E3 2012: Scribblenauts Unlimited and the Nature Tank

The Nature Tank is a custom object that had been put together in Scribblenauts Unlimited before we had arrived for our demo. It was a tank; you know, the armoured kind. For warfare and such. But it wasn't just a tank. It was a Nature Tank.

The Nature Tank is a hover tank. Presumably powered by clean energy the Nature Tank glides across the Earth without scarring her delicate surface. The Nature Tank is covered in a fabulous floral arrangement; it is obviously one with the beauty of the natural world and wears its ostentatious bouquet as a sign of its commitment to the environment. Also? The Nature Tank shoots vegans. No, it doesn't shoot projectiles at vegans.

It shoots vegans as projectiles.

We got to experiment with Scribblenauts Unlimited's powerful new object editor system today and, by the looks of things, it's going to fundamentally change the way you play Scribblenauts. This goes way beyond the adjective system that was introduced in Super Scribblenauts. This time around you can manually create all manner of ridiculous custom objects by combining the many, many thousands of objects already in the game in amazingly wild new ways.

In addition to this you can expand and shrink various parts of an object and change their colour. You can also assign various properties to the objects you create, such as offensive capabilities. This is why the Nature Tank shoots vegans. This is also why the violent green dolphin created during our preview shot deadly carrots from its mouth that instantly killed anyone we targeted.

Customised objects can be named and saved for spawning later, and shared online. It's pretty crazy, and the whole process seems to work quite well on the Wii U's control pad. The Wii U control pad's touchscreen really is the best way to bring this game to the big screen.

"So, you guys come here often?"

The challenge structure in Scribblenauts Unlimited has been revamped. The fundamentals haven't changed; the core idea still revolves around Maxwell helping folks in need of his enchanted assistance in exchange for Starites. The difference this time is that Scribblenauts Unlimited takes place in one, large continuous world -- one we were told you can actually walk all the way around. Additionally, there are also smaller, supplemental challenges included on the maps that reward you with Starite Shards. Collecting Starite Shards is another way to earn Starites.

Scribblenauts Unlimited for Wii U will also feature a two-player co-operative multiplayer mode, but this wasn't demonstrated.

Scribblenauts Unlimited is in a tricky spot. You can, after all, already get Scribblenauts for iOS for 99 cents. But Scribblenauts Unlimited is a bigger, bolder Scribblenauts than ever, and the object editor makes the possibilities virtually... unlimited.

It may not be a title that showcases the Wii U's horsepower, but the strengths of Nintendo's upcoming new console make it a logical place to take the series.



Source : ign[dot]com