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Neopets, the virtual pet website that took the world by storm in the early 2000s, is getting an animated TV show (via Eurogamer).
Neopets TV show? It’s happening. Read more about our collaboration with Beach House Pictures and what we have planned for this new project! https://t.co/dnm4y5VBYa pic.twitter.com/1DpofXx3m8
— Neopets (@Neopets) February 10, 2020
First, The Witcher; then, Resident Evil; now, Neopets. It’s not Netflix this time, but Beach House Pictures, which is a Canadian studio well-known for its live-action puppet shows. Imaginably, the adaptation will draw in an audience, with 75 million players (predominantly teens and young adults) logging into Neopia day in, day out. The animated show is part of developer JumpStart’s ambition to reboot Neopets with a new website, a new mobile game, and a new lot of merchandise. Two mobile games are out now, with Ghoul Catchers released in 2018 and Neopets: Legends & Letters released in 2019.
The animated adaptation isn’t just for present players, as the virtual pet website shaped a generation of computer gamers in the early 2000s. Players who’ve met through Neopets have gotten married, and the game was owned by a group of Scientologists for a bit. An interesting history, and twenty years since its inception, it’s about to branch out into new media.
