Cool news today! According to my super secret spy sources (cough), the following Poptropica Islands are going to be upgraded to the bigger screen and sound sometime in the future (roughly ordered with the most likely one first):
Truthfully, these are just islands that are planned to be upgraded, but the first 8 have been partially uploaded to Poptropica! They're not playable yet but at least the scenes, sound and music are all there. Items and other important parts seem to be missing though, except for the the first 4, which look nearly done. So it's really only a matter of time. We'll be eagerly waiting on the Creators until then!
- Spy
- Shrink Ray
- Back Lot
- Skullduggery
- Mystery Train
- Vampire's Curse
- Super Power
- Night Watch
- Super Villain and/or Zomberry (maybe)
Truthfully, these are just islands that are planned to be upgraded, but the first 8 have been partially uploaded to Poptropica! They're not playable yet but at least the scenes, sound and music are all there. Items and other important parts seem to be missing though, except for the the first 4, which look nearly done. So it's really only a matter of time. We'll be eagerly waiting on the Creators until then!
Oh, and remember those extra-wide ad spaces on the edges of some islands' Main Streets that I made a big fuss about? They are extra-wide because the new islands have a wider screen and now Poptropica is only going to design ads for the bigger screen, so for older islands to be able to show the same ads there will have to be even larger ad spaces on them. But notice, the only island you can see them on are some of the islands in the list above. Which means that those islands are the closest to being upgraded! Makes sense?
The upgraded classics, and even the modern islands, haven't had their own upgraded common rooms. Even though the island has a big screen and sound, the common rooms still use the old Poptropica. But that might be about to change. Looking at the files for the islands above, the common rooms have already been upgraded! Check out the difference in these two images:
 Classic |  Upgraded (predicted) |
The second screenshot has already been uploaded to Poptropica. Soon, maybe all of Spy Island will follow! The theme music for Spy Island was also uncovered a while back; here's the link: http://static.poptropica.com/game/sound/music/Spy_Main_Theme.mp3
Don't click on it, paste it directly into your browser's URL bar; for some reason it won't work otherwise.
Don't click on it, paste it directly into your browser's URL bar; for some reason it won't work otherwise.
Speaking of which, have any of you checked out the new Tribes of Poptropica page? It's got details on all of the 8 Poptropica tribes, plus high-res zoomed-out screenshots of all the tribal common rooms, and much more. There's more coming soon, but you can check it out now.
