Scribblenauts

Puzzle video game

Video gamevideo gameQ2000583

Developer: 5th Cell
Publisher: Warner Bros. Games
Released: September 15, 2009
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genre: puzzle video game
, action-adventure game
Game mode: single-player video game

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Scribblenauts is an emergent puzzle action video game developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in 2009 in all regions except Japan, and in 2011 in Japan as Flash Puzzle: Maxwell's Mysterious Notebook by Konami. It is the third Nintendo DS video game made by 5th Cell, the first two being Drawn to Life and Lock's Quest. The objective of Scribblenauts, as implied by its catchphrase "Write Anything, Solve Everything", is to complete puzzles to collect "Starites", helped by the player's ability to summon any object by writing its name on the touchscreen. The game is considered by its developers to help promote emergent gameplay by challenging the player to solve its puzzles within certain limitations or through multiple solutions.

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PEGI rating: PEGI 12
USK rating: USK 6
Website: games.kidswb.com/scribblenauts
Distribution format: Nintendo Game Card
digital download
ESRB rating: Everyone 10+
Country of origin: United States
Distributor: Nintendo eShop
Language: German
English
French
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
Italian
Swedish
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Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Japanese
Awards: Game Developers Choice Awards Best Mobile/Handheld Game(2009)
Part of the series: Scribblenauts
CERO rating: A (All ages)
Australian Classification: PG
ClassInd rating: L content descriptor: none
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1.portal.mj.gov.br/ClassificacaoIndicativa/jsps/DadosJogoForm.do?select_action=&tbjogo_codigo=2560Retrieved 2023-12-02
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Nominations: British Academy Games Award for Handheld(February 16, 2010) statement is subject of: 6th British Academy Video Games Awards
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1.“Video Games Awards Nominations - Video Games - Awards - The BAFTA site”web.archive.org/web/20100217214750/https://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations-in-2010,1017,BA.htmlRetrieved 2025-07-05
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Members / parts: Super Scribblenauts
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
Scribblenauts Showdown
Scribblenauts Remix

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