It’s already been a busy year with the 10th anniversary of Webkinz World, but we’ve only just begun! This summer we will be debuting “Webkinz X”, the next step in the continuing evolution of Webkinz!
Webkinz X will be a huge leap forward in the look and feel of the game, keeping everything you love, but adding some new and exciting elements!
Here’s the second sneak peek look at one of the NEW important elements that will be a part of the NEW Webkinz!
Stay tuned to Webkinz Newz for more sneak peek reveals of Webkinz X! Expanding your family of pets is going to be “Xtra” rewarding!
Want to see our first sneak peak for Webkinz X? Click here.
What secrets do YOU think Project X has in store for players? Let us know in the comments below!
Graphics looks like Webkinz Friends..hope its a leap forward and not backwards. Off to play with my new deluxe laptop and its funky 70′s rabbit ear antennas!??! LOL.
The sound effects pop up as messages you have to read, and the graphics are black and white. :P
BLACK AND WHITE? SOUND EFFECTS? I never thought of that. Sometimes when I try to log in to webkinz world, sometimes it will say server error and there will be a yawn noise :I FREAKY!!!!
Does that happen when you click on the BEGIN PLAYING button once, and then nothing happens, and then you click on the BEGIN PLAYING button very fast many times and then it finally logs you in and it says server error and there will be a yawn noise. (By the way, it is FREAKY!!!!!!) And not only does it say server error and make a yawn noise, but if you are deluxe membership like I am, says the regular WEBKINZ sign in the top right hand side corner insted of the WEBKINZ DELUXE sign ~Julia~
I’m really not liking the sound of this “New Webkinz,” and to be quite honest the new little map design picture really doesn’t appeal to me at all, or the pokeball thingy. I guess I shouldn’t judge it though until I know all the details . . . I’m just worried that when I do know all the details, it’ll send me packing from webkinz :(
hmmm this doesn’t look like anything on webkinz ive ever seen.. it looks like more buttons to press? maybe they r adding something where u just click on it and u can go to the place instantly? (ex the house is to go to ur house and the $ is to go to the w shop?? ) just an idea
I think it is with mobile too, but I have it so I’m happy:)
I hope it’s something with Mobile and not with the website…. the website is fine and I don’t like the way that picture looks…
Uhhhhhhhh………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. It looks like a video game. I guess I should wait on logging on Lyle, Jim, and Kachine.
Haha yeah :D I hope there not making a GPS!!! I can find my way around Kinzville already! ;D That would be so funny though! Them making a GPS…. Hehehehehehehehhe…….. C:
I’m hoping it’ll be something we can use KC+ in. If it is like a GPS, mayeb they’re adding more places in Kinzville. Or maybe a place like Kinz City or something, where it’s more like a city than a town. That might be cool. Maybe.
Maybe its a Kc+ and The red dots tell you where your friends are??
I know! I’m like, should I add my new pets or not????
Same, I just got 4 NEW PETS then I saw this. *sighs* ~Hug a Pug~
I always wait on logging on my pets, anyway. I still have five unused codes. I like to extend my membership pretty far, although I usually don’t wait a year to log on my newest Webkinz. :P A few months at least, though.
It probably has something to do with Mobile AGAIN to make it “Better.”
if it’s mobile, i hope they’ll add a bunch of new things u can do, esp taking care of our crops! when i was in florida, all my crops died.
I don’t X-actly know what this is for, but it looks cool! :D
Well, now that they said that they will keep everything we love, it’s ok.
You’re probably right it might be for Mobile.
I don’t know. I think it’s for webkinz and maybe the mobile app too.
I must agree with you there.
Yeah, I was kind of excited at first but now I’m a bit worried. Change can be good but I don’t want Webkinz to be TOTALLY different. I guess we’ll have to wait and see!
What does it mean by ” expanding your family” is going to be extra rewarding?
Maybe we’ll get to see all of our pets on our maps, & maybe in other places in Webkinz World too. Or, maybe they’re going to give new, exciting adoption gifts.
hey! maybe “expanding your family” means our pets will be able to play together! that would be cool!
like zums!
maybe, but maybe it also clashes wiht online too! It now looks like a scavenger hunt sort of
Exactly what I was going to say, webkinzrockz131.
PLEASE PLEASE DON’T MESS WITH THE SERVER !!! I can’t get UNITY TO WORK and haven’t played HAMSTERS since you changed things !! PLEASE DON’T MESS WITH THE SERVER or IF you do make a SIMPLE EASY CHANGE FIX !! PLEASE !!
oh, totally, 1954tiny0112! i bought a hamster a long time ago and it took six months for them to figure out why it couldn’t be added to my account in webkinz world and i never have been able to use it in Amazing World or in the hamsters thing in webkinz. NOT UNITY! they suck! (i’m a chrome user.)
Probably.
That could be correct. Maybe this image could be a new homepage for when you log into Webkinz. Or a different things to do menu? Ganz, hurry up and reveal the actual thing already! I’m getting to anxious here!
Tru dat
I see why you would think that, but I feel that since they’re making such a big deal out of it, it must be for all players (I hope).
probably.
Your probably right!
It definitely has something to do with mobile, but if it doesn’t i think that this would be too big of a change for me to handle.
oh i its no a huge leap by changing everything about webkinz and making it cartoony or 3d like amazing world oh and i hope you don’t take webkinz world away from google chrome because that’s the only way i can play webkinz and i will be really really really really mad and upset i also really upset that i can play amazing world anymore :(
Maybe, IDK, but I hope Webkinz X won’t change Webkinz too much. I love the Webkinz just the way it is.
Ya
I sure hope not. (To be honest, it sounds like Pokemon X and Y, with all this “evolution” talk… I’m sure it’s just because “X” comes after “W”, though.) This looks cool, Ganz, so don’t let us down! ~ spottytal
I think it’s called webkinz “x” because in math “x” is usually the missing number you are trying to find. So Wbkinz is calling this x because it’s a secret and we are all trying to guess and find out what will happen.
I wondered if they called it “X” because that is 10 in Roman Numerals.
OMG since it’s 10 in roman numerals, then it’s referring to the tenth Webkinz anniversary! Oooooh!
To me, it looks like a video game
Well, actully no, it looks like PokEmon..
It is a video game LOL
Webkinz technically IS a video game. :P
u know i would like it if it was just for mobil caus ei really like wenkinz the way it is so yeah
It does look like the Webkinz Mobile App, maybe they’re changing the website to match it?
Hope everyone can play. It looks exciting and looking forward to seeing how it works.
It probably does look like it’s from mobile. As long as this is from mobile and doesn’t affect the PC gameplay I’d be fine, but I agree that they’re taking too much time on mobile when most of us still love the computer gameplay better.
hopefully mobile… I really hope this doesn’t change anything… unnecessary… this sneak peek does look really cool though!
I do have to say though this sneak peek makes me feel more confident. Please Ganz, don’t change too much, If you do you will lose your current players and gain new ones who didn’t know what webkinz was like before.
I hope this doesn’t mean that it will show the locations of other Webkinz players. That potentially does not seem safe – or wise :/
Please be assured that that will never be a feature on Webkinz. It would violate our child safety policy.
Thank you so much for confirming this, Gennelle! *hugs*
Oh, that’s how you spell Gennelle. G-E-N-N-E-L-L-E. ~Julia~
i know!:l
I don’t think they’re going to make the mobile app any more prominent in the gameplay than it already is, since it’s relatively early in its development. Looking at this hint, it looks like the dock is going to be changed, since I can see the icons for “My Room” and the Arcade. Maybe it’s just a visual overhaul, then?
I wish they could add more offline features on webkinz mobile..hoping webkinz x really will be x-citing.
It would be nice if they made mobile with more capability. I’d love to be able to do hourlies when I am out somewhere, instead of missing them. But honestly, overall, this entire thing is just terrifying. Sorry, but before ganz threatens us with what looks like huge changes in graphics and who knows what else, it’d be nice if some of the stuff we’ve begged for, and begged for them to fix, could be taken care of before there is a whole new slew of stuff to go buggy, too.
Nuh uh. Its probably has to do with the computer game NOT the Mobile. I think it looks exciting and people that are worried, please don’t worry anymore! It will the best thing ever happen to Webkinz and IF it isn’t good, we will play still! Right? To me it looks like we will have no Things To Do page. Which I wouldn’t mind! ;) -k19r
You’re probably right, or at least close. It does look like something mobile.
sure looks that way
It looks to me like those who have Xbox will be able to play Webkinz on there too? Otherwise Webkinz X sounds like the X-Games or extreme sports/ competitions.. out with the secret :P! No matter what it is, I’m sure it will be tons of fun! C:
@webkinzrockz131: I hope you’re right in saying Webkinz X has something to do with Webkinz Mobile. The article says Webkinz X will be a “huge leap forward in the look and feel of the game”, but honestly, the above graphic reminds me of the look and feel of games in the earlier years of the online gaming phenomenon, and that scares me. Besides, I think Webkinz is near perfect the way it is now, other than maybe the few limitations placed on games and places because of Deluxe Memberships! However, I would be glad to see something more done with Webkinz Mobile, so I’m crossing my fingers that Webkinz X will be centered around such.
I think it does have to do something with mobile but if that will change the things to do menu completely I will be very mad. Even if it is a click of a button rather than two, I will miss that menu. It went through lots of changes but I’ve always loved it. It was one of the greatest tools in webkinz. If it retires I’m considering that retiring a host.
I am not 100% sure but it might be the same as the Webkinz Friends menu. I have only see Webkinz Friends a few times. I just hope this affects the mobile and not replaces the things to do menu. It was my favorite character.
Yeah, mobile is totally fine the way it is. But I do wish that it would have more games and the Curio Shop. But it also looks like they’re doing something with the Map of Kinzville too in the picture. Or the Adventure Park. It looks like a GPS to me too. It looks really complicated. I wish Ganz would stop “improving” Webkinz World. I hated it when they mushed together the estore and wshop. It makes it hard to find what I’m looking for.
I’m not sure this is any thing to do with mobile. Looks like they’re revamping the website which I’m not really excited about…
yeah webkinzrockz131, you are probably right. it looks like there is almost like a GPS on it too.
Looks awesome! Also, I am so happy the Timber Wolf won the Best Webkinz Ever pet contest! For everyone who wanted a regular Webkinz to win, just think that all Webkinz are great! #AllWebkinzAreTheBest!
I don’t know what it is going to be, but so far the art work has been annoying/hurting my eyes. I don’t think that is healthy. The pictures are very pixilated, blurred and not crip sharp. The current is not hard on the eyes and nice and crisp smooth. If wkz can fix the pixilated eye hurt problem the new icons look ok.
I hope it is mobile. Mobile needs more Webkinz style, it is pretty basic right now. The map looks like a popular map people use on their phones…and I guess the red dots show where the other icons will be. We will have to wait for another sneak peak to get more information.
I agree with you webkinzrockz131 ~rudyxv~
It definitely feels like they might be going into possibly a 3D aspect. Maybe like walking around places? I doubt it’s be like club penguin but maybe a little similar? I never really liked change which is why I left club penguin when they had parties every single month.
Hmm… it looks like you’re on to something with the whole “walking around” aspect. The map looks like some sort of GPS device. I remember playing Amazing World very briefly a while ago and this sort of reminds me of that.
Oh, yeah, it does look like that. I’ve always wanted Webkinz to be more like an interconnected neighborhood instead of a series of mini games (which is why I like how we can make our own map), so I’m intrigued by that idea!
Yeah, it kind of does look like that. Maybe they’re taking Webkinz to the neXt level by making us able to interact with our surroundings, rather than just watch things happen! Maybe we’ll be able to actually GO INTO buildings, and interact with the hosts! Sounds interesting…..
Aw, cool, like an RPG or something! I wouldn’t want Webkinz to turn into an RPG, mind you, but a spin-off RPG thing that you could buy would be cool, with Nafaria as the villain or something. I dunno, I just like video games. :P
artmagician that’s a very intriguing concept
Yeah, maybe instead of it being like it is now (2D) It could be 3D where you could be the pet you’re playing as. IDK :P
Like Mazin’ Hamsters?
Okay, I’m not too sure I’m liking this whole “webkinz X” thing…I don’t want webkinz to change! How can you keep “everything you love” while changing “the look and feel of the game”? It doesn’t make sense…
I agree. I’m really kinda dreading this update…
Yeah, I’m also dreading this update. I REALLY wish this was an optional thing, I think the graphics are unique, I like how it is now. Oh, and you also NOT “keep everything you love” while changing “the look and feel of the game.” I LIKE the feel of the game now! That’s what I like about it!
I agree with you, wilkens5, doodlebug72898, and Chachels. I wish this was optional, and it seems like a paradox the way it’s explained. I’ve seen enough changes over the years, most of which I haven’t liked the most, and I don’t want another negative change. (I could be wrong. This could be a positive change, but with the other changes over the years, I’m not so sure.) One big thing I’ve noticed is that Ganz is way more money-focused than they used to be… I hope this isn’t part of that too.
YES!
They’ll keep all the features, they might just look different and there may be a different way to get there. I’m thinking this is mainly a graphics change. Why is everyone so negative about this update??
I don’t know jellydonut… I really can’t judge until it’s released. Everyone’s so negative :/
i agree too. but they haven’t showed us everything yet. it’s making it look like a real video game. like pac man.
Maybe it’s something to replace the things to do menu, because it kind of looks like something so you can go places, like your house, the arcade, the map, and perhaps the W-shop. That’s what I think, I can’t wait to find out what it is! ~Horsegirl~
Maybe is a map of a treasure where we’ll find new items and surprises or…..IDK. But it looks nice and I’m sure this can’t change all we love at Webkinz.
It does look kind of like a map with a GPS feature.
OH NO. I used to play on a different website- It got remodeled. Their new remodel is HORRIBLE. Anyways, I don’t like things to change. SIGH. I’m gonna miss the old webkinz.
Me to :(
I like webkinz how it is. I don’t like the idea of webkinz changing. It’s fine how it is in my opinion.
Well, Webkinz has changed a lot since it first started in 2005 and not all of us had liked the changes either, but we all learn to deal with it eventually. After all, nothing (including games) can improve if there is no change.
ComicSans, this is a BIG change. Webkinz has never had this big of a change. They’re basically making a WHOLE NEW WEBSITE! I appreciate your kindness to calm everyone down, but I just think Ganz isn’t making a very good change. Hey, I have an idea! EVERYBODY LOOK AT THIS! Maybe we should have a vote for who wants to keep Webkinz the way it is and for who wants Webkinz X. Then it would be fair. Anyways, if Webkinz X wins, I will leave Webkinz- and if I do that, I WILL BE WEBSITELESS! P.S. ( I have no idea what “websiteless” means). -Iheartdogs28
How can anyone vote against something they haven’t even seen??? WW IS going to change, that’s for certain. Somebody put a lot of hard work into WebKinz X, already, long before it was announced. I still have hope that GANZ knows what they’re doing and that the X will be delightful, maybe take less time for each next step to load, new stuff to do and see — that kind of thing — without messing up the World we love.
I agree with Iheartdogs28, I love the current Webkinz World and I dont want it to change anymore that it already has. I was annoyed when they started to make more things Deluxe members only, and now THIS? Plus they said “expanding your family of pets”…. Does that mean that there will be virtual pets maybe that you could buy with KINZCASH? Hopefully, if so, they would be available for ALL players! I know for a fact that Deluxe membership is here to stay, because I doubt that Ganz would really want to take the time to refund EVERY person that had bought membership. -_- I really just hope that this new “Webkinz X” is as revolutionary as they describe it in the Sneak Peek…. ~ziggyszion :D
well, there’s certainly a lot of anxiety about this change! everybody’s worried about what’s going to happen to our favorite place. i hope the folks at Ganz know how much Kinzville means to all of us.
Wow you hit the pulse fancielle!! A LOT OF ANXIETY, yes that is it! Also, the person who said they wish someone were reading our comments. Actually, I think they are b/c my comments often don’t make it onto the board and I try to be very civil in what I have to say. I just hope they do not make it 3-D or I will not be able to play, as 3-D makes me feel sick and my 600+ pets will be left orphans! My guess, btw, is that it is going to have something to do with being able to play it on something like X-box, e.g.??? Anyway, good luck to us all–Webkinz love & peace out. k.
Mee too, Kaye10!!!! 3D makes me very sick. If I couldn’t play WebKinz, that would be CATASTROPHIC, APOCOLYPTIC and viscerally TRAUMATIZING for me!!!! Plus, it would be bad, too. We’re a lot alike! I joined in 2010 and have 700+ pets — all on the same original account!!! It would be fun if we could be friends!!! I am the same user name both places — friend me if you want!!!
*Sigh* I agree. =(
Webkinz has changed a lot since I joined in 2007. Every time I have to get used to the new changes. After some time webkinz x will be as familiar to us the old webkinz.
webkinz x sounds so…bad :(. If we go like this to far,there could be webkinz xi,xil,xiil,ect. NO ONE WILL REMEMBER WEBKINZ AND HOW FUN IT IS!!!!! WEBKINZ,DON”T GO FOR IT!!!!
i knew the old webkinz, the map was pre made and dicekinz was more available! now webkinz is doing another horrible remodel! grrr…
maybe they wont change maybe their just going to change webkinz app cause that what it looks like. don’t worry
I am not a fan of drastic changes either. *One nervous Webkinz fan* Paulaskins
stay calm everybody it will be all right.
me too I really hope they don’t change webkinz, I love it just the way it is.
Me three, CAN”T YOU JUST LEAVE THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE!!
i was just looking at the contest for the virtual billy goat and i’ve been wondering why they’re showing a photo of the plush pet . . . do y’all suppose our virtual pets will look like the plush pets in webkinz x? is that what this is about? hmmm . . . .
I hope not!
i wish somebody at Ganz was actually reading our comments on the suggestion forum! there are loads of great ideas out there and we never get any feedback. Gennelle, i know ur busy, but . . . maybe you could delegate it to someone? thx! (idk what webkinz x is, but it would be better if it incorporated some of our better ideas.)
I so agree with you, Wycklyn, though I know they read them because they are moderated. It’s just that we aren’t always listened to! ~Hug a Pug~
I agree that is a great idea
It could be a map of Kinzville where we go to visit the places we already love to go- I’m wondering if it’ll be more like Adventure Park but we’d go from the arcade to the curio shop to the kinzstyle outlet, etc. (I don’t understand the game controller though- do some of you play with controllers?)
MAYBE it’ll be Kinzville!!!!!! Not just a map of Kinzville, but a virtual town where we can actually walk on the city streets and actually GO to the park, or visit Arte’s Curio Shoppe by leaving our house, go down the street, take a left, and walk into the Shoppe. Wouldn’t that be cool??? Maybe it can be more interactive, say Hi to people on the street and stuff like that. I’ve been wishing for something like that since joining in 2010! Wouldn’t it be nice if we could go outdoors and stroll around the town like our little animals look like they’re doing on the Kinzville map? I’m wishing. I’m wishing. I’m wishing!
Hey!!! That IS a cool idea. I like your thinking RornDoone!
I believe you are correct in your thinking, WebkinzLover2015:) Webkinz Clever Team does seem to be ready to launch something that’s even more amazing and exciting! Count me in for Buried Treasure, wow wee!! We’ll know soon…
I can’t wait to find out what this is, too, Horsegirl! It sounds exciting.
If it has something to do with mobile I am not playing webkinz
I am mighty golden retriever Thor
I have an Emerald Lab named Loki.
And Thor is also Peppy’s Signature African Wild Dog, and Loki’s also Peppy’s… Signature Clouded Leopard, I think…..
I have a Signature Black Bear, Licorice! She’s so cute!
I don’t really think change is necessary but if it is for mobile I can accept that! But if it is for Webkinz no thanks does anyone know where my9tail is? oh wait mother day vaca nevermind
But I gotta admit it is pretty cool isn’t it! I mean they have to upgrade Webkinz sooner or later ! Ahhhhh missed the school bus oh well geuss I got to take bike LOL!
honestly, i’d rather see them fix the stuff that’s broken than add new stuff. otherwise, i’d like more games and activities – for everyone.
I agree, fix only what is broken
games please don’t make it mobile I dont hve mobile!
Me neither 9tailedfox! I do not like the idea of CHANGING webkinz World!
Neither do I…
It better not be mobile I am actually looking forward to this update! 4 some reason!
Yeah, this little sneak peek doesn’t look at all appealing, in my opinion. It looks boring…but I’m still interested. Ganz, just please don’t REPLACE the nostalgia that this game has. I love Webkinz already! But I’m all for improving and adding things. :)
I hope it’s mobile, the mobile app needs change, but I don’t want it to replace the website or anything!!!! It looks to me from the picture like it has to do with the mobile app- all I can say is, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WATER MY PLANTS ON MOBILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh no :9 getting rid of things to do?> what a disappointment. Ive never really thought about it before, but that’s what makes webkinz so unique. its also really exciting when they change the look of it. This is too much though. boring. old hat. same old same old. Also, I hope they do some new stores- not replacing though, and new stadium games- like dance or gymnastics. maybe for a new building, you could design your own house and put your friends houses on your map too. make the map bigger! sry got sidetracked- for a new building, a craft store, fun center, public school, dance studio, gymnastics place, spa, and another idea- wk should allow members who have been members for, I don’t know, 10 yrs, become a special thing like “question captain” where they ask questions aout wk world and wk newz. we could click on a flag and ask the question, instead of going to a forum and asking random ones. we could ask things like how do I do… this?… I cant think of one right now. add me- purplepot
I agree purplepot1, new buildings would be cool; but my house would be a weird rhombus shape. :P I also think the kinzville academy is a public school because you don’t pay to go to the kinzville academy.
back in the old days you did. I was the only one of my friends who bothered with it.
I don’t think it will replace the things to do completely, I believe it’s a “quick menu” sort of thing, where you can just click a button and you’re at the arcade, or you house. At least I hope that’s it, I would hate to see all the other things go to waste!
YES PUBLIC SCHOOL WHERE YOU ARE TAUGHT THINGS AND GET GRADES THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
and you could interact with others while in the classroom or recess
:0 THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME! :0 Maybe there could be grade levels and tests and stuff! And maybe webkinz can become teachers!
I like your suggestions! It would be cool if that stuff did happen! I am really hoping for a deluxe day, where those who are logged in that day, they get to have deluxe membership for that day! I’m hoping for more ganz points, too! Add me! PANDAGIRLK9 P.S.; Check my page!
#this is gonna be a huge leap
No one said the were getting rid of anything. I understand you guys are a little shaken up by this whole changing thing… But you have to be willing to accept change because that’s just how the world works. And give it a chance :) after you try it then you can say whether or not you like it :) Ganz is obviously really excited about this huge leap and we should be too:)
maybe it’s some thing to the map? P.S. way is summer so far away:(
Oh no. It says it’s keeping everything you love, but the picture doesn’t look like it! It looks likes it’s going to make the computer super “laggy” and it already takes forever to load for me (literally 15 minutes for the Map of Kinzville) because I have a ton of pets and a slow computer.
I hope this means they will take stuff from Webkinz Friends and use it in regular Webkinz! It was so much fun to walk around your town and then do things to decorate your town. So man more house choices and other buildings like a barbershop and a bakery. I am looking forward to the next clue…don’t make us wait too long!
I am assuming the X is the roman numeral 10, right? I have been away for a bit and have no clue.
I NO WANT WEBKINZ 2 CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;( ;( i hav been playin since i waz 7.
Webkinz can I ask you something will we still have our old accounts on webkinz x?
Yes.