Additionally, two compilation games have also been released: Scribblenauts Collection (2013) for the Nintendo DS, consisting of the first and second game, and Scribblenauts Mega Pack (2018) for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, consisting of the 4th and 5th games. Since, five other games in the Scribblenauts series has been released for multiple different platforms. Scribblenauts released in September 2009 in North America, exclusively for the Nintendo DS. Scribblenauts was later available as a playable demo at E3 2009, where its presence received numerous awards and honors. The first Scribblenauts game, also titled Scribblenauts, was unveiled in December 2008, when its gameplay was first shown. In October 2015, the series had sold over 13 million copies across its different installments. Some criticism has, however, been directed towards the lack of properties of objects, which some critics have felt restricted the player's creativity.

The sixth and latest installment in the series, Scribblenauts Showdown, has significantly different gameplay than other entries, with it being more of a party game, rather than an action puzzle game.Ĭritical reception of the series has been generally positive, with critics praising how the series encourages creative thinking and the number of objects that can be summoned within the games. Players are tasked with solving puzzles by summoning different items and creatures using the notebook, leading to emergent gameplay elements. The Scribblenauts series primarily sees the player as Maxwell, a boy who has a magical notebook that summons anything he writes in it. Since the release of the first game, five other Scribblenauts games have been released, in addition to two compilations and two comic adaptations.

The first game in the series was titled Scribblenauts and was first released on September 15, 2009, in North America, exclusively on the Nintendo DS. The series is owned and published by Warner Bros. Scribblenauts is a series of action puzzle video games primarily developed by 5th Cell.

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