Ella McWoof here! With your help, I’ve sniffed out some important information about the X-citing new project, Webkinz X!
Now, in my EXCLUSIVE SCOOP, here’s more information straight from the TOP SECRET documents!
Along with a new look and a new way to play, like the Pet Care Heart, Family Score, or Pet Requests, Webkinz X will also include a new Dock with an easier way to organize your items!
Here’s a look at what your Dock will look like with the NEW Webkinz!
CURRENT DOCK
NEW DOCK
We have removed the dropdown menu that was used before for sorting and added tabs instead. Within each of these tabs your items will now be grouped together first by item type, and then alphabetically within those types.
Here is exactly how your new Dock of items will be grouped and organized:
- AZ: All
- Special: Gift Boxes, Coins, Tokens, Coupons
- Food: Food, Garden Seeds
- Clothing: Helmets, Hats, Glasses, Shirts, Pants, Skirts, Dresses, Shoes, Belts
- Furniture: Furniture
- Decorations: Wallpapers, Floors, Decoration, Presentable, Carpets, In-Room Games, Webkinz Studio Characters, Webkinz Studio Backgrounds
We have also included a tab for Pet Actions; however at launch Pet Actions won’t be available right away. These will be added back into the Dock in one of our updates coming soon.
Once we have added Pet Actions back to the new Dock, we will also work on a search function for a future update, to help you better locate your items.
Some of the other updates to the new Dock include:
- No need to “Get Item From Storage”; items will now load dynamically on demand
- No Dock color customization or pet portrait background
- KinzCash and eStore Points have been moved to the top center of the screen
- KinzTime, Cell Phone, Message Center and KinzPost have all been moved to the top right corner of the screen
- HELP button has been moved to the new Options menu
We have also removed the Map of Kinzville items from the Dock and moved them to their own separate Dock which only appears when you visit the map. At launch, this separate Map Stuff Dock won’t allow you to sell your map decorations back to the WShop.
Stay tuned to my column on Wednesday, July 1st 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.
The main problem I see is when you want to put your pet in a multi piece outfit, like a costume. Right now all those pieces with the same name would be together. Now we will have to go to Hats, Shoes and so on for each part. I don’t like that. If you made it like the store where you could see more items at a glance it would be more helpful. The dock in Webkinz Friends was nice like that. The dock on mobile is very difficult.
I’ll miss they old Webkinz, but I’m sure I’ll like this one, too. #MiddleScoreForWebkinzX (Means don’t know if I’ll like it or not)
NO PET PORTRAIT OR DOCK CUSTOMIZATION!!!!!!!! I just got deluxe!!!!!!
i don’t think i really like webkinz x. i preferred the dock the way it was not this new way
I wish it didn’t look so cartooney. I am a parent on Webkinz and the new images don’t impress me. It looks like they are full of air.
Ella your such a Great Reporter! By the looks of the new dock, I Hope it comes with ZOOM, for those with slightly less than perfect vision, as it looks Small. Something else to think of…Should those of us with older computers be planning on buying New models when Webkinz X launches? The more you upgrade seems to make playing with our kids on Webkinz World more difficult. Every change that Ganz makes seems to slow the computers down even more. On ours IE 7& 8 no longer works with Webkinz, the login screen quit working some time ago. I heard of many others with the same problem. Many are having problems with Unity player for the Hamsters. Adventure park is now too high tech for these machines. When it becomes this slow it is no longer fun. The ads with movement, and the fact they change so often makes playing some of the games difficult and other things in webkinz world nearly impossible, as it freezes them. I know you are trying to improve things and increase your clients, but I hope it doesn’t mean that those who have been with you from the start can no longer play. I know with a slow machine it takes hours to get all the WW activities done that my children are expecting. Thanking You, Guruanna
I think I will like the new dock, but some of the changes look like changes for change sake. I was hoping we would get away from things at the top blocking some of the room, but maybe the room view will be different.
Also, I’m SUPER glad we won’t have to get our items out of storage anymore! A lot of the time when I tried to get my items out it would freeze my game. Anybody else experienced this?
Yes, JaneOfAllTrades, this has happened to me many times. I’m hoping the update will generally speed the site up, too.
Cool! I’m glad they’re working on a search option though because it would take me FOREVER to find a certain piece of clothing in my dock. I am wondering what the PJ Collie is doing next to our pet though. hm… Guess I’ll just have to wait and see! :) ~*JaneOfAllTrades*~
It sounds a little confusing. But it sounds and looks really cool.