We heard word this morning that the UK is getting its own localised version of Scribblenauts to accommodate the peculiarities of British vs American English. But how about Australian English?
I asked Warner Bros. whether any work had been done to localise Scribblenauts for an Australian audience. The answer is no, but we will be getting the UK version rather than the American. Makes sense, I guess, given our shared preference for the letters “u” and “s”… which I’ve just realised carries a certain irony.
So I want to test just how Australian Scribblenauts actually is. I know it does include some animals native to Australia (i.e. kangaroo) and certain objects we think of as our own (i.e. boomerang). But just how extensive is it?
Hit me up with your ideas of what things an Australian version of Scribblenauts should include and I’ll test them out and report back.
Bogan
Do bogan. Can’t think fo anything else though.
barbie
ute
shelia
bloke
slab
grog
didgeridoo
skippy
esky
there’s a start
how bout a post about some of your favorite combinations in the game?
So wait we will be getting Scribblenauts with football meaning soccer? Makes sense to me.
Even though I think football should be named handegg.
Vegemite
Steve Irwin
Platypus
and of course, Chk Chk Boom
Aww… I made myself sad 🙁
Steve Irwin isn’t in it. I wanted to do sting ray and steve irwin…:(
Not being able to type bush tukka will kill me inside.
Can yo ucheck Aboriginie, Indiginous and indian?
What comes up when you type in:
thongs
Roo
tucker
damper
uluru
koala
emu
stubby
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard dingo is in there.
thongs (as opposed to flip flops)
soft drink (aka pop, soda)
football (will it have rugby, afl, soccer?)
ute
esky
DINGO. BABY. Either you’ll find it hilarious, or be incredibly offended.
Drop Bears!!
Drop bears would be so freakin’ sweet.
thong/s?
We could go into rhyming slang (dead horse etc), but that could get weird…
What about Shelia (woman), shrimp (or prawns), drongo, dingo (see what happens when you put a dingo next to a baby, too), Akubra (the hat), ANZAC (biscuit or soldier), bathers, billy (or billy can), bushranger, barbie (I’ll assume this one will be the doll…)
Can’t wait for this game! Why does Australia always get crap release dates??
Well you can stone the flamin’ crows… I don’t know how much more Australian you can make it.
Barnsey, Farnsey and AckaDacka.
It should have Bogan as a word, then a guy with a flanny is shown.
Have to try ‘barbie’ as in barbeque…
Bogan and thunder box.
The only thing I think they’ll really need to do is change Jail to Gaol. Of course, there are a few other minor things, but there aren’t really too many things to change.
I don’t know many australians that even realise it’s spelt gaol here instead of jail.
wasnt the spelling of gaol changed years ago to jail…
Drongo, sheila, togs, speedos, DTs, budgie smugglers, snag, sanger, tinny…
I only have one request;
GROUSE!!
cozzies or swimmers.
thongs ends up as underwear – tried it 🙁
Lol
Fair dinkum.
I don’t know if anyone remembers the hilux ad. I want the dog that says bugger in it XD
I’d also like to see a Sheila put in.
works
Barbie
ute works
bogan works (same as hillbilly)
snag
tucker (chicken drumstick)
dingo (yes it eats a baby)
doesnt work
bloke, sheila, speedos, tinny, uluru
I’ve heard that typing in “Steve Irwin” will pop up a Hunter, who will attack any stingray you spawn….. No joke.
Yeah but he attack all hostile animals, crocodiles too
If you type “fanny” do you get the butt (US) or ladies’, erm…front bits (UK, AU)?
How about things like soft drink or icy pole?
bogan. nuff said.
It’s better have freakin’ Bunyips, Drop Bears (as mentioned above) and Hoop Snakes or I will be upset.
Wasn’t Hitler Australian? Put in Hitler.
Tried everything mentioned so far on the US version (plus some extras I thought of) and it knows an incredible amount about Australia. Before giving the list I tried, you might want to just take my word for it and then experiment when you get it (and I highly recommend you do. I had a lot of fun checking these, you might want to do the same yourself 🙂
(You might be able to guess how I can test these – call me impatient – and yes I’ll be buying it when it comes out. Although I might buy an import to get it cheaper.)
Some things it appears to recognise but then gives something generic, for example Drop Bear just gives a regular bear. It does a lot of that, ignoring a descriptor if it doesn’t know it but recognises the base object.
**SPOILER WARNING! – List follows**
Barbie – gives a barbecue, no option for the doll which is trademarked/copyright/whatever
Didgeridoo
Ute – sorriest looking ute I’ve ever seen, but it works 😉
Platypus
Wombat – had to try 🙂
Quokka !
Thong/s – looks like a blouse/top thing, underwear produces the same
Roo – they’re huge! – must be reds 😉
Tucker – gives option of food (a drumstick) or human. No idea who Tucker is meant to be.
Damper – a loaf of bread
Dingo – looks slightly different to a fox (I thought they might use the same graphic). Put a baby down and the dingo ate it which will please some and upset others.
Soft drink – a bottle of what looks suspiciously like Coke. Same as Soda.
Football – being a US version, gave me an American football although I doubt it would differentiate between that and a Rugby ball. The UK version might give a soccer ball though.
Drop Bear – works but gives a regular bear.
Shrimp – which isn’t bothered by being placed on the barbie
Akubra (Drizabone isn’t tho)
Bathers, togs, cozzies, swimmers – looks like some weird piece of body armour
Billy – choice of container (billy can 🙂 or developer – some guy in a brown jacket. Probably one of the developers (duh!)
Bushranger – no, not wearing a Ned Kelly outfit. But…
Ned Kelly – !!! I was so excited when this looked like it was going to work, but then got a black duck-like bird. Same as Crow.
Bogan – as swordfish noted, it’s a hillbilly. Half buttoned overalls and what might be a straw hat.
Thunder Box – regular wooden box
Jail – but Gaol wasn’t recognised
Budgie Smugglers – a smuggler/thief
Snag – a sausage
Grouse – it’s a bird
Icy Pole – a regular pole
Hoop Snake – regular snake
Some of these unlocked new scenes on the title screen.
Some of the things it didn’t produce:
Grog, tinny, etc – Won’t do alcohol (in common form, it’s got a whole bunch of chemicals in and I don’t know what they all are)
Steve Irwin does not work
Fanny – “Did you mean: Fanboy” Almost appropriate 😀
Drizabone – nothing generic to make it look like, I guess.
PS Sorry, David, this might have stolen your thunder, I guess. Remove if you want although it’d still be interesting to see the differences in the UK version.
Yowie
Convict
Goon Bag!!
Echidna
Emu, Wallaby, roo – walk backwards?
Esky, Chilly Bin
Tram
Jellyfish
Funnelweb
Wattle
Bilby
Tassie devil
Mungo Man
Meat pie
Flanny
Stubby holder
Pavlova
Lamington
Cricket bat
Digger, Cobber
Pokie machine
Bludger
Drongo
Surf board
Dunny, Loo
Crocodile, or aligator
Goanna
Cyclone
Granny Smith
Vegemite. TimTam. DimSim. Chiko Roll. Icy Pole. Freddo Frog. Caramello Koala. Schooner. Longneck.
Datsun. Commodore. Falcon.
Bert Newton. Sandra Sully. Indira Naidoo. Carl Williams. Chopper Read. Hugh Jackman. Michael Caton. Tim Cahill. Darren Lockyer. Ricky Ponting. Kevin OhSeven. Logie.
Chesty Bonds. Ugg boots. Crocs. Speedos. Footy Jumper. Stubbies.
Nipple Cripple. Sprinkler Trampoline. Waterbomb (as opposed to water ‘balloon’). Brumby. Wombat. Bushpig. Bunyip. Yowie. Rainbow Serpent. Hills Hoist.
For starters.
hristinho18 theres no trademarks or real people so most of that list wont work. also fanny doesn’t work no rude things abut fanny pack does (give u a bum pack, hmm didn’t try putting in bum pack)
Trent from Punchy?
Understanding the rules of what the game can spawn cuts down a lot from the suggestions people have asked about. Not that I’d want to detract from the fun of bathing in Australiana for the sake of it.
eg. it can’t spawn anything that is trademarked. So that means Speedos, Tim Tams, Holdens and all that sort of stuff is out. The simple reason is the owners of the trademarks could demand compensation for using the name.
Propper nouns (names of people and places) are a grey area. You will find some in the game as a bonus, as you will find a lot of Internet memes and such – but it doesn’t make any claim to covering these.
And finally it spawns objects. I don’t quite know what people expect to spawn when they put in “nipple cripple” or “grouse” 😛