Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!
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AJC vs. AJ - What's the Difference? - In today's post, I wanted to try to compare and contrast AJC and AJ(PW) Although it's also a game by WildWorks, it does look quite different. Let's go take a look!
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Animal Jam Classic
Ah, the OG Animal Jam Classic. The game that started it all. Animal Jam Classic is a 2D-ish game made by WildWorks in 2010. It can be played on PC but because of a recent change, browser (via flash) is no longer available. The game originated in 2010, and then was released the beta stage which ended in September of 2010. The game is extremely successful, with more then 300 million registered accounts in the past 10 ½ years.
But, with all that being said, why is Animal Jam supposedly better?
What Animal Jam Classic offers that Animal Jam doesn't
Major Features
- A huge part of what makes Animal Jam Classic great is the amount of lands. Animal Jam Classic has 4 different underwater lands, while Animal Jam doesn't thus resulting in AJ also having the inability to make underwater animals
- Animal Jam Classic has a ton of different underwater and land adventures, while Animal Jam doesn't
Minor Features
- Animal Jam Classic uses diamonds as the secondary currency rather than sapphires
- Animal Jam Classic is PC and browser only
- Animal Jam Classic is 2D
- Animal Jam Classic is older then Animal Jam
Animal Jam
Animal Jam was first released for in 2014 which later ended in mid 2015. The game was eventually fully released in August 2015 and was available for all countries. It started primarily as a mobile game, but eventually got cross-platformed to PC as well. The game used to be called "Play Wild", but was changed in May 2020 due to increase in popularity.
What Animal Jam offers that Animal Jam Classic doesn't
Major Features
- Animal Jam has the volcano land, Moku' Ahi, a huge difference between the 2 worlds
- Animal Jam has the Phantom Dimension (which I actually just learned, it is not copyright from Kitten's story)
- Animal Jam can be played on mobile and PC
- Animal Jam has packs (groups of jammers that can have their own hideout and special adventures)
- Animal Jam's trading system is different
Minor Features
- Animal Jam uses sapphires as the secondary currency rather than diamonds
- Animal Jam has a daily login reward, as well as the daily spin
- You can buy memberships with sapphires (the in-game currency), unlike Animal Jam Classic where you have to use real money
- You can talk with an NPC in Animal Jam, an arctic wolf named Leilani
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Animal Jam and Animal Jam Classic may be 2 different games, but they are both still equally fun to play. Both of the games are made by WildWorks, and very successful all together. I hope you enjoy playing these games as much as I do!
Thanks for reading and happy jamming!
I believe AJC's beta stage ended mid-2010, since when I joined in October 2010 it was already out of its beta stage.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't say AJC is 2D though, though it's less 3D than AJPW itself. I wish we had a trader like Leilani in AJC.
Ohh! Thanks for correcting me! I just changed it :)
DeleteI agree, an NPC in AJC would be pretty cool!
I love AJC because I think the amount of 3D used is tasteful-- like, the lands are technically 2D art, and the animals are 3D but not super blocky or weird looking, like they're expressive and blend into the 2D land around them. Great post, Popcorn!!
ReplyDeleteFor sure! That's a great way to describe it. Technically, they're both 3D but PW animals look a bit more shape-y in their design. I was trying to find a way to describe that but I was having trouble ^.^
DeleteOh thanks Doomy!!
I still haven't gotten use to calling Animal Jam Animal Jam Classic- It drives me bonkers! Great post as always!
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