Rumour: Neopets Could Be Coming To Switch

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Today this rumour was published in this (you need an account to see links). Here's what it says:

Look, we know that everything slightly unusual that we write for the entirety of April is going to sound like a weird, horribly late April Fool's Joke, but this one's not a joke. However, it's also not a certainty. It's a weird in-between of "did I read that right?" and "wait, seriously?"

Yes, you read that right: the browser-based pet-raising game Neopets might be coming to the Nintendo Switch. In an interview with Washington Post about Flash games, the little nugget of information that is about to light a fire in the heart of every millennial just slipped out from the Neopets team, and then - get this - they refused to share further details.

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Come on, Neopets! You can't tease us like that! Is it a straight port of the original? Can we transfer our original pets? Or is it an open-world MMORPG about raising adorable dragons and contributing to gigantic omelettes?

Neopets did launch a mobile version of the game last year, which is seemingly still in its beta phase. It's likely that a Switch version would use a similar base, but, for now, all we know is that the Neopets team is thinking of bringing it to Switch. No clue as to when, how, or even if it'll happen.

Would you play a Switch version of Neopets, or are you happy to let it stay in the 2000s along with MySpace, Limewire, and frosted eyeshadow? Let us know in the comments.

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This seems pretty exciting, and I'd recommend reading about neopets in the source as well. What are your thoughts?

[Starset]

My thoughts are: this could either go very right, or very wrong. No in between.

[Hollow]

I welcome this move! I just hope it goes well if they do decide to bring it to the Switch :0

[Politoed]

I adore my switch.. but this could be awful. Or good but prlly awful!

[Alister]

I....what? I guess this is confusing to me because I don't really look at Neo as "a game", it's a whole weird self-contained universe. The games that exist on site are just one tiny little piece of its world.

Although fuck me what if it ends up being a KeyQuest port??

I regret even thinking about it and giving myself false hope that KQ will ever come back

[motherfucker]

Can they fix the dying site before trying to do anything else?
We're like two months from the latest beta update.

[Hare]

i will shit my pants if neopets dot freaking com comes to the nintendo switch before roblox does

what even, lmao


...i will be rly happy tho. i love my switch.

so yeah fun fact the kid-friendly 3D game platform roblox that is available on xbox one is not on the switch and i still don't understand it

[dustyc]

I'm just imagining all the incredible directions this could go in but I know in my heart that if it does happen, it won't come anywhere close.

Also- didn't they mention a possible Switch game a year ago, too? Or am I making that up?

[Mama Bear]

I'm imagining a spin off like The Darkest Faerie, rather than an actual port of the whole site.

[Buizel]

Can they fix the dying site before trying to do anything else?
We're like two months from the latest beta update.

This lmao and what ever happened to that TV show as well?

I think they're just saying anything at this point to make Neo look like it's innovative and active so I'll believe it when I see it.

inb4 Neopets Netflix series announced.