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Posted by GoNintendo Sep 19 2009 00:55 GMT
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What happens when you type in ‘game of the year’ in Scribblenauts? Thanks to Kiwisoup for the heads up!

Posted by Joystiq Sep 17 2009 13:30 GMT
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Warner Bros. says it's counting on Scribblenauts to start a new puzzle franchise, getting a taste of the same success that a certain top-hatted DS puzzler has enjoyed. "What Scribblenauts offers is something akin to Nintendo's Professor Layton - an addictive and challenging game that has real mass-market appeal all wrapped up in a uniquely stylised package," said WB marketing manager Phil Lamb. He seems to be making a logical argument until dropping this bon mot: "Many forum users are saying the game is the biggest incentive they've had to revisit their dormant DS in a long time." So ... umm ... did they not know Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box was out or what?

Posted by Joystiq Sep 17 2009 03:30 GMT
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Reader Zachary spotted a rather unfortunate term in Scribblenauts entirely by accident: "sambo," which summons ... a watermelon. We thought there was no way 5TH Cell would intentionally hide racist, or even racially charged, imagery in its game, so we contacted creative director Jeremiah Slaczka to figure out what happened.It turns out that like Zachary's discovery, the item was an unfortunate accident. Slaczka explained to Joystiq that "sambo" is used in the game as an alternate term for "fig leaf gourd," an ingredient in the Ecuadorian dish fanesca. "Sambo" is the local term for the gourd. As for the watermelon-like appearance? "We reuse art," he said. "Fig leaf gourd looks a lot like a watermelon. It's just an alternative name in a giant list of tens of thousands of names."Slaczka noted, offering evidence to the contrary of calls of racism, that many of the human characters in the game, including the fireman, winemaker, and dancer, manifest as black, as does "Brandon," the in-game representation of a 5TH Cell "wordsmith" (one of the employees tasked with finding words for the database), who is of course black in real life. He also mentioned Isaiah, a major character in the developer's last game Lock's Quest. We must admit, a random, potentially slightly embarrassing art/word pairing in the game seems a lot more likely to us than endemic racism expressed through antiquated epithets. Slaczka told us he didn't even know "sambo" (the slur, not the gourd) until tonight.

Posted by GoNintendo Sep 16 2009 18:51 GMT
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Take for instance a problem I ran into in the 150th or so puzzle I was working on. Confronted by an area teeming with West Virginia’s legendary Flatwoods Monster, my initial thought was to take out one urban legend with another. So I quickly typed in Chupacabre. Only I mistyped it and accidentally summoned not [...]

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Posted by GameTrailers Sep 16 2009 02:14 GMT
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Innovative and imaginative, but how does it measure up in the fun category?
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8.6/10 - "Scribblenauts is an excellent toy, and a decent puzzle game"

Posted by Joystiq Sep 16 2009 01:13 GMT
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Of all the criticisms that could fairly be leveled against Scribblenauts, the fact that it only recognizes 22,802 words is not among them. 5TH Cell creative director Jeremiah Slaczka told Fast Company that the leaked word list was not comprehensive, though he said it much more colorfully than we did:"That was leaked by a hacker who does not know anything," Slaczka said. "It's more than that." Slaczka also revealed the last word to be added to the game's database: "Low Rider." Presumably this was added at the insistence of his friends, all of whom love a low rider.[Via VG247]

Posted by GoNintendo Sep 16 2009 00:41 GMT
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A portion of a G4 review… The Pros * You feel like a god * Puzzle difficulty is partially in your own hands * 22,000 different objects to summon * The Cons * Easy to get frustrated, rely on same items over [...]

Posted by Joystiq Sep 15 2009 17:31 GMT
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There's this part I love in the movie Ratatouille where a critic says, "The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends." It's something I always try to keep in mind and it's moved me to first, before we do anything else, celebrate what a staggering accomplishment Scribblenauts is. It's a game where you solve simple puzzles with almost any object you can dream up (as long as it's not libations, licensed or lascivious) and every item acts the way you'd expect: bears chase honey and dogs chase cats. It's a game where you can spend hours just messing around to see what creatures can beat God in a fight (zombies: no; vampires: yes). As a technical achievement and as a toy, it's really brilliant. Scribblenauts is a thing of wonder.

Posted by Joystiq Sep 14 2009 23:00 GMT
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Sure, the Nintendo Channel may have received quite the facelift today, adding a host of new features and tossing a much needed fresh coat of paint on top of it all, but the best and brightest of the new content on offer is undoubtedly the behind the scenes look at Scribblenauts. We say this because, well, everything Scribblenauts wins. Sorry, interesting and informative Dead Space Extraction video! You picked the wrong week to be new. Anywho, if you've got a Wii, check out the Nintendo Channel for a bunch of new content. Or, if you're lazy and want to know what's there before booting up the system, head past the break where we've got you covered, baby!

Posted by GoNintendo Sep 03 2009 03:07 GMT
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The wait for one of the most highly-anticipated games of the fall is almost over! Scribblenauts is coming to NYC early! On Sunday, Sept. 13, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be hosting an exclusive launch event to celebrate the debut of the already acclaimed Scribblenauts, available for Nintendo DS and DSi. The Nintendo World store [...]

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Posted by GoNintendo Aug 21 2009 22:44 GMT
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Video Games | Scribblenauts | GC 09: German Scribbling Gameplay (Cam)

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Posted by GameTrailers Aug 21 2009 16:13 GMT
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Was werden Sie schreiben?

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Posted by GameTrailers Aug 21 2009 16:09 GMT
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Das Boot ist gut.

Posted by GoNintendo Aug 21 2009 01:48 GMT
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The official website for Scribblenauts has been completely revamped. I think Warner Bros. has realized that they could have a massive hit on their hands if they promote this game right! Click over to check out the brand-new site, which is soon to be filled with all sorts of fun goodies.

Posted by GoNintendo Aug 20 2009 22:47 GMT
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An official notebook for Scribblenauts. Sure, that looks fun, but I don’t think it’ll be as fun as the game!

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Posted by GameTrailers Aug 19 2009 02:56 GMT
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Jeremiah Slaczka lays down the law on the rules of Scribblenauts.

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Posted by GameTrailers Aug 18 2009 20:41 GMT
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Scribblenauts takes the Nintendo DS to new heights.