153-481: Lego Universe was a massively multiplayer online game that was available from October 2010 to January 2012. The game was developed by NetDevil and released on October 26, 2010, with an early opening (October 8, 2010) for Lego "Founders", users who had pre-ordered the game. It was globally distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment . Its release was delayed from original estimates of 2009, Teasers were released by Lego in 2007 and late November 2008 to promote
306-450: A Metacritic score of 70/100 and a GameRankings score of 72.44%. Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game ( MMOG or more commonly MMO ) is an online video game with a large number of players to interact in the same online game world. MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world , although there are games that differ. These games can be found for most network-capable platforms, including
459-444: A shared universe . Others have copies of their starting game world put on different servers, called "shards", for a sharded universe. Shards got their name from Ultima Online , where in the story, the shards of Mondain's gem created the duplicate worlds. Still, others will only use one part of the universe at any time. For example, Tribes (which is not an MMOG) comes with a number of large maps, which are played in rotation (one at
612-522: A "tick" schedule usually daily. All orders are processed, and battles resolved, at the same time during the tick. Similarly, in Darkwind: War on Wheels , vehicle driving and combat orders are submitted simultaneously by all players and a "tick" occurs typically once per 30 seconds. This allows each player to accurately control multiple vehicles and pedestrians in racing or combat. Some MMOGs have been designed to accurately simulate certain aspects of
765-469: A 58% share of the subscription MMOG market in 2009. The title has generated over $ 2.2 billion in cumulative consumer spending on subscriptions from 2005 through 2009. Within a majority of the MMOGs created, there is virtual currency where the player can earn and accumulate money. The uses for such virtual currency are numerous and vary from game to game. The virtual economies created within MMOGs often blur
918-485: A Friday evening in 2009. The sketch depicted several elemental ninja and the word "Spinjago". This idea was later developed into the fictional martial art of "Spinjitzu", which was a combination of the words "spin" and "ninjitsu". The development team later used this as the basis for the minifigure spinner action toys. The rough sketch was sent to an artist in Canada called Craig Sellars who created an internal concept image of
1071-490: A franchise. However, everyone involved pushed 110% to make it work and really brought their A-game. Throughout the years, the Ninjago theme has managed to stay relevant with its changing stories. It's kept kids engaged in the universe… The changing story has allowed us to bring variety to the team. We've taken the ninja through everything from battling snakes, robots, sky-pirates , biker gangs and samurai ." From its launch,
1224-640: A full member, where they would gain access to every location in the Universe, alongside more missions & achievements. Free to play required the user to enter a Lego ID & password and create a character with limited name options, whereas members could create their own made-up names. They were also limited on having a maximum 10,000 coins to buy items and food. They did have access to Block Yard where they could build their own creations. They were not allowed to trade with other minifigures, or have more than five friends on their friends list. Many players thought it
1377-459: A further two years were commissioned before a planned discontinuation in 2013. However, after a brief hiatus, the line was continued after feedback from fans and has been in production ever since. The Lego Group developed the theme into a media franchise aimed primarily at young boys and pre-teenage boys, which has produced books, video games and theme park attractions. The popularity of the TV series and
1530-403: A goal to double the sales of the previous Big Bang product line, Lego Atlantis . The design team set a target for the Ninjago line to deliver 10% of the company's total revenue. This was particularly ambitious, as no Lego theme had ever achieved this target, not even the successful Bionicle theme. By late April 2009, a full range of Ninjago products had been defined, which totalled 17 sets in
1683-529: A good dynamic to it. It's short and to the point. We added ' Masters of Spinjitzu to it just for flavor". The Lego Ninjago universe incorporates a fictional written language that has been displayed on numerous occasions in both the Ninjago television series and in the Lego Ninjago construction sets. The written language uses a unique alphabet of symbols that resemble the visual style of Chinese characters . The characters can be deciphered to translate
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#17327938137171836-431: A group of teenage ninja , battling against the various forces of evil. The theme originally introduced five main characters with an original storyline set in a fictional world that fused the ninja theme with dragons, modern vehicles and futuristic mech-robots. In the theme's storyline, the ninja characters are trained in the art of "Spinjitzu" a fictional martial art that allows them to fight their opponents. The storyline
1989-409: A lot of concept boards, so we know where we want to go...Often the writers also come up with new characters or new plot developments that we can then integrate into the products where possible. Both story and product are really tight together". The characters were originally based on the Ninjago television series, which focused on a team of six teenage ninja who are "Elemental Masters" and trained in
2142-525: A minifigure come to life and play fight with it? That's how the spinner came about. The first iterations of the spinner were actually built from Bionicle elements and looked more like a throwing star with a ninja on top". With the release of the Pilot Season of the Ninjago TV series in 2011, the first Ninjago spinner toys were launched. The spinners involve placing a Lego minifigure on either
2295-401: A ninja on a dragon - the kids found that appealing and very natural. But figuring out the enemies of the ninja was more of a challenge and we tested a lot of things there". The ninja characters were given different coloured costumes and unique elemental powers, which gave them distinctive personalities. The team also came up with the concept of "Spinjitzu", which was the main fighting method in
2448-492: A player's inability to aim and think tactically. Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy games, also known as "MMORTS", combine real-time strategy (RTS) with a persistent world . Players often assume the role of a general, king, or other types of figurehead leading an army into battle while maintaining the resources needed for such warfare. The titles are often based in a sci-fi or fantasy universe and are distinguished from single or small-scale multiplayer RTSes by
2601-655: A pod was found, its data was put up on the Bradford-Rant page. After all of the Pods were found, a new trailer for Lego Universe and the tagline for the game, "Answer the Call: Save Imagination," was released. In January 2010, the Bradford Rant promotion then was turned over to "The Great Minifig Mission" promotion in which Lego account holders complete missions in order to help minifigs enter
2754-552: A popular theme, featuring games such as Mankind , Anarchy Online , Eve Online , Star Wars Galaxies and The Matrix Online . MMOGs emerged from the hard-core gamer community to the mainstream strongly in December 2003, with an analysis in the Financial Times measuring the value of the virtual property in the then-largest MMOG, EverQuest , to result in a per-capita GDP of 2,266 dollars, which would have placed
2907-492: A role playing board game, including the Skull Sorcerer's Dungeons. In 2021, Lego Ninjago released two waves based on The Island and Seabound . The first wave featured island-themed vehicles and locations from The Island such as Catamaran Sea Battle, Lloyd's Jungle Chopper Bike and The Keepers' Village. The second wave introduced the sea-themed vehicles and locations of Seabound , including Ninja Sub Speeder,
3060-469: A satisfactory revenue model in our target group, and therefore, have decided to close the game." For the last month of Lego Universe , players with membership were offered a month of play at no cost as a 'Thank you' from the Lego Universe Team. A newly titled ' Lego Minifigures Online ' MMORPG was released on June 29, 2015, as a successor game until its closure on September 30, 2016. Following
3213-416: A single game world, and all of those players can interact with each other at any given time. Popular MMOGs might have hundreds of players online at any given time, usually on company-owned servers. Non-MMOGs, such as Battlefield 1942 or Half-Life , usually have fewer than 50 players online (per server) and are usually played on private servers. Also, MMOGs usually do not have any significant mods , since
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#17327938137173366-425: A smaller time commitment than other game types. Other popular casual games include simple management games such as The Sims Online or Kung Fu Panda World . MMOPGs, or massively multiplayer online puzzle games, are based entirely on puzzle elements. They are usually set in a world where the players can access the puzzles around the world. Most games that are MMOPGs are hybrids with other genres. Castle Infinity
3519-552: A spinning or flying disk. The first generation incorporated a two-player battle game involving exchanges of weapons and collectible cards. The second generation was released in 2015 and consisted of a ripcord mechanism to launch the spinner into the air, recreating the art of "Airjitzu" in the Ninjago TV series. The most recent release of Ninjago spinners was in March 2022. Since 2011, Lego Ninjago themed playsets have been released in waves each year to correspond with each season of
3672-422: A swinging boat ride designed to resemble Destiny's Bounty. In addition, several Ninjago-themed attractions at Legoland resorts were designed to test balance, agility, speed and creativity, including Zane's Temple Build, Kai's Spinners, Cole's Rock Climb and Jay's Lightning Drill. In 2018, Legoland California premiered a short 4D animated film attraction titled Lego Ninjago: Master of the 4th Dimension , which
3825-465: A tea balcony, "The Ninja Zone", a rooftop garden, the Ninjago Museum of History and a Ninja Control Tower. Additionally, a small temple island build attached to the set displays a statue of the character Zane. The set includes a "Golden Wu" which is part of the collection of collectible golden minifigures for the 2021 Ninjago wave. The collection of Golden Legacy minifigures was completed with
3978-477: A themed area of the parks. In September 2015, a puppet-style live show made its debut at Legoland Malaysia Resort , titled Lego Ninjago and The Realm of Shadows . This was followed by the introduction of Lego Ninjago: The Ride at the same park in June 2016, an interactive attraction manufactured by Triotech, which uses Maestro hand gesture technology in place of a hand-held device. In March 2016, Lego Ninjago World
4131-410: A time). In contrast, the similar title PlanetSide allows all map -like areas of the game to be reached via flying, driving, or teleporting. MMORPGs usually have sharded universes, as they provide the most flexible solution to the server load problem, but not always. For example, the space simulation Eve Online uses only one large cluster server peaking at over 60,000 simultaneous players. It
4284-420: A unique mixture of online and real-world play that usually does not involve a persistent world , and are not necessarily multiplayer, making them different from MMOGs. Massively multiplayer online music/rhythm games ( MMORG s), sometimes called massively multiplayer online dance games ( MMODG s), are MMOGs that are also music video games . This idea was influenced by Dance Dance Revolution . Audition Online
4437-625: A wave system and taking place in Nimbus Station's past, fighting off stronger enemies. Members enjoyed many numerous of features in Nimbus Station, including more pet choices. Also there was a rocket pad to Frostburgh [valid December - February 2010 / 11] near Christmas, the portal to Starbase 3001, and the Lego Club Door [near Red Blocks]. The properties here are Nimbus Rock and Nimbus Isle. The Pets here are Robot Dog and Skunk Pets. There were no enemies on Nimbus Station, except those in
4590-406: A wide range of set goals. Also, players could have Specialties, each one with their unique gear. In addition, minifigures could gain ranks which allow them to use more advanced gear. The accessible full worlds were the pirate-themed Gnarled Forest, faction-oriented Nimbus Station, green and festive Avant Gardens, high-tech Nexus Tower, Maelstrom based Crux Prime, Ninjago's world Ninjago Monastery and
4743-404: A working virtual economy within an MMOG is increasing as they develop. A sign of this is CCP Games hiring the first real-life economist for its MMOG Eve Online to assist and analyze the virtual economy and production within this game. The results of this interaction between the virtual economy, and our real economy, which is really the interaction between the company that created the game and
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4896-480: Is Linden Lab's Second Life , emphasizing socializing, worldbuilding and an in-world virtual economy that depends on the sale and purchase of user-created content. It is technically an MMOSG or Casual Multiplayer Online (CMO) by definition, though its stated goal was to realize the concept of the Metaverse from Neal Stephenson 's novel Snow Crash . Instead of being based around combat, one could say that it
5049-480: Is a Lego theme that was created in 2011 and a flagship brand of The Lego Group . It is the first theme to be based on ninjas since the discontinuation of the Lego Ninja theme in 2000. It was produced to coincide with the animated television series Ninjago , which was superseded in 2023 by a new series titled Ninjago: Dragons Rising . The theme originally focused on a group of six teenage ninja, led by
5202-422: Is a title where players can compete in some of the more traditional major league sports, such as football (soccer) , basketball , baseball , hockey , golf or American football . According to GameSpot , Baseball Mogul Online was "the world's first massively multiplayer online sports game". Other titles that qualify as MMOSG have been around since the early 2000s, but only after 2010 did they start to receive
5355-463: Is another casual massively multiplayer online game and it is produced by T3 Entertainment. Just Dance 2014 has a game mode called World Dance Floor, which also structures like an MMORPG. Massively multiplayer online social games ( MMOSG s) focus on socialization instead of objective-based gameplay. There is a great deal of overlap in terminology with "online communities" and " virtual worlds ". One example that has garnered widespread media attention
5508-400: Is challenging to develop the database engines that are needed to run a successful MMOG with millions of players. Many developers have created their own, but attempts have been made to create middleware , software that would help game developers concentrate on their games more than technical aspects. One such piece of middleware is called BigWorld . An early, successful entry into the field
5661-623: Is no specific limit to where an online multiplayer online game is considered massive , there are broad features that are often used as a metric. Garriott's famed 1997 definition referred to the fundamental architecture shift required to support tens of thousands of concurrent players, which required shifting from individual servers to data centers on multiple continents. Games may have MMO features like large worlds with online persistence but still not generally be considered an MMO, such as Grand Theft Auto V ' s online play, while other games like League of Legends have small individual sessions but
5814-576: Is part of the Ninjago Legacy sub-theme. Several Lego Ninjago characters have also been released as part of the Lego BrickHeadz theme. A range of 10th anniversary BrickHeadz was announced in May 2021, which included Golden Lloyd, Nya Samurai X, and Firstbourne Dragon as buildable characters. On 17 September 2013, Warner Bros. announced that it was developing an animated film based on
5967-424: Is quite viable, especially in what is called 'player vs environment' gameplay. This may result in the player being unable to experience all content, as many of the most significant and potentially rewarding game experiences are events that require large and coordinated teams to complete. Most MMOGs also share other characteristics that make them different from other multiplayer online games. MMOGs host many players in
6120-429: Is set within the fictional world of Ninjago , a place inspired by East Asian culture. Simon Lucas, Senior Creative Director, commented, "With Lego Ninjago , we took inspiration from a Japanese starting point, but it developed into something of a massive mashup of cultures, not just one particular culture." The origin of the Ninjago theme lies in the earlier Lego Ninja theme, which was released in 1998. This theme
6273-510: Is that you need to try and boil it down to what makes an icon. What is the detail that means this is the Bounty? We are not confined in the same way as Star Wars , where it needs to be a Millennium Falcon that can only look one way." The brand name " Ninjago " was formed from a combination of two words: "ninja" and "Lego". Andreasen noted that this fell into place naturally, saying "It's universally recognised, it works in any language and it has
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6426-508: Is the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which descended from university mainframe computer MUD and adventure games such as Rogue and Dungeon on the PDP-10 . These games predate the commercial gaming industry and the Internet, but still featured persistent worlds and other elements of MMOGs still used today. The first graphical MMOG, and a major milestone in
6579-476: Is the first zone that introduces players to guns. The pets that you could get in this world were a tortoise, a boar, a crocodile, an elephant, and a hermit crab. Forbidden Valley was unlocked at the same time as Gnarled Forest. It was the first world themed on ninjas, and was primarily rocky, dark, and barren, with many drop-offs and cliffs. The central area of the Forbidden Valley was a huge tree which
6732-488: Is the world's largest MMO racing game and holds the world record for "Most Players in a Single Online Race". Although Darkwind: War on Wheels is more combat-based than racing, it is also considered an MMOR. Many types of MMO games can be classified as casual , because they are designed to appeal to all computer users (as opposed to subgroup of frequent game buyers), or to fans of another game genre (such as collectible card games ). Such games are easy to learn and require
6885-532: The Lego City magazine at 32,153 and the Lego Star Wars magazine at 45,133. In March 2021, Random House announced the publication of four titles based on the Ninjago brand, including a chapter book series, a guide book called The Book of Elemental Powers , and a hardcover book collection titled 5 Minute Stories. In September 2021, The Lego Group released a tenth anniversary box set that contains
7038-513: The Ninjago characters, including children's story books, colouring books and activity books. From 2011, a series of children's reading books were published, written by Tracey West, which focus on the stories and characters of Ninjago . Several graphic novels have been written by Greg Farshtey , which provide stories based on the Ninjago characters. Regular editions of a Lego Ninjago Character Encyclopedia are published, which provide facts about
7191-418: The Ninjago team decided that technology could be introduced without having a detrimental effect on the characters. The introduction of skeletons as the main villains in the storyline was also the result of research with children. The children in the research groups were given the choice of six options, including monkeys, skeletons, robots and lizard people. The overwhelming preference was for skeletons, which
7344-503: The Ninjago team took a trip to the Ninja Museum of Igaryu , located three hours to the north of Tokyo, Japan in order to get inspiration for the theme. This allowed the designers to gather historic details from the 15th century ninja building, whilst also developing ideas about how to give these historic elements a contemporary appeal. The initial story concept for the theme originated in a rough sketch created by Tommy Andreasen on
7497-438: The Ninjago television series. The playsets feature some of the main locations, vehicles, mechs, weapons and characters from the corresponding season. According to BrickLink , there have been 536 Lego Ninjago sets released since 2011. Each season has corresponding boxed sets, either released in one or two waves across a given year. Design Manager Michael Svane Knap commented on the design process stating, "In our development of
7650-460: The Ninjago Legacy line was introduced as a sub-theme of the main Ninjago construction toy line, to celebrate the legacy of the theme over the course of almost ten years. Ninjago Legacy recreates earlier Ninjago playsets released in previous years with updated designs. The Ninjago Legacy line gave Ninjago fans the opportunity to revisit sets from previous years in relation to specific seasons. Senior Model Designer Michael Svane Knap justified
7803-403: The personal computer , video game console , or smartphones and other mobile devices. MMOs can enable players to cooperate and compete with each other on a large scale, and sometimes to interact meaningfully with people around the world. They include a variety of gameplay types, representing many video game genres . The most popular type of MMOG, and the subgenre that pioneered the category,
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#17327938137177956-578: The 2017 book titled The Book of Spinjitzu , poster, stickers and golden Lloyd minifigure. In November 2021, a five-part comic book series for release in 2022 was announced for the Ninjago brand, starting with the first title LEGO Ninjago: Garmadon. In September 2021, the first two Lego Ninjago Spinjitzu Brothers books titled The Curse of the Cat-Eye Jewel and The Lair of Tanabrax were published by Penguin Random House . The Maze of
8109-552: The Battle of Nimbus Station. Pet Cove was the key to everything about Pets. It was primarily a hub for players with memberships to learn how to tame Pets and do stunts with their Pets. Obviously, this would be the zone where a large variety of Pets will be available. Gnarled Forest was a pirate infested forest-styled zone in which players could experience the shift from beginning features to regular features. Minifigures would learn many new abilities here and unlock many new weapons. This
8262-578: The Beta. It was during this event that the global distributor of Lego Universe was announced, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment , along with the official release date. Beginning December 8, 2009, members of the Lego Kids Inner Circle who had been members before December 7 were invited to test the game before the beta started. Before this, the only people who could play the game were Lego employees and their friends and families. The game
8415-570: The Dragon Energy Cores, Elemental Dragon vs. Empress Mech, Destiny's Bounty: Race Against Time, Nya and Arin's Baby Dragon Battle and Ninjago City Market. In 2024, nine new sets for the 1st half of the second season were announced for release on 1 January 2024, including Kai's Rising Dragon Strike, Nya's Rising Dragon Strike, Arin's Rising Dragon Strike, Arin's Battle Mech, Jay's Mech Battle Pack, Cole's Elemental Earth Mech, Sora's Elemental Tech Mech, Kai's Elemental Fire Mech and Egalt
8568-532: The German Server) to prepare for the "Founders" launch on October 8. Lego Universe was based on a subscription known as "Game-Time". A player could choose from one, six, and twelve month subscriptions (the six and twelve-month subscription times rendering special in-game bonuses when bought). Once a user bought a subscription, the Game Time refill code was sent periodically based on the subscription that
8721-754: The Hub for members and was the third world players will visit. Here, you could access most of the other worlds. After the seventh mission, you must select one of the 4 factions (The Assembly, the Sentinels, the Venture League or Paradox.) Here you could enter yourself in a race against other minifigures in the Vertigo Loop racetrack. You could also participate in the Battle of Nimbus Station, an event similar to survival in Avant Gardens but incorporating
8874-535: The Hydro Bounty and Temple of the Endless Sea. For the 2022 Spring range, the designer revealed the concept behind a wave of sets named Ninjago Core . Niek van Slagmaat explained, "We were asked to come up with a line of Ninjago that would not only stand on its own without content but also be the epitome of Ninjago toys" and continued, “After the specialized launches like Prime Empire and Seabound ,
9027-648: The Imagination Nexus is kept here. Like Nimbus Station, Nexus Tower contained no enemies. Crux Prime was the largest of the planetary fragments created in Crux's explosion. Here can you meet many enemies you have met before but in stronger form along with bosses of all varieties (such as Stromling Invaders), and also a myriad of Ninjago Skeletons, straight from the Ninjago Monastery, attempting to mine Maelstrom Crystals. There are only 7 characters that
9180-513: The Lego Ninjago product line was based on the animated Ninjago television series (originally titled Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu ). The series was created by Michael Hegner and Tommy Andreasen. Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu was animated in Denmark by Wil Film ApS for the first ten seasons. The production was relocated to WildBrain Studios in Canada for the eleventh season and the series
9333-604: The Lego Ninjago theme. The Lego Ninjago Movie premiered on 16 September 2017 at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. To coincide with the release of the film, The Lego Group released The Lego Ninjago Movie toy line , which included 15 building sets and collectible minifigures based on the film. The largest sets in the line were Ninjago City (set number: 70620) and Ninjago City Docks (set number: 70657), with Ninjago City being listed as one of
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#17327938137179486-629: The Maelstrom. The player, aboard the ship, escapes to Avant Gardens with the aid of Sky Lane. Here, a disaster involving Paradox has infected Avant Gardens with Maelstrom and released a beast called the Spider Queen. After travelling through the world and discovering the Spider Queen's location, the player destroys the Spider Queen at the Block Yard and claims their first Property, where they could place collected models and bricks. At that point,
9639-632: The Master Dragon. other seven new sets for the 1st half of the second season were announced for release on 1 March 2024 including Young Dragon Riyu, Arin's Ninja Off-Road Buggy Car, Kai's Ninja Climber Mech, Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo, Kai's Source Dragon Battle, Lloyd's Elemental Power Mech, Dragon Stone Shrine, six new sets for the 2nd half of the second season were announced for release on 1 August 2024 Tournament Temple City, Zane's Ice Motorcycle, Tournament Battle Arena, Ninja Team Combo Vehicle, Cole's Titan Dragon Mech, and Source Dragon of Motion. In 2019,
9792-738: The Monastery of Spinjitzu. In 2020, the Legacy wave included the Golden Mech, which was based on Ninjago Season 2, Thunder Raider and Kai Fighter, which were based on Season 3, Jungle Raider, which was based on Season 4, and a reimagined Destiny's Bounty. In 2021, the Legacy wave included Overlord Dragon, which was based on Season 2, X-1 Ninja Charger, which was based on Season 3, Boulder Blaster, Jay's Electro Mech and Tournament of Elements, which were based on Season 4, Zane's Titan Mech Battle, which
9945-490: The Mountain . Prime Empire's video game theme was reflected in its playsets, which included three arcade pods, dragons, vehicles and locations from the season, such as Jay's Cyber Dragon, Kai's Mech Jet and Empire Temple of Madness. Master of the Mountain focuses on the evil Skull Sorcerer and the dungeons of Shintaro and its associated wave of sets included Spinjitzu Burst spinners and several playsets that can be used as
10098-612: The Nexus Tower. After creating a minifigure, players came to the Venture Explorer. It acted as a tutorial for any newcomers, teaching the basics of running, jumping, and smashing. Ultimately, players built a rocket and headed off to Avant Gardens with help from Sky Lane. Also, members were able to participate in a "Return to the Venture Explorer" with difficult enemies such as Hammer Stromlings, Corrupted Sentries, Hammerhurl Stromlings, and Elite Dark Spiderlings; though this
10251-706: The Oni and was accompanied in 2019 by a minifigure pack of Oni villains. In the second half of 2019, Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu was released, which focuses on themes of fire and ice. The wave of sets included vehicles and locations from the season, including Fire Fang, Lloyd's Titan Mech, the Land Bounty and Castle of the Forsaken Emperor. This was followed in 2020, by the release of two seasons titled Prime Empire and Master of
10404-613: The Stromling, Stromling Mech, and the Dark Spiderling, born from the Block Yard's boss, the Spider Queen. The mini-game here is Avant Garden Survival. Here you must survive against Stromlings, Dark Spiderlings, Stromling Mechs, and other enemies more difficult to destroy. Avant Gardens is where you can tame the pets such as Doberman, Triceratops, and Buffalo. The two properties where you can build your creations in Avant Gardens are Block Yard and Avant Grove. Nimbus Station acted as
10557-459: The Void . Typical MUDs and other predecessor games were limited to about 64 or 256 simultaneous player connections; this was a limit imposed by the underlying operating system, which was usually Unix-like. One of the biggest problems with modern engines has been handling the vast number of players. Since a typical server can handle around 10,000–12,000 players, 4000–5000 active simultaneously, dividing
10710-495: The art of Spinjitzu by their teacher, Master Wu. In 2023, new characters were introduced, which are based on the Ninjago: Dragons Rising series. The Ninjago toy line began with the development of spinners, which were created as a way to introduce children to the wider theme. Senior Creative Manager, Tommy Andreasen explained, "We had the idea of the action toys. The challenge was how can you actually make
10863-426: The characters over the weekend. The Ninjago theme then employed the use of an original story that would appeal to young teenage boys, by creating a cast of characters that focused on a group of ninja heroes and a wide variety of villains. Senior Creative Manager, Tommy Andreasen commented, "It wasn't until we started developing a fantasy theme that we saw it actually can become a building toy as well. So you can put
11016-538: The characters, minifigures, vehicles and locations from the Ninjago universe. The book has appeared in the top position on The New York Times Best Seller List. A long-running Lego Ninjago magazine is also published each month, which includes puzzles, activities and stories about the Ninjago characters. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), the Lego Ninjago magazine achieved an average circulation of 54,000 between July and December 2021, ahead of
11169-494: The children considered to be "real" fantasy villains. Andreasen recalled, "As it turned out, if you took the fantasy to where they were battling skeletons, that made total sense for the kids. We could push it one step further - it's fine that these skeletons have these skeleton themed monster trucks and stuff like that. At that point, you could really start to see a product assortment". Writers Dan and Kevin Hageman came up with
11322-573: The closed beta signup page was originally leaked on an LU Producer's Twitter page, allowing some people to sign up for the game before anyone else. The February issue of the Lego Universe newsletter, released soon after, also contained a link to the Beta sign up page for Lego Universe , wherein subscribers were able to sign up for a chance to be in the Beta Test for PC only (though a Mac version
11475-529: The creation of the genre, was the multiplayer flight combat simulation game Air Warrior by Kesmai on the GEnie online service, which first appeared in 1986. Kesmai later added 3D graphics to the game, making it the first 3D MMO. Commercial MMORPGs gained acceptance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The genre was pioneered by the GemStone series on GEnie, also created by Kesmai, and Neverwinter Nights ,
11628-417: The current version is not quite a true simulated world, it is very complex and contains a large persistent world. The MMOG genre of air traffic simulation is one example, with networks such as VATSIM and IVAO striving to provide rigorously authentic flight-simulation environments to players in both pilot and air traffic controller roles. In this category of MMOGs, the objective is to create duplicates of
11781-488: The decision to recreate the original sets by stating, "When a lot of these sets originally came out, it was back in 2011 and 2012. The way we build with Lego bricks, the way we actually put sets together, has changed a lot. This means we have new elements; we have new ways of making the build even better." In 2019, the first Legacy wave reimagined previously released vehicles like Jay's Storm Fighter, Cole's Earth Driller, Kai's Blade Cycle & Zane's Snowmobil, and also included
11934-500: The development of their virtual economy, as they most likely have a higher priority to the games viability via adequate funding. Games with an enormous player base, and consequently much higher sales and subscription income, can take more drastic actions more often and in much larger volumes. This account banning could also serve as an economic gain for these large games, since it is highly likely that, due to demand, these 'gold farming' accounts will be recreated with freshly bought copies of
12087-484: The endorsements of some of the official major league associations and players. MMOR means massively multiplayer online racing . Currently there are only a small number of racing-based MMOGs, including iRacing , Kart Rider , Test Drive Unlimited , Project Torque , Drift City and Race or Die . Other notable MMORs included Upshift Strikeracer , Motor City Online and Need for Speed: World , all of which have since shut down. The Trackmania series
12240-423: The final product in order to produce a successful line. This rigorous testing and development resulted in the Ninjago line being delayed by a year. Cerim Manovi, Senior Design Manager for the theme stated, "Ninjas crystallised themselves because we were, like: 'What’s the greatest hero entry point?' We showed them superheroes, everything – but ninjas just grabbed kids right there." During the development process,
12393-1051: The final season of the original series titled Crystalized were released in summer 2022. The sets are based on the season's storyline and include Nya's Samurai X Mech, The Crystal King and The Crystal King Temple. In 2023, nine new sets were announced for release on 1 January 2023, including Kai's Ninja Race Car EVO, Lloyd's Mech Battle EVO, Cole's Earth Dragon EVO, Kai's Mech Rider EVO, Jay's Lightning Jet EVO, Jay's Titan Mech, Zane's Ice Dragon Creature, Creative Ninja Brick Box and Nya's Water Dragon EVO. In addition, fourteen sets based on new series titled Ninjago: Dragons Rising were announced for release in June 2023, including Kai's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Flip, Nya's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Drift, Lloyd's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Spin, Kai and Ras's Car and Bike Battle, Imperium Dragon Hunter Hound, Zane's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Race Car, Sora's Transforming Mech Bike Racer, Heatwave Transforming Lava Dragon, Lloyd and Arin Ninja Team Mechs, Temple of
12546-470: The first such game to include graphics, which debuted on AOL in 1991. As video game developers applied MMOG ideas to other computer and video game genres , new acronyms started to develop, such as MMORTS . MMOG emerged as a generic term to cover this growing class of games. The debuts of The Realm Online , Meridian 59 (the first 3D MMORPG), Castle Infinity (the first kid-focused MMORPG), Ultima Online , Underlight and EverQuest in
12699-535: The first year of its release. Alongside the Lego Ninjago product line, a variety of other media was created, including a Ninjago board game for Lego Games , a themed world for Lego Universe , a video game with TT Games that launched in April 2011, and the development of the animated Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV series that launched in January 2011. The launch of the TV show and the overwhelming popularity of
12852-437: The game into several servers has up until now been the solution. This approach has also helped with technical issues, such as lag , that many players experience. Another difficulty, especially relevant to real-time simulation games, is time synchronization across hundreds or thousands of players. Many games rely on time synchronization to drive their physics simulation as well as their scoring and damage detection. Although there
13005-559: The game must work on company servers. There is some debate if a high head-count is a requirement to be an MMOG. Some say that it is the size of the game world and its capability to support many players that should matter. For example, despite technology and content constraints, most MMOGs can fit up to a few thousand players on a single game server at a time. To support all those players, MMOGs need large-scale game worlds, and servers to connect players to those worlds. Some games have all of their servers connected so all players are connected in
13158-532: The game within a new build of the game on September 20, 2011. It featured more expansively than Crux Prime the Lego theme Ninjago . The world in comparison to the other worlds was one of the largest. It included the Ninjago Monastery, Skeleton Battlefields and the Ninjago Caves. Players upon arriving followed a chain of missions to learn all four elements of Spinjitsu, from the four ninjas in their temples within
13311-565: The game's closure, some fans began projects to revive the game through emulation. The most notable project is Darkflame Universe, which has had talks with the LEGO Group. On October 3, 2021, Darkflame Universe announced that they will be abandoning their private hosting of a server and going open source later in the year, due to being unable to reach a legal agreement with the LEGO Group regarding public online play. On December 5, 2021, Darkflame Universe went open source. Lego Universe received
13464-467: The game, and also in 2009 for one last promotion. The game was available in English and German . The servers were shut down permanently on January 31, 2012, due to 'unsatisfactory revenue' from within the game's target audience. Lego Universe took place in an alternate universe populated by Lego minifigures . The premise is that years ago, a team of four minifigures went on a great journey to seek
13617-500: The game. MMOFPS is an online gaming genre which features many simultaneous players in a first-person shooter fashion. These games provide large-scale, sometimes team-based combat. The addition of persistence in the game world means that these games add elements typically found in RPGs, such as experience points . However, MMOFPS games emphasize player skill more than player statistics, as no number of in-game bonuses will compensate for
13770-487: The game. The original trailer, leaked around early 2008, showed early concepts of the game. These include character customization using the traditional Lego method, a workshop where a car is created from Lego bricks, a Lego city populated with sets from numerous different themes, and a short theatrical battle between an eye-patched Lego minifigure and a "Darkling". In January 2010, six new gameplay videos, an interview, and another trailer were shown at CES 2010 and released on
13923-423: The game. The practice of acquiring large volumes of virtual currency for the purpose of selling to other individuals for tangible and real currency is called gold farming . Many players who have poured in all of their personal effort resent that there is this exchange between real and virtual economies since it devalues their own efforts. As a result, the term 'gold farmer' now has a very negative connotation within
14076-544: The game. The virtual goods revenue from online games and social networking exceeded US$ 7 billion in 2010. In 2011, it was estimated that up to 100,000 people in China and Vietnam are playing online games to gather gold and other items for sale to Western players. While this 'gold farming' is considered to ruin the game for actual players, many rely on 'gold farming' as their main source of income. However, single player in MMOs
14229-453: The games and their communities. This slander has unfortunately also extended itself to racial profiling and to in-game and forum insulting. The reaction from many of the game companies varies. In games that are substantially less popular and have a small player base, the enforcement of the elimination of 'gold farming' appears less often. Companies in this situation most likely are concerned with their personal sales and subscription revenue over
14382-670: The global infrastructure requirements often allow for classification as an MMO. The term is often used differently by players who tend to refer to their play experience versus game developers who refer to the engineering experience. MMO game developers tend to require tremendous investments in developing and maintaining servers around the globe, network bandwidth infrastructure often on the order of terabytes per second, and large engineering problems relating to managing data spread between multiple computer clusters. There are several types of massively multiplayer online games. Massively multiplayer online role-playing games , known as MMORPG s, are
14535-640: The incident, the explorers decided to form their own factions, Doctor Overbuild creating the Assembly, Duke Exeter forming the Sentinels, Hael Storm leading the Venture League, and the Baron's protégé Vanda Darkflame creating the Paradox. The factions worked together to create the Nexus Force in order to destroy the Maelstrom and its minions. The Venture Explorer, a ship carrying new recruits is being attacked by
14688-416: The initial idea for the ninjas' distinctive flying base, Destiny's Bounty. Their idea was that it would be a "windmill that turned into a helicopter and flew around". However, the idea to use a junk ship for the ninja base was suggested by Tommy Andreasen. The vessel has changed design over time both in the series and in toy form. Design Manager Michael Svane Knap commented, "One of the approaches that we have
14841-666: The internet. A theatrical-style trailer depicting the background story was revealed at the E3 Gaming Expo . In November 2009, a website for the fictional "Bradford-Rant Institute for Cosmic Kinesis" was linked on the Lego Universe web page. The institute was supposedly tracking seven Lego "Pods", which landed in various parts of the United States and Europe . Fans could track and find these pods, all of which landed between November 2009 and early January 2010. Once
14994-696: The largest Lego sets ever released. The line was eventually discontinued by 31 December 2019. On 31 October 2024, it was announced that a live-action Ninjago film from Universal Pictures is in development, with Dan and Kevin Hageman attached to pen the script. Since its launch in 2011, The Lego Group has developed the Ninjago brand into a media franchise that has produced an extensive variety of media and merchandise, including books, magazines, video games and mobile app games, and theme park attractions. Several theme park attractions have been launched at Legoland resorts within Lego Ninjago World,
15147-427: The last essence of pure Imagination : Doctor Overbuild, Duke Exeter, Hael Storm, and Baron Typhonus. After having found it on the mysterious planet Crux, the greedy tycoon of the expedition, Baron Typhonus, was pulled into the source, fusing with it to create a maelstrom of chaotic dark energy. However, even though Doctor Overbuild plugged the hole, the stress caused Crux to explode into thousands of other worlds. After
15300-732: The late 1990s popularized the MMORPG genre. The growth in technology meant that where Neverwinter Nights in 1991 had been limited to 50 simultaneous players (a number that grew to 500 by 1995), by 2000 a multitude of MMORPGs was each serving thousands of simultaneous players and led the way for games such as World of Warcraft and EVE Online . Despite the genre's focus on multiplayer gaming, AI -controlled characters are still common. NPCs and mobs who give out quests or serve as opponents are typical in MMORPGs. AI-controlled characters are not as common in action-based MMOGs. The popularity of MMOGs
15453-465: The legendary Green Ninja, Lloyd Garmadon . The ninja characters are "Elemental Masters", which means that they each possess elemental powers. They are also trained in the fictional martial art of "Spinjitzu" by their ancient and wise teacher, Master Wu, giving them the ability to fight against the forces of evil. In 2023, new characters were introduced for the replacement series. Ninjago enjoyed phenomenal popularity and success in its first year, and
15606-439: The lines between real and virtual worlds. The result is often seen as an unwanted interaction between the real and virtual economies by the players and the provider of the virtual world. This practice ( economy interaction ) is mostly seen in this genre of games. The two seem to come hand in hand with even the earliest MMOGs, such as Ultima Online having this kind of trade: real money for virtual things. The importance of having
15759-663: The markets asked for a wave with the classic Ninjago identity. We would not get any story continuing content in order to make sure we could get started on 2HY 2022 as early as possible. Thus, Core was born." The wave comprised various playsets that feature in the corresponding Ninjago Core shorts, including Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, Jay's Thunder Dragon EVO, Kai's Fire Dragon EVO, Lloyd's Race Car EVO and Zane's Power Up Mech EVO. An additional four sets were released in March, consisting of Kai's Spinjitzu Ninja Training, Lloyd's Spinjitzu Ninja Training, Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training and Ninja Training Center. Nine new sets that correspond to
15912-532: The mobile phone market. The first, Samurai Romanesque set in feudal Japan , was released in 2001 on NTT DoCoMo 's iMode network in Japan. More recent developments are CipSoft 's TibiaME and Biting Bit's MicroMonster , which features online and bluetooth multiplayer gaming. SmartCell Technology is in development of Shadow of Legend , which will allow gamers to continue their game on their mobile device when away from their PC. Science fiction has also been
16065-607: The monastery, and help defend the Monastery from skeletons. With the world also came a new crafting feature known as game cooking. A vendor in the Ninjago Monastery traded a special consumable item in exchange for common consumable items found around Lego Universe . Aside from the main mission chain that was to learn Spinjitsu, there were several other sub-plot mission chains available to players. The Ninjago Monastery world included many new daily missions and puzzles. The Ninjago Monastery also included an Earth Dragon Pet that can be tamed after completing certain missions. The Ninjago Monastery
16218-584: The most common type of MMOG. Some MMORPGs are designed as a multiplayer browser game in order to reduce infrastructure costs and utilise a thin client that most users will already have installed. The acronym BBMMORPGs has sometimes been used to describe these as "browser-based". Many games are categorized as MMOBBGs, , Massively Multiplayer Online Bulletin Board Games, also called MMOBBRPGs. These particular types of games are primarily made up of text and descriptions, although images are often used to enhance
16371-439: The ninja-based Forbidden Valley. Custom-built rocket ships were used by players to travel between these worlds. Three racetracks are found on these worlds that allow players to race against each other with custom race cars. Throughout the game players could collect Lego pieces that can be used to freely build models on their personal properties. Properties could be set to only allow in certain friends or to give access to anybody in
16524-435: The normal membership packages the game also offered a free to play option with certain limitations, such as there being only two worlds available for free play, one being Venture Explorer — a tutorial world — and the other Avant Gardens. You could take part in the fight against the Spider Queen and have temporary gear which involves armour and weapons for each Faction. There was a button that asked players if they wanted to become
16677-437: The number of players and common use of a persistent world, generally hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to evolve even when the player is offline. Steve Jackson Games' UltraCorps is an example of an MMO turn-based strategy game. Hundreds of players share the same playing field of conquest. In a "mega" game, each turn fleets are built and launched to expand one's personal empire. Turns are usually time-based, with
16830-531: The player can interact with in Crux Prime. Enemies also included the 'leaders' of types of enemy (e.g. Butterscorch, the dragon leader). All leader enemies show up in a slightly different colour from other Crux Prime invaders. The only tameable pet here was the Skeleton Dragon which was tamable as part of the main story line on Crux Prime. The Ninjago Monastery was a new Lego Universe world added to
16983-488: The players can travel to Nimbus Station if they pay for membership, where they choose which faction to join. From there, the player could travel to other worlds like Forbidden Valley or Gnarled Forest. The game consisted of four factions - The Sentinels, The Venture League, The Assembly, and The Paradox. The player could only join one faction. Each Faction had three specialties that had 3 different ranks and gear. There were two valiant weapons per faction which could be bought at
17136-404: The product line were created to coexist, with the storyline and products running alongside one another. This close connection is created out of a collaboration between product designers and storywriters. Design Manager Michael Svane Knap has elaborated on this by stating, "The product is important to us, but it's as important that we tell an engaging story from the beginning. We start developing with
17289-554: The real world for people who cannot or do not wish to undertake those experiences in real life. For example, flight simulation via an MMOG requires far less expenditure of time and money, is completely risk-free, and is far less restrictive (fewer regulations to adhere to, no medical exams to pass, and so on). Another specialist area is the mobile telecoms operator (carrier) business where billion-dollar investments in networks are needed but market shares are won and lost on issues from segmentation to handset subsidies. A specialist simulation
17442-564: The real world. They tend to be very specific to industries or activities of very large risk and huge potential loss, such as rocket science, airplanes, trucks, battle tanks, submarines etc. Gradually as simulation technology is getting more mainstream, so too various simulators arrive into more mundane industries. The initial goal of World War II Online was to create a map (in northwestern Europe) that had real-world physics (gravity, air/water resistance, etc.), and ability for players to have some strategic abilities to its basic FPS/RPG role. While
17595-615: The release of the Summer 2021 Ninjago sets in June 2021, which include golden minifigures of the Ninjago characters Nya and Zane. Ninjago themed sets have also been produced as part of the Lego Juniors theme and, more recently, as part of its successor product range 4+. These sets were specifically designed to be simpler to build with fewer pieces and slightly larger building elements. The Ninjago 4+ sets are aimed at children aged four and above, such as Kai's Fire Dragon set, which
17748-411: The season, including Destiny's Shadow, Dragon Forge and Dawn of Iron Doom. A second wave for the year was replaced by The Lego Ninjago Movie toy line , which introduced new hair pieces for the ninja characters that were adopted and used in subsequent waves. The eighth season, which was released in 2018 and titled Sons of Garmadon , focuses on a criminal biker gang and the associated sets included
17901-548: The season, including Fangpyre Truck Ambush, Epic Dragon Battle and Ultra Sonic Raider. In 2013, Lego Ninjago was based on the second season Legacy of the Green Ninja , which focuses on Lloyd Garmadon becoming the "Golden Ninja". The toy line included The Golden Dragon set, which featured the character in his golden minifigure form and was later rereleased as part of the Ninjago Legacy line in 2019. In 2014,
18054-534: The season, such as Tiger Widow Island, Misfortune's Keep and The Lighthouse Siege. The Day of the Departed sets included the Ultra Stealth Raider, Samurai X Cave Chaos and Rock Roader. In 2017, the Ninjago playsets were based on the seventh season titled Hands of Time , which focuses on time travel and the main antagonists Krux and Acronix. The playsets included vehicles and locations from
18207-607: The simulation, any one team can win. Also to ensure maximum intensity, only one team can win. Telecoms senior executives who have taken the Equilibrium/Arbitrage simulation say it is the most intense, and most useful training they have ever experienced. It is typical of business use of simulators, in very senior management training/retraining. Examples of MMO simulation games include World of Tanks , War Thunder , Motor City Online , The Sims Online , and Jumpgate . A massively multiplayer online sports game
18360-550: The spinner toys and skeleton-themed playsets, such as skull monster trucks, and vehicles, dragons and locations from the season, including Garmadon's Dark Fortress, Ice Dragon Attack and the Fire Temple. In 2012, the Ninjago toy line was based on the first season titled Rise of the Snakes . It introduces Lloyd Garmadon and focuses on the snake-like Serpentine. The product line featured dragons and snake-themed vehicles from
18513-402: The story. Andreasen commented, "we wanted to make sure that it was something that would look great on TV, lightning coming out of tornadoes and stuff like that. The toy representation of that was the spinner". The fantasy element was later combined with the introduction of advanced technology into the Ninjago universe. Although the original intention was to remain true to the historical setting,
18666-723: The theme resulted in a 20% increase in sales in the first quarter of 2011, with the Ninjago line making the highest single-year sales for any Lego original product line in the company's history. With its initial launch in early 2011, the Ninjago line was intended to continue for a limited run of three years. However, the strong sales performance of the line combined with the company's increased engagement with online communities resulted in The Lego Group reversing this decision. The company had begun to use online forums, such as Lego Cuusoo , to engage with fans and obtain customer feedback relating to its product range. The Ninjago brand
18819-448: The third-party companies and their customers defend, is that they are selling and exchanging the time and effort put into the acquisition of the currency, not the digital information itself. They also express that the nature of many MMOGs is that they require time commitments not available to everyone. As a result, without external acquisition of virtual currency, some players are severely limited to being able to experience certain aspects of
18972-416: The third-party companies that want a share of the profits and success of the game. This battle between companies is defended on both sides. The company originating the game and the intellectual property argue that this is in violation of the terms and agreements of the game as well as copyright violation since they own the rights to how the online currency is distributed and through what channels . The case that
19125-470: The toy line included ghost-themed vehicles, dragons and locations from the season, including Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty and the Temple of Airjitzu. In 2016, the Ninjago playsets were based on the sixth season titled Skybound and the 45-minute special Day of the Departed . The Skybound sets focused on Nadakhan and his band of sky pirates and included pirate-themed locations and vehicles from
19278-459: The toy line released sets based on the fourth season titled Tournament of Elements and the fifth season titled Possession . The fourth season focuses on Master Chen and the snake-like Anacondrai and its associated toy range included locations and vehicles from the season, including Jungle Raider, ElectroMech and Enter the Serpent. The fifth season features an army of ghosts led by Morro, and
19431-511: The toy line resulted in the production of The Lego Ninjago Movie , released in 2017, which was the third film in The Lego Movie franchise . A live-action film based on Ninjago is in development. On January 14, 2021, the Ninjago theme celebrated its tenth anniversary, making it one of The Lego Group's longest-running and most successful original themes. The main focus of the line is the formation and consequent exploits and trials of
19584-486: The toy line was based on the third season, Rebooted . The season focuses on advanced technology and this was reflected in the nindroid-themed playsets, such as OverBorg Attack and Nindroid MechDragon. The toy line also included the Kai Fighter, Thunder Raider and X-1 Ninja Charger, which were all rereleased as part of the Ninjago Legacy line. 2015 was the first year to feature two Ninjago seasons in one year and
19737-480: The toys, we always start with the story. Our first priority is to tell a good story both in the physical products and in the content we’re creating. And the ninja is always the constant starting point of the concept… They each bring their own unique thing to the story and products. In 2011, the Ninjago theme released 39 toy construction sets that were based on the Pilot Episodes . The product range included
19890-447: The universe. The missions are released at an approximate rate of one every week when the site is updated. When the promotion started, it had a timer ending on April 2, 2010, at 12:00am midnight, GMT , which is April 1 at 8:00pm ET . On March 27, the timer reset to June 2, 2010, at 12:00am GMT , or June 1 at 8:00pm ET . On June 15–17, 2010, the Lego Universe Team hosted an event at the 2010 E3 Gaming Expo , where attendees could play in
20043-467: The vehicles and locations of the season, including Street Race of Snake Jaguar, Ninja Nightcrawler, S.O.G. Headquarters and the Temple of Resurrection. The ninth season Hunted focuses on a band of Dragon Hunters and was accompanied by a wave of playsets featuring dragons, including Firstbourne, Stormbringer and the Dragon Pit. The tenth season March of the Oni focuses on an evil race named
20196-539: The virtual world of EverQuest as the 77th wealthiest nation, on par with Croatia, Ecuador, Tunisia or Vietnam. World of Warcraft is a dominant MMOG with 8-9 million monthly subscribers worldwide. The subscriber base dropped by one million after the expansion Wrath of the Lich King , bringing it to nine million subscribers in 2010, though it remained the most popular Western title among MMOGs. In 2008, Western consumer spending on World of Warcraft represented
20349-407: The words that are commonly displayed on signs and advertisements in the Ninjago universe. With the release of The Lego Ninjago Movie , a Ninjago Language Translator was released to accompany the film. In April 2020, the lead writer of the Ninjago television series, Bragi Schut stated on Twitter that the language is called "Ninjargon". Lego Ninjago was developed as a Big Bang project with
20502-844: Was VR-1 Entertainment, whose Conductor platform was adopted and endorsed by a variety of service providers around the world including Sony Communications Network in Japan; the Bertelsmann Game Channel in Germany; British Telecom's Wireplay in England; and DACOM and Samsung SDS in South Korea. Games that were powered by the Conductor platform included Fighter Wing , Air Attack , Fighter Ace , Evernight , Hasbro Em@ail Games ( Clue , NASCAR and Soccer ), Towers of Fallow , The SARAC Project , VR1 Crossroads and Rumble in
20655-471: Was a sort of safe zone. It included a mini-game in which the player could fight three dragons. It also introduced several new enemies, such as the Dark Ronin and a type of Dark Ronin which rode a skeleton horse. Nexus Tower was the hub of everything informational in terms of factions. Here one could accept missions from the faction leader and interact with other things within Nexus Tower. The last piece of
20808-463: Was also the direct result of ethnographic research of children's interests. The Ninjago product development team in Fort Lee , New Jersey spent several days monitoring groups of eight to ten-year-old boys to gauge their reactions to various concepts and storyboards, including ninjas, underwater adventures and futuristic cities. The chosen concept then went through several rounds of testing to refine
20961-642: Was based around the creation of virtual objects, including models and scripts. In practice, it has more in common with Club Caribe than EverQuest . It was the first MMO of its kind to achieve widespread success (including attention from mainstream media); however, it was not the first (as Club Caribe was released in 1988). Competitors in this subgenre (non-combat-based MMORPG) include Active Worlds , There , SmallWorlds , Furcadia , Whirled , IMVU and Red Light Center . Ninjago Lego Ninjago (stylized as LEGO NINJAGO ; IPA : / n ɪ n ˈ dʒ ɑː ɡ oʊ / , nin- JAH -goh )
21114-572: Was based on feudal Japan and featured ninjas, fortresses, catapults and horses. It originated in the Lego Castle theme that had been in existence since 1978. In 2000, Lego Ninja was replaced by Knights' Kingdom. These themes eventually resulted in the introduction of the Ninjago theme, which included some of the original concepts of the Ninja theme, such as the dragons and fortresses, but also introduced modern day elements. The focus on ninja
21267-399: Was based on Season 5, and Ultra Sonic Raider. On 14 January 2021, the Lego Ninjago brand celebrated its tenth anniversary. To mark this milestone, The Lego Group released a limited number of playsets in the Ninjago Legacy line that include exclusive collectible golden minifigures of the main ninja characters. To celebrate the tenth anniversary, Ninjago City Gardens (set number: 71741)
21420-471: Was challenging to increase in level after completing the main story line, nevertheless many players participated in the free-to-play option. The idea for free-to-play came from a fan from the "ask Max" section of the website. On Monday, January 30, 2012, precisely at midnight, the Lego Universe servers shut down, and the game is no longer available to play. Jesper Vilstrup, Vice President of Lego Universe , stated, "Unfortunately, we have not been able to build
21573-415: Was consequently extended past the end of 2013 and has been in production ever since. In February 2021, Design Manager Michael Svane Knap commented on the ongoing appeal of the theme by stating, "When Lego Ninjago was originally created more than 10 years ago, it was as much luck as it was skill that made us get to where we are today. Everyone involved back then was quite new and inexperienced with creating
21726-522: Was developed by Nokia called Equilibrium/Arbitrage to have over a two-day period five teams of top management of one operator/carrier play a "wargame" against each other, under extremely realistic conditions, with one operator an incumbent fixed and mobile network operator, another a new entrant mobile operator, a third a fixed-line/internet operator, etc. Each team is measured by outperforming their rivals by market expectations of that type of player. Thus, each player has drastically different goals, but within
21879-563: Was in a very early state; only a few worlds were ready for testing, and the parts that were playable had several glitches. As time went on, glitches were fixed, and more worlds were opened. Several concepts tested in the Alpha test did not make it into the Beta and were scrapped. In January 2010, Lego announced that, at the Consumer Electronics Show , there would be a demonstration and sign-ups for beta testing. The link to
22032-408: Was launched at Legoland Billund Resort . A similar themed area was introduced at Legoland Deutschland Resort in April 2017. It was later launched in May 2017 at Legoland Windsor Resort . In the same month, it was introduced at Legoland California and Legoland Florida . Lego Ninjago: The Ride was introduced at Legoland Windsor Resort in 2017. Ninjago World at Legoland Windsor also includes
22185-609: Was mostly restricted to the computer game market until the sixth-generation consoles , with the launch of Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast , as well as the emergence and growth of the online service Xbox Live . There have been a number of console MMOGs, including EverQuest Online Adventures ( PlayStation 2 ), and the multi-console Final Fantasy XI . On PCs, the MMOG market has always been dominated by successful fantasy MMORPGs. MMOGs have only recently begun to break into
22338-432: Was not part of any tutorial. This is the second world players would visit. It introduces newcomers to the basic mission scenarios and gets them prepared for what they will soon come to face. In addition to the storyline missions, there were side missions and bonus activities such as survival and foot races. Players with memberships saw this as the first zone to see tamable pets in. The Maelstrom minions here are easy, such as
22491-538: Was purchased, using a process known as auto-renewal. Game Time could also be purchased in the form of non-renewed game cards. Lego Universe became available for normal order on October 27, 2010. The Normal Order shipped with only the Lego Universe DVD and one month of free game time, though promotions did occasionally arise which provided additional exclusive items. The game was also available for download online, through services such as Steam . Aside from
22644-421: Was released later on during testing.) Members of My Lego Network on Lego.com also received a message inviting them to the Beta sign ups. In March, the Lego Universe website featured a link on an article directly to the Beta sign ups. Lego Universe beta invites were sent out to the first round of non-alpha testers on March 10; the beta test then ended on September 26 at 7:59 PM EDT (September 29 at 1:00 PM EDT, on
22797-464: Was released on 1 February 2021 as part of the Ninjago Legacy line. The set contains 5,685 pieces, surpassing the previously released Ninjago City set, making it the largest Ninjago set ever produced. It was designed to connect smoothly with the previous Ninjago modular sets. The playset, similar to the earlier Ninjago City set, is a high rise that contains multiple small shops, including Chen's Noodle House and Ice Planet. The set features two apartments,
22950-418: Was retitled Ninjago . Regular seasons of the show were released each year from 2011 to 2022, along with one pilot season and one extended special. In 2022, a new series for the brand was announced at San Diego Comic-Con . The new series titled Ninjago: Dragons Rising was revealed in a campaign to find and merge five scattered poster fragments. It was released on 1 June 2023 on Netflix . The series and
23103-488: Was the first MMOG developed for children. Its gameplay falls somewhere between puzzle and adventure . There are also massively multiplayer collectible card games: Alteil , Astral Masters and Astral Tournament . Other MMOCCGs might exist ( Neopets has some CCG elements) but are not as well known. Alternate reality games (ARGs) can be massively multiplayer, allowing thousands of players worldwide to co-operate in puzzle trials and mystery solving. ARGs take place in
23256-582: Was the last major addition to Lego Universe . A battle against Lord Garmadon in the fire temple was planned (and advertised) to be added into the game, but was not rolled out as a result of the server shutdown in January 2012. Lego Universe brought players from around the world together to build and fight against the Maelstrom and its minions. The player assumed the role of a Lego minifigure and travelled to various themed worlds, each with different enemies and challenges. Players could collect and earn gear that might be worn and fought with to aid them in achieving
23409-563: Was then rolled out in Legoland parks and Legoland Discovery Centres in 2018. On 29 May 2021, Lego Ninjago World was introduced as one of seven themed lands with the opening of Legoland New York . In November 2021, a Lego Ninjago World themed land was announced for the upcoming launch of Legoland Shanghai Resort in 2024. In 2022, Lego Ninjago Weekends were launched on 11 June until 10 July 2022 at Legoland Windsor Resort. A wide variety of books and magazines have been published based on
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