Scribblenauts Unlimited Review

Good: Great puzzles, atmosphere and features. Robust replay value means you will not put it down for months to come.

Bad: Many puzzles are easier than others found in previous entries. Others may need some adjusting depending on your problem-solving skills and word usage.

Scribblenauts Unlimited is nothing short of a timeless delight. What initially started as a Nintendo DS game has slowly turned into an unstoppable machine of creativity. Now making its debut on the Nintendo Wii U, Scribblenauts Unlimited once again has players tapping, writing and exploring their imagination at full capacity.

The game revolves around hundreds of puzzles across a wide variety of themes. You will meet an array of colorful characters along the way that may need special favors, general requests and others who will downright attempt to beat you to a pulp. This is where the game’s genius comes into play. Using the Wii U GamePad, your job is to write any noun under the sun and the game immediately turns it into an actual object. How cool is that? If you went 10 years back in time and told game developers about this, most would very likely laugh at such ridiculously impossible trickery. But thanks to the Wii U’s technical advances and a small dose of creativity, everything now is very, very possible.

You can also create familiar characters such as Link, Mario & Luigi to help you along the way, and can even modify your own creations in any way you see fit. For example, if you wish for Link to beat an enemy with a flyswatter, well, nothing is stopping you! If you need to get rid of many disturbances at once, simply write something like “Black Hole” from the GamePad and the game will immediately swallow everyone in its path.

Although the puzzles are a tad easier now, the game still delivers everything that “puzzle junkies” and Scribblenauts fans could ever want. More levels, more characters, more words to choose from and overall more diversity. Scribblenauts Unlimited is, without a doubt, a game that applies to young kids and the average adult that claims he is no longer into gaming.

Verdict: 9.5/10