November 11, 2015
Dear Webkinz Fans,
Two years ago we came up with an idea. An idea to make some big changes to Webkinz.com to prepare it for its second decade of online fun. That idea was affectionately known as Webkinz X. Our goal was to give your pets more life and more importance in your day-to-day Webkinz play, and furthermore, reward you for being a great caregiver to your family of pets.
After two years of hard work by the Webkinz team, including many long nights and weekends, Webkinz X has arrived.
What you will see is just the beginning. Over the next few months we will be dramatically increasing the ways to increase your Family Score, and teach your pets new requests so that you have more ways to care for them. It’s going to be a lot of fun for everyone, whether you’re a collector, a gamer, or just like playing in the room.
This first release of Webkinz X does have some issues. We have not made a release this large since… well since we first launched the game 10 years ago. Included in this release is a completely rewritten My Room. This new Room has built from the ground up to give us the ability to add new, exciting features to the Room, many of which you’ve been asking about for a long time.
As part of this rewrite, all 17,000+ items in Webkinz World had to be reworked for the new Room. While we got most of these items to work, some are not 100% perfect yet. Some items are not animating properly and other are missing their images. We know that these will be of concern to you, so we have a team dedicated to making these items right, and we will be making regular updates (every few days) until every item is done.
Please use the links below to see which items are not working properly. These pages will be kept updated with the latest information, so check them regularly. Additionally, some popular features are currently disabled (Pet Actions) or changed (Gardening) as we continue to make improvements to our new Room. All of these features will be returning to how you know and love them. Thank you for your patience as we make these important and exciting changes to Webkinz World. The future has arrived!
Cheers,
The whole team at Webkinz World.
CLICK HERE to see a list of Fixed Items
CLICK HERE to see a list of Incomplete Items
CLICK HERE to see a list of Missing Items
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oh wow that does not sound to good but thank you for informing Us I will be aware of the glitches so thanks webkinz team!
Really excited for webkinz X but at the same time I’m not. I really like webkinz how it is but sometimes change is good. It’s just going to take a long time to get used to. :/
Uuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrgh. Alright, it’s decided, I hate Webkinz X.
I agree. It feels more like work than a game now, and there is very little payoff because the rate at which the pets’ health levels decrease and they start making new demands is extremely hard to keep up with. I guess this is the final good-bye…
Thanks for putting this up! I imagine it would take a lot of time and work to do something this big. Thanks Ganz! :) ~*JaneOfAllTrades*~
Your list of incomplete and missing items is huge. I know it was a job to rewrite them all, but wouldn’t it have been better to wait until the list of incomplete and missing items were smaller? I have a feeling my house is going to be full of empty boxes and I won’t know what was there.
Wow. I loved reading that. hehe, I’m judging this article like a story, but it really is one! I love the emotion and that you are finally reaching the goal you’ve all been waiting for. I am just so happy about Webkinz X.. This is all just so great. :’] I’m sooo happpyyy.
Woah! Two whole years! Ganz, you are so dedicated! And thanks for the notice! I totally understand.
Oh phew, my Webkinz 10 room will be okay for now! So will the rest of my rooms, I don’t have many fancy-estore type items except from the Gift Boxes, and I saw some of those weren’t on there but I just wanted to say thank you to all the staff at Ganz, you guys are very hard-working people, and are AMAZING at your job! When I was about five my best friend gave me my first Webkinz (Well…Lil’ Kinz xD) and she was my favorite stuffed animal ever, and to this day I have adopted over ninety, NOT even including my virtual-only pets!!! I’m thirteen now, and Webkinz has helped me through some really hard times. I think the Webkinz X changes are amazing, and to everyone who is mad at Ganz for changing it, here’s something you should know! When I was VERY little and Webkinz started, all my friends thought it was stupid and would never make it. But, here we are today and it’s one of the most popular online worlds, so let’s just give WX a try. Thanks again to the AMAZING staff at WW and Ganz, with love, *DazzlaFashion*
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Thanks for doing this Ganz! Thank you for working so hard! All of us that play Webkinz appriciate it!