Scribblenauts Unlimited is a puzzle game for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. It is the sequel to the 2009 and 2010 Nintendo DS games, Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts. The game is now world-based instead of each Starite being a separate mission.
It is more adventure based than the other Scribblenauts games. The main goal is to collect starites and starite shards by solving puzzles and riddles by creating objects using Maxwell's magical notebook and travelling through a series of open levels. Each level has its own missions and puzzles that Maxwell must complete and solve in order to earn starites and starite shards. Collecting ten starite shards creates a single starite. There are a grand total of 106 starites to collect.
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Compared to previous Scribblenauts titles, Scribblenauts Unlimited has a more extensive backstory, and reveals regular protagonist Maxwell's reason for collecting Starites. In the opening scene, narrated by Lily (Jennifer Hale), Maxwell’s sister, the player learns that Maxwell's parents were travellers who later semi-retired and had 42 children. They gave Maxwell a magical notebook that can create any object by writing its respective word in it and Lily a magic globe that can be used to travel anywhere. Maxwell's parents show concern that he and Lily are becoming spoiled, however. One day, Maxwell comes across an old man who appears to be hungry. As a prank, Maxwell uses his notebook to create a rotten apple, and gives it to the man. Angered, the old man scolds Maxwell for being spoiled and places a curse on Lily, causing her to slowly turn to stone. Maxwell brings Lily to their brother Edwin's farm. Edwin teaches Maxwell about "Starites" (which are gained by helping other people), which Maxwell must collect to free Lily from the curse. Maxwell vows to help as many people as he can, and leaves the farm. After collecting Starites, Maxwell lifts the curse on Lily and the old man is revealed to be Maxwell's father in disguise. He cast the curse on Lily to teach Maxwell to be a better person. Maxwell's father is forgiven, and all is well in the world again.
Scribblenauts Unlimited got "mixed or average" reviews on Metacritic, receiving a metascore of 73/100 on Wii U[1] based on 42 critics and also 73/100 on 3DS[2]based on 13 critics.
