User Reviews

1. Review Date: 2009-11-23

   My 10 year old who has ADD is lagging in the area of spelling (doesn't keep his attention at all, and he routinely speeds through words v. slowly pronouncing each syllable to get to the proper spelling of a word). He thoroughly enjoys this game (despite its lack of star wars, etc. intense action) and I, as a parent, am thrilled that it is helping with his spelling, a problem area for him. Scribblenauts has been great for making him stop, slow down, and think out the spelling of his words. As others/the trailer mentioned, one can spell out all sorts of articles/items of one's choosing which then appear in the game for your use (think Bazooka, lolly pop, anvil, etc.) My son doesn't fuss or get discouraged at all about having to spell while playing this game, and is having fun learning through creative play! Enjoyable learning game, highly recommend it.
   
   User: Waxingellaesque
   Rating:
   Summary: Help your child to spell while they have fun!
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

2. Review Date: 2009-11-21

   the game is alright. you can't do anything inappropriate :( it's kind of hard, after a few days i ran out of things to write, you can't do anything copyrighted, you can't write proper nouns. Get Drawn to Life instead.
   
   User: $review.reviewer.Names
   Rating:
   Summary: it's alright
   Helpful Votes: 1
   Total Votes: 1
   

3. Review Date: 2009-11-18

   My niece says she's having a hard time finishing the game, but at least she is having a unique kind of fun. I personally haven't played it, but I can say that my niece is enjoying every puzzle of Scribblenauts.
   
   User: Moo Hyun Chung Cho
   Rating:
   Summary: Witty
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

4. Review Date: 2009-11-16

   This is a fun game. One problem I have found and I need to call the number on back of gamebox and tell someone about it. My game freezes on a part of the 3rd level. On the one where you have to take the cow to the pasture so the cars can go by. Everytime I get the cow over there the whole screen freezes up and I have to shut my DS off and restart it. Luckily you can just skip this puzzle. I havent come across this again, but then I am only on level 5 now. Other then that it is fun to play.
   
   User: Mary
   Rating:
   Summary: fun but has issues
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

5. Review Date: 2009-11-12

   This game a great idea in theory, but the control is so painful that most of the fun is sucked right out. Instead of being sensible and using either the buttons or the D-pad to move your character around, they both move the view, and you have to click on the screen to move your character. This means you will, very frequently, miss something you're trying to click on. Since you're often clicking in a great hurry before you get eaten by a ravenous beast, running over to it is not conducive to continued good health.
   
   Further, the objects are really too big for the tiny screen, and can be very hard to move where you want. Further still, they use weird words for stuff... a 'bridge' conjures a short and fairly useless piece of wood, but a 'bridge ladder' will conjure a very long flat piece, perfect for crossing water or the like. 'Bridge ladder' isn't exactly a normal vocabulary word. The only way to find this out, other than reading reviews, is by carefully inspecting new levels as you arrive and noting down names of useful items for later.
   
   This is a super innovative idea, and I wanted very much to love this game, but in actual fact I got annoyed with it and stopped playing.
   
   
   
   User: Malor
   Rating:
   Summary: Neat idea in theory, but in practice it's not that great
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

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Editorial Reviews

Scribblenauts is a unique single player side-scrolling action game for the Nintendo DS that challenges players to solve spatially oriented puzzles like no game before it. In it players use an in-game notepad/keyboard, as well as the touch screen and stylus of the Nintendo DS, to conjure up solutions to the obstacles placed in the path of the game's hero. Solutions are manifested in the form of literally thousands of items--many very unexpected--that are called up and take on a life of their own, resulting in puzzle-solving that is limited only by the player's imagination. Get creative in collecting Starites. View larger. Gameplay Based around 2D side-scrolling action and word play, the premise of Scribblenauts is simple; quite literally, anything you write, you can use and reuse in the game. Players use the DS' touch-screen and the in-game notepad/keyboard to help their character, Maxwell, as he moves throughout 220 increasingly difficult levels on his never-ending quest for the star-like "Starites." But it is not as easy as reaching up and plucking a Starite. Attaining them requires Maxwell to solve spatially oriented puzzles. To do this players describe objects via the notepad/keyboard, which in turn appear on the game screen and facilitate the starite making its way to Maxwell. There are literally thousands of items in the game, both utilitarian like ladders, ropes, cars and buses, to the outlandish items, such as invisibility cloaks, pirates and black holes. There are time limits on levels, as well as a limitation to the number of items that can be used per level. But regardless of these restrictions, the game is all about experimentation, imagination and endless replay value as players open their minds to the nearly limitless possibilities that are sure to make Scribblenauts unlike any side-scrolling platformer they have ever played. Key Features Create Your Own Interactive Experience - Objects you write down in the game are only limited by your imagination. Everyone Can Play - Scribblenauts features all-ages pick-up-and-play fun for everyone. Touch-screen Controls - Easy to pick up and play on Nintendo DS. If you can tap, you can play. Unlimited Replay Value - Use less objects to increase your score, or experiment with different objects for endless replay value. Write anything; solve everything. Playground Mode - Play the entire game in a sandbox style right on the title screen. Create and Share - Share levels you create with the level editor via your Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection. Innovative New Title from Leading Developer - 5th Cell, the creator of the Drawn to Life franchise and Lock's Quest, has experience creating high-quality, innovative DS games. Additional Screenshots: Spell it & use it. View larger. Thousands of objects. View larger. Track levels & stats. View larger. Object combining. View larger.

Product Details

1. Play the entire game in a sandbox style right on the title screen.
2. Innovative side scrolling action where objects spelled out to solve spatial puzzles become real and combinable in-game and can be reused.
3. Over 30,000 items are available to help you and your imagination collect Starites.
4. 220 levels of single player, pick-up and play fun.
5. Share levels you create with the level editor via Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection.