Scribblenauts is looking amazing

[Lox]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/05/scrib ... ng-colors/

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/05/hands ... bblenauts/

This game is looking better and better. I was concerned that it'd be too easy to collect the stars in each level since you can basically do whatever you want, but it sounds like you will be judged based on creativity. I can't wait to try every word I can think of.

Anyone else planning to get this???

[Zeus]

I'm always interested in these oddball DS releases that look like they're actually good.

Did you try Henry Hadsworth? I hear that one ruled. There's also been a shitton of Atlus releases and Knights in the Nightmare is on its way, too.

[Lox]

I haven't tried HH yet. That's a definite "yet" as it is on my list once I fully complete Chrono Trigger. There's a new Layton coming out in August, also.

[Shellie]

That looks like a lot of fun!!

[Zeus]

I haven't tried HH yet. That's a definite "yet" as it is on my list once I fully complete Chrono Trigger. There's a new Layton coming out in August, also.

My wife, sis, and cousin are all OVER Layton. They're eagerly anticipating the release of the next 5 games that have been announced as coming here.

I'll get HH soon myself, once I get a good price on a used one. Other than a few exceptions, DS games are relatively cheap and plentiful used if you don't go to EB. HH is an EA game so it'll be up for a price drop pretty soon too.

There are so many freakin' good games on the DS that you can afford to wait and play through the plethora of other titles you just got.

I'm just waiting for Nintendo to release a DS player for the Wii. Can SOO easily be done and it would rule to play games like Phoenix Wright or even Pac Pix (most underrated DS game IMO) on your flat-screen TV

[Shellie]

I might have to dust off our DS and start playing some games. I find myself wanting less and less to sit on the pc for hours these days..and wanting to lie down more hehe Some good DS games would be great for that!

[SineSwiper]

I just don't see how they didn't spend 2-3 years just thinking of actions for combinations of words.

[Julius Seeker]

Look what these guys did playing the freestyle mode in the game starting with the epic battle: God vs Satan.

When I decided to be the one to write the hands on impressions for Scribblenauts, I struggled with it. How could I possibly convey how awesome this game is to you guys, the readers? I decided the best way was to lead with a story. This is my story of Scribblenauts' free play mode.

I began free play mode with a mission. A mission to create an epic battle the likes of which the world has never seen! So I started by opening the generate tool and typing "Devil." The Devil spawned, and immediately began attacking my character. "Hrmm," thought I, "I probably should get something to fight him." I then typed "angel," however, the Devil did away with my puny little angel in a matter of seconds.

I decided to think bigger. I typed "God." God then appeared and began an epic battle agains the Devil. I realized there was no reason God and the Devil had to fight alone. So I escalated. I typed "vampire" to give the evil side some back-up, and "soldier" to help God's desperate struggle. Unfortunately, I underestimated the depth of Scribblenauts. The vampire immediately bit the soldier and turned him into a vampire too! The now 3-strong team of evil continued their assault on, and destroyed, God.



I now had 3 evil people trying to kill me. I was not very happy with this situation, and I needed something big and powerful to take them down. I decided the solution was a dragon, and thus typed it. The dragon then proceded to eat and destroy my demonic foes, but I underestimated his hunger. He then turned on me as well. Realizing my salvation was in continuing a battle among mythical beasts, I typed "Kraken" spawning the giant creature and entering them into combat with each other.

It was around this time, observing this colossal struggle from above with the jetpack I had spawned tied to my back, that I realized there was a limit to how big I could make things. I decided escalation had reached its peak, and I needed to find a way to reset everything. To end this neverending battle. I typed "nuke" and dropped a bomb that blew up the entire world in a blinding flash of light.

This is my Scribblenauts story. I could tell you about how there are hundreds of puzzles in the game using the write-to-generate mechanic. I could tell you about how the game recognizes tens of thousands of words and their uses. I could even tell you about how no puzzle has only a single solution, and the limit is your imagination... but I think this story tells it best.



Scribblenauts is a brilliant game. It is a game truly created by a team of ingenious people, setting out to make something no one can say they've played before, and anyone can enjoy. Please if you own a DS consider this game. It's something I can honestly say feels special. I don't think this is an experience replaceable by any other game. I do hope someday they create a Wii version so that I can sit in a room with my friends and we can all try to solve these crazy puzzles together, but as it is gamers can enjoy flexing and stretching their creativity to its limits this fall on the Nintendo DS.

All I can say is, WOW, I am really impressed by this. I am looking forward to it this fall.

[Chris]

the more I see about it the more it becomes my most anticipated game. holy hell that just looks awesome

[Lox]

The Vampire attacked the soldier and turned him into a Vampire. That is awesome.

[Zeus]

I hope to hell they do something neat with the inevitable "penis" or "vagina" or other obscene words that people will type in over and over again. Something to make them not want to use it again.

[Chris]

I hope to hell they do something neat with the inevitable "penis" or "vagina" or other obscene words that people will type in over and over again. Something to make them not want to use it again.

if you ever see the game 20 questions on store shelves try to get it to answer by just describing a penis and it gives you the answer of DikDik at the end.

me, I'm going to solve every puzzle with tacos

[Zeus]

I hope to hell they do something neat with the inevitable "penis" or "vagina" or other obscene words that people will type in over and over again. Something to make them not want to use it again.

if you ever see the game 20 questions on store shelves try to get it to answer by just describing a penis and it gives you the answer of DikDik at the end.

me, I'm going to solve every puzzle with tacos

I think Samus will be my companion/bodyguard on many of these adventures. I may request Link to join us if it gets hairy :-)

[RentCavalier]

^^ But they did say that copyrighted and trademark words aren't allowed, so "Link" might just cause a chain-link fence to appear.

I'm absolutely down for this. I've got a pretty big vocabulary, and now I'll have an excuse to use it.

[Zeus]

Let's hope Nintendo and some other companies give them some slack on that. It would rule something fierce to have Snake or Samus join you in that game :-)

I'm pretty sure I'll just spend an hour or two in the very beginning of the first level just typing in random words just to see what'll happen