News

Summon Some Scribblenauts Toys For Your Collection

5th Cell’s inventive puzzle-platformer Scribblenauts will be coming to vinyl toy and plushie form later this year, thanks to bobblehead and action figure experts Funko. Maxwell in fabric and vinyl form is now available for pre-order at fine toy resellers.


January 30, 2011
News

Japanese Super Scribblenauts Features Special Guest Stars

Super Scribblenauts was published in Japan by Konami (which also handled the original Scribblenauts). That explains why Solid Snake, in this image tweeted by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, shows up in the game. Snake’s got company, too.


December 29, 2010
Nintendo

When A Game About English Words Is Released In Japanese

Scribblenauts is a title that is synonymous with the English language. Or, at least, the Roman alphabet. So how does the game look when it gets translated into Japanese?


November 25, 2010

Reader Reviews: Super Scribblenauts

Kotaku AU

It’s been too long since we ran a reader review, but don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about you guys! We have a bunch in stock, and I’ll be dropping more over the next couple of weeks.

First up is Benjamin Golightly, with his review of Super Scribblenauts. I enjoyed the first game, but somehow found it difficult to muster up any interest for the sequel. I figured plenty of you guys would be in the same frame of mind, so perhaps this review will inspire you to give it a second glance.


October 25, 2010

This Week In Games

Kotaku AU

In amongst my notes for ‘This Week in Games’, I have one title underlined, doused in highlighter, circled, with a million exclamation marks surrounding it. That title, ladies and gentlemen, is Rock Band 3.


October 18, 2010

Review: Super Scribblenauts

Think it, write it, see it. That was the premise of 2009′s Scribblenauts, which turned a 20,000-word dictionary into a puzzle-solving toolkit. This year it returns with adjectives to prove the pen is a mighty, giant, flaming magic sword.


October 14, 2010
In Real Life

Super Scribblenauts Summons ‘Confused Baby’

Mum, Dad and Mini-Maxwell seen this weekend in Los Angeles at a launch event for Super Scribblenauts, which hit shelves yesterday.


October 13, 2010
News

The Game Where You Can Use 33,000 Words For Good (Or Evil!)

Super Scribblenauts, out yesterday, contains more words than its decidedly wordier predecessor. How many words is that? Try 33,000. And here they all are!


August 17, 2010

Super Scribblenauts Brings Stinky Trolls, Vampiric Dogs & More To Gamescom

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The “more” from that headline refers the hyper-active vikings, powerful cheetahs and tiny dragons alluded to in this new Super Scribblenauts trailer, released as part of WB’s Gamescom hype.


August 12, 2010
News

This Super Scribblenauts Preorder Bonus Is Soft, Fuzzy And Acoustic

If you’re going to play like Maxwell, you might as well look like Maxwell, with a pair of attractive plush headphones available to GameStop customers that preorder the adjective-infused Super Scribblenauts.