will webkinz ever be good again?

[@planetclue]

webkinz next is fully capable of scratching a very particular itch. i know i give it a hard time in this video, but if you dig it, don't let me take away your enjoyment of it. i love you and i hope you're doing okay patreon.com/clue

[@6r33DFU11]

yeah

[@FigureFarter]

I never played webkinz, my school just gave away some plushes to people. I got the lion and gecko one

[@rat...]

i love you too and i am doing swell

[@abbexx4283]

Tysm I needed to hear that

[@jaydarb10]

i hope you're okay, too.

[@Spamlum]

I agree that the plushes being Beanie Boo bootlegs is so much more unappealing. The style of the original plushes was simplistic but so versatile so you could have both an extremely realistic bobcat and a colorful puppy and they'd look cute. That was the fun of the originals: There was something for everyone who wanted a Webkinz plush. The new ones don't have that same positive. Yes, they could be more appealing to kids, but Beanie Boos are already an option and the Webkinz ones look more...Soulless and kinda scary? And this is coming from someone who likes big eyes on a toy/plush. Maybe future plushes could be improved by giving them more features, like a mouth, but idk if that will ever happen.

[@MaggieAMoscaZoadora]

Mad respect for having a Rayman pfp

[@spingleboygle]

tldr; new webkinz plushies are stupid an dumb and never should’ve been made.

[@pharoahcaraboo9610]

even though the older webkinz plush have smaller eyes than the new ones, i would never feel like the old plush have 'beady' eyes. the new ones somehow have very beady eyes.

[@luditheuber]

beanie boo-tlegs

[@nathanielmandrake1500]

I really wish the old style would come back, but from what I’ve been told the new style is cheaper to make which benefits Ganz as they’re not raking in as much cash as they did during Webkinz’ prime. It makes me so sad they look so so ugly though

[@tristanm2691]

i know this probably isnt what you had in mind but the concept of an adults marketed webkinz is so funny, could you imagine if one of the hangout spots was a proper bar where your little character could get a beer, or if ms birdy said Fuck a single time and never again

[@SonniDez]

I would love that a ridiculous amount.

[@koraichu]

"I'm so tired of these fucking Webkinz Killer rumors God Damn!"

[@luigi7834]

i would give this all my money. honestly their demographic is now mostly teens and young adults anyway, i feel like gen alpha kids arent rlly playing webkinz

[@bounceysteve]

@@koraichu”They’re RUINING my fucking career.”

[@dangdudedan8756]

8:56 i love the idea of looking at a newborn and your first reaction being "what's wrong with it why does it look like that"

[@PolygonDonut]

The 3d models of the pets are SO SCRUNGLY LMAO I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

[@starxstral]

they are very scrungly 🥰 i have a need to SQUEESH them

[@jeffs1571]

Oh hey, it's the PonGon!

[@mjv2011]

they scare me

[@kysnow69420.]

omg pongon dount 😃1!!1!11!😃😃😃 the skrunkle!

[@CedarpawAnimations]

pognon donu 😃😄😁😃😸😸😺

[@cantrip7]

Man, hearing you can only spark x amount of times PER PET FOREVER is so sad. You think they'd just have a timer attached to it. The idea of semi-randomly-generated dog frogs filling up your house seems so fun. And it goes without saying, but I miss when plushes looked purposefully toy-like. I had an adorable blue hippo Webkins with cute little sack-shaped feet that was fun to wiggle around or sit up at odd angles. New Webkins are like... figurines but soft.

[@TurbopropPuppy]

that's been a trend with plushies in general i think my first Build-a-Bear was all floppy and i still sleep with him, every other Build-a-Bear i've gotten since is all stiff and uncomfortable to cuddle, just setpieces i imagine it's cheaper but it's a real shame

[@kittymelody-9]

@@TurbopropPuppy So sad, but I agree 100%.

[@TheobaldLeonhart]

Yeah. I still collect the old Webkinz (whatever ones I find, when I go to a thrift store). But the new ones look...Bad Can't speak about Build a Bear, because I never really had them. But I do have a Pikachu plush, that is basically a soft figurine (set pose, can't really move joints)

[@plushdragonteddy]

to be fair with regards to the purposeless empty rooms, that was also something in the original game. you were just supposed to pick a hangout spot you liked the aesthetic of so you could chat with your friends online. that concept is a lot less novel now than it was then, though, so i’m not exactly in favor of it. plus, the original at least did have more rooms with purpose than the new game does.

[@canned-strawberries]

As a 19 year old classic player that has been playing for literally as long as I can remember, I wish they would lean into us more. There is such a large and thriving adult webkinz fandom, and leaning into nostalgia or even bringing back the old style of pets would be such a good move.

[@AsthmaticAxolotl]

When I was a kid, I LOVED beanie boos. I thought they were the cutest darn thing ever. But those new Webkinz pets are a bit unsettling, and even my kid self would have thought that

[@alecthepuppydawg]

i actually got the cocker spaniel and its straight-up adorable. they look smaller and slightly different on the site.

[@AveryAnarchy]

there's this brand of plushes I stumbled onto recently while passing by a tourist shop in my city. they're called "Palm Pals" and they're just round chubby little guys and all the animals with tails have these short stubby little tails and I absolutely adore them. I got the forest fox, it's so soft, and the design is nice because while they're homogenous in size and shape (designed with their little feet pointing forward so they sit, hence the name, they're designed to sit in the palm of your hand easily) the different animals actually have a very nice variation to them. They are generally too pricy for my tastes, this shop actually sold them very cheap compared to Amazon. But I'm just obsessed with the design of them and love my little fox so much. Companies NEED to learn that most people will prefer Little Guys over bug eyed soulless abominations. that unicorn looks like it would murder me in my sleep

[@water18394]

I have an Axolorl Palm Pal :)

[@AveryAnarchy]

@@water18394 I saw that one in the store!! it's very cute

[@saoirse_miller]

btw for anyone looking to buy, in case you can't find them they're sold by the brand aurora; palm pals is the name of the "collection" also i have a pumpkin one and it has silly little legs and everyone needs one

[@water18394]

I love that this post is getting recognition i mean it’s so cute istg

[@AveryAnarchy]

@@saoirse_miller ok I wasn't gonna get another but a Pumpkin? I'm sold

[@vaehtay]

I miss the classic plushies :/ tbh I’d still be collecting them if they were still out, even if I’m not a kid anymore. They’re adorable

[@chivalrix]

i love that the shrek baby has a "place later" button below it. this baby is furniture

[@Typocat]

i noticed that too, lol "Ah yes, just got home with my new baby, i think ill keep them in my pocket for later"

[@etheweirdo_art]

Wild that after like 3 years that's all the game has to offer. Though sparking is a neat concept at the very least. It really strikes me as they need a UI person though jeez.

[@rammix131]

Honestly, I like the idea of a nostalgia collection.

[@Agnes.Nutter]

I appreciate the clear distinction between live and VO! I haven’t seen that before and it was really nice :)

[@SadThrash]

I’m new to this channel, so I’m probably late to the party on this, but the live-action footage being filmed in 4:3 on a lower-quality camera against a backdrop decked out exclusively in 2000’s gaming paraphernalia has convinced me that this man is a magical time-traveler and it’s amazing.

[@aspookyladmusic4954]

"we're here. At the photo booth." Really got me 💀

[@Taxideas]

Slight correction, the Ganz eStore was not a replacement for the plush pets being discontinued. The eStore has been around since 2010 and has always offered virtual pets for sale.

[@planetclue]

yeah, i gotcha! i was just saying that the eStore was the fallback option once the plushes vanished.

[@nudimane_]

my first webkinz plush was a pink duck looking fella called a "googles", I believe i named him Gary... it's probably been over a decade now, and I still have him! Some years ago I also got a smaller white googles who is now his son :) I was too small and dumb to fully understand the webkinz site as a kid, but I still hold so much nostalgia for the plushies, sad to learn they arent really making those anymore D: But that just how it be 😔

[@HarmonyHope7534]

I love Googles! I have two Lil'Kinz Googles named Moogles and Byloogles, a pink one named Shezoogles, and a blue one named Perroogles. As well as digital only white Googles named Wizoogles and a candy one named Mary Soogle :3

[@Ampheon181]

Toontown Rewritten is currently celebrating its 10 year anniversary! Super awesome that a fan game i still active and thriving!

[@Aarlog]

That postal dude plush on the shelf is a total mood ngl

[@pokemonfreak387]

It's funny you mention Toontown Rewritten because I've actually been getting into its sister game, Toontown Corporate Clash, which keeps the Toontown formula, but it has more of a plot and adds a lot of new features that I think is awesome for those who like playing toontown but also want something new

[@aeiou_ena]

Aw man I LOVE TTCC! I just got into it recently too from watching JelloApocalypse play with his friends. I never played the OG as a kid like I played Webkinz, but I totally get the nostalgia and LOVE all the new stuff the TTCC team is doing!

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

I honestly _prefer_ clash because Field Offices, the way they are in Rewritten, feel pointless.

[@deepseaAtrocity]

RING RING RING, NEW KKCLUE VIDEO!!! GET FOOD FOR YOUR CANDY EYES!!!

[@fdaiclock]

i love kkclue!!!!11!!

[@LtSerg756]

Another video to randomly return to every 6 months

[@twinfantasytowers]

I’ve rewatched the other webkinz video like 400 times so this is nice

[@monochrome_gray9788]

Its fun to see another submas person out in the wild like I'm in the desert seeing another animal

[@emmachannelfunkidssubrise4047]

Woo!

[@maebee134]

I think Ganz made the right choice in keeping both games playable, but Next needs so much work it’s kind of unrealistic to expect players to want to switch from the classic version. Webkinz Classic has SO much content. I’ve played it on and off for years. They really could do something cool for the anniversary with a throwback collection of plushies or something.

[@MrSkerpentine]

I was gonna joke about how the Webkins Next plushes feel like an unholy fusion of Webkins and Funko Pops with the giant void eyes but then my brain derailed and imagined a world where Funko Pops had their own 2000’s toy-based online game 😰

[@paranormeow]

I always loved beanie boos, I loved collecting them, I have like 60 rn, but honestly I agree that the new Webkinz pets are just uncanny and souless. The old Webkinz pets designs were so perfect!! Why do this to them?

[@thetiniestleaf]

I had so many of the Classic Webkinz growing up, and you hit right on the nail with how creative their designs were and how much they appealed to kids. I had a Midnight Monster plush named Perfect, which is one of the derpiest looking creatures out there. His whole body was lumpy, he had a huge nose and mismatched patterns, and I loved him to bits. Slept with him every night because I struggled with nightmares and believed he'd help keep me safe. I can't believe that this company who created such beautiful plushes have now been making Beanie Boo knockoffs. There's no personality behind those eyes.

[@ToastyBoiChannel]

i love the style of kk's videos so much :D

[@lunanote-cassettemeower]

I completely agree with you with just about every single opinion you have! This video was a blast to watch and I actually laughed out loud several times, One detail I like is that the doggos wag their tails, I think that’s a cute detail, but it’s a shame how mediocre most of the models are. I’d loveee to see a Toontown x Webkinz crossover someday, Toontown and Webkinz were both very important childhood games to me and them combining would be awesome!

[@estroRin]

love the postal xx box and the postal dude plushie in the background while talking about a childrens game

[@godsnintendog]

I was JUST rewatching your first Webkinz video, this is PERFECT

[@HopscotchPlus]

I wonder if I’m the only one who’d love to watch a separate video of the captured footage with the live reactions. Or perhaps a super cut of the most interesting bits?

[@ratvadick]

holy cow i love the delineation between bordered VS full screen for voice over and live commentary

[@redllanterns7736]

the limit on sparking is a HUGE missed opportunity. i would literally play webkinz next as a mad science sim if i could just breed my pets and create mutants all day. sad!

[@ineffablefallen]

the frog in the corner just staring at the camera like ":D" the whole time was really unsettling

[@j9057]

oh my god i made that meme you put up about what plush companies think is cute i just got jumpscared so hard that image haunts me /lh i like your videos btw x,)

[@drpicklephd]

as someone who never really stepped away from webkinz classic and still plays on a regular basis, i loved your last video on the topic, and agree with everything you said here. awesome coverage, interesting insight, and thanks for sacrificing your brain to play webkinz next for more than 10 minutes hahaha

[@ArcboundX]

What really holds me back from these kinds of games, is them turning virtual goods into limited content FOMO opportunities. I'm a collector, so i'm not gonna get invested into a game that's going to A) Punish me for either, coming in too late, to possibly own everything at some point, or B) Missing out on time-limited content because i have a life.

[@aceinashoppingcart]

I distinctly remember playing Webkinz (classic) on the family PC. For us, it was located in Dad's office and we used Mom's account. The entire family shared the one account and we could only play for a set amount of time each day after chores/homework was complete. Many people grew up with the little sibling going "mom says it's my turn on the xbox" but for me it was the little sibling wanting me to stop playing Cash Cow so he could play Webkinz. This video and the previous one on Webkinz is really making me want to create a new account on Classic for all the Webkinz I have. It's a good thing I religiously kept all the tags for them (and even put their names on the tags so I knew which was who). As soon as I get home for Thanksgiving break, I'm grabbing my plushies and tags and making that account

[@chip-toon]

me: (casually playing toontown, watching this as a video in the background) kkclue: play toontown me: (ABSOLUTELY JUMPSCARED)

[@user-tu2rc3oq7m]

delighted to see a new update video for this! i revisit the old one every now and then, and this one was just as good as the last one. but also i am sorry to now be in the comments also asking what the outro song was cause it was a genuine bop 🙏🙏

[@nickyturnerwastaken]

man i miss webkins

[@stinkysoup2884]

i physically pogged when you mentioned TTR because i was literally playing corporate clash while watching this

[@lilytoonk8]

I don't know if there's any other channel as catered towards my niche interests/fixations as this one

[@CoolattasLab]

I really love the clips of you just messing around and testing the limits of the game its awesome :) especially the end where you just said "i have to pee" its very sillay

[@----x-----]

the nostalgia angle actually sounds like it would work really well, all those ideas and the merch would be great

[@poesnacks7273]

ribbitulon looks like he has no idea what's going on but he's just happy to be here

[@whck]

This video is golden. you said everything id been thinking. been playing webkinz regularly since 2008. i feel like theyve been ignoring the actual fans.

[@DeterminedBlade]

Him actually mentioning Toontown rewritten blew my mind away I was not expecting

[@foxtrot5576]

I miss the plushes tbh, I wish they would make them again :(

[@flufibun]

these new webkinz plushes look like prototype beanie boos, honestly- love your videos kk, specially when i got a yummy dessert to eat while watching :D

[@kingofthegrapes]

great video! 👍 I really appreciate that you didn't linger on the things you personally didn't like and instead mostly focused on the larger more general problems!

[@daKaosjr]

I went to go play Webkinz Classic again after watching this video, and I managed to get stuck since it wants me to change my password (it's 6 characters, 8 is now minimum) but the change password forum requires me to know the names of my pets... which I haven't known for over 10 years. Sigh.

[@anacrea3931]

That sucks :( have you tried contacting support? I lost my childhood account (did not log in for 10 years and it was erased) but picked webkinz back up a few years ago on a new account and it's still enjoyable. I wish I had my old pets and house but the nostalgia is still there even without them. If support can't help and you still want to play, a new account is always an option!

[@XMSkye]

18:10 The way I said "WHAT" so loud. Corporate clash has never been better imo. Great video!

[@YourLocalSquirrel]

16:20 a big reason they made them look like beanie boo’s is because Ganz has beef with TY. When Webkinz first launched people said they were copy’s of beanie baby’s! So TY made a game like webkinz, the Ganz did something to get back at TY and the cycle repeats until now where we are at the current stopping point. How funny! If only Webkinz went for the old style though. :(

[@pinkusdean1178]

I know nothing of webkins, but I was watching this like "so it's a broken new game" till 14:20 fucking hit me like a truck, this has been around for 3 years?!!!!

[@The_Wampy]

if webkinz catered to the adults they would be so rich. It couldve basically been the plushy/virtual world equivalent of Warhammer 40K. Same with toon town...

[@marny69]

He had all the chances to add the Mario 64 camera zoom sound effect when he switches between live and narrated talking, but NOOOOOOOOOOO

[@xxLivingMyWayxx]

The reveal of the rat tail on those puppies was hilarious to me

[@achewy7700]

15:25 they should just make some kind of egg system where players can slowly make their way to earn smth to spark with. it could be anything (egg, gem, heart) and the first one would be given for free. and then just add a cap to how many webkins can be out in the world/in inventory.

[@Personb-yt7hu]

the thumbnail reminds me of that one song called triple that the creator of baby's nightmare circus made.

[@implozia1360]

Yo, thanks for featuring my boy Curcubeu the Tie-dye Dog!

[@Jibblies]

Idk why but the Postal dude plushie in the background is super funny to me for some reason.

[@opalpersonal]

there are literally independent creators with a more polished game after 3 years than an entire company that has been running for 20 years. that's really sad. i hope they can make some legit improvements or else i foresee them going bust pretty soon.

[@ChernobylWizard]

Oh look, a new clue upload. Time to watch it a billion times.

[@Roshuke]

Great video, love the Homestar Runner background music lol

[@DapperIndividual]

This is giving big Club Penguin Island vibes and i mean that in the worst way possible.

[@Dreamconfedi]

As someone who cares about design, you've convinced me that Webkinz Next is actually held together with a string tied into a granny knot.

[@starmantheblaziken1453]

Funny that you mention Beanie Boos, they always give me the strangely creepy-not-creepy sense they stare into me with the way their eyes are and sometimes the- *Ooh! Creepy Smiles!*. And it is funky that I seen to find them a lot more over the original-likes with their lil' black dot eyes and fun shaped noses. Maybe it is just me wanting more cuddly Beanie Babies because one of them is a beloved childhood plush of mine I just call Puppy, but I surely would love to buy that fox I seen in the video. It is like a snow fennec! Yet I believe I might have seen them before, unless I did I was probably shy to ask and buy for one heh.

[@violet_turning_violent]

This was a good video, I enjoyed it, but I couldn't stop looking at your shelf in the background. Please do a shelf tour in the future, I can see some cool stuff there and would love to hear how you got some items or found them/got into it.

[@k4m]

sound is directional btw. things are louder, quiet, right vs left depending on your pets proximity to them.

[@TheVickster]

omfg mazin hampsters mention i though i made up that game bc I only played it for one week while I was home with the flu, then when I went back to play again a month later it was just gone.

[@twitchyteeth]

oh boy, the toontown music immediately slingshoted me into a nostalgia spiral...... time to redownload rewritten lmao.

[@Jimjamdoodles]

This video is my same opinion, I play a game called animal jam and it handles a new 3d game way better. They had a beta for the new version so by the time it released it already had loads to do, and they recently gave the aj classic community and update by ringing back an old building aka club geoz, just shows how much better ajhhq handles their community (just my opinion tho)

[@HarmonyHope7534]

I actually like the new ones TBH. I own Pride Lion, Boston Terrier, and Cocker Spaniel. While I don't play Next much, they are adorable in Classic and have such high quality plushies IRL If you like classic pets, there's still new with tag toys on reseller sites for the same price as the new ones. Both are good to me.

[@statelyelms]

I can't really say anything because I'm an adult now but I loved Webkinz as a kid and I think the comic style artstyle with little to no 3d was great for kids. And the plushes were loved to DEATH for how simple and unique and cute they were. They had so much detail but still adorable! My poor striped alley cat teddy Christian looks like he went through a gravel pit. Because he did. Many times. And my siblings can say the same. I loved the whole hamster thing too, but I think that was because 3D was a novelty at the time.

[@ThatOrangeGhost]

Ah yes the follow up video I have been dying for

[@eatmoretoast]

Highly underrated, always appreciated, love your channel!

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Interesting breeding is a thing in this game

[@RunstarHomer]

Great video! Though I have to disagree with what you said about tutorials at 9:50. Very, very, very few games have no tutorial. An obvious exception is Minecraft, and in that game, new players are basically required to frequently reference external materials like the wiki. But Minecraft is an anomaly. A well-designed tutorial is a tutorial that you don't notice, and I believe that's what you're referring to when you say "no tutorial is better than a bad tutorial" because the games with "no tutorial" that you have in mind probably do actually have a segment that is specifically designed to be a tutorial, but one that is constructed in a way that doesn't feel like you're being explicitly taught something.

[@svenbtb]

The ending killed me lmaooo But yeah as soon as you showed off the style of the new plushies with the new Beanie Babies plushies I was immediately like "Those are just Funco Pops, ick" It IS a shame that they're going after the iPad kid generation. Especially when yo compare to NeoPets, which has a thriving group of millennials that still play it, why wouldn't they want the same thing for WebKins? I didn't even grow up with it (those were both things I somehow missed out on back in the day) but if I saw WebKins was more like the classic version and more fully featured, I'd be so interested in checking it out

[@ByteBitson]

the new webkinz don't soak up milk as good as the old ones

[@laurabartlett8033]

i did not expect the toontown rewritten plug?? haha ive been on that game for almost a decade!!

[@ariannegoble4108]

dang, I miss the classic plushes, I still have a ton of my old ones

[@evelynbeil900]

I bet my firend who was obsessed with Webkinz back when I was in high school and I don’t know if he still is is very happy that he was collecting them because they’re so rare I think

[@RubyRoks]

"The _____ is a functionless empty room" reminds me of Zwinky back in the day

[@Mcbuzzerr]

I am immensely sad that my Webkinz classic account got deleted for inactivity

[@Splat_Pearlie]

Hey clue! This whole situation reminds me of the animal jam situation, where the 3D (ugly...) reboot is kinda trash and the animal jam classic servers is full of weird and nostalgic teens! Itd be great to see you do a vid on animal jam someday! ❤🎉

[@gingerkingfisher]

If they made figures of all the webkinz guinea pigs and sold them at like a stupid high price, I would 100% still go for them. webkinz guinea pigs were my collecting goal (tm) as a kid.

[@Zodaxa_zdx]

I really thought webkinz was dead so long ago and honestly, seeing what it's become, I think was a better fate. I miss the plushes those things were SO AWESOME. Specially lateish 2000's other games like bakugon had the same "buy the toy, get the code, online game" kind of thing going on but ah so many of those are to dust

[@wozmichi]

the toontown rewritten promo is so real lol that game rocks

[@a_moth5584]

*”What’s the coolest thing about KKclue?”* “The coolest thing is everything!”

[@turtlewurtle8927]

Someone please help kk he’s stuck in a void talking about webkinz

[@faelosopher]

I originally subbed hoping for another webkinz video, so glad to see this already watching it a second time ahaha

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I hate how they look now they really do look like Beanie Boos

[@yena337]

this was already a great video, but the mention of toontown has skyrocketed my happiness after watching

[@louds48]

ur videos are so good dude!

[@AnniChu]

I feel like if Neopets new direction is a success, Webkinz could take note and follow! At least I hope so

[@ZoomerNostalgia]

Literally had this video playing in the background while playing Toontown Rewritten! Haha! Good video clue!

[@Ene-Chan]

webkinz being 20 in two years is wild