January 2011 News Archive

A short while ago TNT activated a new coding filter for Userlookups and Petpages. This may cause your layouts to look a bit strange. So far we've found the following solutions:

1. Make sure your css style tags are <style> and </style>. Any variations on this, like <style /> and </style /> no longer work on most lookups.
    
2. You can no longer use shortened links to neopets pages such as
   <a href="gamesroom.phtml">Games</a>
   You must add a slash, like so:
   <a href="/gamesroom.phtml">Games</a>

We will try to fix our Userlookups and Pet Pages soon. Though there are more problems we haven't yet found solutions for.

There's a new game up for premium beta testing: Shenkuu Warrior II. The old game has gotten a makeover and has been expanded with some new features such as helpers and crests.

Shenkuu warriors train by climbing trees and mountains. The emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Terrana, has studied the course all of her life, and she is now ready to scale the highest mountain with only a grappling hook and a rope. The nobles of Shenkuu have left their family crests along the course for her to collect. Gather as many as you can for extra points and to honour the noble houses of Shenkuu!

Here are some screenshots of the game:
- Start up screen
- Instructions 1
- Instructions 2
- Game play

Just in time for Valentine's day, there's a new Sweetheart Gram selling in the NC Mall. It's called the Candy & Hearts Sweetheart Gram and many of the items it gives out are candy themed. The Limited Edition Bonus Item it gives out is the Dark Chocolate Candy Wig. 

There will also be a community challenge: send one or more grams to a friend or yourself earn an exclusive NC prize if enough Sweetheart Grams have been sent and the goal 'Lots of Love' has been reached. Two more Sweetheart Grams will be released later on.
To find out more about the community challenge and the items in the Candy & Hearts Sweetheart Gram, visit our updated Grams guide.

With Valentine only a few weeks ahead of us, we now have two new (un-)valentines themed petpage layouts for you to use: "Pink Love" and "Heartbroken Aisha".


Visit our Valentines Graphics page for more Valentines themed graphics!

Today is the last day you can vote in the 3rd Annual Neopies. If you've voted on the neopies every day, you'll be awarded with a special prize. This is 20,000 NP and an item called 3rd Annual Neopies Golden Trophy.


To find out more about the Neopies, have a look at our Neopies guide.

March 2011's Monthly Premium Card art has been released. TNT hasn't uploaded the art for February 2011's Monthly Premium Card but we'll keep you updated.

This card is most likely going to be named "Month of Running". It features Quartermaster from the Curse of Maraqua Plot.

To find out more about Premium Cards, check out of Premium Guide. If your interested in Collectable Cards both Premium and Neopoint, check out our newly released Collectable Card Guide.

New set of JJPB items have come out.  You can check out our Jubjub Power Bounce guide to see all the items you can get along with previews.



There are also a new set of NC item prizes being given out when you redeem a neocash card.

We have a brand new job opening available: Daily Puzzle & Daily Crossword Updater. What this person does is sort of obvious, they would post the answers to the Daily Puzzle and Daily Crossword on SunnyNeo every day shortly after midnight NST. If you'd like to learn more about this job, or apply, please visit our Apply For Staff page.


Here you can also find our other job openings such as PHP Programmer, Graphics Maker, CSS Layout Stylist, Game Guide Writer, Artist, Battledome Expert, General Guide Writer or tutorial writer for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or GIMP. If you enjoy helping out others, please have a look!

The Faeries' Ruin epilogue has been released! Also, hurry on down to the prize shop to claim your trophy, site theme, avatar, and prizes!

We've added the trophies and prizes to our Faeries' Ruin Guide. Some data is still missing so check it out if you can help us filling in the missing info.

	Ruined - Can be obtained from the Faeries' Ruin Plot prize page after participating in the Faeries' Ruin Plot.
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The MME8-S4: Blooming Flower Necklace and MME8-S4: Pretty Flower Facepaint have morphed into the 5th and final stage: MME8-S5: Flower Bodysuit. The bonus item is MME8-B: Flower Petal Shower.

Check our MME Guide for all stages and previews.

There is a new mystery capsule in the NC Mall, the Floating Heart Valentine Mystery Capsule. As a limited edition item, it gives out a Floating Heart Shower. However, it can also give out many previously retired valentines themed items. We've collected a list of items that you may get from this capsule in our NC Mall item database.
Thank you _glasscat_ for additional info.

We just released our new Pick Your Own guide! You might just be surprised with what you'll find while playing Pick Your Own.

Thanks to the work of many people on the Faeries Ruin Board, we can now present you with the images of the new upcoming Faerie Ruins site theme!

For more about the Faeries Ruin plot, have a look at our plot guide.

Credit goes to sammy42004 and colea2003 for finding these images. More thanks go to neoleaks and aneesha_rox for sharing this and pointing it out to us! Thank you toe_bob for the stylesheet!

Update: We now have a preview up that shows the entire Faeries' Ruin Site Theme in full size.

Not included in the preview are the icons:

We've added a Wheel of Knowledge game guide to our Games Room.  We've included the game codes and tips you can win at the Wheel, and the Wisdom of King Hagan, which we all know is the best prize ever!

We've spotted two new Faerie Petpets! On the left, it is a Faerie Dartail, on the right it is a Faerie Ganuthor.

Today TNT Released in the News that the TFR Prize shop + Epilogue release has been delayed.

Regarding the The Faeries' Ruin update: We are done tallying the scores and art for the prizes are complete. However, we are still trying to work on balancing the cost of each item so everyone gets their fair share of prizes. As we are still calculating, our estimated prize shop and epilogue arrival date is Wednesday, January 26th. To tide you over a little, we wanted to give you a little preview of a few of the prizes that you will be able to redeem once the shop goes live. Thanks for your patience, everybody!

They have given a few previews of what is to be expected for the prize shop!

We've discovered a couple unreleased Maractite Petpets for your viewing pleasure. There is no available art for a Maractite Petpet Paintbrush (yet) so this may be a Petpet Lab Exclusive colour.

From left to right: Blurgah, Slorg, Gallion, Dartail
 

*Sebastian's Voice* Under the sea...

A new Mophing potion has been announced in the new: Faerie Lutari Morphing Potion. This is the first Lutari Morphing potion ever released.


Lutari's are rare limited edition Neopets which could at first only be created through Neopets Mobile, a paid service that isn't available anymore. It is also possible to zap one through the Lab Ray or be lucky and create one at Lutari day. Now for the first time, you can get a Lutari by morphing it from another Pet as well.

For more information about Lutaris, Lutari Island and Neopets mobile, have a look at our Lutari Island guide.

Habitariums have gotten a large update! 

*NOW LIVE! - We are happy to announce that Habitarium is out of beta! Now you can level up to 50 and purchase new "snowy" NC items. Not only do we have the new features, but we have quite a few more bug fixes as well, so between the two, we hope you enjoy the changes. Thank you to all who have helped us beta test the game! :)

Some of the new features added:

• You can now level up to level 50.
• NC Snow items have been added, including ink droppers to paint your P3 and bottles to paint your buildings. There's also a Snow Petpetpet!
• There's another new NC item, Tar Pit, that will attract Pets and destroy them.

Also, some more bugs have been fixed.

The MME8-S3: Growing Flower Vines and MME8-S3: Pretty Swaying Flowers have morphed into the 4th stage, and depending on the ID you owned: MME8-S4: Blooming Flower Necklace and MME8-S4: Pretty Flower Facepaint

Check our MME Guide for all stages so far.

This is the new image for Caption Contest #1179:

TNT has decided that the art at the Neopian Hospital has become a little dated, and has decided to not only give the shop keeper, our beloved  Dr. Green Gelert, an update but three of our oldest cures.

Say hello to the new Smelly Socks, Grumble Be Gone Tablets and Shaky Flaky Cream!

We have reopened one of our job application forms, namely the one for the artist position. We're looking for some talented people who would enjoy drawing neopets-related images that can be used for various goals, among which adoptables. But also images which could be used in unique layouts like userlookups or petpages. These layouts could be made by you or by one of our graphic makers depending on your skills in coding. If you would like to learn more about this position, please refer to our Apply for Staff page.


We also have various other job openings, such as PHP Programmer, Graphics Maker, CSS Layout Stylist, Game Guide Writer, Petpet Park Expert, Battledome Expert, General Guide Writer or tutorial writer for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or GIMP. If you enjoy helping out others, please have a look!

For Elephante Day the Neopian Times interviewed the host of the 3rd annual Neopies Ellsworth on their Facebook page. We've added the complete interview to our Neopies guide, so go on and read all about it.

TNT have announced two new Elephante colours at the Rainbow Pool. Transparent and Checkered.

See our Rainbow Pool guide for more colours :).


There are also two new Battledome items:

Check out our Training Calculator to best yourself in the arena.

The Faeries' Ruin was a catastrophic Neopian-wide event that shocked many as Faerieland descended from the skies...

Today SunnyNeo has a very special report for you in the spirit of the Altador Cup (which takes place in the summer).

SunnyNeo presents...

Special Report: The Faeries' Ruin Effect On The Altador Cup Teams!



You can view the interviews of your favourite team(s) along with how they coped with such a devastating event!

Remember that TNT is still working on The Faeries' Ruin plot Epilogue and Prize Shop, so this can pass the time whilst you wait.

Tonight at 11.59 pm the Shining Princess Superpack will retire at the NC Mall. So buy it while you still can.

We now have 2 new userlookups for you to use: "The dancer" and "Defender of Neopia"


Take a look at our userlookup page for more premade userlookups.

The MME8-S2:Shimmering Icicle Garland has morphed into the 3rd stage, and depending on the ID you owned: MME8-S3: Growing Flower Vines and MME8-S3: Pretty Swaying Flowers

Check our MME Guide for all stages so far.

Xandra now has her place of honour (or shame) in the Gallery of Evil!


Read more about how she ended up as a statue in our The Faeries' Ruin guide.


There are also a couple of new Collectable Coins for those who like them.



There are two new Battle Magic snowballs available:



See our Battledome Training Guide for tips on improving battle skills.


There is also a pretty Purple Winter Gift Box Mystery Capsule coming in the NC Mall:

Give a NC Gift this Monday with the all-new Purple Winter Gift Box Mystery Capsule available Monday, January 17! What will you get? Visit the NC Mall.

You can take a look at our NC Mall Gift Box and Mystery Capsule guides right here on SunnyNeo for how to make the most of them.

TNT released the new Winter JubJub Power Bounce. The old Holiday JJPB items are now retired and new prizes have been released.

So get your tokens ready or buy some new ones at the NC Mall.

If you want to know what new items are released, why not check our JJPB Guide for all the (flash) previews.

TNT have released a terrifying new creature and potion upon us unsuspecting Neopians! Oh wait, it's a Mutant Acara.



The Gulper and Naalala must have take the wrong time to dip in the PetPet Puddle too:


Be sure to check out our Rainbow Pool and Petpet Puddle pages for more interesting colours available on Neopets!

Update: The Holiday items are now retired.


Tonight the JubJub Power Bounce tokens will retire at the NC Mall at 11.59 pm. This means that all the current prizes will also retire. So why not go ahead and play a few more games.

The next JJPB game will have a wintery theme, as you could see by our newspost on January 8th.


All current and previous Tokens can be still used with the new JJPB game, so no worries if you have a few left.

Today TNT released the Solutions Page for The Faeries Ruin! So if you were having trouble with any puzzles, you now know what you needed to do to solve them!

Also TNT posted an update in the news about the TFR Prize Shop & Epilogue.

We know you are all waiting for the Epilogue and Prize Shop to go live, but we still have some points to work out. Good news is, we're pretty certain they will be ready for next week! :) In the meantime, we wanted to reward you for your patience. The Faeries' Ruin Solutions Page is now ready for you to mull over. Get your fine-toothed combs ready!

Make sure to keep an eye on the news next week!

The MME8-S1:Shining Icy Dreamscape Background has morphed into the 2nd stage: MME8-S2:Shimmering Icicle Garland.

Check our MME Guide for all stages so far.

TNT have announced the start of the Neopies. Look at our Neopies Guide for more information.

Update: There is now a new Neopedia entry for the Neopies!

Don't forget to check back tonight. On January 11, 12:00:00 AM NST, the Neopies goes LIVE! Vote every day for cool prizes and come back and see the results! It's up to you to give out the Neopies award as well as the brand new award that is available this year. :) Vote throughout the event without missing a day and you even get a special prize at the end!

The Buzz can now be painted Grey and Gold at the Rainbow Pool:

TNT has started to send out the gift of neocash bonus prizes and bonus NC. If you havent received yours yet, be patient, they go in alphabetical order and arent very far up the alphabet yet. Also there seems to be a glitch with the bonus NC, so you might want to wait a few hours to see if they get it cleared up before trying to spend your NC, or be prepared to send in a ticket when your total/amount spent gets messed up. The 2 bonus items are: Gift of Neocash Surprise Box Background and Toppling Gift of Neocash Gift Boxes.

Today is your last chance to buy the MME8-S1:Shining Icy Dreamscape Background at the NC Mall. This will be for sale until 11.59 pm tonight.


Check our MME guide for more info and previous MME's.

What's this? Could it be? New Jubjub Power Bounce Winter Tokens! Just when we thought TNT was retiring these frosty delights, they've drawn up the art for some unreleased ones. 

For more info on Jubjub Power Bounce, why not check out our guide?

Tomorrow, January 9th, the following Holiday items will retire at 11.59 pm in the NC Mall:

Advent Calendar Background	Holiday Trousers with Suspenders
Baby Elf Hat	New Years Sparkler Shower
Black and White New Years Dress	Poinsettia Tattoo
Caroler Superpack	Pretty Holiday Cardigan
Cosmic Holiday Tree	Sleigh on a Rooftop Background
Dropping New Years Glitter Ball	Snowy Holiday Umbrella
Gift of a Bag of Coal	Table with Borovan
Gift Wrap Station Background	Holiday Candy Cane Mystery Capsule
Hanging Holiday Candles	Holiday Flower Mystery Capsule
Holiday Greeting Card Garland	New Years 2010 Celebration Mystery Capsule

This is also the last weekend to get your hands on the Super Sale items.

Ceremonial Shenkuu Warrior Superpack	Giant Squid Superpack
Cosy Kitchen Chef Superpack	Gypsy Girl Superpack
Daring Sea Captain Superpack	Shenkuu Performer Superpack
Fashionable Feathers Superpack	Smart School Girl Superpack

      
So get your NC Cards ready and do some last "holiday" shopping.

Once again, if you do not have the Darigan Pteri avatar then make sure to get it today! Visit Kimaneo to grab your avatar!

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Remember: You can only get the avatar when a Darigan Pteri is exactly 644 days old!

Do you have a pet that works for an avatar? Why not help SunnyNeo out by submitting your pet using our Submit a Pet Page.

A few users may have noticed that some of their NC Items in the P3 Habitarium got a more seasonal look. This might be a glitch, but great for people who love spoilers. Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

Spoiler 3

Spoiler 4

Thanks to angelzombie66682 for posting the info about seasonal changes and sarika_ambrielle for finding spoiler 4.

Check our P3 Habitarium guide for more info.

We now have a new gallery and shop layout featuring Taelia. Check our Winter Graphics page for more winter themed graphics!

On Gnorbu Day (January 6th) a new Gnorbu colour will be released: Island! The clothes are already searchable on the shop wizard. Thank you pryma9 for sending us this information!


Update: Apparently TNT decided that the Headpiece wasn't pretty enough, and it was deleted as a consequence.

In other news, winners of the Neocash Card Giveaway are currently receiving e-mails from TNT. If you are a lucky winner, you may want to check your inbox. Thank you jus4in for this information.

There may be a Valentines Paint Brush coming out near Valentines day in February. gapi19 has provided us a screenshot of a reply he got from the ticket support when he acquired about the possibility that TNT could make a Valentines Paint Brush. Thank you gapi19!

Dear gapi19, Hi There! Thanks for writing! We get tons of requests for holiday-themed paint brushes! A Valentine's Day brush would definitely be cute! Our team is always at work on new brushes and items though and we'll be sure to let our users know about a new brush on the home page the instant we add it to the site! So, keep checking! Maybe you'll see a brush for Valentine's Day soon. :) Thanks for Playing!

The Terror Mountain Holiday JubJub Power Bounce Tokens now have a retire date. As we all experienced with previous retiring Tokens, this means a new JJPB game is coming soon and all current JJPB prizes will be retiring aswell.

The current JJPB tokens are for sale until January 13th 11.59 pm NST at the NC Mall. The Token itself can still be used with all new JJPB games, so no worries when you still own a couple when the game retires.
Thanks to mermaid_bay for posting this info.

Once again, if you do not have the Darigan Pteri avatar then make sure to get it today! Visit Stekv to grab your avatar!

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Remember: You can only get the avatar when a Darigan Pteri is exactly 644 days old!

Do you have a pet that works for an avatar? Why not help SunnyNeo out by submitting your pet using our Submit a Pet Page.

The Third Annual Neopies will start on the 11th of January. You can see our Annual Neopies Guide to see what you can expect for this years Annual Neopies. We will bring you more information on the Third Annual Neopies soon.

We've got a new guide for you all to read! This time, it's about Neocash Grams. These are items that sell in the NC Mall at special times and through which you can send a neofriend a special gift! Our new Neocash Grams guide lists all the kinds of Grams that have been released so far, and gives (animated) previews of the items they gave out!


Also the Healing Springs are now healing your Pets again, instead of only giving out snowballs and potions.

For all those premium users out there; take a peak at January's premium card:

Two new Aisha colours (Woodland and Maractite) have been released: Also, new Aisha clothes: And for the Marquee:

It's a brand new year and the NC Mall Collectibles is still hot on everyone's minds! January is upon us and this months collectible has been released! The second addition to Menace and Mischief collection is now available at the NC Mall. This features the ever most mysterious Mr. Krawley, whose Vest and Tie will only be available during the month of January. Be sure to check out our NC Collectible list for the complete collection!

 

Today is the last day where you can spend your Neocash at the NC Mall in order to earn bonus Neocash or even up to two bonus items during the Gift of Neocash. You have until 11.59 pm NST.

The bonus NC and items will be rewarded near January 11th.

We now have two new petpages for you to use. One faerie themed and one winter themed: "Nuria" and "Usul in the Snow"

Now that the Faeries' Ruin Plot is over (we're yet waiting for the prizes of course), at SunnyNeo we decided it was time to celebrate the return of the faeries. We will be doing so by releasing some faerie themed graphics. Starting with this Faerieland Forever userlookup.


The Hidden Tower page has also been updated with the new location of the tower.

Happy New Year!
New Year means new month and new month means new NC Collectible Item! Coming soon is Mr. Krawleys Collectors Vest and Tie, which will only be available during the month of January.