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Super Scribblenauts Has Homicidal Houses, Flaming Snowmen
We are already very familiar with Scribblenauts’ ability to produce zany situations limited only by imagination. Super Scribblenauts will carry on this tradition by adding adjectives. By the looks of this colorful ESRB description of the game, you should prepare yourselves for corpse-eating bikes and smelly zombies.
Here's the description from the ESRB website:
“This is a puzzle game in which players navigate a series of traps, puzzles, and enemies to collect stars scattered throughout the colorful levels. By typing in whatever nouns they can imagine, players can conjure up a myriad of different objects or entities into the game world. By adding adjectives, players can also modify these nouns to create different word combinations, triggering innumerable whimsical scenarios such as: a "flaming snowman" that can set a Christmas tree on fire; a "homicidal house" that can attack a man; and a "carnivorous bike" that can eat a corpse. Players can also elect to summon "cartoony" versions of bats, bombs, guns, and flamethrowers. These types of items can be used to destroy objects or even other summoned items (e.g., a bat can be used to club a skydiver; guns can be fired at smelly zombies; a knife can be given to a murderous computer to attack a merman). These triggered animations are minimally depicted and are usually accompanied by popping, musical sound effects; bright, star-shaped flashes; or small puffs of smoke. If players wish to, they may type in the word vomit, which causes a beige-colored lump to appear on the screen.”
I’m already wondering if wet vomit can put out a flaming snowman, but I guess I’ll have to wait until Super Scribblenauts hits the DS on October 26 to find out.
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