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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 / Writer: Yu-Yang Bai, VP Mobile

Niko, A Wonder Child in the Eyes of Reviewers and Players


"Best platformer I’ve seen on the iOS yet." (TheAppReviewer). That says it all about Niko, our recently launched iOS game. Since its release on January 19th, Niko has received tons of positive feedback from players and game reviewers. For instance in Holland, Niko got more than 130 raving reviews on App Store in just 4 days and a local review site iPhoneClub commented: "The truth is, Niko justifiably deserves all the credit and success it has earned!"

Sulake has been running the world's largest social game and online community Habbo Hotel for more than 11 years now, the company is not really a newcomer to the mobile world either. Already back in 2006, Sulake released a few J2ME game titles, such as Habbo Creatures and Habbo Dreams, which brought heaps of fun to the Habbo users. With the increasing popularity of touch screen devices in the past few years, Sulake has also released Bobba Bar on iOS, focusing on real-time social interactions, and Lost Monkey on iOS and Android, which was the first app designed to move the Habbo audience from online to mobile and back again.

And now here comes Niko, a fun platformer combining sling shot actions and amazing level designs, and featuring a cute superhero Niko ("looks like a mogwai and has the stealth of a ninja" according to 148Apps), who has to save his captured friends from the mysterious Otherworld. What makes Niko stand out is the fact that even though the game remains truly faithful to the roots of platformers, it introduces a unique, simple and playful way of leading Niko through the levels. As TouchArcade describes: "you can slingshot, jump and fly through the air to your heart's delight!". However, the most hilarious and apt game review comment about Niko has to be: "If ever, in some odd twist of events, Super Mario met up with Angry Birds, decided to get married and have a child, that child’s name would be Niko." (Unbound Gamer).

Wanna meet Niko the wonder child? Get it now!

PS. See how excited our friend American artist Big Ali is about Niko:

Tags: Sulake Habbo Niko


Monday, Nov 28, 2011 / Writer: Leena Viitanen, Hotel Manager, Habbo Finland

Jamie Woon visits Habbo Finland!


The rising British soul artist, Jamie Woon, is doing his first solo concert in Finland on Monday November 28th. Jamie visited Finland also in August, when he performed at Flow, a big Finnish electronic music festival.

Since Jamie happens to be one of the favourite artists of Habbo Hotel Finland’s Hotel Manager (and of many users’, we reckon), Jamie was invited to be the special guest star of a live chat held in Habbo. And since Jamie is known as a kind man, he said yes!

So the Finnish fans of Jamie have a great chance to practice their English skills and have a special opportunity to meet Jamie virtually in person on Monday November 28th at 3.15 PM EET in Habbo Finland.  The visit will take place at Habbo.fi’s Disco Room.

We hope Jamie enjoys his visit in Finland and in Habbo!

Tags: Habbo Entertainment


Friday, Oct 14, 2011 / Writer: Lauri Lahdensuo, Producer

Horses!


We're very happy to announce that horses have galloped to Habbo! We've seen countless stables popping up all over the hotel grounds and Habbos putting on some riding boots.

Indeed, horses are the first pets you can actually ride on and they come in a variety of colors from chestnut brown to flashing pink. If after those endless rides into the sunset your horse seems a bit worn-down, no worries; you can polish it's image with some new dyes.

The horse's body and hair color can be changed afterwards and even the hair and mane can be given a fresh new style. By customizing your pet horse, the chances of running to an exactly same-looking horse become minuscule. Time to breath in that country air and hop on the saddle. The prairie awaits!

Tags: Habbo