Awesome video dude! Scribblenauts was a huge part of my childhood serving as a game that my siblings and I bonded over for years. This is the first time I've seen someone make a video about this treasured franchise and you nailed it!
Thank you, this was a huge undertaking and YES this topic was super needed so I’m glad to do it haha. I also grew up with all these games so it felt very close to home to do this topic!
Dude same! I remember playing this during car rides and at times when my mom dragged me along to shopping trips as a kid along with Drawn to Life. Good times!
It was a part of my childhood for me too, and the series secretly teach you words while keeping you entertained, I only played 2 games from the series, Super Scribblenauts for the ds and Scribblenauts Unlimited, man the nostalgia
I bought Unlimited and Unmasked on Steam a year ago (I think) and I love the freedom of creating your characters on the object editor that I didn't have when I played the 3DS version of Unlimited.
The reason why Super Scribblenauts work so much better than Scribblenauts 2, is because of the whole adjective aspect. They added an adjective to the original game title. :P
Watching this video unlocked long buried memories of writing 'pterosaur' in the notebook, because for some reason while pterodactyls tried to kill you in the first game, pterosaurs would let you use them to fly around the level. You could even use the attach the rope trick on them. Good times
Hey everyone! Just wanted to say I apologize if there's a few jaggy images or drop shadows- very small things of course, but basically, I had some rendering issues this time around, likely due to this being my biggest video. I hope the product is still something you enjoy, this was a blast to make!
I got that preorder Rooster hat, haha. It's easy to overlook just how incredible the "type anything you can think of" idea of Scribblenauts truly was when it launched on DS. I'm glad it's accessible on ios and Switch now too. I recently played Unlimited with a couple young nephews and asked them to tell me what to type and they were in awe and loved it.
Great video! I LOVED Super Scribblenauts when I was a kid, I think it was probably my favorite DS game. I played Unlimited not TOO long ago, but now I really want to go back to Super!
Scribblenauts Unlimited was my childhood. I remember loving this game and having a great time. Thank you for reviewing this. P.S. (Unmasked should've been DLC, for real)
Unmasked did the whole checkpoint thing even WORSE. Sometimes you get to the end of a mission and then the game bugs out and you have to start all over.
This video made me hunt down my copy of Super Scribblenaughts and play it again. Most fun I’ve had with a game in quite a while! Sad the series probably won’t ever see the light of day again. Thank you making this video :)
WOW you unearthed a memory I completely forgot about. I used to play Scribblenauts on my aunt's iPhone every time I went to her house as a kid. I basically did the same thing every time: Made a bunker with a bunch of humans, and then simulated the zombie apocalypse. Also I'd give myself wings.
Scribblenauts Unlimited was actually my first PC game played when I got my first laptop, I remember playing Scribblenauts on the DS as well, it was really fun! I hope some day they make an actual proper continuation of the series and not like that last one on the switch
I loved this game as a kid and and still do, I remember spending hours in the Super Scribblenauts level editor. My favorite thing to do was to type in “Me” and it’ll create the blue evil version of you and he’ll just spawn in random items. Me and my friends would see how long we could last as we typed in 3 of those guys who were just spawning random objects everywhere.
I've absolutely adored this series for years and years. Scribblenauts 1 was the first game I bought after getting a DS, and I loved it. So when Unlimited came out I was floored. It was my absolute favorite game when I was little. I even enjoyed Unmasked, even though it's not the greatest game lol. In fact, it was my introduction to DC Comics. So it has a special place in my heart for that reason, since I'm a huge DC fan now. (And I just realized that I have a Scribblenauts pfp halfway through writing this comment, haha) The one game I never got around to playing was Super Scribblenauts, and this video is making me want to go check it out! Thank you for making this, it's really neat to see appreciation for this franchise!
Scribblenauts Unmasked is also probably the only decently challenging Scribblenauts game IMO, seeing as it's the only one I haven't beaten yet. And before anyone brings up the first Scribblenauts, no. That game is actually really easy. As Jeff said, half the levels are practically clones of each other that can be solved with the exact same strategy (blob to kill all the enemies, wings/jet pack for indefinite flight, shovel/pickaxe to dig through soft terrain). At least the later games improved on that and made you actually use a varied vocabulary.
I remember how i got my copy of the first game. Borrowed It from a friend, but then he moved away and i never gave It back, and i still have it today. Thanks Mark, you gave me a really cool game 👍
The object creator was actually what got me into the scribblenauts franchise! I’d watch countless hours of videos where people would create different things. That allure of creativity is really what hooked me on scribblenauts! So glad to see someone talking about this series again.
Id like to note(book), that with the PC release of Unlimited, they added Maxwell's hat into TF2 with a genuine variant (versions of the hats that were given out for preorders), and I've been collecting Genuine Cockfighters for a couple years now
Man these long and hard thought out video essays aren't easy to make at all, and to have them be engaging the whole way throughout an hour is incredible. Really good video.
I'm glad someone's finally reviewing it. Scribblenau5lts is an actual gem of a game. I was obsessed with this game as a kid. I just liked messing around with levels and making whatever I please!
finished watching, great video as usual jeff. I own scribblenauts on the DS, the OG game. As a kid I didn't have any issues with it lol but I can imagine trying to play it now I'd probably have similar complains like you. I do remember loving it and thinking how insanely cool it was, that you could type in pretty much anything and it'd pop into the game. But yeah like you covered, I just used the jetpack on like every level lol. I own scribblenauts unlimited on PC but tbh I didnt get too far into it. It didnt really grab my attention
5th Cell made one of my favorite games ever-Lock's Quest. I played that game quite a bit, and you can tell they put their heart and soul into it. Good characters, great story, and interesting gameplay that was challenging but fun. I hoped they would've brought it to 3DS or made a sequel, but it never happened. Oh well. Good times back then with my DSi. I still have it lying around somewhere.
Actually in Remix, there was an alternative control scheme you could enable, giving you two joystick pads. One for movement, one for camera. It was really good
Your like a 1 million Subscriber UA-camr style and quality content! Very good stuff I swore you had 1 million subs then it said you had only 1000 something. Glad to join aboard, I always wanted to play Drawn to Life more than Scribblenauts I had no idea they were made by the same people :D
I really wish the fantastic comes back and be more popular again, i feel sorry for the Fans out there.... I'm really depressed when i heard they are no longer existing to their studio company anymore which is sad they aren't working on further Scribblenauts titles. Scribblenauts is the best series of all time since I was little. Ahh so Nostalgic 😔
My mom and me were actually beta testers for scribblenaughts: fighting words. It was wave and turn based, and you would have fought by writing things to fight the enemies with. There was even a minor level select finished before it was canceled :(
I had this game as a kid and spent the vast, VAST majority of my time with it just screwing around in the title screen area, seeing what items I could create and how they'd interact with each other
The Switch version of Mega Pack has an option to play with touch screen if you're playing in handheld which is at least nice. You also forgot to mention the removal of the easter eggs in mega pack which is definitely a big loss
Scribblenauts Unlimited was the first game I asked my parents to buy me on PC! x) That and Remix were a huge part of my childhood. Honestly though, I don't think we need another game. Scribblenauts is such a specific idea, executed pretty much flawlessly. I just don't see what else could be done with this concept that would make it better, instead of derivative, like the later attempts to continue the franchise.
I remember growing up with the 3DS version of Unlimited but I also remember being pretty pissed that I couldn't make any custom characters in that version. I might pick up the Wii U version considering what you've described on it
Scribblenauts was one of the most influencing games of my life, hell my username everywhere is the default shop username in Unlimited. Outstanding video, you've earned a subscriber.
As a kid with an enormous vocab scribblenauts unlimited was really easy for me to beat. They should've been more creative with the levels tbh. Especially since the concept itself opens doors to boundless creativity!
Supersonic wings was the best mobility option, 2nd only to gluing a magnet and saddle to a torpedo. Yes that was a valid option. Also to delete any object instantly, hungry stapler and add candy to whatever object you want gone. It's also an instant kill in any "combat" situation
Huh. I've not thought about Scribblenauts in years, never played any beyond the 2 on DS, but now that I see this it's all rushing back. What a great couple of games. I agree I often fell into the trap of using a handful of really useful options, but even that was fun, and advanced mode helped with that. Definitely going to have to look into getting some of the more recent games on Steam or something. Using that rotary dial looks abysmal so if I can't have a touch screen I'm gonna need a keyboard for sure. And now I want Maxwell in Multiversus. That would be a great oddball choice for a character. There aren't any pure video game characters in the game outside of the original characters, so it'd fill a unique role.
Scribblenauts is one of my favorite childhood games! Unlimited will always be the best game in the series (though the ending is a little weird), and Super Scribblenauts is a close second. Also yeah, the music in Scribblenauts is a bop! Glad someone else noticed that.
t's kinda funny how the contrast is between the deaths of 5th cell's one-hit wonders are cause like scribblenauts would have died peacefully in its sleep in a hospital bed just hours after his family visited and said their goodbyes while drawn to life was like that one uncle you really liked but never heard anything about him for years on end until somebody found him dead in an alleyway with three half-eaten hookers
I've only played Unlimited and Remix. They were fine for what they were. But honestly, I feel that after Unlimited the series really had nowhere to go but down. What else can you do? The "create anything" mechanic was impressive, but it's not really a good game mechanic. It's the same problem you get with procedurally generated game worlds: the content is wide, but shallow. It all starts to feel the same after awhile, because it is.
I played this so much when I was younger, making babies run from cannibals, finding ways to weaponise everything to massacre people and fighting zombies and the reaper. A giant flying mannequin saying “HMMMM” and eating everyone in its path while making smiley and fork icons is quite something.
The kid who deleted all my save data on the game on my Wii U and completely reset my game when I went to the washroom. and how I lost my Wii U that probably got sold away.
6:50 I remember hearing once that Teachers weren’t paid very good so they kinda had to rely on students giving them foods like apples or inviting them to eat dinner with their family.
I remember spawning an invincibility thing or a force field a lot to do missions on the ds when I was in elementary school LOL but I distinctly remember a flood/tsunami was immune to invincibility. I also remember for some missions with wild animals I'd make them drink "friendly potion" so I know all too well about cheesing it
8:45 u should I note if you’re playing the original print of Scribblenauts 1 (as in the standalone cartirage) the jet pack doenst actually let you fly moreso gives you a high jump
Scribblenauts Unmasked feels like a game made for hardcore DC fans rather than a game made for hardcore Scribblenauts fans. It just hit differently... and not in a good way.
as a hardcore DC fan and a scribblenauts fan, it’s not really either. it was neat to see all the really obscure characters they had, but the gameplay was so bland.
I played pretty much all the early titles as a young kid/teenager and they very much formulated my love of creative games and fostered my creativity as an artist, thrilled to have sat down and watched this video
Currently having a great time replaying Unlimited on the Switch and feel taken back to 2012/13 when I was in middle school and spent countless hours on the 3DS version. Thanks for making this video man, glad to see people still remember this franchise.
It’s sad to know that Scribblenauts is pretty much dead. These games always had a special place in my heart because back in my childhood when the original and Super came out, my Literacy skills were not that great. But, when I started playing through them repeatedly I got a lot better at spelling. I’ll always be one of the few people who wants Maxwell for Smash Bros or Multiversus I’ll be happy with either one.
I live in a foreign country and my ex gf didn't speak fluent English. We would play scribblenauts games on the ps4 to help her study and spend time together. It's a very fun time and her favorite was scribblenauts showdown because the others took too much time and reading
Thank you for this video!! I love how in-depth you went, I love this series. I mainly grew up playing Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts, and a few months ago I got really into Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Thanks bro, your video helped me rekindled my love for Scribblenauts series, which have been a big help in maintaining my vocabulary as a second language English speaker!
I'm halfway through the video but was it ever mentioned that Scribblenauts Unlimited came out on PC as well? In a way, it's THE perfect platform to release on since you get a full-blown physical keyboard to type with. And I'm not entirely sure but didn't it also have the ability to take word prompts from the internet created by other users?
I recently played Super Scribblenauts again and realized that not all Levels were completable in all languages lol. That's why I was stuck at so many of them as a kid
Scribblenauts was my childhood. I always found it fun to figure out just how much creativity each game would allow as it expanded more and more each game. It's a real shame they stopped making games.
The first game of the series I played was Unlimited on the PC, and it was fun to just mess around in as Maxwell is just an uncaring agent of chaos and destruction.
Scribblenauts Unlimited on the WiiU was so much fun, I barley even played through the missions, I just enjoyed causing havoc and seeing what insane set pieces I could create
The Scribblenauts collection on DS RULED as a kid, I’d do anything for a fresh new game that evolved their ideas or unlimited’s. Unmasked… we can ignore that. I played the 3DS version and beat it in like an afternoon .-.
I had this on the DS when I was little and when recollecting games for my DS/3DS/WII/WIIU/switch collection I kept the whole franchise on priority, I got both games in a second hand store and they were being sold for only £3 AND £4... lets just say I was more than happy
Hey if ur bored in the original Scrriblenauts, something really fun to mess around with is Magic and Shrinking Magic. Shrinking Magic makes anything smaller, INCLUDING maxwell and any items he's holding. It changes up a lot o levels. Magic, though, is broken and kinda glitchy. Dropping it on anything freezes it in a block of ice, which is semi-useful for avoiding enemies, but where it's REALLY broken is in any level with switches and those metal doors. Magic can freeze those. And because they're partially in walls, they glitch out like crazy, often removing the door or moving it partially up or down, which you can then sneak past with Shrinking Magic. And if you use an air vent sideways, you can use magic on sideways doors also. Playing the game this way is honestly a wildly different experience, so I'd definitely recommend it, I have no idea why it was included in the game to be honest. This doesn't work in the other games though :(, and I dunno about the DS collection.
Also a reeeeallly easy way to cheese advanced mode in Scribblenauts OG is to find a solution for the puzzle, and then on future playthroughs, type the same objects, but with adjectives in front of them. The adjectives are obviously ignored, but the object counts as a different object, allowing you to do the same solution three times if you wanna be that guy. I dunno if this works on the DS collection tho.
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Scribblenauts was my childhood and Unlimited was my favorite. So sad there's no more games like that. Such a good concept...
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@@notxavvi Same
I remember trying to make Fnaf animatronics on Scribblenauts. Good times.
same
SAME.
its crazy how many eldritch beings are in scribblenauts too, i remember one that just kinda looked like a pile of flesh and it freaked me out
I know. With so many names. The blue one with a bunch of eyes was nasty.🤢
Shaggoth?
The devs were both cultured and had a sense of humor.
Nothing funnier than to solve a mundane problem with an Eldritch being beyond our comprehension
@@thevioletbee5879 I definitely found that one from autocorrect one time 💀
Spawning dragon makes a normal dragon but Wyrm creates a horrible demon monstrosity
I LOVED the idea of Scribblenauts as a kid. Only got to borrow the first game from a friend but what a delight it was.
Scribblenauts nostalgia gang!
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As someone who played most of the Scribblenauts games growing up, it’s a shame that the franchise had such a steep decline.
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Awesome video dude! Scribblenauts was a huge part of my childhood serving as a game that my siblings and I bonded over for years. This is the first time I've seen someone make a video about this treasured franchise and you nailed it!
Thank you, this was a huge undertaking and YES this topic was super needed so I’m glad to do it haha. I also grew up with all these games so it felt very close to home to do this topic!
Dude same! I remember playing this during car rides and at times when my mom dragged me along to shopping trips as a kid along with Drawn to Life. Good times!
It was a part of my childhood for me too, and the series secretly teach you words while keeping you entertained, I only played 2 games from the series, Super Scribblenauts for the ds and Scribblenauts Unlimited, man the nostalgia
@@Serious5GamingS5G yeah, u be walking out of these games feeling like a genius with these new words!🤓
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I bought Unlimited and Unmasked
on Steam a year ago (I think) and
I love the freedom of creating your characters on the object editor that I didn't have when I played the 3DS version of Unlimited.
Also a 3D Scribblenauts Game does sound interesting and I hope they eventually make one
scribblenauts unlimited was my first steam game. i had 3ds version too. and i like the freedom of makin characters wit da object editior
I remember being so into Drawn to Life as a kid that I never picked up Scribblenauts just because I thought it was ripping it off.
Man, I used to be obsessed with these games as a kid.
I got into so many obscure DC characters mainly from Unmasked alone..
This was the game my siblings and I fought over in 2009. Giant Enemy Crab and the shrink ray were always some of my favorite spawns.
"The giant enemy spider!"
i just made everything gold,i was easy to please
@@gingerguinea-pigfromoneoft6394 I remember spending days just looking for every visual adjective I could for bouncy balls
The reason why Super Scribblenauts work so much better than Scribblenauts 2, is because of the whole adjective aspect. They added an adjective to the original game title. :P
Scribblenauts was such a lovely series. I do really miss the series and I wish they'd make a new game in it. Great video by the way!
Thank you!!!
If i had to guess, nothing, series dont need to go on forever, it just ran its course
Watching this video unlocked long buried memories of writing 'pterosaur' in the notebook, because for some reason while pterodactyls tried to kill you in the first game, pterosaurs would let you use them to fly around the level. You could even use the attach the rope trick on them. Good times
Thank you for that. The nostalgia is hitting me hard.
as someone who grew up with unmasked honestly, I really loved it opened me to the dc fandom as a whole and made me an instant fan
Hey everyone! Just wanted to say I apologize if there's a few jaggy images or drop shadows- very small things of course, but basically, I had some rendering issues this time around, likely due to this being my biggest video. I hope the product is still something you enjoy, this was a blast to make!
I got that preorder Rooster hat, haha. It's easy to overlook just how incredible the "type anything you can think of" idea of Scribblenauts truly was when it launched on DS. I'm glad it's accessible on ios and Switch now too. I recently played Unlimited with a couple young nephews and asked them to tell me what to type and they were in awe and loved it.
Loved this game, me and my cousin would always try to come up with the strangest solutions. Great video.
Thank you!
Great video! I LOVED Super Scribblenauts when I was a kid, I think it was probably my favorite DS game. I played Unlimited not TOO long ago, but now I really want to go back to Super!
I literally just now bought the mobile game, I had no idea that existed. Gonna try the real original at some point too.
Thank you, I hope you enjoy the mobile game, it uses a lot of levels from Super so it’s a great way to experience it!!!
ive had college level vocabulary since 5th grade and im 1000% sure it was because of scribblenauts, i played these games religiously
Yet, you don’t know how to use commas or capitalization. 😂
@@Username0467He or she probably chose not to write in perfect grammar due to UA-cam comments being a very informal place.
this video is awesome man. i love seeing hour long in depth dives into video games. your channel has potential man
Thank you, that means a lot, I’m trying my best to grow this! :)
The crazy part is that his data in a huge multiversus leak is crazy. I can't wait to see if his comeback will revive the series
Scribblenauts Unlimited was my childhood. I remember loving this game and having a great time. Thank you for reviewing this.
P.S. (Unmasked should've been DLC, for real)
Unmasked did the whole checkpoint thing even WORSE. Sometimes you get to the end of a mission and then the game bugs out and you have to start all over.
@@YujiUedaFan Thank God that never happened to my younger self.
@@TheRealRustyIsHere Unmasked is kind of just unplayable if you're the kind of person who make edible babies.
Unmasked has so many characters though it's definitely got enough creation content for it's own game.. just not a lot of the levels / puzzles
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This video made me hunt down my copy of Super Scribblenaughts and play it again. Most fun I’ve had with a game in quite a while! Sad the series probably won’t ever see the light of day again. Thank you making this video :)
WOW you unearthed a memory I completely forgot about. I used to play Scribblenauts on my aunt's iPhone every time I went to her house as a kid. I basically did the same thing every time: Made a bunker with a bunch of humans, and then simulated the zombie apocalypse. Also I'd give myself wings.
Scribblenauts Unlimited was actually my first PC game played when I got my first laptop, I remember playing Scribblenauts on the DS as well, it was really fun! I hope some day they make an actual proper continuation of the series and not like that last one on the switch
I loved this game as a kid and and still do, I remember spending hours in the Super Scribblenauts level editor. My favorite thing to do was to type in “Me” and it’ll create the blue evil version of you and he’ll just spawn in random items. Me and my friends would see how long we could last as we typed in 3 of those guys who were just spawning random objects everywhere.
I've absolutely adored this series for years and years. Scribblenauts 1 was the first game I bought after getting a DS, and I loved it. So when Unlimited came out I was floored. It was my absolute favorite game when I was little. I even enjoyed Unmasked, even though it's not the greatest game lol. In fact, it was my introduction to DC Comics. So it has a special place in my heart for that reason, since I'm a huge DC fan now.
(And I just realized that I have a Scribblenauts pfp halfway through writing this comment, haha)
The one game I never got around to playing was Super Scribblenauts, and this video is making me want to go check it out! Thank you for making this, it's really neat to see appreciation for this franchise!
Glad I could represent it well :D
Scribblenauts Unmasked is also probably the only decently challenging Scribblenauts game IMO, seeing as it's the only one I haven't beaten yet. And before anyone brings up the first Scribblenauts, no. That game is actually really easy. As Jeff said, half the levels are practically clones of each other that can be solved with the exact same strategy (blob to kill all the enemies, wings/jet pack for indefinite flight, shovel/pickaxe to dig through soft terrain). At least the later games improved on that and made you actually use a varied vocabulary.
I remember how i got my copy of the first game. Borrowed It from a friend, but then he moved away and i never gave It back, and i still have it today.
Thanks Mark, you gave me a really cool game 👍
Aye bro I want my game back
The object creator was actually what got me into the scribblenauts franchise!
I’d watch countless hours of videos where people would create different things.
That allure of creativity is really what hooked me on scribblenauts!
So glad to see someone talking about this series again.
“People?” There were others besides me?! :O
@@DrKendoCommentariesyou just casually being here is crazy
Id like to note(book), that with the PC release of Unlimited, they added Maxwell's hat into TF2 with a genuine variant (versions of the hats that were given out for preorders), and I've been collecting Genuine Cockfighters for a couple years now
I realize I'm preaching to the choir here but Scribblenauts was absolutely my childhood! Such a great video man, the nostalgia is palpable!
🫵😮 how do I keep randomly finding your comments?? This is like, the 7th time now!
Man these long and hard thought out video essays aren't easy to make at all, and to have them be engaging the whole way throughout an hour is incredible.
Really good video.
Loved the entire chicken hat bit LMAOOO. Another great video, lot of work went into this one
Thank you for your continued support :)
This series needs to come back.
As long as they hand it off to a new developer 🙏
@@JeffCompass true.
@@JeffCompass btw scribblenauts remix is still on the store.
This is a great video! Good job, Scott Wozniak :)
I'm glad someone's finally reviewing it. Scribblenau5lts is an actual gem of a game. I was obsessed with this game as a kid. I just liked messing around with levels and making whatever I please!
finished watching, great video as usual jeff. I own scribblenauts on the DS, the OG game. As a kid I didn't have any issues with it lol but I can imagine trying to play it now I'd probably have similar complains like you. I do remember loving it and thinking how insanely cool it was, that you could type in pretty much anything and it'd pop into the game. But yeah like you covered, I just used the jetpack on like every level lol.
I own scribblenauts unlimited on PC but tbh I didnt get too far into it. It didnt really grab my attention
Thank you Funky :)
5th Cell made one of my favorite games ever-Lock's Quest. I played that game quite a bit, and you can tell they put their heart and soul into it. Good characters, great story, and interesting gameplay that was challenging but fun. I hoped they would've brought it to 3DS or made a sequel, but it never happened. Oh well. Good times back then with my DSi. I still have it lying around somewhere.
You know Lock's Quest got a PC port right?
5th cell made bangers ngl. They made my favorite series too, drawn to life
@@NitwitsWorld The PC port is genuinely terrible.
@@kingghoul2324 that’s why mods exist
It’s still CRAZY that Unlimited is so old, but feels like it released nowadays.
Actually in Remix, there was an alternative control scheme you could enable, giving you two joystick pads. One for movement, one for camera. It was really good
This video was amazing and super well made! You've definitely earned a loyal subscriber!
Thank you!!!
Your like a 1 million Subscriber UA-camr style and quality content! Very good stuff I swore you had 1 million subs then it said you had only 1000 something. Glad to join aboard, I always wanted to play Drawn to Life more than Scribblenauts I had no idea they were made by the same people :D
This is a very nice comment, thank you!!!!!!
I really wish the fantastic comes back and be more popular again, i feel sorry for the Fans out there....
I'm really depressed when i heard they are no longer existing to their studio company anymore which is sad they aren't working on further Scribblenauts titles.
Scribblenauts is the best series of all time since I was little. Ahh so Nostalgic 😔
5th Cell is still around from what I've read, but they're in danger of going defunct. It'd make sense because they only have about 20 employees.
My mom and me were actually beta testers for scribblenaughts: fighting words. It was wave and turn based, and you would have fought by writing things to fight the enemies with. There was even a minor level select finished before it was canceled :(
aw man :( wish it wouldve came out it sounds fun
I had this game as a kid and spent the vast, VAST majority of my time with it just screwing around in the title screen area, seeing what items I could create and how they'd interact with each other
The Switch version of Mega Pack has an option to play with touch screen if you're playing in handheld which is at least nice. You also forgot to mention the removal of the easter eggs in mega pack which is definitely a big loss
Scribblenauts Unlimited was the first game I asked my parents to buy me on PC! x) That and Remix were a huge part of my childhood. Honestly though, I don't think we need another game. Scribblenauts is such a specific idea, executed pretty much flawlessly. I just don't see what else could be done with this concept that would make it better, instead of derivative, like the later attempts to continue the franchise.
This is a pretty good view on it.
I think there's something that could have been done: add a Level Editor to Unlimited (at least the PC version).
I remember growing up with the 3DS version of Unlimited but I also remember being pretty pissed that I couldn't make any custom characters in that version. I might pick up the Wii U version considering what you've described on it
Scribblenauts was one of the most influencing games of my life, hell my username everywhere is the default shop username in Unlimited. Outstanding video, you've earned a subscriber.
As a kid with an enormous vocab scribblenauts unlimited was really easy for me to beat. They should've been more creative with the levels tbh. Especially since the concept itself opens doors to boundless creativity!
Supersonic wings was the best mobility option, 2nd only to gluing a magnet and saddle to a torpedo. Yes that was a valid option. Also to delete any object instantly, hungry stapler and add candy to whatever object you want gone. It's also an instant kill in any "combat" situation
Huh. I've not thought about Scribblenauts in years, never played any beyond the 2 on DS, but now that I see this it's all rushing back. What a great couple of games. I agree I often fell into the trap of using a handful of really useful options, but even that was fun, and advanced mode helped with that.
Definitely going to have to look into getting some of the more recent games on Steam or something. Using that rotary dial looks abysmal so if I can't have a touch screen I'm gonna need a keyboard for sure.
And now I want Maxwell in Multiversus. That would be a great oddball choice for a character. There aren't any pure video game characters in the game outside of the original characters, so it'd fill a unique role.
FUCKING DAMMIT. THEY GOT RID OF SCRIBBLENAUTS REMIX
Scribblenauts is one of my favorite childhood games! Unlimited will always be the best game in the series (though the ending is a little weird), and Super Scribblenauts is a close second.
Also yeah, the music in Scribblenauts is a bop! Glad someone else noticed that.
t's kinda funny how the contrast is between the deaths of 5th cell's one-hit wonders are cause like scribblenauts would have died peacefully in its sleep in a hospital bed just hours after his family visited and said their goodbyes while drawn to life was like that one uncle you really liked but never heard anything about him for years on end until somebody found him dead in an alleyway with three half-eaten hookers
I've only played Unlimited and Remix. They were fine for what they were. But honestly, I feel that after Unlimited the series really had nowhere to go but down. What else can you do? The "create anything" mechanic was impressive, but it's not really a good game mechanic. It's the same problem you get with procedurally generated game worlds: the content is wide, but shallow. It all starts to feel the same after awhile, because it is.
Great comment, I agree!
Thanks. Good video!
Another bonus of the pc version is that it uses the Steam Workshop behind the custom items, and that makes searching for items so much easier
> be me
> see scribblenaughts showdown physical copy for the switch in the store
> remember scribblenaughts and how cool it was
> disappointment
I played this so much when I was younger, making babies run from cannibals, finding ways to weaponise everything to massacre people and fighting zombies and the reaper. A giant flying mannequin saying “HMMMM” and eating everyone in its path while making smiley and fork icons is quite something.
The kid who deleted all my save data on the game on my Wii U and completely reset my game when I went to the washroom. and how I lost my Wii U that probably got sold away.
6:50 I remember hearing once that Teachers weren’t paid very good so they kinda had to rely on students giving them foods like apples or inviting them to eat dinner with their family.
We got another Scott the woz before gta 6
Love the content, subbed
I remember spawning an invincibility thing or a force field a lot to do missions on the ds when I was in elementary school LOL but I distinctly remember a flood/tsunami was immune to invincibility. I also remember for some missions with wild animals I'd make them drink "friendly potion" so I know all too well about cheesing it
Holy shit let me bust out my DSI and teleport back to 2009 with this all this nostalgia
Man I remember going down a rabbit hole in unmasked for the entries of all the characters
I truly wish that one day scribblenauts will come back, i really hope so
Bruh someone get Maxwell's parents birth control PLEASE 💀💀💀
LOL
8:45 u should I note if you’re playing the original print of Scribblenauts 1 (as in the standalone cartirage) the jet pack doenst actually let you fly moreso gives you a high jump
Greek Scott the Woz!
Scribblenauts Unmasked feels like a game made for hardcore DC fans rather than a game made for hardcore Scribblenauts fans. It just hit differently... and not in a good way.
as a hardcore DC fan and a scribblenauts fan, it’s not really either. it was neat to see all the really obscure characters they had, but the gameplay was so bland.
I played pretty much all the early titles as a young kid/teenager and they very much formulated my love of creative games and fostered my creativity as an artist, thrilled to have sat down and watched this video
Currently having a great time replaying Unlimited on the Switch and feel taken back to 2012/13 when I was in middle school and spent countless hours on the 3DS version. Thanks for making this video man, glad to see people still remember this franchise.
It’s sad to know that Scribblenauts is pretty much dead. These games always had a special place in my heart because back in my childhood when the original and Super came out, my Literacy skills were not that great. But, when I started playing through them repeatedly I got a lot better at spelling. I’ll always be one of the few people who wants Maxwell for Smash Bros or Multiversus I’ll be happy with either one.
This bought back so many memories lol
But fr tho I found your channel close to two months ago and I love it keep up the hustle 💪🏿
Thank you :)
i’ve been wanting someone to make a scribblenauts retrospective for YEARS. i seriously can’t thank you enough for finally doing it !!!!!!!!!! :)
I feel like I’m watching Scott the woz from a parallel dimension
I live in a foreign country and my ex gf didn't speak fluent English. We would play scribblenauts games on the ps4 to help her study and spend time together. It's a very fun time and her favorite was scribblenauts showdown because the others took too much time and reading
Thank you for this video!! I love how in-depth you went, I love this series. I mainly grew up playing Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts, and a few months ago I got really into Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks bro, your video helped me rekindled my love for Scribblenauts series, which have been a big help in maintaining my vocabulary as a second language English speaker!
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
5:43 top right 💀💀
"Death of 5th Cell" sounds more like an MGS plot point
I'm halfway through the video but was it ever mentioned that Scribblenauts Unlimited came out on PC as well? In a way, it's THE perfect platform to release on since you get a full-blown physical keyboard to type with. And I'm not entirely sure but didn't it also have the ability to take word prompts from the internet created by other users?
I do mention it!
I recently played Super Scribblenauts again and realized that not all Levels were completable in all languages lol. That's why I was stuck at so many of them as a kid
Great video again, can’t wait for the future channel growth man!
Thank you!!!
Had to convince the gamestop employee to tell my mom this game was ‘educational’ when I was 11 lol
😊 14:24 i understand: they don’t want you to kill the leprechaun nor the athlete
making custom characters in unlimited was fun, I used to love watching DrKendoCommentaries
Thanks for viewing!
I'm so glad I found this channel through this video! I'll go watch more of your content. Subscribed 😊
I loved this series. So sad to see it go.
I can still hear the sound of picking up a Starite.
Scribblenauts was my childhood. I always found it fun to figure out just how much creativity each game would allow as it expanded more and more each game. It's a real shame they stopped making games.
The first game of the series I played was Unlimited on the PC, and it was fun to just mess around in as Maxwell is just an uncaring agent of chaos and destruction.
Scribblenauts Unlimited on the WiiU was so much fun, I barley even played through the missions, I just enjoyed causing havoc and seeing what insane set pieces I could create
The Scribblenauts collection on DS RULED as a kid, I’d do anything for a fresh new game that evolved their ideas or unlimited’s. Unmasked… we can ignore that. I played the 3DS version and beat it in like an afternoon .-.
I remember playing the 3DS scribblenauts, such nostagila for this game. I was a dumb kid so every area had a zombie infection lol
I had this on the DS when I was little and when recollecting games for my DS/3DS/WII/WIIU/switch collection I kept the whole franchise on priority, I got both games in a second hand store and they were being sold for only £3 AND £4... lets just say I was more than happy
57:33 if you listen carefully, "por una cabeza" of the argentinian musician Carlos Gradel is playing in the back of the video, or a versionof it
This is a very "back in my day" type video from how much you say how it's so much better than "games in this day and age"
Hey if ur bored in the original Scrriblenauts, something really fun to mess around with is Magic and Shrinking Magic. Shrinking Magic makes anything smaller, INCLUDING maxwell and any items he's holding. It changes up a lot o levels. Magic, though, is broken and kinda glitchy. Dropping it on anything freezes it in a block of ice, which is semi-useful for avoiding enemies, but where it's REALLY broken is in any level with switches and those metal doors. Magic can freeze those. And because they're partially in walls, they glitch out like crazy, often removing the door or moving it partially up or down, which you can then sneak past with Shrinking Magic. And if you use an air vent sideways, you can use magic on sideways doors also. Playing the game this way is honestly a wildly different experience, so I'd definitely recommend it, I have no idea why it was included in the game to be honest. This doesn't work in the other games though :(, and I dunno about the DS collection.
surprised to see scribblenauts hasn't had a new game in years, I'm glad someone still cares about it though
Always a Scribblenauts fan!
Also a reeeeallly easy way to cheese advanced mode in Scribblenauts OG is to find a solution for the puzzle, and then on future playthroughs, type the same objects, but with adjectives in front of them. The adjectives are obviously ignored, but the object counts as a different object, allowing you to do the same solution three times if you wanna be that guy. I dunno if this works on the DS collection tho.
I’m actually really glad to see someone going on about this game because it was big for my childhood and gave me creative thinking