The basic premise of Scribblenauts is this: you write words down in the protagonist’s magic notebook, and whatever you wrote pops into existence.
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Story & Themes
The basic premise of all the Scribblenauts games is this: you write words down in the protagonist's magic notebook, and whatever you wrote pops into existence. You can also use adjectives to modify existing objects. You use this rather unique power to help people in need and navigate through the world. Let's say that a farmer wants his pig to win the pig show, but it's dirty, small, and overall not very impressive. So you write "soap" and use the soap that appears to clean the pig. Then you click on the pig and add the adjective "huge," And then, just to make sure it's a sufficiently impressive pig, you also add "flying," It's a simple concept that makes for a lot of creative fun. Its' very cartoony style also makes it pretty kid friendly.
The story is always pretty simplistic. This is a conscious decision by the developers, who say that they wanted to focus on engaging gameplay. For the most part, they focus on helping people in order to collect Starite from them for one purpose or another. In Scribblenauts Unlimited, Maxwell the protagonist's sister Lily is turned to stone and he must collect them in order to turn her back.
Scribblenauts Unmasked has a slightly more complicated DC Comics-themed storyline. Using Maxwell's notebook and Lily's magic globe, which allows her to instantly travel anywhere in the world, they are transported to Gotham City. However, upon arrival the globe is broken and all of the Starite inside it is scattered. They must work to recover all of the Starite while being caught in the middle of the constant struggle between heroes and villains in the DC universe.
Players get to use the powers of the DC characters to solve puzzles.
Save Points
All games in the Scribblenauts series save your progress automatically.
Difficulty
Some critics have said this version of the game is almost too easy.
Heads Up!
Violence It is possible to create weapons using the notebook, and it is possible to use those weapons on living things, including other people. It's extremely cartoony, though, and the game doesn't really ever direct you to do harm to anything except monsters.
Scary Imagery It is possible to create weapons using the notebook, and it is possible to use those weapons on living things, including other people. It's extremely cartoony though, and the game doesn't really ever direct you to do harm to anything except monsters.
Strong Language Due to the nature of the game, Scribblenauts is, to a certain degree, as crude as you want to make it. It is possible to create vomit, for example. Of course there are a lot of crude things that you can't create, but as with anything in Scribblenauts, if you get creative you can probably find a way to do what you want. You need to help someone who is hungry? You could write "sandwich"
Consumerism The DC Universe is promoted, of course.
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