Poptropica: Forgotten Islands
By Dana Anderson,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Virtual world lacks aspects of website, but still good fun.
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What’s It About?
Choose a boy or girl for your character on POPTROPICA: FORGOTTEN ISLANDS and customize. Begin to read what characters say in the cartoon bubbles. Move a finger forward and hold to start your character exploring the environment. Tap characters with scrolls to find out quest info. Tap to put items you find on the quest into your backpack. Continue meeting characters who give clues or create obstacles, pick up needed items, visit other islands, and earn coins to spend on accessories.
Is It Any Good?
The graphics, characters, and other visual elements that make up this virtual world are highly engaging and just a lot of fun for kids to imagine being there on quests. It's important that kids can read or have the characters' dialogue read to them. Multiple users can store profiles to save progress. Parents who don't want to be asked to make in-app purchases will especially appreciate that the $4.99 purchase price is all that's required.
If kids like the aspects of the website that aren't available on the app, such as interacting with friends, Poptropica: Forgotten Islands could be missing some important elements. But if they enjoy the general gameplay, this app will not disappoint.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
If your kid plays on the Poptropica website and the app, talk with your kid and compare and contrast the differences between the two experiences. What does your kid like or dislike about each?
Even though Poptropica: Forgotten Islands doesn't include interaction with other players, since play is very similar to other virtual worlds that do, this may be a good opportunity to discuss safety for online interaction. Especially if playing on this app causes your kid to want to play on the companion website that does include interaction, read Common Sense Media's Online Worlds for Young Kids Tips for talking points.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: part-whole relationships, problem solving, solving puzzles, strategy, Self-Direction: achieving goals, work to achieve goals, Emotional Development: persevering
- Release date: January 6, 2014
- Category: Education
- Topics: Adventures
- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Version: 1.5.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.3 or later
- Last updated: October 7, 2021
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