On this page I'll include any news or gossip I've seen on the web about neopets. I may also use this page to comment on issues in the news. 7/25/2001 BATTLEDOME UPDATE - For a variety of different reasons, they are having to change most of the One-Player Battledome opponents. they will be finished soon.
22,000,000 Neopets! they just broke another record! 7/24/2001 Check out the Spotted Kau.
IMPORTANT - they are doing a routine security check today that means everybody will be logged out of their account and will have to re-enter their password to get back in. Please do not worry about this, it is supposed to happen. UPDATE : This has now taken effect (3:20pm NST)
The Mynci gets two paintbrushes today, and its not even Mynci day!
the image of the Scorchio was re-shaded to make it fit in with the other Neopets on the site.
7/23/2001 Hubert, famous hot dog stall owner and part-time cryptographer, has added some more hot dogs to his stall.
Two changes to the shops. Firstly when you put an item in your shop you get the option go straight to the stock screen. Secondly, you can price items up to 250,000 NP now, however the price over which they cannot be bought (100k) has not changed.
they have released the Spotted Kougra, and also re-shaded the Speckled Moehog. To change the colour of your pet, first find a magic paintbrush and then visit the Rainbow Pool.
tombola is back, and its free! Everybody gets one free spin every day 7/22/2001 they have just opened the Rainbow Fountain. Its not working yet, but you can get your Fountain Pass today! UPDATE : they are currently having some problems with the fountain - it will be back later.
7/21/2001 Just a reminder that you can get 500 NP and a rare CD item by checking out the Youngstown Offer. Also, get codestones for free at qool.com auctions. 7/20/2001 The person who did the mystery pic made it too hard, and then he went on holiday, so they have no clue what it is! So...EVERYBODY WINS!!! (Well the first 2000 people that entered do anyway).
Now you can choose from some of our fantastic collectable card images to decorate your desktop. Check out the New Faerie Backgrounds!
50,000 More Poogles have just been made available in Neopia!
USUKILAND has just come out with a television advert!!!
New offer where you can earn 500 NP and a rare item!
All of the Sakhmet prizes have been given out. 7/19/2001 Sorry about the late update people. I was really caught up in the crown hunt and didnt have time to update. (acctually...i forgot!)
THE CROWN HAS BEEN FOUND!!!!!! Yes, finally, it was lying on a beach on Mystery Island all the time :) Check out the news page on neopets and click on the link to see the full solution to the hunt that has been going on for the last two days! Prizes will be given out soon!
Princess Vyssa says 'Look, can you hurry up and find that crown. Malkus just told you exactly where he was... its in the note. Hurry up!' wonder what that means?...
They have a new Desert Poogle and Grarrl today! 7/18/2001 How is the quest for the crown going? Maybe you should look at the Meerca who signed the note, it looks like him and his brother had something planned...
They made the Blue Mynci a bit bluer today! lol, he looked purple to me!
Now you can adopt a Lost Desert Kyrii!!!
Give a big hello to MyLittleAngelDude, the newest Pet Spotlight.
Six new Sakhmet themed pictures have been added to our Art Gallery, why not take a look. 7/17/2001-Kiko Day Oh no! The crown of King Coltzan has been stolen!!!
NEW GAME - The latest addition to the Lost Desert is Mummy Maze. Explore the tomb, collect the gold, and avoid the nasty-things-that-set-you-on-fire-or-blow-you-up.
The Book Shop has got some great new Kiko titles in.
Kikos have three special Battledome moves - Kiko Bubble Shield, Kiko Splash and Kiko Bounce.
There are 2 new Screensavers dedicated to kikos, Wall of Kikos and Kiko Pong. 7/16/2001 BATTLE SCARABS have arrived!! These powerful Lost Desert items are worth over a million Neopoints each, and will be given away as special prizes for future competitions.
New out today - the Rainbow Peophin!!
The trophies for the Lost Desert Battle have now been given out
They have made the NeoDeck less expensive to upgrade! thank goodness, cuz it was costing me 1000 to upgrade mine! mine is size 26 right now :) 7/14/2001-7/15/2001 not much news this weekend so i put the two days together. less news is because neopets is working hard on the usuper cuz they had tons of entries.
codestones were given out at Qool.com this weekend
usurper and the lost desert prizes will be given out on monday. 7/13/2001-Friday the thirteenth Two quick things - firstly the Neo Lodge isnt feeding pets, we know about this and will fix it soon. Secondly, the prizes for the Lost Desert battle will be given out within a couple of days.
Now the Lost Desert Shoyru is available!!!
We have also released 6 more Neopet Pets!!! Say 'hello' to the Flightning Bug, Pickulsaur, Moltenore and more! Woohoo they just broke 14,000,000 players!!! 7/12/2001-Tuskaninny Day The Book Shop has just re-stocked with some new Tuskaninny Tales.
There are now special attack and defence items for your Tuskaninny
Two new Tuskaninny Tiled Backgrounds have been added.
A lot of the Collectable Cards have been updated today. they have added new characters such as the Space Faerie, the Monocerous, and 00 Hog
Now you can paint your Tuskaninny with a Lost Desert Paintbrush.
New Battledome items for Korbats, Techos and Unis have been added
The Grundo Commander is the newest entry in the Gallery of Evil. 7/11/2001 they added cybunny and grundo to the sketched backgrounds
neopets just released a solitaire game called Sakhmet Solitaire
they finally fixed the collectable card thing so you can search by species
new desert kougra just came out today
and today they did the news in aol instant messeger form, it looks really cool :)
7/10/2001 The Book Shop is now stocking a wide range of Blumaroo and Shoyru books! YAY! those are my two favorite neopets!
The final part of the story Brucey B and the Lucky Coin has just been released. We hope you enjoyed it! The next story will be arriving soon.
The Rock Beast has been added to our Gallery of Evil.
Pizzaroo is now selling 9 new types of Pizza! Some more
Faerie related collectable cards have been added
Loads of cool Chia morphing potions have been released, get yours at the Magic Shop now! 7/9/2001 Lots of new Collectable Cards have been added, including Uggsul, Bacheek and many more...
Check out the newest game from Neopets - Usurper!. 20 million Neopoints plus a host of rare artifacts are on offer if you can solve the mystery!!!
We have made sure that Wockies are not left out of the newest world by introducing this new paintbrush. We now have a Spotted Koi and a Desert Kau!!! You do know about the magical Rainbow Pool right?
Finally, the battle is over. The last episode of our story Brucey B and the Lucky Coin has been uploaded.
The Grarrl owner of the Foods of the Desert shop has got some new stock delivered, including a few cool new items! 7/6/2001 Finally, the Rock Beast has been defeated, and has crumbled to dust. A Quiggle, Shoyru and a Lupe delivered the final blows!!! Sloth is not happy...
Four slightly more expensive Usuki Accessory Sets have been added to Usukiland.
Bank Interest has been Fixed! - We have changed the way it works. Now you can go to your Bank Account every day to collect your interest. You can only do so before you make any withdrawals or deposits for that day however. 7/5/2001 SAKHMET UPDATE - The battle is still raging. Sloth, from the tower in the center of down has been barking down orders to his troops... and seems to have come up with a new plan
Check out the latest game from Neopets - Nimmo's Pond.
Hoof Guards, Helmet and Battle Horns are the most trendy
summer Battledome accessories for your pet Kau.
20 MILLION NEOPETS!!!
7/4/2001 Sloth has summoned his Grundo Commanders to help defeat the NeoPets who are trying to foil his plans! The Battle for
Sakhmet continues. Thanks to your help only around 5,000 purple Grundo Troopers remain!
Lots of guilds (including the Over 21 Guild) will be giving things away for free today at the Money Tree. Make sure you keep checking there as you may get an unexpected suprise!
7/3/2001-Flotsam day Now you can paint your Flotsam Glass or Stone
To celebrate Flotsam Day, there are three new Flotsam Battledome moves - Flotsam Splash, Flotsam Fountain and Flotsam Water Shield.
Today is also incidentally Half-Price Day.
Two new Flotsam Backgrounds have been added
HELP THE CITY OF SAKHMET!!! - Brucey B needs your help to defeat Sloth's evil minions. You don't think he can defeat them all himself do you? 7/2/2001 The Faerie Challenges in the Battledome have now ended. I hope your training went well! A new challenger is on the way however...
6/29/2001 New Desert Chomby is released
I Don't think you will be able to guess today's Mystery Pic. They made it EXTREMELY hard. The prize for winning is a scroll of Professional Curses, currently going over 100,000 in the Shop Wizard.
6/28/2001-The Acara Aquatic Festival Fire Acaras are the newest thing to enter Neopia
Acara Books!!! Even if your Neopet is not an Acara they could learn a lot from reading these. Also added Acara Battle items too.
Desert Pteri is added. You may have seen it being drawn on the Neocam :)
NEW GAME!!! - Its a multi player board game called Geos and its just been launched in the Desert World! Check it out! Create geometric shapes to score points, and bomb the opponents pieces to stop him scoring.
Faerie Quest now gives out 4 times as many Neopoints
6/27/2001 New Lost Desert Game: Scarab 21 6/26/2001 NEW SHOP - Sutek's Scrolls has been added to the Lost Desert Map. Make sure your NeoPet is fully educated on Lost Desert culture!
13 MILLION OWNERS!!! - Hurray! 13 million accounts have now been made on Neopets! 6/25/2001 (first day of this page) The Lost Desert is finally here! |
