Webkinz X Revealed: Pet Requests!

 

 

Ella McWoof here! With your help, I’ve sniffed out some important information about the X-citing new project, Webkinz X!

 

In my previous Newz story, I told you all about Family Score. Before that, I told you about the Pet Care Heart and said that the fastest way to fill it was responding to Pet Requests.

 

Now, in my EXCLUSIVE SCOOP, here’s more information straight from the TOP SECRET documents!

 

 

The main goal of Webkinz X is to make your pets feel more alive and interactive, and to make them more central to the way you play. Currently, if your pet asks for something, the only reward for responding is boosting their Happiness, Hunger, or Health meters.

 

With Webkinz X, when your pet requests something, you’ll also earn a big boost to their Pet Care Heart! You’ll have to be quick though—in order to get the boost you’ll have to respond to the request within a certain amount of time. A timer will appear over your pet so you’ll be able to see how much time you have remaining.

 

 

 

 

 

What your pet requests will depend on how much you’ve played with them. The more times you fill up their heart, the smarter they will get, and soon they will start making more specific requests, along with a wider variety of requests.

 

For players that have multiple pets, once you finish filling up your active pet’s heart, another pet will let you know that they have a request. You can either switch right away to that pet and begin filling up their heart, or you can wait until you are ready to switch. That pet’s request won’t start until you switch to them. Only one pet at a time will make a request.

 

Because you can only get KinzCash and Family Score bonuses for filling up to 10 of your pet’s hearts, only a maximum of 10 pets will make requests on a given day.

 

 

Stay tuned to my column on Monday, June 22nd and I’ll reveal MORE about the exciting secret project, Webkinz X!

 

So, fellow detectives, what do YOU think about Webkinz X so far? Let me know in the comments below!

 

 

Want to know MORE? Check out our Webkinz X Newz Article Archive here.

 

208 Responses to Webkinz X Revealed: Pet Requests!

  1. silvermist03 says:

    Neat. God bless, Silvermist03

  2. keisija says:

    yay! first comment

    • AvzoraGW says:

      lol. funny how exciting being the first to comment is . . . and weird that u never know for sure. lol. hang in there, keisija. like ur name, btw.

  3. lavadragon says:

    I really still do like the old dock better :P The prizes do look pretty cool, and I do have to say that I like the bigger picture off the pet instead of the smaller sized ones, one question: people who have deluxe, *not meh :P* will there background still be like it used to, or will they not have a background? The new dock looks okay, but it will take some getting used to xD

    • Hhayes says:

      I agree lavadragon. Some people may have bought the Deluxe membership for the dock and background and now will there even be any? I personally don’t care for the new dock look they show. I am excited about the prizes but so far I would say the stuff I don’t like is more than what I do like and would not be as happy on webkinz anymore. But I’ll give it a chance and I really want to stay so I hope it turns out okay. What i don’t like is it appears webkinz will be more like zums! By telling us what they want and making sure they get it! I don’t like that about zums it’s why I NEVER see my zum anymore!

      • bullseyejingles444 says:

        I will reserve my judgements about the new dock until it is revealed, but I hope there is a search button or an easier way to find items, since it has become difficult to navigate for players with 500+ items. ☺§

      • latigers45 says:

        I agree with you Hhayes, because I don’t like the idea of my pets requesting things from me. I don’t think the game will be as fun with our pets requesting stuff from us all the time. I like the prizes from the family score however. Most of Webkinz X looks good except for this.

      • tinygma says:

        I I play the Zums because I want the items there for my room but they don’t register if the ZUMMIES score IS OVER 1000 !! I have 1156 pink I am playing there at the same time I am writing this . They in the PRIZE room show it as 115 and it says I don’ have enough :( it’s sad I hope they could someday fix stuff . My MAGIC MIRE the FINAL PRIZE is STUCK !!! It says I need the SOCCER BALL. bUT EACH TIME i DO GET THE SOCCER ball it says I already have it :( :( :( I have asked many times over the full 2 YEARS PLUS and still it’s NOT FIXED :( :( :( AND BEING deluxe hasn’t helped 1 bit .!!!

      • love2uall says:

        actually, the pet request shown (at least) is just basically saying that it’s hunger meter is a little low. doesn’t seem very demanding to me. an i hope all those tabs i see through the black rectangle on the dock are ways to sort the dock stuff. and if ur critter wants to play a game u don’t like, u can probably just play something else and the pet will be happy enough. i would think, anyway. let’s try to stay positive. Ganz wants us to have fun, after all. i think it’ll be ok.

    • PinkPiano says:

      Aww no! I just noticed the dock; it’s SO tiny :/ Haha, I already know who my smartest pets will be! (SPARKLE, Strawberry and Cubby if anyone is wondering lol). Question, if we feed our pet(s) BEFORE it asks for something, will we receive the boost in their Pet Care Heart? I’m guessing yes… And PLEASE don’t have them ask for specific foods. Have a great weekend everyone!!! God Bless! -PinkPiano (Anyone can send me a friend request on Webkinz: agsamantha)

  4. balloonfishy12 says:

    When does Webkinz X start? Also I’m thinking, from the picture I can see, that it might turn a little childish? Also will our docks change? My opinion is it looks childish.

    • Hhayes says:

      That’s what I was thinking but webkinz is a website for kids. From the picture it appears our docks will. Webkinz X starts on a day that I totally forgot when it was. I thought I knew but I guess I didn’t.

    • lavadragon says:

      hey balloonfishy12, I have no clue when it starts, but I somewhat agree with ya. It looks okay, but still it does look a bit childish, and possibly a bit too big? I am really hoping for a new way to find our items in our dock, without having to go through the whole thing to find just 1 item.

      • BH1464 says:

        That would be a huge improvement. Looking for 1 item among almost 3,000 is really frustrating, especially if you don’t know the exact name of the item you are looking for.

  5. monkeyfun15 says:

    Wow, This is so awesome!!!!

  6. xmy9tailxkinz says:

    …AWESOME

  7. NovaLuna says:

    Awesome – I was a bit wary of the new updated versions of the happiness/health/hunger meters when they were first revealed, but the more Ella tells us about them, the more I begin to look forward to them!

  8. xoingtoby says:

    I’m torn – In some ways I like the new direction, such as getting fabulous new prizes, but in other ways I don’t because I don’t want someone telling me how to play the game. I really enjoy being able to pick and choose what I want to do – now I’m going to feel like I have to do what my pet wants or I’m missing out. It’s just more directive by Ganz and I don’t care for that. But I know it won’t be changing now, so I’ll get used to it. Kind of bummer, but I do like the new prizes!

    • Hhayes says:

      I agree exactly xoingtoby! Friend me I’m Galaya on webkinz :D

    • bullseyejingles444 says:

      I know what you mean. I think the reason § decided to implement these changes is because the game started out as taking care of a pet. And I think as the game grew and more things were added, taking care of pets was no longer the focus. I do think that it is possible to play and not participate in the new changes, but maybe it will make the game more fun! ☺§

    • 1Emerald1 says:

      hi xoingtoby, emeraldlyn here, & I get what you’re saying. But we do still have the choice to play whatever way suits us. I intend to try to fill pet requests when I can, but refuse to stress out over it. The new prizes are very cool, but they didn’t exist last week & i felt just fine, as I will continue to feel whether I win them all or not. It’s just a chance at some nice extra stuff.

      • bullseyejingles444 says:

        Well said! Good advice, emeraldlyn! ☺§

        • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

          It’s interesting. I’m not sure if I like that new stuff at the bottom or not though.. I liked it when they were all connected. Now they are separate?

      • bbjbmom says:

        very good advice ,I’m stressed about it already!, and I like this game because it is stressless.

        • springshamrock7 says:

          Totally agreed 1emerald1, xoingtoby and bullseyejingles444. I also think that it will take longer switch back and forth between pets and for the players that have a 15-30 minute time limit, it will not be very beneficial.

      • xoingtoby says:

        I’ll try not to stress, but it isn’t in my nature. I’m sure I’ll worry if I don’t take care of a pet request. I just don’t like the idea of being interrupted and from the sounds of it, requests will get more specific as time goes on. I like the freedom we have now to make our own choices. I see it as a way to spend down our kinzcash which will keep us always having to earn more. I don’t know. I like most of the changes, but this one – not so much.

        • 1Emerald1 says:

          I suspect we will all be pleasantly surprised & it (pet requests) will not turn out to be a bother. Just one more way to win more cool prizes. And we still get to choose what we want to do, and when we want to do it. ;o)

  9. griffoned says:

    This sounds interesting but I hope it doesn’t get to a point where they ask for things like their favorite food because I can only memorize my first pet’s food. I also don’t want to have to buy something I already have enough of because that just defeats the purpose of the bonus kinzcash. From what I can imagine they will likely only ask for wshop foods and possibly but I doubt simple recipe foods, to go swimming, to bounce on a trampoline, to use a treadmill, maybe turn on a light, sit down, lie in bed, watch television, go for a ride in a vehicle, go down a slide, and maybe cook for them.

    • griffoned says:

      And play a game like puzzles or checkers.

      • gemrysforest says:

        Some of us don’t have the time to do all this changing around of rooms and pets, or have the technology to support it in addition to logging in for a specific purpose, and/or have sensory or other sensitivities to animations and colors (and okay, maybe to whining pets, too :p ). This sounds like a whole lot of overload waiting to happen to me, so while the prizes are awesome, I have to stand my original assertion these changes punish players. At least some players.

        • tabatha says:

          I agree I ‘m going to play when I want and what pet I want I don’t need to be told I have to do this or that with my pets I spend a lot of money for four deluxe accounts and I don’t have hours to play with pets on four accounts. I do have a life outside of webkinz.

        • tiggerola says:

          I think it sounds like Webkinz will turn out to be more like a chore than recreation. I don’t want to be distracted by a pet request while doing something timed like an academy class.

          • KinzMom5 says:

            I agree completely! I get SO frustrated when time runs out while those auto-play ads are trying to load or play! :/ But the article does say that we have time to complete the request, so maybe it won’t be a problem in that way…

      • Wolfy126 says:

        I really like the new care heart systm, but I will miss the deluxe back grounds for your pet and the color changing dock.

  10. webkinzforever3520 says:

    OOOOOOOOOOH, Im a sooooo Xcited!

    • Horsegirl says:

      Wow! This is really awesome, it looks like our pets are going to behave so realistically! I don’t have any questions for the moment, I might have some later though. When will Webkinz X be released? ~Horsegirl~

      • chocolateprincess357 says:

        That sounds fun, but I hope my pets don’t start becoming to demanding and start asking for specific things like the Dr. Quack plush or chocolate milk!

        • chocolateprincess357 says:

          Oops, it should be too, not to!

          • FennecFox says:

            Yes, I hope they don’t start demanding stuff! Webkinz, will they start getting VERY spoiled or demanding?

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            No, your pet just wants to hang out with you :)

          • Fracktail says:

            I will admit that was my first thought too, especially seeing how the Zums were. I’m glad that that’s not the case! Especially since there’s more to Webkinz then just taking care of them; like, I wouldn’t want a fun game or a conversation at the clubhouse to be interrupted because my pet wants a bath, haha. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that, and I’m glad our concerns have been addressed; thanks, Gennelle!

          • ArtMagician says:

            Me too! I’m like, okay, this is a cool update, considering I DO want to take better care of my pets, but I hope it’s not like, TAKE ME TO THE PARK FIVE TIMES TODAY or something. But I’m glad it won’t be that way. I want to hang out with my pets more, too! :)

          • love2uall says:

            yeah. i do like the idea of our pets being more interactive. i think that’s a great idea. thx, Ganz!

          • whataawsomekitty says:

            yes thanks soooo much webkinz is going to be so much more fun once your pet is more interactive!

          • puffapuffle2 says:

            lol

          • love2uall says:

            are they going to request a bunch of stuff we don’t already have? or will they only request things that we don’t have to buy for them? like are we going to lose points if they want a candy bar and we don’t have any and don’t want to feed them junk?

          • pandamere says:

            Question: will our pets go bonkers and ask things like “ooh, give me a party” or “take me to play wacky 10 times today”. I only want to know will this make our webkinz bratty and spoiled? i sure hope not. If you agree reply with the hashtag #Xtrabratty?

          • Pinkroses9872002 says:

            Genelle, that’s good! Because they seem so realistic sometimes! There is just a few things I don’t like. I don’t like how everything is so far away, and that they get tired so easily. One of my pets is glitching I think. My llama Yzma is sleeping, she’s full on everything, but when I take her off the bed, her food goes to 0! And I’ve fed her a lot, and I’ve spent 200 Kinzcash on her, too! :-(

          • RornDoone says:

            Untrue. The pet asks for something every couple minutes, and if you don’t get it for them in 3 minutes, they get upset and frown. I made a sticker to put over their face, because I got tired of the bratty, pouty face real quick! I have over 700 WebKinz, and I try to keep each one current. It won’t be long til I can’t tolerate paging through 89 pictures of pouty/frowny/angry/”sad”/ upset/disappointed pets!

          • hek934 says:

            Here is a tip. Feed your pets all the way up with their sleep all the way up and keep your pets out of bed when you are off them. that way, they will be happy and we don’t have to deal with their poutie face. I’m happy to help, RornDoone.

        • ChipperChirp says:

          I really hope my pets don’t become spoiled like zums.

          • CaramelKisses33 says:

            Yeah, me too, because that would make me really sad :(

          • animelover7644 says:

            I feel like you can sit and play zums for an hour and get nowhere. I hope that is not what Webkinz turns into. But lets wait and see what else webkinz X has in store!

        • warriors2002 says:

          Exactly! That could get so tedious…but maybe more realistic? Anyway, all the changes I’m excited for, I’m still nervous…what if they’re horrible…I don’t know what to expect! :P

      • Horsegirl says:

        I guess asking when Webkinz X will be released is a question :P I meant I currently have no questions about Pet Requests :) ~Horsegirl~

        • Horsegirl says:

          I just thought of a question! What other kinds of Pet Requests will there be? If you cannot say anything, that’s ok :) I will use my imagination! Maybe they will ask you to give them a bath? Or that they’re thirsty? Or they feel like playing a game? Or they want to read a book? Or hang out in the clubhouse? Or go to the park? Or plant a garden? Or rearrange their room? Or go to the Kinzville academy? Or compete in the Webkinz Stadium? Or make a recipe? Or get a new outfit? Or play in the tournament arena? Or take a nap? Or play on a piano? Or go shopping? Or mine for gems? Or have a party? Or play with friends? Or go to the wish factory? Oh my, that’s a lot more ideas than I expected, I think Webkinz X will be great ;) ~Horsegirl~

        • ChristianCowgirl123 says:

          Cool name! I love horses too! But webkinz X will be so eXiting!

    • modestcat says:

      That sounds horrible! :( Sorry Webkinz, but that does not sound fun at all! Can you let people choose if they want to swtitch to the new one???

      • RockRfox says:

        They did say when another pet makes a request, you can either switch to them right away OR you can wait until you are ready to switch to them. I would think that would also mean you can just decide to ignore it and not switch at all if that’s what you want to do. The worst that can happen is you’ll miss a chance to fill up that pet’s heart more, but that’s nothing major. You won’t be forced to do something you don’t want to, so don’t worry about it!

        • Gennelle Webkinz says:

          True. No one’s forced to do anything. It’s a way to fill up your heart faster.

          • xCountryKinz17x says:

            Hey Gennelle, I just got a quick question. If your playing as one of your pets, will your other pets be requesting stuff? If so, that would be a little hard because I have around 80 pets.

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            No, it’ll just be the one you’re currently playing with.

          • xCountryKinz17x says:

            Ok, thank you! :D

          • Michael Webkinz says:

            Hey CountryKinz! Great meeting you at the park today… nice shades :P

          • xCountryKinz17x says:

            Hello fellow jello! When I saw ya at the park, I was like “………Wha….? Is that….. MICHAEL!!!!!!!” then I came right over there. xD ~Topaz got pizzazz, but she doesn’t listen to jazz!~ ;) Again, thank you, Michael!

          • xCountryKinz17x says:

            Topaz: Wow! I’m gonna tell all my friends about this! xD

          • ArtMagician says:

            :O I WANT TO MEET A WEBKINZ GANZ-ER! :O You guys are awesome! Unfortunately, though, I don’t have KinzChat Plus.

          • MiniPines101 says:

            COUNTYKINZ MET MICHAEL WEBKINZ AT THE PARK? :O Lucky duck.

          • MiniPines101 says:

            Oops, I meant CountryKinz. Sorry. xP If only there was an edit comment button.

          • Fracktail says:

            That’s pretty good, so it’s more of an opportunity than an obligation. And I just remembered that earlier it was said that the heart score wouldn’t go down, whoops! Well, at least I know now, haha. On an unrelated note, I like your stylish new post color, Gennelle! On my screen it’s like a pinky-red type color. Cool!

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            Why, thank you *tips hat*

          • ArtMagician says:

            I love that new pink color too. Steve has a cool purple thing going, too! :D If I could change the color of my comments, they’d be green. :D

          • love2uall says:

            i think it really helps with this for the Ganzers to have colored text while we don’t so that we can make sure we read everything they’re telling us. otherwise, they might have to answer the same question over and over again.

    • xCountryKinz17x says:

      Well, at least they give you 3 minutes or more. This does look pretty cool! Just wondering, are they pretty much just changing the whole webkinz dock or something? Either way, this looks awesome. ;)

      • Pokekinz says:

        Heheheh… Virtual Shadow would be like: “May I please have a snack?” When I’m there, but real Shadow’s just like: “Get away from me!” He doesn’t like me much. :P I guess all pets would pretty much have the same personality. Not that I want Shadow’s personality to match his certificate (according to that he’s some jolly chap who likes pizza and jokes).

        • Fracktail says:

          I was thinking of Shadow when I read this too, haha! It’s funny because right now the Webkinz still kind of “talk” to you in thought bubbles (“I’m so happy you’re my friend!”), which is also pretty funny because Shadow isn’t really one to show such an outward display of affection (or emotion, for that matter).

        • xCountryKinz17x says:

          LOL Pokekinz! xD Topaz would be more like “YO! WHERE’S MY FOOD?! GIVE MEH SOME FoOoOoOoOoD!!!” Yeah, she’s always cranky when she’s hungry. xD

          • Fracktail says:

            Haha, that’s funny! I bet Poseidon (my Peace Puppy) would have a really tiny speech bubble if these were in character. “Yeah, uhh…could I have something to eat, maybe? I mean, you don’t have to…” But then everyone else would be yelling their heads off for a sandwich. “I say! I do believe that I’m feeling rather peckish today. Would anyone be so kind as to give me a FOOD??” -Blossom the too-loud Guinea Pig

          • ArtMagician says:

            Umm……you guys have…interesting pets. I mean even though my pets are “spies” (or well I PRETEND they are XD) they pretty much just smile and every once in a while “I’M HUNGRY. :)” But it’s okay they’re a bunch of fun. :) Oh yeah…they better not ask to go to the Park too often…they’re kind of obsessed with that place…

          • Fracktail says:

            Haha, they certainly are. Poseidon’s the most “normal” one in that he’s the least difficult to hold a regular coversation (with the other guys, all bets are off). Also, pet spies are cool!! Are they like, a spy team? Because that would be super neat.

      • love2uall says:

        oh! i hope they improve the dock! that would be sooo great! it’s so hard to deal with a bunch of stuff there!

    • WebkinzLover2015 says:

      Same here. Can’t wait for it………..one word : Awesome!!!!

    • FennecFox says:

      I’m VERY eXited! I love how the pets are going to be more like real animals.

    • alaska267 says:

      Hmm, if you look hard enough you can see behind that black box. Maybe we will find out what it actually is on Monday… Can’t wait! :D

    • Fracktail says:

      Did anyone else think of suggesting pet ideas when they saw the title? Because I did, and I almost went bonkers because I was so excited. Which makes no sense, in retrospect, seeing as we already have a forum for that. At any rate, I hope the request box gets small after a while, because I feel like it’d be a bit distracting having a big rectangle in the corner of the screen.

    • ShardLovesPotatoes says:

      I wonder if we’ll be able to change the color scheme of the new HUD (I think that’s what it’s called). Also, I know it says “Top Secret”, but it’s not really a secret if there’s transparency, and it’s in the location where the inventory is. <xD Although I wonder what the lightning bolt is…

    • natalierose says:

      Whoo! I LOVE WEBKINZ X! SO XCITIED!

    • squirrelsdaddy says:

      Ha-ha, webkinzforever3520. I get it.

    • Shadow_Wolf_Rises says:

      Me too… I’ve a lot of pets, though… At least the timer waits till you’ve switched, though. ^^

    • KinzMom5 says:

      Me, too! This sounds fun!

    • Pinkroses9872002 says:

      Ha ha! Xcited! :-P

    • enderdragon334 says:

      This is so totally completely entirely purely AWESOME!!!!!

    • elreyleon4 says:

      I think that these ideas will take ALOT of getting used too, But I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA

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