WB thinks Scribblenauts will have 'Layton appeal'

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I think it could but I wonder how the watermelon controversy will go..

After watching my rooster hat wearing 5 and 6 year olds run around the house pretending to be Maxwell I'm thinking they need to make a cartoon based on the game.

I'm still split on whether to get this game. It seems like half the words turn out to give the same results just with different sprites. I also hate when clever solutions are found, but the game doesn't want you to use that anyway. Like using a bulletproof vest and yet bullets still kill you. So what's the point of even having the bulletproof vest? None. Like MOST of the words in the game, they seem useless. But it still looks charming...

Loved the end to that article Justin.

If I had to pick only one, I would pick Professor Layton over Scribblenauts. I can sit there for an hour if I want with Professor Layton mulling over a puzzle or question. Scribblenauts kind of encourages me to rush through and come up with a solution.
I suppose that is the point since that's how the two games were designed, but I guess I just like feeling like I have time to think about puzzles and riddles...if that makes sense.

Also, Professor Layton I find to be more charming and likable.

Anyone who's had a "dormant DS" for "a long time" probably has just about zero interest in Scribblenauts.

Almost a year ago i moved from the UK to NZ, and along with several other items i sold my DS to raise some funds. About three months ago I first heard about Scribblenauts. About two months ago i had my Mother-in-law send me her DS across from back in the UK in preparation.

So although not revisiting my dormant DS, i'm kind of revisiting someone elses.... if that counts.

I just wanted to pop in and profess my love for this game. I'm half way through the advanced stages of the first "world" and it's really fun trying to think up new ways to solve each challenge.

This game succeeds both as a game and as a toy. Though I will agree with initial reports that the controls can hinder the experience; constantly needing to tap to do so many different actions can really cause some issues. However, this is a minor issue and the good far outweighs the bad here.

Protip: "Anti Gravity Boots" solve 100% of your jumping problems.

Not having played Prof. Layton, Scribblenauts IS the biggest incentive I've had to revisit my dormant DS in a long time. And by "long time" I mean since December '08.

So, that makes at least one of us.

In other words... $$cha-ching!$$

Dormant DS lol.

Layton = Overrated.

Scribblenauts has kept me interested far longer than either Layton did.

Doubtful. Professor Layton is about reason and logic, while Scribblenauts is about imagination. Layton is to Scribblenauts as the Crossword Puzzle is to Pictionary, more or less. Not that one is better than the other, but they employ very different faculties

Scribblenauts' brand of silliness won't give it appeal with the same crowd, though it could definitely find it's own place in a wider world. Children should eat this sort of thing up, but it might require a bit more literacy than a kid might have.

I haven't really touched my DS in a few months since I moved (I mostly played it on the train to work, don't take the train anymore), and I have to say Scribblenauts is easily worth dusting it off for. It's a bit rough in some ways but still plenty of fun trying to figure out the challenge levels.

I bought my DSi just for this game (though I'm also playing Layton as well), and I'd forgotten how much unnecessary reliance on gesture controls there are (just like my Wii, which I also got frustrated with and basically gave up on). It's amazing how they eschew buttons in favor of stupid gestures with the stylus and ultimately make the game more frustrating.

I want to tie these developers (and others like them) to a chair and make them use a computer where I've substituted mouse actions for normal keyboard stuff, and see how they like. Bang the mouse twice to activate space bar, turn the mouse upside down and spin it clock-wise or counter-clockwise to activate application switching, move the mouse to the right side of your desk if you want to use left-hand keys (asdf etc.) and move the mouse to the left side of your desk to use right-hand keys (jkl; etc.). This is how I feel when I'm playing this game.

I'm still able to enjoy the game despite these flaws (like trying to use lightning and a shrink ray to solve every puzzle), but it's so disappointing when simple design flaws detract from a great idea. Why couldn't they just have left the stylus to word choice and object placement and actually made use of those precision thingies on either side of the screen...what are they called? Oh yeah, BUTTONS! If people can operate a modern smartphone, they can figure out how to use both buttons and a stylus, and I know damn well that kids can figure that out because their brains are still plastic.

I find it a sad irony that a game that encourages creativity, imagination, and problem-solving is afraid of letting users figure out how to implement this stuff on their own ("better not confuse them with too many options at once!").

I've tried it, he moves so fast, wish i could use directional buttons.

Is this like Layton? Or even feel like Layton?

Thats what I felt before playing it, that if I liked Layton I would like this.

Turns out not so much for me.

argh, my copy isn't coming until at least the 22. Wish Amazon would do what Newegg does and give free 3 day shipping (Pre-order from Amazon gave me the copy for free thats why I ordered from there).

So Warner Brothers think they pull off the same shit as Nintendo by marketing an original idea and hyping it as much as possible?

Yeah, nice try, Drawn to Life didn't exacty succeed in the end.