Scribblenauts

Rather than repeating the product description, I shall attempt to convince you to buy scribblenauts with this tale of woah!:

At E3 this year, among a goldmine of games such as Bungie's "Halo:ODST", "Modern Warfare 2" and the revamped "Monkey Island" series, there stood a little known DS game made by 5th Cell Entertainment (the same guys that brought us "Drawn to Life" and "Locks Quest").

Scribblenauts, (if you haven't already guessed the name of said game) went on to receive numerous acolades, including "Best handheld game", "Best original game" and shockingly, "Best game in show." To put this in perspective, in the 14 years since the first E3, the "Best in show" award has never been given to a handheld title.

I have to admit, at this point I was just as intrigued as I was skeptical. "A game that creates an object from any word in the English language?! What rot!" I exclaimed, in my best toffee accent.

As it turns out, my skepticism was soon to be replaced with a quiet optimism, when I learned that the developers had incorporated over 10, 000 objects into the game's dictionary, and that for six months a team of employees ( presumably the unruly, underpaid, entrance level programmers ) had scoured the dictionary, and sites like Wikipedia, to make sure that any nouns they could think up were put in the game.

They even have keyboard cat for Ra's sake!!!

*Composes self*

So, for those of you on the edge, I suggest pre-ordering this beasty. Even if it doesn't live up to the hype it has grossed, you have to hand it (and by it, I mean money) to the developers for trying such a radically original concept.

If you are like me and have a mind that tends to wander then you will love this game. If you want it then there is a good chance then you can summon it to help you get to that darn Star! Use jam to fill in holes if you like... I did!

What better use for you Nintendo DS than being able to do ANYTHING.
Thats right, Scribblenauts is a puzzle game which allows you to use any (non copyrighted) thing you can imagine to help Maxwell find the "starite".
If the starite is in a tree, write the word "chainsaw" into you DS to chop it down. Or if you are in a blow stuff up mood, summon a bomb to blow the tree up.
If you are worried about your character (maxwell) looking strange, you can purchase new avatarsto replace him.
I use the Ninja.
Ofcourse with all great games come annoying controls.
The only way to move maxwell is by pressing you stylus to the touch screen, which means that sometimes when you are trying to place an item your character will run into lava or off a cliff.
That control scheme is honestly the only bad aspect of this game, and the fact that the game is only limited by your own imagination over-compensates for this drawback.
I myself am what some call a hardcore gamer, and I can safely say that Scribblenauts is right up there with Halo 3, Gears of War 2 and all other major game titles of our generation.
If you have a DS, you need this game more than you need Pokemon, now that is saying something.

This is an awesome game. The ways in which you can solve levels are truly mind boggling when you start playing it. I had 4 people crowding round each having their own way of doing the level.

Take the first level of getting the starite down from the tree i used an axe then chainsaw then a needle (took longer but works). After that you don't want to use the obvious way of completing the level...like tying balloons to a bath tub and floating up to catch a butterfly.

Only thing wrong is the controls are a bit strange when it comes to shooting weapons if you don't target something it might take a few taps for him to realize you want to just fire the weapon.

Great game and the main reason that games are good is longevity. If you haven't solved one level more than 5 times you really arn't trying hard enough

Rather fun to play its for all ages and good for kids who have creative minds or just have nothing else to do. I recommend this for eveyone of all ages.