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3.8 / 5

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Platform
Nintendo DS
Genres
Platformer · Puzzle
Player Perspective
Side view
Developers
5th Cell
Publishers
Konami · WB Games
Release date
October 12, 2010
Languages
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English · 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 Spanish · 🇫🇷 French · 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Portuguese

Summary

Super Scribblenauts lets you wield Maxwell’s magical notebook with the DS stylus, turning any word you write into a usable object. By attaching adjectives—color, size, element, behavior—you can craft wildly specific tools like a "big flying purple pregnant octopus" to collect the glowing Starites that mark each puzzle’s completion. The game expands the original formula with a robust level editor, letting you pre‑place objects, design playgrounds for pure experimentation, or build full adventure missions, while the Create‑a‑Tron machine invites you to mash together items for surprising results. Hints are purchasable with Ollars, the in‑game currency, and the refined touch controls address the clunky movement of the predecessor. Critics praised the imaginative freedom and smoother physics, earning an 81/100 Metacritic score and nominations for gameplay engineering, though some noted a dip in difficulty and occasional logic constraints.

Storyline

In Super Scribblenauts, the young hero Maxwell wields a magical Notepad to gather glowing Starites scattered across the game’s worlds. Each group of puzzles is organized as a constellation that players can pick from the main menu, turning the night sky into a map of challenges. The climax pits Maxwell against his own evil doppelganger, who snatches the last Starite and flees to the moon. A frantic chase ends with the doppelganger’s UFO crashing, destroying the final Starite and forcing the player to "write the answer" to complete the ultimate level. After the main story is cleared, two bonus constellations appear, offering straightforward stages whose sole goal is to reach the Starite.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Alternative Titles

  • Scribblenauts 2 Alternative