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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
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North America: October 12, 2010 | |
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Nintendo DS | |
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Emergent, puzzle, action | |
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ACB: PG |
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Super Scribblenauts is an action puzzle game developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the Nintendo DS, released in 2010 for all regions except Japan, which later received it in 2011, published instead by Konami. Super Scribblenauts is the sequel to Scribblenauts and the second game in the Scribblenauts series.
History[]
In August 2009, Jeremiah Slaczka announced that Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter would be 5TH Cell’s “last hurrah” for original DS games, as the company planned to shift its focus to console development. He later clarified that there were future plans for Scribblenauts, saying, “I really like Scribblenauts and think there's a lot of potential there, so we'll see what happens,” and added that fans shouldn't expect any “farmed-out spin-offs” like Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition, which had been developed by Altron without 5TH Cell’s involvement. [1]
A Scribblenauts sequel was first teased in April 2010, with the game, only known as 'The Next Scribblenauts,' appearing on the cover of Nintendo Power #253.
The game was officially announced in May 2010 as Super Scribblenauts, with additional gameplay details and a release window for the DS in the fall of 2010.[2]
Super Scribblenauts was released in North America on October 12, 2010, and launched in other countries later that month. In the United States, pre-order bonuses included plush headphones available in grey, polka dot, and camouflage patterns.[3] In the United Kingdom, players received a Maxwell figure, while in Germany, pre-order bonuses included a sticker sheet and a slide puzzle.
Super Scribblenauts was released in Japan on October 13, 2011. Unlike Scribblenauts, which had been localized as Flash Puzzle: Maxwell's Mysterious Notebook, Super Scribblenauts kept its English title.[4]
Super Scribblenauts was re-released in 2013 alongside the previous game Scribblenauts in a compilation titled Scribblenauts Collection,
On May 20, 2014, the ability to share custom levels online became unavailable following the shutdown of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.[5]
Gameplay[]
The gameplay remains largely the same as the previous game, but with a few significant changes. Adjectives, a feature originally cut from the first game, are now included, allowing players to modify the size, color, and other properties of objects.[6] Additionally, flying and projectile objects are no longer restricted, allowing players to float in the air indefinitely and shoot as many times as they wish. The game includes about 9,000 adjectives, with 1,000 new words added to the in-game dictionary. The object limit is doubled, from 100 to 200, and you can now use the D-pad for movement controls, along with the touch screen.
Worlds are now structured as constellations, with each level representing a star. Completing all levels in a world reveals the full shape of the constellation. Unlike the first game, each world contains only puzzle levels, while action levels are found in two optional bonus constellations. The game features 120 levels across 12 constellations, with a few secret levels accessible with the time machine and teleporter.
Another new addition is hints. Each level has three hints that can be bought with Ollars. The price of each hint reduces the longer the player takes to complete a level.
Advanced mode has been slightly changed. Unlike Scribblenauts, only certain levels feature it, and there are now two stages to it. Completing advanced mode once awards the player a silver star on the level icon, and a gold star is awarded upon completion a second time.
Level editor[]
The level editor has been completely overhauled. Players are now able to make levels entirely from scratch instead of reusing layouts from already existing levels. Additionally, players are now able to make sandboxes and puzzle levels instead of only action levels. However, because of this, the number of available save slots was reduced from 12 to 8. The ability to share levels returned from the previous game. Players can share custom levels to other DS systems both locally and online via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Online sharing became unavailable in May 2014 when Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was shut down
Plot[]
Unlike Scribblenauts, which intentionally lacked a plot, Super Scribblenauts features a brief story at the end of the game. [7] After completing the ten main constellations, Maxwell comes face to face with his evil Doppelganger in the final level, who steals the starite and flies away in a UFO. Players are tasked with creating a flying object, following him into space, and using all the starites from all the previous worlds as projectiles to attack him. After enough damage, Doppelganger crash lands on the moon, accidentally destroying the starite. The player is tasked with writing "the answer" (a starite) in Maxwell's notebook to complete the level. The two bonus constellations are unlocked after this.
Reception[]
Super Scribblenauts has received generally favorable reviews. It holds a score of 81/100 on Metacritic as well as an 82.35% on GameRankings, an 8/10 on Eurogamer and an 8.8/10 on IGN. IGN's Daemon Hatfield stated: "Super Scribblenauts is as fun and imaginative as you are." He also praised the game's refined control scheme and incorporation of adjectives, but criticized its low level of difficulty. The British magazine ONM gave it an 86% saying,"It's a step above the original, nearly everything's improved here and the addition to adjectives is heartwarming. A good step in the right direction for Scribblenauts."
GameSpot, however, was not nearly as supportive about the game as others were, giving it an 6.5/10, criticizing its restrictions on user creativity and lack of "real-world logic."
Strategy guide[]
- Main article: Super Scribblenauts: Prima Official Game Guide
A strategy guidebook published by Prima Games was released alongside the game in October 2010. In addition to solutions for the levels in Super Scribblenauts, the book includes all the content of the previous Scribblenauts guidebook.
Gallery[]
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Screenshots[]
Videos[]
Instruction Manual[]
Note: These images are from the North American version. The manual may differ between regions.
Miscellaneous[]
Trivia[]
- An early idea for the game included a mind-control device that would have allowed Maxwell to control living objects made with the notebook. [8]
- In the Japanese version, some of the Konami guest characters that had been in Scribblenauts were removed. Solid Snake, Old Snake, and Big Boss from Metal Gear Solid were removed because their names would have conflicted with the adjective system, while Ebisumaru from Legend of the Mystic Ninja was removed for unknown reasons.
- In 2010, a contest was held where participants could win one of fifty copies of the game and a poster if they sent an email to contests@egmnow.net containing their full name as well as their home and email addresses.[9]
- While initially developed in English, Super Scribblenauts was translated into French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Italian, British English, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, and Japanese.[10]
- In 2010, Warner Bros. UK partnered with Stonegate Eggs to promote Super Scribblenauts. Specially branded egg cartons featured artwork from the game, and customers could enter a contest to win a Nintendo DSi and one of ten copies of the game.[11]
- Due to poor documentation, no images of these special egg cartons exist.
- On November 21, 2010, Best Buy held a limited-time promotion from 12 to 4 PM in which customers could receive a $10 discount on Super Scribblenauts by playing a demo of the game at participating store locations. [12]
- During the pre-release period of the original Scribblenauts, it became a trend on NeoGAF to create fan art of licensed characters in the game's art style. Several of the artists behind these drawings were later contacted to work on Super Scribblenauts.[13][14]
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| Videos games by 5th Cell | ||
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| Drawn to Life series | Drawn to Life • The Next Chapter |  |
| Scribblenauts series | Scribblenauts • Super • Remix • Unlimited • Unmasked | |
| Other games | Lock's Quest • Run Roo Run • Hybrid | |
- ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/scribblenauts-studio-nearly-done-with-ds/1100-6215664/
- ↑ https://nintendoeverything.com/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-announces-super-scribblenauts/
- ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/super-scribblenauts-preorder-bonus-is-an-earful/1100-6273032/
- ↑ https://www.siliconera.com/konami-bringing-super-scribblenauts-to-japan/?utm_
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/au/support/articles/nintendo-wi-fi-termination/?srsltid=AfmBOopL8JLuzbwr1d8xgTu79zQkrbfsgIewGi-1eK7bTNBtf3pvqU1y
- ↑ https://x.com/Scribble_Facts/status/1711033718725570591
- ↑ https://x.com/Scribble_Facts/status/1651239713368604672
- ↑ https://x.com/Scribble_Facts/status/1724819551680954687
- ↑ https://x.com/Scribble_Facts/status/1712845653100118094
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-DS/Super-Scribblenauts-273212.html?srsltid=AfmBOoppZPbO6kH0P7StOb2iXnGAVeyq31qY_sN3XcNZNS1YHeHZbwsW&utm_source=chatgpt.com
- ↑ https://www.escapistmagazine.com/super-scribblenauts-chooses-eggs-over-billboards
- ↑ https://www.cheapassgamer.com/threads/play-super-scribblenauts-ds-in-store-and-save-10-thru-11-21-10.245395
- ↑ https://tinycartridge.com/post/131966356/scribblenaut-ized-heavy-spy-and-pyro-by-turk128
- ↑ https://kotaku.com/if-only-these-characters-were-actually-in-scribblenauts-5303468