
Or, maybe instead of spawning a shotgun to blow away a toxic container that needs to be disposed of, you bring in a black hole to suck it out of existence. Maybe instead of watering the plant, you can just add the adjective “big” to it and still meet the qualifications. However, there are many times when you can solve problems in various ways, and that’s what’s so fascinating and rewarding about this series. Type in “water” and it will do the trick. For instance, there’s an objective towards the beginning of the game that tasks you with helping a plant grow. Many times, the solution to a problem will be obvious. While learning your lesson, you will be completing *a lot* of objectives and solving problems. That’s a wonderful, thought-provoking lesson, especially for a game that is seemingly so basic, marketed towards kids. In Scribblenauts Unlimited, the main character, Maxwell, is tasked with helping people around the world to lift a curse that’s been put on his sister, Lily, because of Maxwell’s selfishness. Some of the challenges you have to overcome in both of these games are bizarre and depending on your creativity, can quickly get out of control. What I find particularly endearing about these games is that they’re filled with wonder and charm and aren’t afraid to get weird. All you need to do is type in the solution. The Scribblenauts games will throw problems at you that need solving: an NPC who wants to be a rock-star, for example, or helping a character get to a difficult-to-reach location. It sounds like something a kid might come up with, but it works better than you’d think.

The elevator pitch for Scribblenauts? It’s a puzzle game wherein you have a magical notebook that spawns whatever word you write in it.


Originally released for the 3DS and Wii U, this package features Scribblenauts Unlimited and Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, both now playable on current generation consoles. Fortunately for us, Scribblenauts Mega Pack is out for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, giving you two of the best games in the series in one convenient package. You know what we need more of? Innovative and unique games like Scribblenauts –the sort that need to be praised to encourage developers to take chances and make something different. Scribblenauts Mega Pack for Nintendo Switch
