn't CP on an island though?


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