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The following info and comments come from Creative Director Jeremiah Slaczka...

"We were actually, I think, the first North American developers to see the Wii U. We're very close to Nintendo and we've done very well on their platform, so they came by and showed us a prototype of the Wii U and said 'What do you think about it?'"

- the team was originally trying to make a pointer-friendly keyboard for a Wii Scribblenauts a year prior
- the idea was scrapped when 5th Cell was shown the Wii U
- 5th Cell got multiple Wii U dev kits throughout the process, with hardware changing all the time
- sometimes the dev kits only had their project running at 10FPS, but eventually they got up to 60FPS as dev kits advanced
- the idea to include Nintendo characters was pitched to Nintendo back at last E3
- Miyamoto even discussed the idea, offering up ideas of how the characters should appear
- the team originally wanted Donkey Kong, Metroid and Pokemon as well, but there just wasn't time to do it

"Our programmers have talked about, from DS to 3DS [to Wii U], it's definitely gotten better. Nintendo has continually focused their SDK to be more user intuitive. A lot less proprietary stuff, a lot more stuff that everybody knows already. So it's not relearning stuff. Of Nintendo stuff, I would say it's definitely the best they've done, I've heard from programmers."

- 5th Cell sees Nintendo realizing that online is very important this time around

"I definitely saw a policy change. They're definitely much more interested in, uh, not the friends codes, not [being] as friends code-heavy anymore. They kind of realized and understand online is very very important for a console."

- 5th Cell didn't have time to include Miiverse-specific implementation, but wanted to
- versus multiplayer was created/tested, but the team didn't end up liking it

Jeremiah from 5th Cell helps prove that, even on the Wii U, Ryan Davis is still a griefing jerk.

Apparently there are 41 siblings in Maxwell's family. That's according to a PR I was just emailed. We might have a contest coming up that involves this family portrait, so stay tuned!

- summon items like karts, mushrooms and more

“Players will delight in producing fantastical and sometimes hilarious interactions between the Mario and Legend of Zelda characters and objects, alongside everyone’s favorite word-wielding Scribblenauts adventurer, Maxwell. Discovered Nintendo characters and objects will behave in the fun and fantastical ways they do in their respective game worlds.” - Warner Bros.
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- biggest Scribblenauts game to date
- build your own stuff using parts from different objects
- add your creations to the game's object library
- add simple AI rules for your creation
- share creations with friends
- stages are large open-world levels containing many different characters and missions
- around 400 small missions
- completing each of these earns you a shard of a Starite
- 80 or so larger missions that see you performing a series of themed tasks that take place over the whole level
- larger mission example: guide a man through his love life, starting by wooing a lady, arranging dates for him and ultimately setting up a wedding

- no apparent restrictions on items you can draw up in a given situation
- add way more objects to the level than they ever could.
- high resolution, hand-drawn environments
- all of the object art is now vector art
- doesn't lose visual quality when objects are scaled
- switch between touch and button on the fly
- due out Nov. 18th

What, was the over-descriptive headline not enough for you? It's a trailer for the Wii U Scribblenauts game, OK?

- create your own objects based on items in game
- start with a base item, then add other objects and adjectives
- open the scripting menu to give objects certain traits
- you can also decide how other characters will interact with your creations
- you can even change what your objects would like, eat, fear and more
- no puzzles that require the use of the custom object creator
- creation and sharing of custom objects isn't in the 3DS version, but is on Wii U
- game includes censorship, such as a word filter for shared custom objects
- you can create uncensored items to play with locally

The following information comes from a Nintendo Power feature...

General

- Players will learn about Maxwell’s motivations and how he got ahold of his notebook
- Super Scribblenauts let you choose between controlling Max by switching between button and touchscreen controls in a menu
- In Scribblenauts Unlimited, the GamePad lets you use either method at any time
- More onscreen objects thanks to the power of Wii U
- Super Scribblenauts let you have 12 items at once; Scribblenauts Unlimited lets you have around 60
- More realistic water
- New shaders, cool particle effects, and more

Controls

- Analog stick: move Maxwell
- D-pad: cycle through on-screen objects
- Touchscreen: shows same content on TV; lets you write words, interact with objects, aim weapons; move Maxwell and the camera if you wish
- B: jump
- A: action
- X: go through doors
- ZR: zoom in
- ZL: zoom out

Gameplay

- In co-op, one player uses Wii controls for Maxwell and his notebook
- Up to three others can join in with Wiimotes at anytime
- They can take the reins of any object that has been produced
- Game is divided into 30-40 large interconnected themed worlds
- 5th Cell still determining the final number
- Each is fully explorable and has multiple objectives
- Areas include Hyphen Heights, the Metaforest, Underscore Mine, and The Saurus Park
- You can use each area as a sandbox
- Anything you make or events that occur will still be there if you leave and come back later
- Worlds are populated with NPCs
- NPCs usually have quests

- wear a frog suit or a tanuki suit
- dress Maxwell in a dog suit and a hamburger suit
- give your creations a gender
- new words include Cat Burglar, Mullet, Rubber Chicken and Urinal
- new adjectives include Moustachioed, Mummified and flatulent

- both titles contain the same missions, worlds
- they also both include the same upgraded dictionary and open-ended gameplay
- 3DS “will include StreetPass functionality that will allow you to see what objects other players have used to overcome the game’s challenges, as well as stereoscopic 3D enhancements for the cinematics.”
- Wii U version lacks the new object editor

Scribblenauts Unlimited is on 3DS too, guys.

Scribblenauts heads to the 3DS adding more words than ever before and a vast world for you to explore.

Create custom words and images with specialized actions in Scribblenauts Unlimited.

We test drive Creation Mode and create a toaster with skull wheels in Scribblenauts Unlimited.

The incredibly deep library of Scribblenauts Unlimited becomes deeper with the Wii U.