Neopets Vs. Marapets: Item Game Design

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PSJulie

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Published on January 12, 2022 11:00:15 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3n6ovhatg

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Club Penguin (2005)

Duration: 32:18

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Marapets is a cheap copy of #Neopets, right? What if instead of calling Marapets.com a knock-off imitation of Neopets.com, we compared it on its merits and demerits?

Table of Contents
↳ 00:00 Intro
↳ 01:25 Case Study: User Shops
↳ 02:02 Neopets Inventory and Shop
↳ 04:07 Marapets Inventory and Shop
↳ 07:41 Case Study: Items
↳ 08:20 Neopets Pencil
↳ 09:32 Marapets Pencil
↳ 17:14 Marapets' Obese Fairy Scandal
↳ 19:00 Marapets' "Shoot the Fatty"
↳ 21:23 Neopets' Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Scandal
↳ 27:00 Marapets' Goals, Missions, Quests
↳ 29:27 Neopets' Scratch Card
↳ 30:52 Conclusion

As you may recall, both of these browser based virtual pet games recently faced a bit of drama. #Marapets has insensitive and sometimes violent language on its site, like in the naming of the "Shoot the Fatty" game or the description for the Obese Fairy.

On the other hand, Neopets recently launched the Neopets Metaverse Collection (NMC), a Non-Fungible Token (Neopets NFT) game, much to the dismay of the majority of the active users. Let's take a look at #Neopets2022.

I'm back to talking about these games! Let's give it a try.

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