{"id":12648,"date":"2014-11-03T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12648"},"modified":"2014-10-24T11:33:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T11:33:59","slug":"poptropica-forgotten-islands-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/03\/poptropica-forgotten-islands-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Poptropica: Forgotten Islands (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"POPTROP_BOX\"<\/a>Poptropica is a popular online game for kids, and the author who wrote the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books helped make Poptropica, so that\u2019s kind of interesting. I\u2019m not a fan of either, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s something kids would like.\u00a0 Now you can have the fun of Poptropica on the 3DS with Poptropica: Forgotten Islands.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of a follow-up to Poptropica: Adventures on the DS<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 In the new game, explore small islands and help out villagers and collect mysterious ancient artifacts in this 2-D platforming adventure.<\/p>\n

When you start, you\u2019ll first create and name your character. You can design their hair color and style, skin tone, eyes, and more!\u00a0 Only problem is this part is kind of hard to figure out at first.\u00a0 They don\u2019t give you very good instructions on what buttons to push and whatnot.\u00a0 After you\u2019ve made your character, you\u2019ll control a yellow blimp around a map filled with small islands.\u00a0 Fly near one and land to explore it.<\/p>\n

Each island is a 2-D platforming level. Usually you\u2019ll find someone to talk to who will give you a fetch quest.\u00a0 Then you\u2019ll scour the island looking for the items they need.\u00a0 You might even have to play a touch screen mini-game every now and then.\u00a0 When you are done, the islander will give you coins, passage to another island, or maybe even one of the six ancient artifacts you\u2019re going after!\u00a0 Icons on the map make most of the goals and objectives fairly clear.<\/p>\n

Back on the blimp, you can use the coins you earned and found to buy new outfits to dress your character in. When you collect enough artifacts, your blimp will receive upgrades, too.\u00a0 On the map, winds, rocks, and other obstacles block your path, and the upgrades help you bypass those roadblocks.<\/p>\n

Play control is a bit floaty, but this kind of game really doesn\u2019t need precise controls. Because the islands and level designs all look the same, I can\u2019t imagine too many people holding interest in this game for very long.\u00a0 But it\u2019ll probably entertain kids and anyone who likes relaxing platformers, and also fans of the Poptropica online game.<\/p>\n

\"POPTROP_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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There is nothing violent here, and since you can\u2019t die or lose, players shouldn\u2019t get too frustrated. Reading skill is a must, though, because of all the text.\u00a0 If your child wants to play Poptropica online, and you want to limit their PC time, this game may be a good compromise.\u00a0 Poptropica: Forgotten Islands is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poptropica is a popular online game for kids, and the author who wrote the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books helped make Poptropica, so that\u2019s kind of interesting. I\u2019m not a fan of either, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s something kids would like.\u00a0 Now you can have the fun of Poptropica on the 3DS with Poptropica: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12651,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12648\/revisions\/12651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}