Scribblenauts: The only limit is your imagination.
by Theresa Lee
Critics are suggesting that this new game developed by 5th Cell could be one of the greatest games ever released on Nintendo's handheld, the DS. Claiming the titles of Best of Show, Best Handheld Game, and many others during the annual game conference, E3, Scribblenauts has caught the attention of many gamers. However, unlike the majority of highly praised games, Scribblenauts is a puzzle action game that requires every gamer to challenge their imagination by solving puzzles in his/her own way...with the ability to call out almost any existing item!
The goal of this game is to help Maxwell to collect Starites, which can be obtained by activating certain events or physically obtaining the Starite itself. Players can then use the in-game keyboard to type in whatever item they wish to create. Each level has multiple ways to reach the objective so the replay value is immense! For example, a level could require the return of a stranded cat to his rightful owner. One may type in a magic carpet to physically retrieve the poor animal but another possible way is to lure the cat down by summoning a rat. Featuring over 200 levels of mind-boggling fun, Scribblenauts really challenges it’s audience to conjure up creative approaches, especially since some levels offer more points for innovative thinking and extra credit for lesser items or prohibit the use of certain devices.
You might be thinking, is it even humanly possible to have each and every possible word? Well, ponder no more! During the past half a year, members of 5th Cell have been gathering information from dictionaries and other databases including Wikipedia and compiling them into the game engine. With the help of artificial intelligence, every item in Scribblenauts is programmed to react a certain way when in contact with other objects. The database contains tens of thousands of possible words, excluding copyrighted terms and vulgar language, so the possibilities are endless! The possibilities of terms range from animals to weapons to famous people to fictional beings to regular household items. Even God (depicted as an old man with a white mustache) can be summoned to defeat the evil Cthulhu or Einstein wielding a minigun to hold back hordes of zombies in outer space.
Scribblenauts hits the shelves at your local game shops on September 15, 2009 so be sure to check out this multi-award winning game!
by Theresa Lee
Critics are suggesting that this new game developed by 5th Cell could be one of the greatest games ever released on Nintendo's handheld, the DS. Claiming the titles of Best of Show, Best Handheld Game, and many others during the annual game conference, E3, Scribblenauts has caught the attention of many gamers. However, unlike the majority of highly praised games, Scribblenauts is a puzzle action game that requires every gamer to challenge their imagination by solving puzzles in his/her own way...with the ability to call out almost any existing item!
The goal of this game is to help Maxwell to collect Starites, which can be obtained by activating certain events or physically obtaining the Starite itself. Players can then use the in-game keyboard to type in whatever item they wish to create. Each level has multiple ways to reach the objective so the replay value is immense! For example, a level could require the return of a stranded cat to his rightful owner. One may type in a magic carpet to physically retrieve the poor animal but another possible way is to lure the cat down by summoning a rat. Featuring over 200 levels of mind-boggling fun, Scribblenauts really challenges it’s audience to conjure up creative approaches, especially since some levels offer more points for innovative thinking and extra credit for lesser items or prohibit the use of certain devices.
You might be thinking, is it even humanly possible to have each and every possible word? Well, ponder no more! During the past half a year, members of 5th Cell have been gathering information from dictionaries and other databases including Wikipedia and compiling them into the game engine. With the help of artificial intelligence, every item in Scribblenauts is programmed to react a certain way when in contact with other objects. The database contains tens of thousands of possible words, excluding copyrighted terms and vulgar language, so the possibilities are endless! The possibilities of terms range from animals to weapons to famous people to fictional beings to regular household items. Even God (depicted as an old man with a white mustache) can be summoned to defeat the evil Cthulhu or Einstein wielding a minigun to hold back hordes of zombies in outer space.
Scribblenauts hits the shelves at your local game shops on September 15, 2009 so be sure to check out this multi-award winning game!